Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-25
REST IN CAMP TODAY
Coxey's Commonweal Remain Behind
Canvas Walls.
MEN GRUMBLING At The DELAY
Marshal Browne Warns Them
Against Intemperance.
AFTER TRAIN STEALERS

Special Dispatch From q Stan Correspondent.
FREDERICK, Md, April 25.-The Com
monweal of Christ is hidden behind can
vas walls today and Il man at the gate is
taking in 10-cent pieces from citizens who
wish to have a look at the affair There
will be no movement of the forces today,
but tomorrow morning the advance will
be sounded and the march continued. The
army will be split up, commune +, which
consists of the thirty-seven men recruited
at this place. marching over the route first
planned. These men came UP from WASH
ington, having been collected by Col. Red
stone The men, however, are not natives
of the District although many of them say
they have been in the neighborhood for
several months looking for work. The
marshal of this Washington commune is
Ernest Humphreys, who says he has been
a fireman on the Virginia Midland road.
Tomorrow the march will be to Hyatts-
Saturday to Rockville Today the army
has been furnished with long sticks
with white flags, on which are the words:
Peace on earth. good will to men.
In a supplemental order issued today
Marshal Browne thanks the Frederick peo-
pie for their hospitality and warns the
men against disorder of any kind and the
drinking of bad whisky, remarking paren-
will hurt one.
Today there is an exciting game Of ball
in progress at the camp between the COM
monwealers and a local team.
A number Of donations have been re-
ceived of provisions and much reeded
wearing apparel
Gen. Coxey says that any laws tending to
prevent his entrance into Washington or
the holding of a meeting on the Capitol
grounds are unconstitutional and void. and
he will test them in the courts If 1t takes
all summer He tells me that the other
industrial armies marching on the capital
are not yet included with the good roads
and non-interest bonds ideas, but that as
soon as they reach Washington they will
be drawn to them as a magnet attracts
pieces of steel.
1t is probable that the army will reach
Rockville on Friday afternoon, the dis
tance being cut in two parts camping at
Clarksburg on Thursday night and Rock
Vile Friday. Marshal Browne denies that
there was any effort made to parade
through Frederick this afternoon or that
permission was refused by the mayor.
T. c. N.
By Associated Press.
Men GrumblinE at the Delay.
FREDERICK, Md, April 25.-The Coxey
army is stopping for weary day in Camp
Lafayette. 1t is the most dreary camp that
has been pitched since leaving Cumberland,
on the base ball common, without a tree
or shade of any sort. The wagons are hud-
died together. camp refuse is scattered
about and the ground has been tramped
into mud puddles by the crowds of men and
horses. The weather has turned warm, and
| the hot sun beating down on the unpro-
tected camp already has begun to raise the
stencil that accompanies a large gathering
OF men without adequate sanitary arrange
ments.
The men are as impatient of the delay as
any one and are fretting to be on the move
Why the stop has been made no one can
| tell. Browne and Coxey simply saying there
| Is plenty of time to reach Rockville on Sat-
| urday.
1t has been practically decided to accept
the offer of H. p. Waggaman for a camp
| at Woodley Park, both Browne and Coxey
| being well pleased with the arrangement.
| Most OF the commonwealers are resting in
camp, only a few of them appearing in
| town. So far they have needed the temper
| ance lecture that Browne inserted in his
general order this morning. He said: ANY
one of you drinking immoderately may con-
slider himself dismissed from the common
veal" When he finished reading the order
| to some of the correspondents. Browne said
| 1t took good deal of moral courage to
| say that. but 1 believe 1 am right, and I
will handle any men on that basis"
| The friction between Mayor Fleming and
the commonweal continues. The mayor
was disguised when the army marched into
| town with It's music yesterday, and today
when Browne went to him for permission
to go through the streets with his bass
drum and make announcement of the meet
ing tonight he was refused.
| Browne insists that the monopolists are
| trying to force him into active hostilities,
but that he will suffer anything before be-
ing goaded to violence.
The citizens laugh and say the mayor is
| over-sensitive. The meeting last night was
| crowded, and in spite of the restriction
against bass drum advertising. it is likely
to be crowded again this evening.
| White, the trumpeter. has started out to
| walk to Washington, saying that he would
get there in time to see the whole army
| pulled" Two of the new recruits got to
fighting soon after their arrival. They were
discharged and went away to walk with the
| bugler to Washington.