New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-02
INGLORIOUSLY ROUTED.
GENERAL" COXEY NOT ALLOWED TO
MAKE HIS SPEECH.
crMPLETE FAILURE OF THE DEMONSTRATION
THE POLICE HANDLE TIE CROWD
WITHOUT TRoUBLE-HOw THE
CITY WAS INVADED"

Washington May IA perfect day. with brightly
.hinlng sun. which Citizen" CoXey took as pro-
atous omen. was the portion Of the army Oh '4'e
-ommonweal for its demonstration IN iaVoF OF ing
coxey Good Roads bills. The dropping spi-'s Oh ..'
-ormonUealers cheerei up considerably. in th's
particular something was due OF course 10 inc '"'
.ggs and the bread ana coffee "nich eac" Oh "'-
n4n had for broakfast-a Demonico meal as com
JARED with the ozone and water on when the men
Sere obliged 70 subsst until O'Clock Y'9'er'''
afternoon. ,..,,,,
IN. Cornmonwealers spent another cAeeiies7 l's"''
The air was cold and damp and the men VINO VIZ "e'e
without covering (and there were rev VINO "i' '''
,he,,er v,bateverD suffered much. But bIethi"a'
which was served early braced them up aIter 'Ae'I
,lght Of misery, and they fell 10 work with Wal
% break Camp George Washington wAeh Md'S"a'
BrowLe gave the order. by O'Clock there was no
vestige OF the camp remaining IN '"e hI .e
Driving Park except few pies Of straw ana '"s
general litter which told Of the presence OF men anu
horses
shortly before 10 O'Clock Marshal Browne formed
the men In a hollow square, and, staining III '''
eentre called for three cheers for peace Ine chee'S
we're given and the CommonweaIers "d'eu inc
little co.;on fags Of peace with wnich they '"u
been armed
NOW" cried Browne well march around the
grounds and try It again, and the band s'areu
up slow march, 10 which the eight coihHiu"eS
walked IN a circle TO point about one hunuIe -
them In A long line and put the men through niue
drill with their peace slaves Then he harangued thel
counselllng peace Their banners Of peace ne sa'u'
would be more forcble than ali the guns ana cah-
in the world. The men cheered ana pio""e
waved his hat. ,.
CARY peace cried Browne. "ShouAler' peace
and with their little flags pointed upward at an
,ngle behind their heads the Commonwealers started
81 10 show Congress what I. should do. The busie
Sounded the band played and the Scotch Dag
piper brought forth doeful sounds from MS "''''u
ment.
coxEY ARRIVES on THE SCENE.
Jus: then the leader Of the Commonweal arrived
his pony phaeton. With him was Mrs. CoXey'
and in her arms she carried little Legal ie'1'I
csxey her baby OF a few weeks. Citizen" CoHey
td the rens At 1915 Marshal Browne called AZ
hntion." again. and with shoulder peace! anu
Forward. march," the Commonweai Army started
Tor Washington led by Browne Coxey ana 'he
band, and a platoon of mounted police.
The route OF the procession was down the fouI-
feminist road 10 Mount Pleasant thence along
Fourteenth-st proper 10 Pennsylvania-ave. to the
Peace monument. and around the Capito grouhds'
Ine Commonweal moved at a funeral pace ana II
was three-quarters Of an hour in reaching Mount
Pleasant a suburb Of the city. At the head OF
the dusty soldiers Of peace were three mounted po-
hcernen. Then came Mrs Annie L. DigBes the
Populst orator OF Kansas In an open barouche'
with her husband and two daughters Anu '"e"
appeared the greatest attraction OF the whoe SNOW
MISS Mamie Coxey, typifying Peace mounted Oh
white paifrey. Miss CoXey is a blonde WIN
long, waving golden hair on which the little piue
hoerty cap sat jauntily To protect her cream ana
'ed complexion from the sun she carried piach
parasol Miss Coxey suit of crean-coioreu
s'o'h. relieved by big red bow at the throd''
one seemed perfectly at home on the paifrey' Dut
appeared somewhat embarrassed at attracting SO
much attention She nodded smilingly at the peo-
po VINO saluted her. and was. altogether, the most
Seas'ng thing In the parade. Two old soldiers. one
confederate and the other Federal. both mem
0's OF the Commonweal. formed her guard OF
onor' marching on foot
-, ari vi Brovre Chief Marshal of the Commonweai
~ Cnr1st beleathered and befeathered. followed
coxey on Courier, big white horse owned