The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-13
CAMP TYRANNY BR0KEIl
COxET's ARMY 0UIIS WAsHINsrOy
MEYER 40 RBI URN.
They Cross Over into Mar land bat ave not
Welcome There LEADERS Receive
Their Sentence.

WASHINGTON, u. c.. May le.-car
Browne woke the Coxey army up At day.
break this morning and as soon as they
could get breakfast ali hands were set
TO work breaking camp and packing
the tents and cooking outfit into the
wagons. which left for Bladcnsburg with
an advance guard OF twenty-five men at
b o'clock. For the next two hours the
entire force was busily engaged I'm clean
ing up the old site, burning the straw bed
ding, and leaving the spot I'm much bet
ter condition than they found IL.
Brownies assertion that 525 men took
breakfast, and that the enlistment roll
showed $50 members. was no. borne out
by actual count, for when the procession
moved at 8 o'clock only 26S men were
in line and fifty Of them were negroes.
who had just Joined, attracted by the
summer-resort features OF the new camp.
The Philadelphia contingent nad dwin-
died TO forty-one members.
DoDGED THE POLICE ecoRr.
It was not intended to leave the camp
until 10 o'clock, but Browne was opposed
to the police escort that was expected at
that hour. and he was successful In get
ting under march before they arrived.
Just before leaving Browne harangued his
followers and told them he had 10 re-
port al court TO receive sentence and
that young Jesse Coxey would be I'm COM
mand until he returned. lie could not
say when that would be. a. he might
be sent 90 jail. but he begged them 20
obey Jesse implicitly and threatened that
dismissal In disgrace would imm lately
follow any insubOrdinati0n against Josse's
commands. He said he did this because
he and Jesse had n row some time ago
and he wanted 10 show the men that all
was now harmonious. When near the
Capitol. less than a mile from camp.
halt OF five minutes was made, and the
men strung out along the curhstone FOR
two blocks I'm the shade Of trees and
listened TO some darkey banjo players
who were recruited yesterday
They were careful to skirt the Capitol
grounds and not cross them. desiring
not to create any new complications.
FORGOT TO GIVE THE cHERr.
They reached the District line and
passed over into Maryland at lob
o'clock Browne had told jesse CoNey 10
hold the men at this point and give a
cheer for the hospitable people Of Wash
ington. but Jesse evidently forgot the
Injunction. and the departure from the
national reservation was without incident
Exactly ten days ago CoXey's army
marched down Pennsylvania avenue oo'
strong.
Nearly one hundred new recruits. mostly
negroes. have been gathered I'm. and as
less than 300 marched out to-day about
300 Of the enlisted men are unaccountfd
for. No practical results have been
achieved. and now, as far as the District
authorities are concerned. the city of
Washington is permanently rid Of the
Commonwealers II has been determined
that they Will never De- permitted 10
return 10 the city
THE CITIZENS oBIrCr.
The people I'm the suburbs Of washing
ton adjoining the proposed new camp or
the CoXcyites, have appealed % tho
Governor OF Maryland % prevent what
they term an outrage on their property
rights. With the unanimity which seems
TO prevail in other communities they
showed a willingness TO aid the CoXcy
mobs 20 a 1gccnd upon the National
Capital, but decline to have them In their
own neighbOrhOod. I'm the little town OF
Hyattsvlle celcbratNl for i's adoption
OF the -enry George sngle-taX SYSTEM
tne cltlIHnS rang lnt IRE Itll ldHN HihA'
when the news reached them, TO call
an Indignation meeting to protest against
having the Coxey camp IN their neishbor-
hood.
Entertained the Cnmmopwraiers
SOUTH BEND, IND. May l2.--Ran
dalTs Commonwealers we're entertained
by j. NJ. StudebaSer last night. on his
private grounds. The entertainment was
IN the nature OF q lawn party. There was
music. ana covers laid FOR 800. The guests
arrived from New Carlisle. hungry and
foots0re and expressed appreciation OF
| the rcpast Thousands OF South Bend
citizens turned out % see the army walk
! into town and enter the Studebaker
grounds Last night the men slept In the
omen dance shed. In Studcbakor's Island
| park. There vas a general order, Take
a bath in the river" which was obeyed.
PELLA, IA. May R.-kelly's army
| camped last night at Amsterdam bridge
four miles from here. and, after hsh'
| breakfast, moved on 10 the town OF mar
yey. a distance Of seven miles. Considera
! bic provisions were furnished by the pup