Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-17

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would remove the possibility Of stragglers
falling back on the town. General Super
intendent Nicholson probably heard from
these gentlemen. and hence his decision fix
ing tarfn on commonweals.
| Boats Secured.
Two boats have been secured for the army,
while the newspaper correspondents have
| chartered a third one, with a prize assort-
ment of mules. The two army boats are the
| Benjamin Waugh, Capt. Wilson, and the A.
Greenless Capt. Leary. They are owned by
Mertens' Sons. 1t is estimated that the
/ commonwealers can reach Williamsport
easily In two days by the canal. bringing
them there on Wednesday evening.
Today the army has been quiet as mice
are supposed to be when no one is around
and big corn crib is wide open. The day
has been spent at the base bail park in any
number OF ways. Around the big board
fence could at all times be found a large
| number of sleepers Fires were kept smol-
dering. and In the hot water was boiled
their soiled clothing. The more active ele-
ment inaugurated a game Of base ball. The
grand stand changed into a barber
shop. and all the morning members of the
army who could use the razor scraped the
rough boards of their fellow wealers. Down
along the creek men were washing them
selves and their clothes, while on the
grounds a well-used backing brush was In
constant use by persons who have been
constantly dubbed as tramps and hoboes.
| AS matter of fact the majority or any
thing like majority of the go men who are
with the army at present are not tramps in
the common acceptance of the word. Pro-
| fessional tramps are not given to playing
! base ball or getting shaved. neither have
they passionate fondness for washing
themselves or their clothes There are some
| tramps in the crowd, and there are some
young fellows. who, without having any
thing especial to dc, have come along with
| the commonweal for the fun and excitement
! there is in 1t. careful look, however at
| the faces of the men composing the army
would give you idea that at least a ma
jority were honest men. workmen, and anx-
| ious to work.
They Are After Work.
| Talk with individuals picked up at ran
dom would strengthen this belief Many of
the men Of this class do not care especially
! about Mr.. Coxey's plans. They simply
know that they are unable to get work and
they have confidence that Mr.. Coxey is en-
deavoring to better their condition. This
morning 1 talked with an intelligent mem
Der of the army named Leonard this
subject
Il can only speak for myself" said this
man; but certainly all want is work and
l believe that is the case with nearly all the
men here. We are not tramps, and 1t is
not pleasant to be called tramps IL any
one doubts that we want work, let him
| throw open some of the shops and give us
chance. / am machinist myself from Chi
cago, and good machinist. too. but 1 can't
I find anything to do. The works 1 was with
made machinery for use in silver. mining
but the silver slump closed them up tighter
than wax, and there you are. 4 have seen
plenty of tramps in my day. although 1
have never been of them, and men of that
character would no more have come with
US, through the weather and over these
roads that we have endured with nothing to
eat but hard tack and coffee than they
would have taken a bath"
There was where Leonard struck the rail
| on the head. The cohesiveness OF this little
] hl faa of tT,aF,, lg.4l
culties is something remarkable A few
| hours OF the binding snow the army en-
countered in Pennsylvania, one of the meals
the men ate In the mountains of Maryland
would nave made a desertcr of any ordinary
| tramp. There is logged persistency about
| the men in the ranks of this affair that in
spite OF the squabbles among the leaders;
in spite of the breaks among these notorie-
| ty-seeking marshals, the army has moved
steadily along.
What May Result.
| 1 asked Leonard IL he thought any good
| would come from the movement.
Well he said. lit will at any rate set
! the country to thinking, and believe will
| do good in that way"
While the men are pushing on with the
| persistency of animals, with little care or
| heed to what is before them, what is the
condition with the leaders? Are they look
ing ahead?
1T would mean neutrality-suspicious.
money n
teiests, was Carl Browns answer today
to my question to what the result would
be IL Congress should adjourn without pass
Ing the Coxey bills.
Brown was in the headquarters tent at
the time sewing up a cut in the much talk
ed-of leather coat He was, however de-
cidedly in earnest when i asked him to tell
the people of Washington what he expected
to do when he reached that city.
Marshal Brown Talks.
"to reach Rockville on the 2Sth. There we
will mobilize and form the forces. being
Joined by the sections coming from all the
different directions. With the entire COM
bined force we will move down to and
through Washington and on the LIST of May
will hold a public meeting on the steps of
the Capitol. Mr.. CoXey and myself will
make speeches and get the assemblage to
indorse and demand of Congress the imme-
date passage of the CoXey bond bill After
the meeting we will march to our camp,
wherever 1t shall have been located, and
await the action of Congress and see II that
body intends to ignore the demands of the
people. We will issue call to the people
of the whole United States to send in sup
plies and according these supplies come
in we will increase our forces. AS soon as
Congress passes our bills will dispense
quietly to our homes happy and contented."
What If Congress should refuse to pass
the bills?'
Now, 1 am not going to consider such a
contingency as do not believe Congress is
entirely in the power of the monied inter-
ests
What If Congress should adjourn with
out taking action? That, sir. in the face
of the demand We will present from the
people of this country, would be revolution.
revolution p-ecipitated by Congress and the
money interests"
Gen. COxey's Views.
Your correspondent also had a talk with
]. S. Coxey, the leader of the scheme, on
his plans in Washington. Coxey is not
by any means the usual stamp of an agi-
tator. He is rather slightly built man,
with somewhat Of a studious face, small
bristling mustache of a reddish tinge, and
wears glasses. He Is a good talker, and
his views are pretty well defined.
THE number of men we will have at
Washington he said, 'is a mere matter
of conjecture, but every unemployed labor
ing man in this country ought to be there
on the LIST of May. We will combine our
forces outside of Washington, and propose
to carry out the plan already outlined.
There should be 100000 or 5000 people
around the Capitol on May l to demand
the issue of non-interest bonds. After the
meeting we propose to camp probably on
Senator Stewards property at Chevy Chase
and wait until Congress acts
In answer to questiors as to possible
contingencies, Mr.. Coxey said
IF Congress should adjourn without act
ing on the bills there would be one and
only one, thing to do, Cleveland would have
to call an extra session
Not allow us to hold meeting on the
Capitol steps? Well. we will test the con-