The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-09
CoxEY'S MARCH.
His Army of $50 Men Camp for the
Night at Monongahela City.

Brownsville, Pa, April Yesterdays
terrible march through the mud and rain
seemed to have had little effect on the bat
talon of 2S0 men, now under Coxey's lead
as they started out this morning on a
long march over the magnificent hills of
Southwestern Pennsylvania to begin
their third weeks march. The column
started at 10 80 o'clock, after three rous-
ing cheers for the people Of MOnongahela
City. 1t was after o'clock tonight when
the men, very tired and hungry, arrived
at Camp Chicago here.
THE ARRESTS AT WASHINGTON.
Washington. April S.-The unceremo-
nious manner in which the freight car
load of forty unemployed from Cincinnati
was taken in charge by the police last
night is a foretaste of the recep-
tiOn which awaits Coxeys army.
Tomorrow morning the men will be
brought into the police court and a charge
of vagrancy entered against them. The
local law against vagrants Is a sweeping
measure. II applies to all men without
visible means Of support, who are desti-
tute, and likely to become charges
upon the city, and who have
those who are arraigned under the pro-
visions of the act is ninety days in the
workhouse, at hard labor but it rests
within the discretion of the Judge to ac-
cept their promises to leave the city at
once, or accept 5000 bonds as surety they
will not beg or become public charges.
PRIMROSE WORSE OFF THAN THE OTHERS.
Capt. Primrose, the leader of the band,
may find himself in more serious trouble
than his followers. There is an old law on
statute, which was passed in 1880 and has
never been repealed, which makes it an
offense to bring into the District of Co
lumbia any destitute people, who are
likely to become public charges, with a
penalty of from $25 to $50 fine for each Of
fense. The police authorities are consid-
ering the advisnbiltty of bringing a
charge of violating this law against the
leader, in which case his fines with the
alternative work house imprisonment
would amount to very heavy punish
ment.
TWO OTHER LAWS AGAINST THEM.
The same charge may be brought
against Gen. Coxey, if disaster does not
overtake the army of the commonweal
before IL completes its itinerary Ofcourse,
the vagrancy act may be brought into APP
plication against his followers, and besides,
there are two other laws which IL is the
avowed and advertised purpose of the
COxeyites TO break. One is an act of con.
gress regulating the use Of the capitol
grounds, which forbids in stringent
terms any gathering, demonstration or
parade, the making of any Grafton, or
use of threatening language, or the
display of any banner or device to
attract attention. The other is local
law which forbids men to congregate on
the steps of any public or private build
ing 1t rests in the power Of the speaker
of the House to suspend the capitol regu-
lations for any proper purpose, and per-
haps Coxey's agents will apply to him for
permission to carry out their programme.
WHAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE SAYS.
Maj Moore, the chief of police, said
to-day, in speaking of the march of Coxey:
"These laws are on the statute books, and
we have no discretion but TO enforce
them if Coxey's army does arrive, unless
congress should give them permission to
congregate on the capitol steps"
The details of the police movement
against Coxey are kept a secret No
doubt he will be met at the district limits
and if the numbers of his army are too
great for the police to cope with, the
local militia will be called to their aid.