The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-05-02
THE COXEYITE PARADE
COxey Attempts to Speak on the
Capitol Steps.
HE AND BROWN ARE ARRESTED
Congress AdjOurns Early Out of Re-
spect to the Death of Senator
StOckbridSe.
HE AND BROWN ARE ARRESTED
Associated Press.

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, Associated Press.
Washington, May 1.-The march O
Coxey's commonweal army which
started from Massillon, Ohio, on Eastei
Sunday, was ended today by the inter
rution of the police. Fortunately there
were no casualties, and tonight Gen
Coxey is addressing his burlesque army
in camp, while Marshal Carl Brown
sleeps in a police station cell, and Chris.
topher Columbus Jones, leader of the
Philadelphia commune and the come.
dian Of the movement endeavors to APP
propriate a share of the martyrdom in
an adjoining cell
The performance enacted within the
shadow of the capitol today is without
counterpart in the memory of Wash
ingtonians. The broad, smooth plaza Of
several acres facing the east front of
the capitol was packed by crowd of
men and women numbering 10000. The
capitol steps and porticos under the
Grecian pillars were packed with peo-
pie of both sexes, well dressed, and
most of the members of congress were
in the throng.
More than 200 city police reinforced
the capitol officers. Detectives from sew
eral cities were sprinkled through the
crowd, for the concentration of the law
less local characters gave just grounds !
for the apprehension of trouble, apart
from the presence of the Coxeyites.
1t was shortly after II o'clock when
the army halted in the public street
south of the capitol grounds. It's five
miles march from Brightwood through
the principal streets Of the city had
been witnessed by thousands. There
were 500 men in line.
Mrs. Annie L. briggs, Populistic agi-
tator of Kansas, in barouche; Coxey's
l7-year-old daughter in white, on a
steed, representing the
Goddess of Peace; Carl Brown, on a
great gray stallion; Gen. Jacob Coxey,
mis- wife, the infant Legal Tender
Coxey, together in another carriage;i
Virginia Lavallette, said to be an ac-
.ress, on horseback, draped in an Amer
can flag as the Philadelphia Goddess
If Peace; the unemployed, carrying
White flags Of peace on slaves and nom
lescript banners setting forth the doc
rines of good roads and enmity to plu-
ocrats, were sprinkled through the
aravan.
Marshal Brown halted the procession |
n the street and walked back to Cox. S
US carriage, the general kissed his
wife, and the two moving spirits of
fairs forced their way over the plaza t
the capitol steps, their men hating D
nder- orders and standing in their c
racks. After Coxey and Brown passed {
yelling crowd of several hundred men, c
lost of them following Brown, con- {
picuous by his unique costume, tramp a
ng and tearing its way through the d
ostly shrubbery.
A squad of mounted police, which r.
ad headed the parade, was dazed for Il
moment by the unexpected move-
tent, but charged recklessly into their I
hdst. Coxey was confronted by the n
olice as he took off his hat to speak II
the capitol steps. His constitutional v
ghts being refused, he thrust upon D
lem a printed protest, which proved g
be a well worded epitome Of the e.
opulist doctrines. CO
Meanwhile Carl Brown was being
jagged by the collar of his coat
trough the crowd to the nearest sta
on, after he had made fight to retain al
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The two police captains, lieutenant M
I'd a sergeant thrust the mild-manner- ro
Coxey, without violence, back across
yeral feet Of humanity to his car
lge The mounted police were forcing
cir horses among the people. several
them were cracking their clubs over u
heads Of the nearest persons; wom-
were shrieking In terror; men were
Hing fercely; some were knocked
wn and trampled upon. For five min
es there was riot in that section OF
mob in front Of the east steps. co
Then. the two agitating spirits having SD
en- removed. and half a dozen par st
ularly belligerent men having been tel
zen In by the police. the disturbance :.
. quelled without serious injury to a %
gle person.
somehow the army was started of to- Sc
rds its new camp between a double ye,
e Of police. followed by a mob of cei
'usands, cheering like demons for KIN
Key and Brown. Within an hour the ca,