Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-02
REACHED THE CAPITOL
Bui COxey's s0raiion Failed
10 Be Delivered.
THE PARADE A SUCCESS
Wound Up With a Few Clubbed Heads
and Arrest Of Two Leaders.

| one Ol the leduefs now Jhnkulshts IN Nur-
hnce vile. Coxey himself was more fortu.
nate, and. barring "A posi- le dlaappo mt
ment. is rs well as ever
The army is now encamped within the
city and its members are wondering
| what is TO come next. As an excitement
producer and crowd drawer the pageant
was a pronounced success But la no
other way
The performance which was enacted
within the shadow Of the Capitol Is with
out a counterpart In the memory of
Washingtonians. Over the broad, smooth
| plaza Of the sev raj acres Of the east front
OF the Capitol was packed crowd Of
men ana women mum hering at lie tst TO-.
600. All conditions OF people were there,
the lower elements in largest proportion.
The Capitol steps and porticos were
| packed with people OF 10th sexes, well
dressed, and most Of the mem bers OF con-
gress in the throng.
More than 2O0 police surrounded the
Capitol Offices Detectives were sprinkled
through the crowd. for the concentration
Of lawless characters gave just grounds
for apprehensions Of trouble, apart from
this presence of the CoEeyites.
a Curious Aggregation.
IL was shortly after | o'clock when the
army halted ia the public street south Of
the Capitol grounds. It's five Aile march
down from Brightwood, through the
principal streets Of the city, had been wit
messed by thousands, attracted more
from curiosity than by any interest In the
movement
Such \ fantastic aggregation never
paiaded itself in seriousness before the
public. There were JOD men IA line, Mrs.
Annie l. Diggs the Populistic agitat r
OF Kansas, in n barouche; COxey's l7-year-
old daughter In white, on a horse, repre-
senling the goddess OF peace; Carl
Browne, on gray PercherOu stallion;
General Jacob Slecher Coxey, his wifi,
the infant Legal Tender Coxey, together
in another carriage; Virginia l.. A. Val
lette said To be an actress on horseback,
draped In an American flag, as the Phila-
delphia commune's goddess Of peace; ne
unemployed carried white flags Of peace
on staves, aud the nondescript banners
setting the doctrines Of reincaruation,
good roads and enmity To plutocrats,
were spriukled through the caravan.
Police Mandate Disobeyed
Marshal Browne halted the processio1
there I'm the street, walked ba k To CUXey's
carriage, the general kissed his wife, md
then the two moving spirits Of the atfsi-,
Browne swinging aloft small banp p,
forced their way over the plaza to tus
Capitol ateps. their men, acting under
or ers stand n4 Ia tAei- tracks. After
Coxey aud Browne pressed a yelling
crowd of men.
ITAmpliuR and tearing its way through
the costly shrubhery the mob went, while
squad Of mounted police which had
headed the parade, dazed "A moment by
the unexpected move, dashed Eecklee
into their midst COXey was confronted
by the police as he took of his hat TO
speak on the steps. and his demand Tor
his constitutional rights, AS he called il,
being fused, thrust upon them
printed protest which proved to be we'll
worded epitome of populistic doctrines.
Meanwhile Carl Browne was being lit
orally dragged 10y the collar Of his coat
through the crowd toward the nearest
station, after he had made fight to re-
tain his banner. The mild-mannercd
COxey, sithout violence, was thrust back
across several hundred Zee. Of humanity
20 his carriage Mounted police were
forcing their horses among the people,
several OF them cracking their clubs over
the heads Of the nearest persons; women
were shrieking with terror, men yelling
hercely; some were being knocked down
and trampled upon.
without a Leader
For ive minutes there was riot in that
section Of the mob in front OF the enst
steps which o scupied about An acre OF the
asphalt. Thcn the two agitating spirits
having been removed. half dozen par
ticularly belligerent men having been
taken In by the police, the disturbance
was quelled, without serious injury to a
single person.
Another riot was started almost inn
medately near Coxey's carriage in the
street, whittier the crowds pressed as soon
~ the leader had rejoined his lines, aud
clubs were freely used. Cable cars clang-
ing through the mob increased the dan
ger but here also none but minor Injuries
were inflicted
Somehow the army was started off
toward its new camp between double
lines Of police followed by mob Of thou
sands Of negroes and white men cheering
| like demons Within an hour the Capt.
| tol grounds had almost regained their
normal quiet with only "a few hundred
| people strolling around aud nothing but
trampled sbrubbery and grass ground
under thousands OF feet left as evidences
| Of the riot.
Over in the station house, six squares
from the Capitol, in the southwestern
section Of the city, Carl Browne was look
ing through the gratings OF his cell, his
| pockets having been searched, and his de-
scription taken down as is done with or
duary offenders The result of the search
was $3.50 in money, small dismantled
revolver and consignment OF common
veal literature.
| Brownies Possessions.
General CoXey accepted the situation
| quietly. His army was put to work
| clearing up the new camping ground for
| occupancy, while CoXey drove over TO the
| Office Of the district commissioners with
an eye to business. lie made application
for the necessary license to charge an ad-
mission lee TO his camp by paying g.
Coxey secured license for one day only.
In the afternoon Brownies bail was
fixed at $500 Mrs Edith Briggs aud Mrs.
| Anna Hahan undertook the bond aud the
chief marshal was set free Mrs Briggs
conveyed bim iu her carriage to her home,
! where he took dinner aud then he re
turned to the army In its new camp near
the river Christopher Colum bus joiner
was left " lanRulsh in the station house
Wants Railroads 10 help COxeyIleS
| DIS MoINFs, Nav 2--Graud Master