The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-21
COxEYITES AT HAGeRSTOWN.
They Will Enjoy Life for a Few
Days on the Fair Grounds.
Coxey to Go On to Pittsbnrg and New
York for Few Days-Gsneral Kelly's
Army Cannot Obtain Railroad Traus-
portation-Omaha workmen Interpose
for Them.

HAGERsTowN, Md. April 2O.-Coxey
turned over the command of his army
to Marshal Browne to-day and started
for New York to attend horse sale
for which he has some stock entered.
The army will remain here over Satur.
day and probably Sunday.
There is rumor that the stop is part
OF preconcerted plan to delay the ar.
rival outside Of Washington until Coxey
can have conference with some of the
Populist leaders in Pittsburg, where
ne Will stop on his way to New York.
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Coxey and
MS party are camped on the fair grounds
at Hagerstown to-day and are faring
very comfortably. None of the detach-
ments from other directions have as vet
formed juno ton with Coxey and his
command numb ers about two hundred
men only.
The delegation of workingmen from
Phlladelphia and vicinity who came
mere TO enter formal protest to the
SENATE hnance committee against the
Wilson bill, readily confirmed to the
circumstances when they learned that
existing laws prohibited organized pro-
cessions and demonstrations within the
Capitol grounds.
They will parade through the streets
OF the city and disband their process
sion at the Peace monument at the foot
OF Capitol Hill. From there they will
enter the Capitol grounds as individuals.
1t was part of their programme to ap-
point committee to wait upon the
chairman of the finance committees and
ASK r hearing. Sucn action will not
avail.
MIR. Voorhees, said this afternoon that
the committee had decided long AFRO
that they would have no hearings, and
that they could not now change that
rule. The committee and the Senate,
ne thought. were we'll advised as to
what WAS best to be done in tho matter
CT tariff legislation, and they were en-
deavoring to act intelligently
Although the request has not boon
made by the Republican members Of
the committee, it is known that should
the committee of workingmen desire it
the memo ers OF the minority will hear
them The delegation took pains to
dlsclaim any connection or sympathy
with Coxey or his ideas. They are
simply workingmen with prote ctionists'
views.
General Keiiy's Command at weston,
Town.
WESTON, Iowa, April 2o.-General
Kelly and ex-Congress1nan Pussy left
here for Omaha on an early train. The
weather is severely cold and the ground
was covered with ice this morning The
industrial army put in q hard night, but
most OF them were enabled to find a drv
place to sleep.
Kelly spent the day in Omaha and
council blun5 cndeavoring to secure
railroad transportation for his mon. He
rejected oilers of Omaha sympathizers
to send his army to Kansas City bv
NDu ha
also one TO divide his men and send half
to st. Paul and the remainder to Rock
Island
Insist on Railroad transportation.
OMAHA, Mob, April 20-A crowd of
5000 laboring men marched from Omaha
across the bridge of Council Bluffs this
morning for the purpose OF compelling
tins Eastern railroads by force if neces-
sary to furnish train for kelly's army.
~ tho time 1t reached the center of the
city of Council Bluffs it had grown to
5000 men and 40 or so women.
Tho column had been preceded to
council Bluffs by committee OF promi-
nent citizens, appointed last night at q
meeting Of the Central Labor Organiza.
ton Union. The committee was to call
on Governor jackson ana the managers
OF the railroads and urge that tho com
monwealerS be at once started on thoir
way East.
Mr. st. John said, in response to a
request for train. that he was not In q
position to grant it, even should he de-
sire TO do SO, as tho matter was now
wholly in the hands OF the presidents Of
the Iowa trunk lines, and that the road
could not grant request for a train
unless the presidents Of all the other
roads agreed.
Meantime the railroads have STONED
the running Of trains into and from
Council Bluffs, and ran all of their roll.
ing stock out OF town. The Omaha peo.
pie got no more satisfaction out OF Coun-
Gil BluHs' railroad officials that Kelly
did out of President ST. John. The
roads are united in their determination
not to furnish trains for the common
weaiers unless paid for.
Murderer Taken to Baltimore for Safe
Keeping.
BALTIMORE, April 20.-Fearinr the
vengeance OF the excited populace OF
Centerville, Sheriff Bryan, Of Queen
Anne's county, to-day brought William
Jackson, colored, to Baltimore for safe
keeping. Jackson on Wednesday muir
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