Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-24
TO BE HELD IN CHECK.
AWatchfui Eye Being Kept on the Move-
ments of CoxeY's Army.

MAssILLoN, o.. March 21.--In the GEN.
ter of the dark public square, beside
the faring light of a gasoline torch
light, Lieut.. Carl Browne stood up
and introduced the great unknown"
to the crowd below him. The MEM
bers of the commonweal sent up
shout of joy and the stranger
bowed and began his address. He
spoke in a clear, loud voice with a
slight German accent, and the words
recalled the days of excitement before
the Haymarket riot when Chicago was
pulsing with the bitter invective of an
archist orators. He spoke in the course
of his speech of having been in Chicago
and told of his work for humanity.
Said he:
1.-The people must rise up and crush with one
terrible blow the outrages from which they
have suffered for so many years, The rich
must be brought low and the poor receive their
| just rights. What great privilege 1t is to be
here in the incipiency of the movement
of this grand undertaking. 1t is like
a little stream. Soon 1t will swell
into q river and will roll into Wash.
| ington with all the might and power OF
| the Amazon. AS Christ appeared in the world
| and gathered his disciples together, so do
Brother Coxey, the embodiment of Christ, and
| Brother Browne, one of His disciples, and
| Others, ready to complete the twelve, and they
| together will assemble the great army of con-
verts that next Sunday will start the mighty
| march that will shake the very centers OF these
| United States"
All Stark county is awakening to
| genuine dread of the approaching reign
| of Coxeyism. Towns lying along the
| proposed line of march of the common
veal are actively engaged in organic
ing deputy sheriff reception committees
for the nondescript peace army and it's
motley company of leaders. At Can
ton, the county seat Of Stark
county, where the army will stop
during the first night after leaving
this city, the feeling of apprehen-
sion is running especially high. Sher-
| if Hiram Doll has already made ar
rangements to call out companies "F,"
al" and II" OF the Eighth Ohio ma
tional guard. He held secret confer
ence with Capts. w. H. Frease, 81. s.
Smart and C. R. Miller, of Canton, and
agreed that each of the $50 mem bers of
the three companies should be formal
ly sworn as deputy sheriff.
The plan of proceedings is simple
but the sheriff thinks it will prove
effective. Next Sunday night, after
the army begins its march, the militia
men, armed with carbines and provided
with ten rounds of ammunition, will
march in platoon organization from
Canton along the state road until they
meet Coxey and the commonweal.
They will then deploy and attend the,
peace army into the city, where pickets
| lN ,%,% L
along the streets to prevent any depre-
dations. No effort will be made to pre-
vent Coxey'a march or hinder him from
holding a mass-meeting on the public
square and addressing the crowd on
the subject of "Road-Building and
Non-Interest-Bea Bonds.'
The sheriff simply wishes to assure
himself that the county's peace will
not be violated. Capt Frease came to
Massillon this morning and spent the
day in Investigating the situation, with
a view to making a report to the gov
ernor. 1t is not regarded as probable
that the companies of the national
guard in Akron and Alliance will be
ordered out In addition to the pre-
cautions taken by the sheriff of Stark
county, Mayor Cassidy, of Canton, is
preparing greatly to enlarge the police
force of the city.
The chief of police in Pittsburgh has
appointed number of officers to JOIN
the army in Massillon and watch its
movements and get acquainted with
the officers and followers. They will
travel incognito The sheriff of Beaver
county, Pa, is taking legal advice and
will be ready for action. The sheriff OF
Fayette county, Pa, says that he will
ask for funds to pay force of special
officers who will escort the army
through his territory. If that force is
not sufficient he will call on the Cover
nor for aid.
In the meantime the tramps of the
country are slowly but surely drifting
toward Massillon. 1t is now such
pleasant weather that they can sleer
out of doors or in straw stacks, keep.
. ing out of the notice of the authorities
The Pittsburgh train reaching Massil-
lon Sunday evening was stopped foui
times between stations to let of
tramps. Numerous petty cases o,
thieving have occurred in the city
Gen. Coxey's wife is much opposed tc
{ her husbands enterprise and she has
done her best to dissuade him from
making any further attempts to carry
forward his commonweal scheme. Blu
the general will not be dissuaded.