Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-16
THEY ARE RESTING
The Commonwealers Are Pretty
Comfortable in Camp Washington.
THE EXCITEMENT DYING OUT
Boiled Beans for the Men and
Roast Beef for Browne.
BIG CROWDS EXPECTED

Life around Camp George Washington,
the home Of Coxey's army in Bladensburg,
was very quiet today, and there was little
OF the hustle and activity that one would
expect to find around the headquarters of a
movement in the interests of humanity A
few OF the commonwealers found enough to
do to keep their hands from being entirely
IDLE, but for the larger majority the day
was one long languorous idyn of repose.
| General Coxey was in town most of the
DAY, scurrying around In his familiar two
morse phaeton. looking as though the fate
OF nations rested on his shoulders, but more
hkeiy engaged in matters connected with
his personal interests. He and his two col
leagues must come before Judge Miller in
the Police Court for sentence tomorrow
morning.
For the majority of the commonwealers
NE Just now is rather more pleasant thar
II would have been had they not enlisted
In the "aImy." They have enough to eat
hothing to do and sleep at night and a
large part OF the day. under q roof, albeit
made of canvass. Visitors to the CANT
are not RS numerous as the leaders would
wish and the result is sad falling of In
the gate receipts. Marshal Browne ex-
presses great hopes, however that next
Sunday will be banner day In this re-
spect, now that the people have found tina,
the camp is in a healthy and cleanly con-
often and easy of access. This great
! leader has conceived another great idea
| tomorrow he intends to establish a lunch
counter in the camp. which will be pre-
sided over by one of the communes and
! there will be sold meal precisely like
| that served out to his followers Marshal
| Browne told a Star reporter this afternoon
that 49O men were in the camp last night
according to the report of the commissary
department. They are living fairly well
| from the men.
| Dinner was served this afternoon, and
while 1t was not elegant there was plenty
] OF 1t, and 1t was clean and nourishing. All
| the men were given a generous supply of
| boiled beans, big hunks of bread and tea
or conee. There are about thirty tents of
various sizes and condition scattered over
the ground with something like order and
under these the men lay and dozed or read
| as the fancy seized them There is a great
catholicity of taste shown by the common
7ealers in their choice of literature and
newspapers and books are eagerly sought
| for from visitors. So is smoking and chew
ing tobacco, and after dinner this afternoon
the men who had a ppeful a mouthful
were in luck.
The Afternoon Meal.
Shortly after the arrival of The Star man
at camp the rain began to fall, but the
! men did not seem to mind this particular
ly, and the majority of them continued eat
Ing their meals, complacently seated on
rude benches before their tents, or under
the trees, which furnished them some
| shelter. Marshal Browne and Mrs. Coxey
enjoyed much more elaborate meal in the
headquarters tent, dining of large roast
that was sent In by a Hyattsville friend.
With them was young sailor from Uncle
Sans navy,who used to know Carl Browne
out in Los Angeles and who was enjoying
the taste of army life as a novelty.
In hammock swung between the tent
poles little Legal Tender Coxey slept peace
fully and regardless of the noise around the
camp. Marshal Browne denied emphatical-
~ the story that number Of his men had
been arrested for drunkenness, and that
he IL tended to dismiss them from the
! army" On the contrary, he said that
only one man had been arrested, and that
this was by mistake. The man was re-
protest. and his rights to membership in
| the army" have not been affected.
Contributions Slow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coxey have rooms in the
hotel, but Mrs. Coxey spends most Of her
time and takes her meals in the camp Her
| husband, for one reason or another spends
large part of his time in town. On the
fence surrounding the camp Is painted a
sign to the effect that Coxey and Browne
will lecture whenever the crowd is large
enough to warrant 1t, but so far there have
been few occasions for their oratory. The
people in the vicinity are rather losing in
terest In the camp and good deal Of the
fear FIRST felt toward the commonweaiers
has died out. The contributions are not
coming in as rapidly as the leaders might
| wish, although the carload Of flour which
arrived in town yesterday was taken out to
camp later in the day and is filling many a
| long-felt want.
Washington baker sent out a load Of
a hundred loves Of bread this afternoon,
and few female welI-wishers of the
army" brought in baskets of provisions
for the men, The men have a fine camp.
but they seem to be losing interest in
tnings- base ball nine has been organ
lied among the commonwealers and has
one game already scheduled. One man
who is evidently far from home and lone.
some, has painted uIon the walls of his
mCther-in-law?"
B1adensburx and the Commonwealers.
The deputies still patrol the streets of
Hyattsville and Bladensburg, but nothing
happened to disturb the peace last evening
Marshal Browne mounted the platform
about O'Clock; the silvery moon shone be-
hind him as he stood erect in his lea ther
coat and SLOUGH hat He began his speech
by abiding to the time at the Police Court
ana thought 1t strange that an appeal could
not be taken from that court. He said that
the judge was fair, and did not want to pa ss
sentence right away. That the Sentence
would be probably passed next Thursday
but he wanted to know how the Judge could
sentence MIN tnen, when his term expired at
II o clock tonight. There would, no doubt
be legal web woven by which he could
pass the sentence. The arrest in the Can't
tol grounds was referred to- and he said tina
ne was arrested for walking on the grass
because he wore a leather coat He severely
arraigned the citizens Of HyattsvifIe. sneak
ing of them as "so-called law abiding citi.
zens. and again charging them with having
INUNDATED the family of DIR. Rogers. He
SAID that the vaerant ordinances passed by
the Hyattsville commissioners would AFFECT
some or the citizens Of the town who were
out OF money. Fools rushed in where an
gels feared to tread" and there were inst
such fools in Hyattsville, who would hide in
an alley and pass ordinances A number Of
special deputies had been appointed for the
purpose of arresting men who wore com.
monweal badges. The ladies of HyattsyiIIe
were better than the men, for one iadv he
been Kind to the cause. He complimented
the Bladensburg people. speaking OF ina
uoors ana windows OF the village being
thrown open to the cemmonwealers.
Spoken of for Congress,
Gen. Coxey was afterward seen in his
tent by The Star reporter. The general"
was conversing with a number Of friends
at the time but gave the reporter an audi.
ence. The general produced a telegram
from the Independent Of Massillon. Ohio
which read as follows: You are going 70
be nominated for Congress by acciamstion
today; seems to be a good deal of enthuSi
dSm about il. nlea Wi