The record-union., 1894-05-02

Lieutenant Amiss in the meantime had
marched over to the army and lined up
to preserve order as 1t departed. A gray
haired man, with G.. A. r. button on
his coat, climbed up the steps of an ada
cent house and began to haraugue upon
| the rights of American citizens, which
drew fraction of the crowd about him.
The army as it marched down Second
street was followed by hundreds of
poorly dressed men and women, who
cheered it all the way without intermis-
| sion and shouted loudly for Coxey and
| Browne.
| General Coxey talked to an Associated
Press reporter when they reached the
new camp. 81 was careful to walk on the
sidewalk and trespass on no regulations
when L went to the steps," he said.
This is the beginning of the movement,
that is all. The people are with ue; the
common people. Look at the thousands
main right here. Other bands of unem-
ployed will join us. Congress will see
the will of the people and will pass our
bills.n
Browne and Jones, who was arrested
with him, were marched off to the police
station and locked up in adjacent cells.
The entries in their respective cases were:
Carl Browne, age A years; occupation,
artist and journalist; single; charged
Officer j. S. Cramlin; arrested by Officer
Robertson.
Christopher Columbus Jones, 50 years
old; pump-maker; married. charged with
disorderly conduct; complainant, Officer
Collins f. Lithers; arrested by Officer
Fuldridge.
Browne appeared cast down and
his cell In reply to reporter knock. he
was asked if he desired to make state
ment. Il don't wish to say anything
until hear from the American people,
was his response. Citizen Jones heard
the answer of the Marshal. and made a
similar reply to the same query.
After the disturbances had passed away
there was conference between the local
prosecuting attorney and the police au-
thorities as to the trial of the two prison.
ers, Browne and Jones. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Mulloney conferred with
| Maj jor Moore, Chief of Police, and it was
decided the TWO men should be arraigned
| tomorrow before Judge Miller of the
| Police Court. Consideration was next
given TO the charge to be brought against
the prisoners. and Mr.. Mulloney decided
to make the charge on the broad ground
of violation of United States statute.
1t was so entered at the station. Under
this head specific charges will be made of
entering the Capitol grounds unlaWfully
and of disorderly conduct. The penalty
is fine not to exceed 500, or imprison
ment not TO exceed sixty days, or both.
Mr.. Mulloney also directed the officers
not to accept collateral in lieu of bail.
Brownies attorney was told that any time
bail was ready Judge Miller would fix
the amount and the Clerk of the Court
would make out the papers necessary to
release the prisoners from custody.
Late in the afternoon Brownies bail
was fixed at $500. Mrs. Emily Briggs, a
wealthy resident of this city. and Mrs.
Anna Hahn, prominent labor sympa-
| thiZer, undertook the bond and the Mar
shall was set free. Mrs. Briggs conveyed
him in her carriage to her home. where
| be took dinner, and then returned to the
army in its new camp near the river.
Christopher Columbus Jones was left
| to languish in the station-house. None of
the Coxey people seem to be particularly
interested in his condition, and it is
doubtful if any effort will be made to get
him out Of Jail.
On reaching the camp Browne betook
himself Immediately to the headquarters.
where he refused to see any of his fol-
| lowers or outsiders, except select few.
Shortly afterward Coxey made his ap-
pearance in the tent and listened with
careful attention to the Marshal's account
of his arrest. After mastering the situa-
other side of the platform, in a lower
corner of the new camp, and few min
utes later he was addressing an audience
made up of limited portions of his fol-
lowers, and such curious men and women
as were willing to pay ten cents to come
and see what was going on.
! Coxey said he was we'll satisfied with
what had transpired during the day. He
! believed that the fact that the common
people of the United States, represented
! by his followers had been denied the
right to peaceably assemble and state
their grievances, would be heralded
throughout the land and would result in
the bringing of thousands of unemployed
to this city. He still advises peace, and
declared that he believed that his two
bills would be passed by Congress inside
of two or three weeks.
There was a large crowd about the
camp during the evening and large de-
tail of police was posted there to prevent
disorder.