The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-11
HUGE COXEY RAID
Virginia Troops Round Up
All the Tramp Army
at RosslYn.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVADED
The 'Industrials" Had Become
a MUS anee and a Men
ace to Order.
No Resistance to the Soldiers
Work and Penitentiary Ahead
of the Captiyes.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVADED

the authorities of the State of Virginia IN
driving the remnant of the body of men
who have so long been an eye7sore to this
neighborhood under the guise OF an INDUS
trial army, y from the soil of the "Old Do
minionn State.
Governor O'Ferral of Virginia last night
quietly dispatched Companies A and b OF
the First Virginia Regiment to Alexandra,
to act in conjunction with the Light lnfan-
try of that place in Kidding the State OF the
presence of Fryes aggregation OF western
tramp talent.
The troops were under command OF Col
onel Jones and Lieutenant-Colon Fnll-
lips. Alexandria was reached az eieven
O'Clock last night, where the soldiers te1t
the train and marched to the armory.
The strietest secrecy was observed IN order
10 keep the Washington authorizes IN lgnor-
ance of what was going on. Governor
O'Farrall, it was said, feared the police OF
this city might try to prevent the Coxeylbes
from retreating across the Aqueduct bridge
to the north bank of the Potomac, and he des-
ired, if possible, TO get the soldiers started
before his plans became known, and thus
take Washington by surprise. The Governor
is at the Blue Ridge Springs, and would not
even trust his recent determination to the
telegraph wires, but dispatched his private
CC1CtdI v III DC1 SUI i a ACooCA6 w
tant Genepal Anderson a day or two ago.
LULLED TO SECURITY.
General Anderson, after instructing Colonel
Jones what to do, came on ahead to Alex
andria to re~connoitre. He gave the men to
understand thai Governor O'Ferrau had
postponed a general raid until Monday, SO
as to give all plenty of time to leave, though
the men were IN readiness for a raid, and
willing to submit without violence. Some
of the men stated that if the State author
tiles did not provide vehicles for conveying
them to the workhouss they would not go
along. Having partially disarmed the
'weaIers of their fears, General Anderson
returned to Alexandria to prepare for the
raid this morning.
Governor O,Ferrell's intention to take the
authorities Of the District by surprise was
successful. Up to five o'clock this morning,
when the raid was made, no steps had been
taken to prevent the forced invasion, and
though the presence Of troops at Alexan-
dria and their purpose there was known at
the Georgetown police precinct station, no
orders had been given to guard the District
end of the bridge and prevent the sew
eral hundred Coxeyites from pouring into
the city.
HEMMED IN.
Phe Virginia militia companies left Alex
andria for Rosslyn at 12:40 this morning,
marching over the Washington road. They
reached the Frye camp about daybreak.
The Coxeyites were hustled out OF their
quar- tiers and lined up on the approach to the
bridge. The Coxeyites then found them
selves hemmed in on the bridge, with both
avenues of escape cut off. Once on the
bridge the militia will guard the Virginia
end to prevent their return. .
What course the District authorities will
pursue in the emergency remains to be seen
as no action had been taken by the police
authorities up to nine o'clock this morning.
Tho O rrf ~ 1rfu tho locf fuBanfU-f0I1r
hours have been encouraging to the cause.
Thursday about midnight 100 men came IL
groups. During the day yesterday about
twenty more dropped in, and after dark q
contingent OF Jeffries' men, numbering
seventy, showed up, reported that other
the city as fast as they could travel.
The arrival of the new men
buoyed up the hopes of the campers
who think the larger the numbers the more
secure they will be. The idea of the District
government in sending away patches of sixty
leaders statedithat for the next sixty days
the District officials would have men to send
out.
THE NUISANCE
As soon as the news got around that free
transportation was offered part of the way
home, all of the members Of the army with
in a radius of several hundred miles has
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offer. All the time the fresh arrivals in
camp will be larger than the number which
will go out, and all of the different contln-
gents will hasten their steps toward the
city instead of lounging by the roadside.
Sixty-six eindustrials' left Washington
last night for st. Louis. They ven over
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, in a sec
ond class car, on tickets provided at re-
duced rates by the commissioners OF the
District of Columbia. The men who left com.
prised companies b and C of Kelly's Cali
fo1nia contingent, and the remaining eighty
or ninety members of that contingent
will leave tonight. also for st. Louis. The
party of ninety, which was sent out a few
nights ago, was all that remained of Gal
wins army. The men who were driven out
of Camp Rosslyn this morning once com
prised Frye's and Jumbo" CantwelPs arm
les. some of them are angry because nc
way has been provided for them to leave
town. M
The contingent which left FAST night was
to nave gone the night before, but refused
to leave unless transportation through to
Californiawas furnished Them When they
were told yesterday that they could either
golast night or remain to take chances with
the Governor Of Virginia, they decided thai
free transportation to st. Louis was good
enough
GOING WEST oNIGH
Those who left last night n those who
go Ion1gn6 are IN charge OF dugn cassidy
who was elected by the men. The men who
started last night viii be managed by Sam
uel Hoyt under Cassidy and tonight's Grove
catch up with them. The Rev. y. ". Mat
chett, the Methodist exhorter, who has beer
preaching at the Rosslyn camp, will be in
the party going west tonight.
The train left at 11.15 p. M, and after it:
departure, Cassidy and two committeeme
walked to Roselyn to arrange for the re
moval of the remaining ninety Kelly men,.
The Kelly army, it will be remembered
left California oyer 1000 strong soon after
Coxey made his Easter Day start. 1ht
Kelly men were furnished with trains, after
they had demanded them. and reached
Omaha in short order. There
they could obtain no trains. Al
Council Bluffs they did no better
and a riot was narrowly saverted. The arm5
kept growing. It started out to eTossthe
State of Iowa. but gave it up, built flat
boats and foated down the Missouri River
to the Mississippi River, and abanapned the
boats at st. Louis. InFSthat city The mer
took freight trains and managed to get az
far as Portsmouth, Ohio. From there the
men. reduced to 500, ~straggied in as best
tnev could. Kelly arrived ahead OF them
and left for SAM Francisco soon after the
first batch Of s~tragglers arrived
THIS FOOLINDIGNANT.
A communication was received from MIR
Stagmeier. the owner of the property up
On which the Coxeyites were camped al
Bladensburg, 1T the time of their arrest ane
sentence toSa servitude of three month,
A. vJorkho1se of the Stota Of