Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-29
CoYsy's CommonXeal Army At Bright
Iood Driving Park To-Day.
SERIOUS DISCRIMINATION.
rho Rank and File Kicking "
Against Their Leaders.
A TERROR TO THE RESIDENTS.
Appeal to the District Authorities for Pro
lection Against Disease-Four OF
the CoIeyites jailed.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-The Coxey
party. now at Rockville. Nd, eight miles
from the District line. numbers about 400
men. including the Philadelphia contin-
gent, which was awaiting the arrival OF
Coxey's men at the Rockville fairgrounds.
Another party also occupied the fair
grounds when Coxey reached the place,
but they are chiefly cast-offs from the
Coxey band, who had exercised their
rights as American citizens and deter
mined to come to Washington in spite
OF Coxey and Browne. The army is sched-
uled to reach Brightwood Driving Park,
just inside the District Of Columbia, but
five miles from the outskirts OF the city,
at o'clock Sunday afternoon.
The park includes a half-mile race
track. is fenced. and is admirably adapted
In this respect for Coxeys purpose OF
charging an admission fee and putting
his party on exhibition. The people who
own the park also own the street rail-
road line from the city to Brightwood
4 heavy influx OF travel over the road
will set IN tomorrow. and that accounts
for the readiness Of the owners to turn
the park over to Coxey as camping
ground.
REPORT OF DETECTIVES.
The two Washington detectives who
Joined the Coxey army at Cumberland.
have made their report to the chief OF
police. They say the army Is mostly
composed OF n dlsreputable crowd OF
buns and "hobos," numbering 215. The
detectives say about forty OF the men
have labOr-union cards. but that the rest
would not do any work IL they could get IT,
and those belonging TO labor unions are
Of The kind that never Suck 10 Joo
longer than two weeks
one OF the officers said: 1.-THE army is
in a badly disordered state All along
the lire they have been kicking first AT
the food and then at their leaders. Coxey
and Browne ride fine horses, eat good
food. and have comfortable beds, whiIe
the poor Commonwealers must content
themselves with walking. eating hard-
tack and drinking coffee. and sleeping
where best they can.
A REGGARLY ARRAY.
"The men are so dirty. some OF them
thew are afraid Of their own reflections
In a glass. and take them all in all, they
are the most fOrlorn set or men tnh'
ever walked through the Maryland NILS
At every stopping-place these unfor-
Inmates have been exhibited by Browne
and Coxey, and the money derived mas
been a considerable amount The leaders
have kept this money. and have not ex-
pended, n cent for the comfort or their
miserable followers"
osborne. one OF Coxey's lieutenants. ar
rived in town to-day to arrange with Red-
stone. the local Commonweal agent. for
a route to the Capitol and for the meet
ing on the Capitol steps. He and Red-
stone saw several Populist congressman.
RESIDENTS ALARMED.
Residents OF what IS known as "the
countv"-that part OF Washington out
side the city limits, are holding meetings
TO devise means for protection while the
Coxey army IS In the vicinity OF their
homes. and It was decided to ask the
commissioners for police aid In so doing
Thomas Blagden. who resides near
Brghtwood Park, where CoNey proposes
to camp. has had an interview with Dr.
Hammett, the health officer OF the DIS
trict in which he represented that the
water supply at the park was insufncieht
for so large a crowd OF men. and that
the conditions were such that sickness
Is likely 10 arise. Or. Hammett said to-
day that be would visit the camp Monday
with n number OF regular inspectors and
private physicians. who have volunteered
FOR service. 10 decide whether the sani-
tary laws have been violated. In the
event that any contagious disease APP
pears in the camp" said DR.. Hammett
''it will be necessary 10 quarantine the
entire crowd, and to Isolate any person
or persons afflicted with disease"
COMNONWEALERS JUGGED.
Leonard Van Harken, atlas Windy"
the Commonweal bugler. and Tom
Murphy. whom Coxey dismissed from the
army, were arraigned in the Police Court
today for begging on the streets, and
sent to the worllhouse for thirty days.
This makes four Of the CoXeyltes landed
in the workhouse thus far.
a sergeant OF police was placed on duty
at the White House to-day, making the
total number Of police there now twenty
two.
The local Coxeyites established new
HEADQUARTERS to-day in a large store
house, No. G3S ID street. n central local.
ty, where stores for the support of the
army will be received. Several barrels Of
provisions have been contributed.
TWO BIG TENTS.
Citizen Redstone says he has secured a
tent that VIII hold 800 people, and he will
send il 10 Brightwood Park to be used for
Coxey meetings. lie says that Coxey's
circus tent of which 80 much has been
heard, will hold 100 people
The number Of men that will appear
in the GOOd-Roads demonstration on
Tuesday. If It IS allowed to take place
Is purely predetermined Undoubtedly the
Coxeyites will be Joined by unemployed
men. But whether this reinforcement will
be great or small cannot be stated. The
efforts OF local CoXeyites TO organize
a body of marchers have apparently been
unsuccessful. Those who have seen the
COxeyites are firm in the belief that one
look at them will be enough and that no
decent laboring man will be willing to
march with them.
GALVIN'S MEN SURRENDER.
COLUMBUS. O., April ga special
from nj. Sterling says the whole OF the
Calvin army surrendered to Colonel Colt,
OF the Fourteenth Regiment, as soon as
the troops had been drawn up and the
Gatling-cuns planted. Colonel Colt made
an address. urging them to quietly leave
the train. He was followed by Superin-
tendent Peabody. of the Midland road,
and Colonel Calvin OF the army. Colonel
Colt then gave the men three minutes 10
leave the train. At the end of that time
he sad he would order the troops 10
fire. AS the expiration OF the time drew
near the hobos began to climb down.
and when the three minutes were up
only one remained on the train. the color
bearer The whole army was then cap
tured, and the train steamed for this
city. Not a shot was fired.