The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-29
ROOD NOR THE ARMY.
Salem Very Liberal in It's Treat
ment Of the Marohers,
RECRUITS COME IN VERY SLOWLY.

Ridicule of the Villagers, bat Boys Who
Had Prepared to SNOWFALL Them Pitied
Their Forlorn Appearance.
SALEM, o., March 29.-Salem has treated
the Coxey Commonweal most generously,
both in supplying food and shelter and re-
rruits. The quality of these contributions
Of men and things was of the highest. In
deed the leaders are SO pleased with the
new men as to be more hopeful in their
talk than ever.
Shortly after o'clock the army fled
into the town, seventy-nine strong. Prob
ably 5000 people gave them silent well
come. The mayor, j. w. Northrop, pro-
vided two halls, Kauffman's Armory and
the Federation of Labor hall, as sleeping
quarters. Quantities of food, such as
coffee, bread, meat, sandwiches and
boiled eggs had been prepared by COM
mittee of citizens, and this was turned
over to Marshal Browne. Camp Anna |.
Diggs was a vacant lot. near the depot,
donated by prominent townsman for
that purpose. In a miserable sleet storm
the army camped and was fed.
Mr.. Bonsall, who has managed the citi-
zens' arrangements here, had Carl Browne
to supper. The latter then held a crowded
Sixteen of the best recruits thus far en-
listed joined Immediately after the camp
was reached. They are all genuine work
men. One walked from Ashtabula in
four days, another came from Connecticut
and two from Alliance.
Three men are sick under DR.. Kirk
lands care The food and exposure to
cold are responsible. Browne was in
formed here that 200 striking potters at
East Liverpool would join the army.
A large military band is being organ
lied in the Fifteenth ward of Pittsburg
in theinterest of Coxey. Professor Joseph
Burkhart, a well known musician of that
ward, is at the head of the enterprise, and
expects to have a complete fully equipped
band ready to meet Coxey when hereaches
that city. The band is to march several
miles to meet Coxey's army, when it will
return with him to Pittsburg, and then
accompany the Commonweal to the capital.
The steamer Hudson, which arrived at
Pittsburg from Cincinnati yesterday, had
on board a small detachment for CoXey's
army. 1t consisted of ten men, seventeen
| horses and eight wagons. They were taken
on at Bellaire, o. They expect to join the
Commonweal army at East Palestine or
Beaver Falls.
The weary Commonweal struggled into
Beloit, o., at noon. The march was
broken at Niles Junction, where Marshal
Browne called halt for half an hour
! Horn blowing and chatting from the viii
| layers greeted the woebegone Common
veal. Some of the boys had several
! bushels of snowballs prepared for the
army, but the appearance of the men was
so forlorn that they We're allowed to pass
| through unmolested. Several have de-
serted and there is much grumbling The
army, siXty-seven strong passed through
4 Damascus at 1870 p. m, and was jeered
and guyed by the people of the village.
Owing to the rough roads the marchers
were not able to make schedule time.
At East Liverpool o., last night the
Coxey contingent showed its hand at a
public meeting held in Wittenbergers
hall James f. Green, defeated candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
city marshal, was elected marshal of the
East Liverpool regiment The leaders
have bona fide roll Of 5g5 Soldiers" to
date, and the force is being steadily en-
larged Almost all of them are striking
potters.
A dispatch from St. Louis announces
that thirty-four recruits for CoNey's army
arrived there last night on the Wabash
road. They are unemployed coal miners
from the vicinity of Pittsburg, Kan, and
are mostly young men,
The marchers were cheered this morn.
ing by the appearance Of Mr.. CoXey who
returned from Chicago in time to resume
the march.