St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-25
C0XEYS ARMY OF PEACE
WILL BEGIN ITS MARCH TO WASHING
70R Today
LOOKS MUCH LIKE A FfzzLE.

Recruits Slow in Coming In
Young Coxey viii Lead. With
a Variesated Uniform Six
White Steed. Will Draw a Car
rfage in the Rear Containing
the Prince Of CianIs
MAsSILLoN, O.. March 24-There
seems 10 be no danger # the soldiers of
CoXey's common veal starving. The
PopuliSts along the proposed line of
march are bestirring themselves. At
Alliance store room has been set apar
as commiSSary headquarters, and this is
packed with an endless variety of
eatableS. A farmer down the road
toward PittsOarg sends word that he
has slaughtered three oxen, and Will
have them nicely roasted be-
fore the common veal arrives.
At Canton arrangements have
been made to give the soldiers their
breakfast Monday morning, and the
Populists of the town have been asked
to contribute provisions. A carload of
potatoes, -four and provisions of other
kinds have been donated by the farmers
of Greentown, Stark county, and con-
tributlons of money are coming in from
other quarters. Gen. CoXey issued all
appeal Tor financial help today. He
requests that all remittanceS he made
by express ana in currency, as the
banks are suspicious and might refuse
n al, a. I,Nfn IN,
CoXey and his Washington pilgrimage
SEEMS TO DECREASE
in direct proportion to distance flom his
rendezvous. Little of it anywhere is
serious, Notwithstanding the large num-
Der Of unemployed everywhere. There
is little fiutter of excitement here to
day, which, when analysed, is found to
be chiefly wonder if the petition in
boots is really going 20 materialiZe. and
the desire TO escape trouble if it does.
There are abOat twenty newspaper
correspondents here. and the army is
less numerous at this writing. Coxey
and Brown hustled in this morning from
the formers residence and seemed to
he very busy with the preparations for
the march, which Is to begin tomorrow.
Tents were pitched on the gun club
grounds today. There meetings will be
held and recruits will lodge tonight if
they desire. There are yet few signs of
the coming army. Twenty-Five tramps
were given lodging at the police station
last night. The number is unusual. but
Mayor William Reed says they are pros
badly not recruits. On being released
they scattered and have not reappeared.
1t is said that 400 Salvation army sol
diers will arrive today from Cleveland,
and that delegation of $50 Will come
from Medina. Capt. Fistler, OF the Sal
vationists here, says it's four and not
400 who will come from Cleveland. The
Salvation army, she says,
Is NOT IN SYMPATHY
with the CoXey movement, and consd-
erS the pretenSionS of Coyey to bring
Christ and the use of ChrisHS picture in
the banner is sacrilegious.
The march of the Common Veal
Army" to the national capital will
begin tomorrow at precisely half an
hour after noon. This is the decIara-
ton made today by the originator and
leader of this extraordinary pilgrimage,
and seconded and confirmed bv Carl
Browne, of California, his chief lieu
tenant. According to present indica-
tons the army will be rather small in
numbers when it starts out, but new
recruits, not merely singly or in pairs,
but by scores and hundreds are
expected by the leaders TO join the main
line at every stopping place, and Com
mander COXeyis sanguine that when he
reaches the national capital he will be
at the head of a hundred thousand
American citizens. His son will ride at
the head of the army, wearing a conf
bInation suit of blue and gray, and car
rying the emblem of the common veal,
a white flag OF peace. Mr.. CoXey him
self will follow in carriage drawn by
six white horses. while Lieut.. Carl
Browne will be astride'a noble stallion.
TIE OBJECT
of the pilgrimage is already we'll known.
On the arrival Of the army at Washing-
ton it is intended to round up before
the capitol and demand the enae tment
of two bills. One OF these authorizes
the secretary OF the treasury to issue
s300,000,000 of treasury notes to be
expended III the improvement of
the country roads of the country,
and the second authorizes munIc-
Qualities 10 Issue non-interest-b bearing
bonds, and 10 secure notes thereon. On
its way TO Washington the army is ex-
pected to be fed by the voluntary con-
trlbuti0nS Of sYmDathizerS along the
route, and an appeal has been issued 10
farmers, capitalists and labOring men to
bring forth literally Of their larders to
the end that the strangers within their
gates may not be permitted to go hun
cry.
The first stop. tomorrow evening, will
be at Reedurbaugh, in this state, foar
miles distant, where two hours Will be
devoted to refresllment and organiza-
ton. Canton Will be reached at So'clock,
and here meetings lasting until mid
night will be held on the main street.
The march Will be resumed in the MORN
ing to Louisville. o.. where meetings
will be held Monday night Washington
is TO be reached on May l. The author
tiles of Canton have sworn in an extra
squad of police in case the demonstra-
ton should take an Objectionable turn.
and many other towns which the army
is to pass through have followed suit.
CHICAGO MISSED 1T