El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-01
WORKERS WHO WORK
NOT ARE COMING
Imitation Coxey Army Is
Headed This Way on a
Western Tour.
TTARKi Hark! The dogs do bark,
The beggars are coming to town,

The beggars are coming to town,
= Il Some in rags and some in tags;
But nary one with the price of a
meal in his jeans.
They are coming toward FL Paso, this
revised edition of Coxey's army which
is heading for Fresno TO general
roundup Of the yags and vaglets of the
country who in meeting assembled,
will declare against labor of all kinds
trodden tramp. IA delegation of these
hoboes who call themselves Workers
Of the World because they work the
world for their living by the back
door route, are expected in Ell Paso
some time this week in the steerage of
various manifest freights from the
east. They were last seen at ST. Louis,
heading in the direction of Kansas City
and thence to Ell Paso, where they will
stop and hold meetings for the good
of the order" Just who these latter
day saints of the sons of rest are no
one seems to be able to tell explicitly.
That they are coming is a certainty.
That they will be going soon after they
strike town Is another equally certain
fact. FL Paso has no time for any i'm
ported loafers. There are more than
a good plenty right here at home.
Recalls Another Invasion.
All u WHICH WOUiQ put IuO OlO
timers in mood reminiscent of the
time when the real Coxey delegation
came to Ell Paso. They arrived on box
cars, under box cars, in box cars and
on flat cars when tbs covered cars
were not available. BY comparison
Orozco's motley horde looked like a
party of Artie StilwelPs Kansas City
capitalists going to Mexico on an ORR
ent special. They were stained a neu.
trail dun color by the alkali of the des-
ert between Tucson and Ell Paso. They
were met by a delegation of citizens
who were self constituted reception
committee reinforced with a sprink-
ling of six shooters to enforce the well
come upon the vanguard Of vags from
the west who were journeying toward
the east to join Coxey in trampling the
white house grass.
Then They Moved On.
The unbidden guests lost no time in
accepting FL Paso's kind inTitation-to
move on. Move they did In the direc-
ton of San Antonio Rnd Austin, where
they made a friendly call upon COVER
nor Hogg and his official family. But
that is another story.
No definite information has yet been
received of the hobo movement which
is headed this way. Iheir schedule for
travelling is not as ineiastic as that of
the regular trains. Whenever freight
goes out the delegates to the big
meeting in Fresno travel with it as
fast and as far as the brakes allow
them. Upon their arrival here they
probably will be given the choice of
two things. Either get out or get busy
making cobble stones out of boulders
at the city rock pile
To the one guessing the correct an
sWer to the rebus which will they
do?' will be given an almanac, dated
1910
The army is led by Joseph. Sorensen,
captain. Each mans name has been
registered in a book and he was given
postal card with which to notify the
order should he go astray These pos
tails viii be addressed to the associa-
ton at Ell Paso.
Downtown Crowds See Start.
The army created much excitement
IN st. Louis in the downtown district,
and many stood at the corners and
watched them as they passed 1t was
said at the headquarters that about 80
men could ride in a box car. and that
1t would be impossible for the car crew
to put them off on account of their
number, and for policemen to arrest
them for the same reason.
When the army reached Kansas
City the number was enlarged to about
200. By picking up the unemployed
along the route the marchers expect TO
number more than a thousand when
they reach Fresno.
They claim they will have a perfect
right to free speech" at Fresno. They
say they cannot be arrested, as their
number viii be too large and the city
will be unable TO provide for them
should they be arrested, as this would
cause the taxpayers to protest at the
expense Of feeding them.