Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. . SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—-Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. “(Jen.” Coxey and His Army Detained in Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., April 26.—When “Gen.” Jacob Coxey’s “army of the unemployed,” which left Massillion, 0., for Washington inore than a week ago, arrived in the outskirts of Pittsburg in a driving rain yesterday, it was met by a squad of police. The “army” was taken to the ('mitral station and detained. “Gen.” Coxey, his wife and son were not molested. The “privates,” twelve in number, were released on Coxey’s promise that he had obtained lodging for them. /