Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1894 — CRUSHED COXEY. [ARTICLE]

CRUSHED COXEY.

Calamities Come to the Commonweal All the Divlilon* in Hard Lines—Universal “Kicking” All Along the Line. Coxey’s main army having been warned by the Washington Board of Health to vacate their camp and abate the nuisance, took up their march to Bladensburg, Saturday, 525 strong. The people of Bladensburg petitioned the Governor to prevent the tramps from camping in their midst. The camp was made adjacent to Bladensburg and Hyattsville. Sunday an admission fee of fifty cents was charged and socalled reincarnation services were held. Prepartions are being made for a long stay at “Camp Coxey,” as the last stopping place is called. Hyattsville citizen* were greatly excited as Coxey has announced that he will stay at this camp til) all the other divisions arrive, but the citizens say “nay,” and will use every possible means to compel the aggregation to move. ' The Union Pacific continues to have trouble with the industrials. Sunday a ■body of 250 men, led by a man named Shefflor, seized a train on the Oregon Short Line and is moving east. All rolling stock has been taken from Montpeliet and the tanks emptied of water, and at Cheyenne Judge Riner, of the United States Court, has granted an injunction jto restrain the men from using the property of the road, and writs for the arrest of the leaders have been placed in the hands of the United States marshal. The men abandoned the train at Cokervllle, ■Wyo, and the expected conflict Is off for the present. The Commonwealers who were refused an asylum at Minneapolis camped near Fort Snelling. Saturday night, and continued South, Sunday. The leader, Cap! Wilson, found St. Paul as hostile as Minneapolis. They camped, Sunday night, at South St Paul, where the people furnished them with a good supply of pro-' visions

Randall’s army, on arrival at Elkh rt was compelled to keep within a circumscribed space near the river and to rema n there nearly all day, Sunday. Randall says he is growing tired of this daily prison life and will soon bring a test ease to see whether bis men can be barred out of every city they come to. He may have the opportunity at Goshen, as the citizens there do not want him and his army. Kelley’s fleet reached Ottumwa, la.. Monday. The mayor and a committee met the boats and told Kelley that provisions would be furnished if the army would quietly pass through and camp three miles below tho town. The offer was accepted and the provisions were furnished in generous quantity. Coxey’s commonwealers were compelled to move their camp across the Potomac, Monday. The citizens of Hyattsville made them very uncomfortable and “in the Interests of harmony” the aggregation vacated. Coxey announced that the camp established Monday at Bladensburg would be permanent unless the industrials become so numerous as to make it necessary to establish another rendezvous. . * At Helena, Mont., Monday, tn the United States District Court,. Judge Knowles disposed of the cases against tho 350 Ooxeyites who stole a Northern Pacific train April 24. “Gen.” Hogan was sentenced to six months in the county jail. Tho engineer and forty "captains*’ were given sixty days. The others will be released on pledging their words to abstain from stealing trains in the future. General Hogwer, commander-In-ch W of the Colorado Coxey reserve army, announces that 2 >,OOO men an nady to move on to Washington from Colorado in one body, and when the other. States went of tbe'M Ississippi an heard from tho day for starting will be set