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Show j HE DION T SPEAK But it Was a Notable Day in Washington. COXEY NOT DISCOURAGED He Will main in Washinjrton All Summer or Until Gets Hi Eill Paes'd Klly ia Stranded in Ohio The Knights of Labor Will Help Him. Wa -nrst t N, M ;y 1. Th performance perform-ance enacted wiUnn the a;ia iow of the Cipitol today is without a counterpart in the memory of Waahinztonians Over the brod emooth plaza of several acres facing the .ast front otthecapi-i otthecapi-i tol was packed a crowd of iL.en and i women, numbi-ring 10 000. The capi- J to! steps and the porticos under the I Grecian pillars were paiked with peo- t pie of both sexes, well-dressed aLd J most of the meuibers of congress in the I the throng. li was Ehortly after II o'clock when Ooxeyrs arniy hailed south of the eapi-tol eapi-tol grounds. Its five mile nianl. down from Ikightwojd throigh the principal streets of the city had been witnessed by thousands. There were 5'o men in line, Mrs. Annie An-nie L. Digtis, tlie populisuc auaior 01 Kansas, iu a barouche; Coxej's 17 jear-id i lUgliter iu white ou a ciea'n coloied steed, lepiesennug ilie godu.--Ot pe;to; (Jai l JJ.owue ou alt-al grt., sianioii; Geuriial J.iob Goxe, nia Wile, tue iul'aul Le..l IVnde. COX- f tjgeiner in auoiliel Carnage; Vuia a s JLra Vallette, said to be an actress, on - ' hoisebacK draped in an American flag, as the miladelphiacamuauue's gxldes of peace; the unemployed carrying wnite Bags of peace ou sUves and the uonUeacnpt Dauuers setting fonh the doctrines of reinc imation, good roads and enmity to plutocrats, upr.nkled throuU tue earav.iu. Maisaal liiowue halted the procession proces-sion Uiere iu ttie bUeeL, waited back to Co Key s carriage, ttie geueral K-iasi-a his wie and tueu tnu two uiovimt spirits of tue allair forced their wa j over the plaza to the capilol steps ' their men aouur uuder orders au i 1 standing in their tracks. After Coxey A aud lirowne patsed. a yelling crowd oi ieev'erai hundred men, mt ot them lol lowing Biowne, conspicuous because o; V Lis unique c siume, trampling and teannjf lie way tnrough me cosily Ieuiuoot-rv the mob went, while thr t-quad oi uuvi d police Which bail beaded tue parade, dazed lor a ruo-I ruo-I ' meui oy ttu unexpected move, charged 1 recklessly into lueir midst. Uuxey was couirouted by tne police y as he took off his hat to speak on the 1 Capitol bieps. 11 is constitutional rights beiug refused, he thrust upou them a primed protest, which proved to be a well worded epitome of pop- !1 ulist doctrines. Meanwhile Carl Browue J as being dialed by the collar of his coat throu;a tue crowd to the nearest eutiou, alter he had made a tight to I letaiu his banner. Two police cap- I tains, a lieutenant and sergeant, thrust the mud mannered Coxey with- j out voilence baCK across several feet j of humanity to his carriage. Mounted police wer-i forcing their horses among f the people, several of them crackin their clubs over the heads of the near- ! est pel sous; women w ere shrieking in terror, men w ere yelling fiercely , some were knocked down and trampied up- l on. The disturbance was quelied with out serious injuries tj a Eingle person Somehow me army was started off towards its ne camp between doublt lines of police, followed by a mob oi thousands, cheering like demons for Coxey and Browne. General Coxey talked to an associated press reporter w hen they reached the new camp, : "I was caieiui to walk on the Bide- i w alk and trespass jn no local regulations, regula-tions, when I went to the steps," he said. ''This is the beginning of the m vement, that is all. The people are with us, the common people. Look at the thousands who cheered for our cause today. We will remain right here. Other bands of unemployed will jou us. Congress will see the will of llie people and will paes our bills." Browne and Jones, who was arrested w ith him, were marched off to the police po-lice station and locked up in adjacent Cdlla. The entries in their respective C sts were; "Carl Browne, aged 44; occupation artist and journalist; single, charged with disorderly conduct; complainant, com-plainant, Officer Edward J. S. Cramlin; arreted by Olhcer Robertson. 'Christopher Columbus Jones, 59 years old. pump maker; married; haigad with disorderly conduct; complainant, com-plainant, Officer 0 llins F. Lithers; arrested ar-rested by Othcer Fuldiidge." Lite in the afterna ;u, Browne's ball was lixed at $500. Mr.. Emily Bri gs, a wealthy ruident of this city nd Mrs, Ann llahn, a prominent labor sympathizer sympa-thizer undertook the bond and the chief marshal was set Iree. Christopher Columbus Jones, leader of the .Philadelphia commune wuS left to languish in the station house. None of the Coxey people seem to Le particularly interested in his condi tion, and it is doubtful if any effort will be made to get D'm out or jail. t;oxey at nn ht expressed himself as b ing well satisfied with the day, but the most serious chapter ot the affair lor Washington is the problem of what is to be done with the army remains unsolved. Coxey haB no intention of leading his men away, and still declares de-clares that the movement has just be gun, that they will slay here until congress provides" for them by paesi ng o.lls, KELLY DISCON1 KNTD. Dks Moines Iowa, May 1. Kelly's industrial army was in a jjreat state oi discontent uday, owing to the failure of the negotiations with the great roads and a scarcity of provisions. The citizen's committee sent out an invent appeal and expressed the belie' '..at there would be no further ecarcity 0 f od. Grand Master Woikman Sovereign nrrivod in Des Moines ttday with the avowed intention oi throwing the influence in-fluence of the Kniebts of Labor in an ftfurt to secure a train for Kelly's army. |