distinguish2 Cox s Army , a 1932 protest march to Washington, D.C File Coxey commonweal army brightwood leaving.jpg thumb 300px right Coxey s Army marchers leaving their camp. Coxey s Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States , led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey . They marched ... march on Washington and the expression Enough food to feed Coxey s Army originates from this march. First ... , in April. ref cite journal title Coxey has a new commissary journal New York Times year 1894 issue ... thumb right Sign marking Coxey s Army 1894 encampment in Bladensburg, Maryland The Army s western ... 8, 1951, pg. B2. ref Coxey and other leaders of the movement were arrested the next day for walking ... cite journal title Coxey s Army Dwindling Away journal New York Times year 1894 issue May 11 url http ... was organized in 1914. ref cite journal title Gen. Coxey to Lead Unemployed Army journal New York Times ... to Join Coxey s Army journal New York Times year 1914 issue April 13 url http query.nytimes.com ... When the march reached Washington D.C., Coxey addressed a crowd of supporters from the steps of the United States Capitol . citation needed date April 2012 Coxey s Army in culture Among the people ... have often been related to Coxey s Army. In the novel, Dorothy, the Scarecrow the American farmer ... years, the low value Pinochle meld of four Jacks was called Coxey s Army. Citation needed date November 2011 The phrase Coxey s Army has also come to refer to a ragtag band, possibly due to an incident during the second march in 1914. ref cite journal title Trade Fifes for Beer. Coxey s Army Bandsmen ... 2008 11 13 format PDF ref Coxey s Army also plays a prominent role in Garet Garrett s http www.mises.org ... ref The expression Enough food to feed Coxey s Army signifies that the person commenting believes ... 2011 07 10 1721292 mass arrests in 1894 halted coxeys.html Mass Arrests in 1894 Halted Coxey s Army in Idaho Further reading Carlos A. Schwantes, Coxey s Army An American Odyssey. Lincoln ... more details
Infobox Politician name Jacob Coxey image Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. The Coxey Plan .png caption birth date ... majority spouse children website footnotes Jacob Sechler Coxey, Sr. sometimes known as General Coxey April 16, 1854 May 18, 1951 of Massillon, Ohio , was an United States of America American politician, who ran for elective office several times in Ohio . Twice, in 1894 and 1914, he led Coxey ... the marches failed, Coxey s Army was an early attempt to arouse political interest in an issue that grew ... insurance programs. Personal life Coxey was born on April 16, 1854 in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania .... Known as Jake, Coxey excelled in school and took his first job at the age of 16 as a water boy in the mill where his father worked. ref name Odyssey Schwantes, Carlos A. Coxey s army an American odyssey. Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Press, 1985. ref Coxey spent eight years at the water mill ..., Coxey went to Ohio to look at property and decided to stay. He erected a crushing mill and quickly ..., Ohio , he owned ranches in Lexington, Kentucky and Guthrie, Oklahoma . Coxey was a passionate ..., Donald L. Coxey s army a study of the industrial army movement of 1894. Seattle, WA University of Washington ... is often cited as the cause of his first divorce. He was married in 1874 to Carrie Coxey. They had ... two more children. Coxey s youngest son was named Legal Tender, a reflection of his obsession with monetary reform. ref name Odyssey Many members of Coxey s family were opposed to his involvement in Coxey ... headed . ref name Odyssey One of Coxey s sisters called him an embarrassment. Coxey lived to be 97 ... to not resisting temptation. ref name Odyssey Political beginnings Coxey had experience as a laborer ... Coxey was born to Democratic parents. He held his affiliation with the Democratic Party United States Democratic Party until 1876. As party principles changed, Coxey became a Greenbacker . The Greenback .... ref When the People s Party emerged, it earned the support of Coxey and most other United States ... more details
for his beloved mare. Dixiana was sold to Jaco S. Coxey on Nov 23, 1897. The majority of Major Thomas ... William Easton. Jaco S. Coxey Jacob S. Coxey Sr. Jacob Sechler Coxey , better known as General Coxey, was an ambitious businessman and Trade union labor leader . He was famous for his Industrial Army of unemployed workers, famously regarded as Coxey s Army , who marched on Washington D.C. during the Recession Economic Depression of the 1890s. General Coxey established the Coxey Silica Sand ... economic conditions, he went to work on behalf of the ordinary labor worker who Coxey felt needed ... States in 1932, on behalf of the United States Farmer Labor Party Farmer Labor Party , Coxey continued his plight on behalf of the working class . Along with his passion for politics, Coxey was also well regarded for being a prosperous horse breeder. It is not certain the exact dates Coxey ... Sometime between 1889 and 1890, Dixiana passed from the hands of Coxey to Major Thomas J. Carson ... more details
Charles Kelly is the name of Charles Kelly footballer 1894 1969 , footballer who played in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers and Stoke Charles Kelly historian 1889 1971 , American historian and superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park Charles A. Kelly died 1962 , American murderer last person executed by Iowa Charles E. Kelly 1920 1985 , United States Army soldier and recipient of the United States Medal of Honor Charles E. Kelly cartoonist 1902 1981 , Irish cartoonist and founder of the magazine Dublin Opinion Major Charles L. Kelly died 1964 , United States Army helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War General Charles T. Kelly , leader of the California arm of Coxey s Army See also Charlie Kelly disambiguation Charles Kelley born 1981 , American country music singer songwriter hndis name Kelly, Charles ... more details
Yearbox US 1894 Events from the year 1894 in the United States . Incumbents President of the United States President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party United States Democratic Vice President of the United States Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson I Democratic Party United States Democratic Chief Justice of the United States Chief Justice Melville Fuller Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles Frederick Crisp Democratic Party United States D Georgia United States Congress Congress 53rd United States Congress 53rd Events January 9 &ndash New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first Battery electricity battery operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts . March 12 &ndash Coca Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. March 25 &ndash Coxey s Army , the first significant American protest march, departs from Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C. May 1 &ndash Coxey s Army arrives in Washington, D.C. May 1 &ndash The May Day Riots of 1894 break out in Cleveland, Ohio . May 11 &ndash Pullman Strike Three thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat without trade union union approval strike in Illinois . July &ndash A fire at the site of the 1893 World s Columbian Exposition in Chicago destroys most of the remaining buildings. July 4 &ndash The short lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole . September 1 &ndash Great Hinckley Fire A forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota kills more than 450 people. September 4 &ndash In New York City , 12,000 tailors Strike action strike against sweatshop working conditions. November 5 &ndash West Palm Beach, Florida is incorporated as a city. Undated In the U.S., the Society of Beaux Arts Architects is founded. Chatham Episcopal Institute now known as Chatham Hall is founded in Chatham, Virginia Chatham , Virginia , USA. Ongoing Gilded Age 1869 c. 1896 Gay Nineties 1890 1899 Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Panic of 1893 1893 1894 Bir ... more details
NOTOC File Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Snyder County.svg thumb Location of Snyder County in Pennsylvania This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Snyder County . This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Snyder County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission PHMC . The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC s database, are included below when available. There are 15 historical markers located in Snyder County. ref name PAHMDB cite web url http www.portal.state.pa.us portal server.pt community pennsylvania historical marker program 2539 search for historical markers title PHMC Historical Markers Search work Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission publisher Commonwealth of Pennsylvania format Searchable database accessdate 2010 07 19 ref GeoGroupTemplate Historical markers class wikitable sortable style width 98 Marker title class unsortable Image Date dedicated Location Marker type Topics Albany Purchase File TransparentPlaceholder.png 100px dts Tuesday, September 30, 1947 US 522 US 11 & 15, 1 mile N of Selinsgrove br small coord 40.82397 76.84705 name Albany Purchase small Roadside Government & Politics, Government & Politics 18th Century Coxey s Army File Coxey commonweal army brightwood leaving.jpg 100px dts Friday, September 09, 1966 814 N. Market St. old U.S. 11 & 15 , Selinsgrove br small coord 40.8088 76.85703 name Coxey s Army small Roadside George Washington, Military, Military Post Civil War Fort Augusta File TransparentPlaceholder.png 100px dts Friday, March 14, 1947 U.S. 11, 5.9 miles NW of Selinsgrove near Northumberland Bridge Missing br small coord name Fort Augusta small Roadside Forts, French & Indian War, Military Harris Ambush PLAQUE File TransparentPlaceholder.png 100px dts October 1915 At the Old Bridge, 1 2 mile W of Selinsgrove br small coord name Harris Ambush PLAQUE ... more details
of the socialist Coxey s Army inspired by Jacob Coxey and led by William Hogan, commandeered a Northern ... finally apprehended in Forsyth on April 25, with the help of the Army, ref cite web title The Coxey ... occurred, most of the Coxey s Army supporters were taken to Helena, Montana Helena as prisoners ... more details
On July 2, 1922, ref name Atlantic City Railroad Coxey & Cook, p. 172 ref Atlantic City Railroad s Camden to Atlantic City train 33 the Owl going convert 90 mi per hour sped through an open switch at Winslow Township, New Jersey Winslow Junction . 7 were killed, 89 were injured. ref name byrail Gladulich, 1986 ref Accident On Atlantic City Railroad s Camden to Atlantic City Line, in Winslow, New Jersey at Winslow Junction near the WA Tower, On July 2, 1922 shortly before 11 30pm, ref name byrail a derailment of train 33 the Owl, with Philadelphia and Reading Railway Eng 349. The train was going approximately convert 90 mi per hour as it sped through an open switch. ref name byrail The derailment of train 33 resulted in most of the six car Atlantic City express plunging down an embankment into the WJ&S s southbound Cape May branch connecting track. This resulted in the death of 3 passengers, 3 employees and 1 Pullman porter, and the injury of 84 passengers and 5 employees. ref name ICC report WJTD cite web title ICC report on Winslow Junction Train Derailment work ICC Report publisher Interstate Commerce Commission url http dotlibrary1.specialcollection.net scripts ws.dll?browse&rn 835&dh 1&lrn 52&fi 0 WSH0 accessdate 2009 06 27 ref Investigation The Interstate Commerce Commission investigation found that the route could have been changed after the train had passed the distant signal at the plant was not interlocked, but there was not evidence that this had been done. The report further stated that the engineer failed to acknowledge the junction by blowing the whistle and attempt to stop the train. ref name byrail From the ICC report This accident was caused by failure of Engineman Wescott of train 33 to be governed by automatic and interlocking signal indications, which resulted in train 33 taking the diverging route at a high rate of speed and being derailed due to the outer rail of the curve giving way. ref name ICC report WJTD References reflist Bibliography cite ... more details
ref improve date September 2011 This is a list of Monetary reform monetary reformers from the past to the present according to several schools of thought. Monetary reformers may belong to any of the following groups Supporters of publicly issued money who oppose charging interest on issuance of money , formerly called Greenbackers in late 19th century United States, the Austrian school , and the Post Keynesian economics Post Keynesian school . Most groups are critical of fractional reserve banking ref cite web last Pibel first Doug url http www.yesmagazine.org issues the new economy how banks make money title How Banks Make Money Creating Money Out of Thin Air publisher Yesmagazine.org date July 07, 2009 accessdate September 19, 2011 ref ref cite web last Polleit first Thorsten url http mises.org daily 4880 The Faults of FractionalReserve Banking title The Faults of Fractional Reserve Banking publisher Mises Daily date December 23, 2010 accessdate September 19, 2011 ref , a practice which is often described as creating money out of thin air . Public, community, and self issuance of money Publicly issued, debt free money or interest free credit Ellen Brown Jacob Coxey Henry Clay Dean Benjamin Franklin Joseph Huber Andrew Jackson Dennis Kucinich Abraham Lincoln Gerry McGeer James Robertson activist James Robertson Michael Rowbotham Bill Still James Gibb Stuart Edmund Dick Taylor Richard Werner Stephen Zarlenga Social Credit C. H. Douglas Alternative currency Alternative , complementary currency complementary , Local currency local currencies , and environmentalists Herman Daly Richard Douthwaite Silvio Gesell Thomas H. Greco, Jr. Margrit Kennedy Bernard Lietaer E.C. Riegel Austrian School See more in list of Austrian School economists Friedrich Hayek Ludwig von Mises Gary North Christian Reconstructionist Gary North Ron Paul Murray Rothbard Peter Schiff Jes s Huerta de Soto G. Edward Griffin Gerald Celente Post Keynesian economics Post Keynesians See more in list of P ... more details
Image Ray Stannard Baker.jpg thumb right px Ray Stannard Baker Ray Stannard Baker April 17, 1870 July 12, 1946 , also known by his pen name David Grayson , was an United States American journalist and author born in Lansing, Michigan . After graduating from the BUT State Agricultural College now Michigan State University , he attended law school at the University of Michigan in 1891 before launching his career as a journalist in 1892 with the Chicago News Record, where he covered the Pullman Strike and Coxey s Army in 1894. In 1898, ref cite book last Baker first Ray Stannard title American Chronicle year 1945 publisher Charles Scribner s Sons location New York pages 84 ref Baker joined the staff of McClure s , a pioneer muckraking magazine, and quickly rose to prominence along with Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell . He also dabbled in fiction, writing children s stories for the magazine Youth s Companion and a nine volume series of stories about rural living in America, the first of which was titled Adventures in Contentment under the pseudonym David Grayson. In 1906, Baker, Steffens and Tarbell left McClure s and created The American Magazine . In 1908, he wrote the book Following the Color Line, becoming the first prominent journalist to examine America s racial divide. It was extremely successful. He would continue that work with numerous articles in the following decade. In 1912, Baker supported the presidential candidacy of Woodrow Wilson , which led to a close relationship between the two men, and in 1918 Wilson sent Baker to Europe to study the World War I war situation . During peace negotiations, Baker served as Wilson s press secretary at Versailles . He eventually published 15 volumes about Wilson and internationalism, including an 8 volume biography, the last two volumes of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1940. Baker wrote two autobiographies, Native American 1941 and American Chronicle 1945 . ... more details
No footnotes date April 2009 File HonoreJackson.jpg thumb Honor Jaxon, 1907, Chicago William Henry Jackson May 13, 1861 &ndash January 10, 1952 , also known as Honor Jackson or Jaxon , was a leader of the North West Rebellion in Canada in 1885. He was born in Wingham, Ontario to a Methodism Methodist family and attended the University of Toronto . In 1881 he moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan then part of the Northwest Territories , where he soon began to sympathize with the Metis people M tis and their struggle against the Government of Canada Canadian government , though he was not a M tis himself. Jackson became personal secretary to Louis Riel when Riel returned to Canada in 1884, and the two began to organize a M tis militia and Provisional Government of Saskatchewan provisional government . He was baptised Roman Catholic Catholic by Father Fourmond on 18 March 1885, the eve of the declaration of said provisional government see Exovedate . Riel stood as godfather for the ceremony and gave him the name Honor Joseph Jaxon . During the Saskatchewan Rebellion rebellion , Riel imprisoned Jackson, thinking his secretary had gone insane. Jackson was released but arrested by the Colonial Militia in Canada Canadian militia on the last day of the Battle of Batoche May 12, 1885. He was tried for treason , but found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an insane asylum in Lower Fort Garry , near Winnipeg, Manitoba . However, on November 2, he escaped the asylum and fled to the United States . Once there, he changed his name to Honor Jaxon and joined the labour union movement in Chicago, Illinois . He also decided to lie about his identity and told others he was a M tis. In 1894 he was part of Coxey s Army , which marched to Washington, DC to demand an Eight hour day eight hour workday . In 1897 he converted to the Bah Faith . ref Cite book last . Smith first Donald B title Honore Jaxon Prairie Visionary publisher Coteau Books year 2007 location pages 102 1 ... more details
of the Little Steel Strike of 1937. Coxey s Army Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. sometimes known as General Coxey April 16, 1854 May 18, 1951 of Massillon, Ohio, was an American politician, who ran for elective office several times in Ohio. He twice led Coxey s Army in 1894 and 1914, consisting of a group .... Although his march failed, Coxey s Army was an early attempt to arouse political interest in an issue ... unemployment insurance programs. Jacob Coxey was elected Mayor of Massillon in 1931. Football ... football football player and hall of fame coach David Canary , actor Jacob S. Coxey, Sr. , politician ... more details
54,979 A. M. Hickey 4,552 br Jacob S. Coxey Sr. United States Union Party U 2,384 1934 William R. Thom ... John McSweeney 55,778 Charles B. McClintock 73,966 Jacob S. Coxey Sr. 1,428 br Carl Guillod United ... S. Coxey Sr. 2,901 1922 John McSweeney politician John McSweeney 43,590 Joseph H. Himes 39,881 ... more details
Storm destroys trestle leading to Brigantine Island on Philadelphia & Brigantine Railroad. Coxey Oct. 9, 1903 Philadelphia & Brigantine Railroad abandons all service. Coxey Pennsylvania Reading Seashore ... more details
is land area. Notable people Jacob Coxey , socialist and populism populist American politician, and minor party candidate for the office of President of the United States . Was the leader of Coxey ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1894 Year nav 1894 C19 year in topic NOTOC Year 1894 Roman numerals MDCCCXCIV was a common year starting on Monday link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the 12 day slower Julian calendar . Events January&ndash March File Commemerative Coca Cola bottles.jpg thumb 160px right March 12 Coca Cola in bottles replicas . January 4 &ndash Franco Russian Alliance A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire . January 7 &ndash William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. January 9 &ndash New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first Battery electricity battery operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts . February 12 &ndash French anarchist mile Henry anarchist mile Henry set off a bomb in a Parisian cafe, killing one person and wounding twenty. February 15 &ndash At 04 51 GMT , French anarchist Martial Bourdin attempts to destroy the Royal Greenwich Observatory , London , United Kingdom with a bomb. March 12 &ndash For the first time, Coca Cola is sold in bottles. March 21 &ndash A Syzygy astronomy syzygy of planets occurs as Mercury transits the Sun as seen from Venus, and Mercury and Venus both transit the Sun as seen from Saturn. But no two of the transits are simultaneous. March 25 &ndash Coxey s Army , the first significant American protest march, departs from Massillon, Ohio for Washington April&ndash June File BlackpoolTower OwlofDoom.jpg thumb 170px right May 14 Blackpool Tower . April 16 &ndash Manchester City Football Club is formed. April 21 &ndash A Bituminous Coal Miners Strike of 1894 bituminous coal miners strike closes mines across the central United States. May &ndash The bubonic plague breaks out in the Tai Ping Shan Street Tai Ping Shan area of Hong Kong by the end of the year, the death toll is 2,552 people . May 1 Coxey s Army arrives in Washington Coxey is ... more details
Infobox person name James Renshaw Cox image image size caption birth name birth date March 7, 1886 birth place Lawrenceville Pittsburgh Lawrenceville , Pennsylvania death date March 20, 1951 death place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania death cause resting place Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania resting place coordinates residence nationality United States other names Father Cox known for Cox s Army education Duquesne University , St. Vincent Seminary , University of Pittsburgh employer Diocese of Pittsburgh occupation Catholic priest title religion Roman Catholic parents relatives Captain John Cox signature website footnotes distinguish2 Coxey s Army , an 1894 protest march to Washington, D.C Father James Renshaw Cox 1886 1951 was an United States American Roman Catholic priest of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , known for his pro labor activism. He was a candidate for President of the United States in 1932, and also the organizer of an unprecedented protest march on Washington, DC . Biography Cox was born in 1886 in the Lawrenceville Pittsburgh Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, growing up in an unparalleled period of industrial expansion. He began as a cab driver and steelworker, working his way through Duquesne University . He next entered Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and was ordained in 1911. From 1917 to 1919, he served in World War I as chaplain at Mongoson, France . After the war, he enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh , earning a master of economics degree, and he was appointed pastor in 1923 at Old St. Patrick s Church in the Strip District Pittsburgh Strip District . During the Great Depression , he organized a food relief program and helped the homeless and unemployed find shelter. Cox s Army In January 1932, Cox led a march of 25,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians, dubbed Cox s Army , on Washington, D.C, the largest demonstration to date in the nation s capital. He hoped the action would stir Congress to start a public works program ... more details
crops such as wheat and cotton. Coxey s Army , the first populist march on Washington , was a highly ... Journal of Political Economy volume 94 issue 1 pages 1 37 doi 10.1086 261361 Schwantes, Carlos A. Coxey ... more details
request from Cleveland, who asked him to intervene when a group of unemployed workers, part of Coxey ..., let Cleveland s army take care of Coxey s army. ref name trails He also moved Thanksgiving Day ... more details
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