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April 10, 1894
The Portland Daily Press
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
What is this article about?
On April 9 in New Haven, Conn., Yale students find posters nailed to elms and billboards urging them to join Coxey's Army at 6:45 PM for a march to Washington. Likely a Republican prank on Democrats, the notices are swiftly removed by faculty order despite protests.
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A CALL TO JOIN COXEY. It Was Posted on the Elms on the Yale Campus.
New Haven, Conn., April 9.-It is reported that a corps of Coxey's army will be formed immediately at Yale, and a junction effected with the Ohio leader before he enters the National capital. This morning the students found these notices nailed to the elms and bill boards: "Yale students: Join Coxey's Commonweal Army. Meet at Yale fence tonight at 6.45 and be enthused. On to Washington." Crowds soon surrounded the placards, but almost instantaneously an order from the Yale faculty was issued to remove them. The sweeps rushed around the campus and tore down the announcements in spite of clamorous protests. President Ficken of the Yale Democratic club, maintains that the notices were posted through the machinations of the Phelps battalion, the Republican organization of Yale, which it is rumored, promised their drum and fife corps for the rally tonight. Harry H. Whitney, son of the ex-Secretary of the Navy, a leading Yale Democrat, looks on the matter as a joke.
New Haven, Conn., April 9.-It is reported that a corps of Coxey's army will be formed immediately at Yale, and a junction effected with the Ohio leader before he enters the National capital. This morning the students found these notices nailed to the elms and bill boards: "Yale students: Join Coxey's Commonweal Army. Meet at Yale fence tonight at 6.45 and be enthused. On to Washington." Crowds soon surrounded the placards, but almost instantaneously an order from the Yale faculty was issued to remove them. The sweeps rushed around the campus and tore down the announcements in spite of clamorous protests. President Ficken of the Yale Democratic club, maintains that the notices were posted through the machinations of the Phelps battalion, the Republican organization of Yale, which it is rumored, promised their drum and fife corps for the rally tonight. Harry H. Whitney, son of the ex-Secretary of the Navy, a leading Yale Democrat, looks on the matter as a joke.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Coxey Army
Yale Students
Campus Prank
Political Machinations
Washington Rally
What entities or persons were involved?
Coxey
President Ficken
Harry H. Whitney
Phelps Battalion
Where did it happen?
Yale Campus, New Haven, Conn.
Story Details
Key Persons
Coxey
President Ficken
Harry H. Whitney
Phelps Battalion
Location
Yale Campus, New Haven, Conn.
Event Date
April 9
Story Details
Notices calling Yale students to join Coxey's Commonweal Army are posted on campus elms and billboards, allegedly by the Republican Phelps battalion to prank Democrats. Students gather, but faculty orders their immediate removal by sweeps amid protests. Democratic leaders view it as a joke.