Biography
Philadelphia carpenter and Greenback-Labor activist who led the small Philadelphia contingent of Coxey's Army to its rendezvous with Jacob Coxey and Carl Browne in Washington, D.C. in late April 1894. On May 1, 1894 he marched with Coxey and Browne up the Capitol steps to deliver the Commonweal of Christ's petition for a federal good-roads jobs program; all three were arrested by Capitol Police for carrying banners and walking on the Capitol grass. Convicted May 8, 1894 in D.C. police court before Judge Thomas Miller; sentenced May 21, 1894 to 20 days in the District of Columbia jail. Released June 10, 1894.
Case
District of Columbia Jail
