Several of the men -- including Coxey -- were arrested. A judge found Coxey guilty of violating public property. He sent him to jail for twenty days.

其中几名男子，包括科克西都被捕了。法官判定科克西侵犯公共财产罪成立，被判入狱20天。

Jacob Coxey was ready for the worst. He said: If my men starve in the streets of Washington, the smell of their bodies will force Congress to act.

雅各布·科克西已经做好最坏的打算。他说：" 如果我的人在华盛顿街头挨饿，他们身上的气味将迫使国会采取行动。"

Coxey's army marched many kilometers from Ohio to Washington. Hundreds of unemployed men joined in along the way. But by the time the army reached the capital, only three hundred men remained.

科克西等一行人要行进数公里才能从俄亥俄州到达华盛顿，数以百计的失业者沿途加入进来。但当他们到达首都时，却只剩下三百人。