The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-20
Batch of Rioters Charged with Derail-
ing Trains, Etc, Also Indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury.
BOGUS PLACARD POSTED
Notice to Stock Yards Employees
Repudiated by A. K. |. Officers.
SANDERS Denounced by Debs-Californi-
ans Informed They May Vote on
Disseminating the Strike.

CHICAGO. July 19.-The federal grand
jury returned twenty-three indictments in
Judge Seaman's court this afternoon, and
was discharged. In the twenty-three in
dictments were included the names OF
about seventy-five individuals who are
charged with violating the federal statutes
during the abroad troubles of the past
three weeks. District Attorney Milchrist
refused TO give the names Of any of the
indicted persons beyond admitting that
there were several new indictments against
Debs, Howard. Keliher and Rogers, the
chief officers of the railway union. In
cIuded in some of the indictments also are
other officers of the organization who have
not been prominent the four now
In the county jail The others who go to
make up the seventy-five are strikers
against whom are charged specific acts or
interference with trains other property
of the companies. Debs and the other OFF,
GERS are In nearly all the twenty-three
indictments. Whenever the grand jury
concluded to present batch of rioters
who committed specific acts, such as the
derailing Of trains. Debs and his COM
panions were named with them as con-
soirators In addition to that there is an
Indictment against Debs. Rogers, Keliher
acy to deprive citizen of the United
States of one of his constitutional rights
that is, the right to ship goods from one
State to another. Mr. Milchrist said the
question as to whether Debs and the other
officers will be compelled to give bail on
each separate Indictment has not been set
tied. but will be after the bench warrants
are issued and served tomorrow. No in
dictments were returned against railroad
officials. because no information was given
against them.
Eugene Debs said to Associated Press
man to-day that the following notice,
headed "a. r. w. is alleged to be posted
in various parts of the stock yards:
ITO whom il may concern:
AT a meeting held by the American
Railway Union at Corcoran'S Hall the fol-
lowing resolution was unanimously adopt
ed:
Resolved That all men continuing in
the employ of the railroad departments
of the Union Stock-yards and Transit Com
pany, Armour & Co., Swift * Co, Norris
K Co, Burton Stock Car Company, Street
Stable Car Company, Canada Cattle Car
Company and other industries In the vicin-
ity of the Union stock-yards where rail-
road men are employed at s p m. Wednes-
day. July IS. 1894. will be forever branded
scabs and treated as SUCH
The notice was signed: wv. II. Overton.
president: J. a. Driscoll. vice president:
n. X. Turpkn. secretary. Approved by
L. V. Debs. PRESIDENT; G. W. Howard
vice president; S. Kelher. secretary.
IL need hardly say" said Mr.. Debs,
that the above. far as the officers of
the A. r. u. are concerned is a forgery.
OF course, no such notice was issued or
approved by us. Nor have we any knowl-
edge as to how. when or by whom such
notice was authorized or posted The first
information had the subject was
when brought TO our notice In this morn
ings daily papers. This is a fair sample
Of the methods that have been employed
10 poison the public mind against the
strike and those Officially connected there
with. The most fragrant falsehoods have
passed current for the truth. AS, for in
stance. a few days ago. a story was pub
lished to the effect that Mrs. Higinbotham
was seriously i'll in Montana and not ex-
pected to live, and that Mr. Higinbotham
had appealed to to allow the dying
wife TO be brought home to see her friends
for the last time by special train and
that in brutal manner, / declared that
not wheel should turn This base and
heartless falsehOod has been widely cir
culated and has done incalculable damage
to innocent men. Need / say that no such
request or appeal was received from Mr.
Higinbotham? Need l further say that If
such an appeal had been made without
reference TO It's source. even though il had
been In behalf OF poor washerwoman I
would have responded. had il been I'm nv
power TO do so? In such an emergency a
man who would not afford the required re-
lief would be as destitute of heart as a
hyena- The writer of the damnabie false
hood may accent this as personal TO him
self his thought being father to the wish
Column after column OF utilization and
coined SANDER have been published to serve
the malignant purposes OF the subsidized
press. In little time the truth will pre-
vail. The wrong Will be cloven down: the
right will be enthroned Our struggle Is for
humanity: why charge us falsely with in
In this connection may say that GER
tain kilograms have been published which
were not authorized or transmitted bv anv
officer of our organiza ton. Stripped OF
false and eXtraneous matter the charges
Will fall to the ground. Meantime. can
bravad0. that We prefer TO be In fail with
our convictions to being free without them
This interview was had in the presence OF
Messrs Howard. Keliher and Rogers. and
submitted to counsel for Mr. Debs before
being authorized 20 the press upon an in
duiry made by Mr.. Debs as to whether
the branding of the manufactured SANDERS
could be In any way considered by the
court as contemptuous of the proceedings
now pending for contempt
The bogus DebS manifesto warning all
railroad men at the stockyards 10 desist
from work or be branded as scabs"
seemed to have little effect to-day on the
men to whom il was addressed or upOn
Railroad employees returned to their work
as usual. switching was continued and the
packers seemed inclined TO treat the mat
ter as a joke. The Stockyards company
VIII endeavor TO solve the problem of Sc
curing protection for Its men outside of
working hours by lodging and boarding
them in Its own buildings. Cots We're
placed in some OF the houses to-day. The
rough treatment Of workingmen by strik-