The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-12-20
DEBS GOES TO JAIL.
DECISION AGAINST THE STRIKERS
IN CHICAGO.
JudEe Woods Declnres the Men
Guilty and Sentences Eugene v.
Debs to Six Months In Jail and
the Others to Three Months.

Chicago, Dec 16. - "Guilty as
charged vas the finding announced
ty Federal Judge William A. Woods
against President Eugene " Debs, Of
the American Railway union. the
finding of the court is that tire de
PENDANTS ara guilty of contempt. but
that any punishment instigated would
not be cumulative. In othe.. words
there We're two cases before the court,
one for contempt and the other for
Violation OF the federal statute. The
latter cause is merged into the form
er.
Attorney barrow, representing the
defendants, asked that his clients
might retire for q consultation re-
garding what they should say, and at
ter brief recess the strike leaders
Med back into court, ranging them
selves before the bench. ATTORNEY
barrow, speaking for them, said that
they had no wish to make separate
speeches, but felt that they had done
no wrong. The attorney advised the
court that Director MacVean, one of
the defendants, was out of the city
| during the strike. A lengthy arcu-
ment between attorneys followed over
the proposition to discriminate in Mac
Fean's favor, which the court ter
minated by suspending sentence on
! MacVean ~
Debs was sentenced to six months
In the county jail. The others on trial
We're given three months each, except
MacVean, who was released because
there was no evidence against him.
| In sentencing the other defendants
Judge Woods said:
punishment should be neither vim
! dlctlve nor trivial. These men were
In willfnl contempt. under what legal
advice I should like very much to
| know. These men We're the leaders.
IN a great measure, of lawbreakers,
and are responsible as leaders. Ig-
norant men WHO followed them have
! been punished. Mr.. Debs is more re-
sponsible than any other. He is u
| man Of marked ability and power
over men. I feel constrained to dis
,crim1rate between hin, and the Others
The punishment against all the de-
| PENDANTS, except Debs, is three months
in Jail, and against Debs six MONTHS.
| Tie defendants did not appear par
ticularly crushed by the punishment
Debs bowed his tall, gaunt form and
|
who sat near. and they both laughed
heartily. Howard and Hogan ex-
changed comethirg, and Keliher
grasped his attorneys hand and ap-
reared to offer CONGRATULATIONS. 1t
was evident that all had expected
mucil more severe sentences and Ill
wore a look of relief Debs drew his
! people together and Instructed them
to say nothing for publication, set
ting them an example by refusing to
discuss the case at all. F.
After the mur,nur of excitement
over the sentence bad subsidized the
court announced that the punishment
was not to take effect for ten days, in
which time the defendants attorneys
will prepare an appeal. The prospect
i've prisoners, after a short cons alta
ton with their attorneys, left the
court room. liz
The defendants. with their official
positions in the A. r. u, are. Presi-
dent Debs, Vice President Howard,
Secretary Keliher. Treasurer Rogers.
Directors Elliott, Burns, MacVean
Hogan and Gillian.