The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-17
DEBS IN COURT.
He Must Answer on an AccuSa-
tiOn of Contempt.
Few Signs of the Strike Left
in Chicago.
ALL QUIETED DOWN.
The General Managers Get a Big
Restaurant Bill.
Echoes of the Strike in OtEer
Places.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Information
which District Attorney AIilchrist pre-
pared against the leaders of the Ameri-
can Railway union was filed with the
clerk of the United States circuit court
at II o'clock today.
It makes Debs, Rogers. Keleher and
Howard defendants and asks that they
be held for contempt of court Mr.. Mil
christ at once took the information be-
fore Judge Seaman.
President Debs of the American Rail-
way union, appeared in the United States
circuit court today accompanied by At
torney W. ". Irwin and w. H. Shoe
maker, of St Paul, and 5. :. Gregory OF
this city. The strike leader was also ac-
companied by his brother, Theodore
Debs The head of the railway union
said he had come into court not because
he was summoned, as he had not been
sent for, but on the advice of his lawyers.
Strike Signs Disappear.
The railway strike was not noticeable
today except at the Headquarters OF the
A r L. There, the few committee men
and officials who were on hand declared
that the strike is on "red hot but the
various railroads showed no signs of
trouble.
All regular through trains were run
ming. and on time, the packing houses at
the stock yards were all at work and
business was apparently rapidly assum-
ing its normal condition. President
Debs, however, was still positive that
there is a strike, and while admitting
that Chicago unions appear to be v eak-
ening, he declared that they would event
ually become united and win the fight
The Railway Times, the official organ
of the American Railway union, which
has been publishing its bulletins, since
the beginning of the strike, announced
today that hereafter it will issue on alter
nate days
Big Bin sent to Esan.
Chief Brennan of the police depart
ment has forwarded to General Manager
Egan bills for over $4,000 turned in by
proprietors of different restaurants for
feeding police during the strike troubles
Mr.. Egan responded that the bills
would be paid but that future bills of
like character would not be honored-
Sixty engineers, working under the
Stock Yards Switching association, have
been accepted at their old places, and
most of them are again at work. The
places of the yard men have been filed
by recruits
The stock yards receipts today were
10000 hogs, $500 cattle and 1000 sheep.
A number of striking butchers returned
to Swift's slaughter house.
A writ of attachment for Debs, How
ard, Rogers and Kelcher was issued to-
day by Judge Seaman, and the hearing
set for 2o'clock this afternoon.
Later
At $50 o'clock the contempt proceed
ings against Debs, Howard, Keleher and
Rogers of the A. r. L. were called in the
federal court and the cases continued
until Monday.
The bail in each case was fixed at So
600. The defendants protested saying
that they could secure no more bail, and
were informed by the court that their
only alternative was TO go to jail The
ommitment to jail was deferred for
short time to allow them to make an at
tempt to secure bOndsmen, but the de-
PENDANTS expressed little hope of being
sue ccessfuL
p. m.-Debs, Howard, Keleher and
Rogers, having refused to give bail, we're
sent to Jail.