The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-10
WILL MBS KILL HIMSELF?
His Physician, Dr.. Robertson, Thinks
This Possible When the
Great Strike Fails.
ARTICLES THAT ARE PROPHETIC.
In His Magazine He Described q Condition
Of Affairs He Has More than
Realised.

1t would appear that Eugene V. Debs,
who has been giving orders to several
thousand workingmcn, has not sufficient
self-control to keep Eugene V. Debs in
order.
Eugene V. Debs began to drink heav Willy
| four or FIVE years ago. and II has been
commonly understood by the officers Of
the brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers, an Organization which does not
belong to the American Railway Union.
that Debs's fondness for strong drink
rendered him unworthy OF trust. These
Brotherhood men have taken that into
consideration in weighing Debs's adj
vances to them to join the Railway
Union.
Debs was a backslider after taking the
Kelley bi-chloride Of gold cure. 1t was
after being treated at Dwight. H.. for
dipsomania that this leader of men came
to New York and, as The World told
yesterday, went to Dr. Thomas s. Rob
ertson. Of No. rs East Twentieth street
to have his nervous system, shattered
by drink, restored to its formal tone
| Or. Robertson SO stated To- the reporter
yesterday. but he talked very unwill-
ingly.
1.-THE first information that Debs was
a patient of NINE" said Dr. Robertson,
came from my assistant, else l never
would have talked about 1t. Debs was
one of the s per cent" he added, smii-
ingy. THAT. you know. is the proper
ton OF his patients that keeiey claims
| Debs has not taken taste OF strong
liduor since treated him."
II" oh,, lie IN full possession Of his mental
~ think he is perfectly sane-now.
this trouble began. No, no one else
/ am totally opposed to his theories. /
hope he will be beaten; I'm sure he will
be beaten. He is intensely c,ever. but
Is intensely SsG,stsa Tbs Is his
n.ake It or break 1t. Every one knows
how this trouble will end. When IT
does end, Debs. ! predict. will either go
CD Siae a tremendous Spree or commit sui
Debs, 1t seems. wen. to DR.. Robertson
in 1892 suffering from alcoholism In a
PRODUCTION to TIE doctor fr9m c9l. Robert
terday he gave Debs the letter.
Ingersoll. He is the editor Of a maya.
zlne devoted to railway employees.
dlsO hnOW MS parents, MS sisters and
mis- wife, and they are excellent PEG
pie. Mr.. Debs is enthusiastic on the
labor question and Is great believer in
snSere and Ssf ba h him es ,G be
he can accomplish great things for the
working people. As to his drinking, /
never saw him under the influence Of
lie always appeared to be In good health.
The rest is hearsay."
str Mn1 eoi DE- EsH think of the present
1T seems to me to be without reason,
and ] have thought 50 from the first.
EVERY one who had come in contac,
that he was "a smart man." "a brilliant
man." Many railroad men in this cit,
nave met him here, at the conventions
longs. The wife of a prominent railroad
man, to whom he had been introduced
said he was very polite and had very
desc ss bs T,h sSeus or, He
old. S feet inches tall and OF sigh
build, weighing about li5 or $50 pounds
He has very little hair on the top of his
prominent, he is lantern jawed' and
his face IS unadorned by. mustsche
beard or whiskers. He was born, 1t was
stated. at Terre Haute. Ind.
But every one, too, said he was eX-
citable. The dream of his life. his dear
est purpose. is to unite all workers on
common organization and to unite them
on common level, in which engineers
s~itchmen, firemen, couplers--everbody-
shall be equal; Debs was formerly Score.
tary of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen. national organization. hut al
the last convention of the order he was
not reelected. losing the place because
radical Views. He has been for some
years editor and manager Of the Loco
motive Firemen's Magazine. the organ
of the order, which Is published monthly
at Terre Haute.
HIS EDITORIAL VIEWS.
Debs has had full sway in the edi.
} toriai pages of the magazine and his ut.
terances there on capital and labor all
have the same tone: Some OF thes.
about the time of the great railroad
strikc-that so bitterly fought by the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail
road--are almost prophetic In the pres
) Listen to this. written in February
1888, at the very moment Debs was cry
ing Federation. Federation"
ut were not only folly to deny tina,
we are verging upon a revolution. but
, such denial would be scarcely less than
crime the soSnTy
gun. L, is not labor against capital,
. Is the conflict of labor against injustice
The battle cry Of labor is Give me my
dues. Labor wants to stand erect
. labor wants 70 live in al the dignity, Of
American citizenship, The PRAYER Of labor
Is Agur's prayer. GIVE me neither pow
erty nor riches Lead me up to the
dignity OF Independence, out of hut into
a dwelling, fit place for the birth oil
American sovereisns. This done. and
there will be no more strikes, AMI to this
ii must come as certain as that rivers
foW to the sea, and every day the stu
dent. of events see. with everincreasins
clearness. coming calm or a coming
storm. II has been asserted, and II +
true. that bride purchasei laws are
upon the statute hoDks, and that bride.
seated Legislators are in all the halls OF
legisla ton. And corrupt laws have pro.
duced courts, and injustice goes forth
armed with mandates 10 extend the area
, and multiply the victims of wrong. Such
wrongs cannot exist without producing
commotion. Fortunately In the United
States the ballot Is the weapon OF labor's
warfare.
4 REVOLUTION COMING.
"Thcse who study coming events
who understand the harbinger notes oi
new eras, know that the dawn of d
revolution has come, has come as Ger.
tainly as that the streaming lights aIong
the Eastern horizon tell OF the coming
I of the sun. The only question is, Whal
will be the result? We believe II will
be the emancipation of labor from the
thril,dJm OF injustice by the repeal o.
laws desisncd 10 perpetuate wrongs
and the enactment OF laws which have
for their purpose the cntbronement Of