The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-18
SAVANNAH, GA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 1894

court of equity. With considerable
heat. Mr.. Gregory said he did not under
stand that the governments information
was for the protection of the railroads or
That the movement was to be used as an
agency TO y1ndicate the property rights of
railroads. That seemed to be what Mr..
Peck wanted, but it would be very unfor-
tunate If any action of the court gave
color to that claim. The entire country
was concerned in this matter and it must
be kept free of bias.
Mr.. Walker responded that the govern
ment did not propose to protect railroad
property except so far as interstate COM
merce and the mails were concerned.
10 this the judge added: "We are not
mere for any other purpose"
Continuing, Mr. Walker said that the
government represented all the people,
the defendants included, and it would not
lend its authority to the protection of
railroad property within the lines indi-
Gated.
ATTACHMENTS ORDERED ISSUED.
Finally the court cut the discussion
short by ordering the issuance of attach
mentS for contempt against Messrs Debs
Howard, Keliher and Rogers, but in
structed the United States marshals to
waive service on the understanding that
the defendants would voluntarily sur
render at the bar of the court at o'clock
this afternoon. When the court met at 2
o'clock Messrs. Howard, Keliher and
Rogers were present, but President Debs
was not on hand. His name was called
and there being no response, it was de-
cided to stay proceedings until he put in
an appearance. The attorneys were be-
ginning to get tritie impatient when at
2:20 o'clock President Debs came into
court painting for breath.
Then Attorney Erwin asked the indulg-
ence of five minutes for consultation and
the court acquiesced. After this the
presence of the defendants was announced
to the bench.
REFUSE TO GIVE BAIL.
Attorney Erwin exploded a bombshell
by stating that If the defendants were
compelled to give bail on the charge OF
contempt they would go to JAIL for the
bail already demanded on the indict-
ments found in the district court
had exhausted their ability in that
direction. Unless the court accepted
their own recognizances then it was a
| matter of Jail and nothing else. Mr. Err
win made an impassioned speech, saying
that at the proper time the indictment
would be demurred to, and the issue
would be raised whether the unchecked
operations of captalistic tyranny could in
troduce the methods of a British mon
| archy. These men had never committed
any act of violence. The conscience OF
| the court was whipped to resort to ex.
treme and unjustifiable methods.
THE TRIAL SET FOR MONDAY.
Judge Seaman set the trial of the con.
tempt cases for Monday morning at lC
o'clock He fixed the additional bale at
g, 900 each and ordered the four men to
be held In the custody of the United
| States marshal until the sureties had
| been approved
| At 3:l5 O'Clock, after a conference with
| their attorneys, President Debs an
nounced for himself and the three other
| defendants that they would go to Jail
and refused to give additional bail on the
ground that their bondsmen in the Other
cases had been so bitterly attacked by
the press that they felt a great deal Of
hesitancy in asking any more citizens tC
go additional bail for them.
URGED TO RECONSIDER.
A score or more of friends clustered
around them and urged them to recon.
slider their determination. One of the
number said that he was worth $500, ,00C
and would go bail for the entire quartette
Others offered to become individual
surety for the several defendants
President Debs, however, was OBJ
durate, and in his determine
tion, he was supported by his associates
In the meantime the orders of commit
ment were made out by the clerk of the
court. Marshal Arnold had been sum
moned and with him, he brought Deputies
j. w Forsyth and G.. II. Jones. A final
effort was made to induce the defend
ants to accept the proffers
of their friends, but without
result At 4:30 o'clock Mar
shall Arnold escorted them to an
open carriage in which they were driven
to the county jail on the north side Ar
mold sat with the arrested men, while the
two deputies shared seats with the
driver. On their arrival at the Jail the
prisoners were courteously received by
Jailor Morris and Jail Clerk Whiteman.
The marshal did the Introductory hOnors
and the prisoners shook hands cordially
with their new custodian. No feature of
Jail methods was, however, relaxed in
their behalf AT the command of the
turnkeys they held up their hands and
submitted to a search. They were deprived
of all their valuables and then led TO
spacious and roomy cells in the debtors
department. President Debs and Vice
President Howard were assigned to No.
5. and Rogers and Keliher to No. .. IL
was arranged with the jail officials that
meals should be served from a neighbor-
ing restaurant, and the prisoners were
then left alone for the night.
SrPTKrRG I'M SESSTON