Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-09-28

4 II trrark in SO righteous " S"uso Nh"h
- Drag Along Uselessly.
c,uc.eo. September b.-The govern
"a attorneys in the Debs case to-day
.tod that President Debs and the other
s,ro,dants be called upon to testify.
w defense objected. Judge Woods al
/ '.,.d the matter to pass without ruling.
r,..nb ELDERS, night clerk at the Leland
1 u0tel testified he had delivered numer-
:. kilograms to Debs, and the latter
ii them in his presence. Walter Rice,
,snorter, who as delegate from a local
,.on was present at the American Rail-
Union convention, told of scenes
hiring the consideration of the Pullman
.,ike, Witness said Debs made a fiery
,reecb urging the boycott and declaring
/ u would rather see the American Rail-
!, .v Union 90 to wreck in so righteous
vsnse than to drag along uselessly. How
,d Rice said, opposed ordering the boy
Most of the afternoon session was con-
umed in examination of witnesses in
,scard to the violence committed along
ne Atchison and Topeka road. Super
intandent Ressegule of the Chicago divi-
5ou Of the Atchison and Topeka road
Titled he was in the Chicago yards
iom lime 81 to July II. He said that
M company had no difficulty with its
sESnloyes. and the switchmen had told
M when they went out that the union
5ad ordered a boycott on Pullman cars,
mi as the Atchison and Topeka would
Iot cut them off, its employees had gone
mi On cross examination Mr.. Gregory
Melted the fact that the company was
.!rty or more days behind in the pay to
,seir men, and that there had been some
ecOmplaints in regard to this condition OF
affairs, H. r.. Bliss, an engineer on the
AtChison and Topeka road, then told
how he was prevailed upon to strike.
/ He said that a mob had threatened to
tx him. He said;
"For fear they would fix me l quit
{ work when / did not want to-"
Fred W. Einsheimer, Secretary of the
Pullman Palace Car Company, was
called and identified two contracts, one
between his company and the Eastern
Illinois road and the other between his
COMPANY and the Atchison and Topeka.
They were the contracts about which
there was SO much conjecture during the
strike.
Amessage was produced from Mrs.
Eehnd Stanford to Debs July 2, asking
I'm to grant permission to the train
men to take her private car to San Fran
cisco. Mrs. Becker, telegraph operator,
testified that Debs replied to Mrs. Stan
ford that the trainmen would take her
lar through. This was the first evidence
IL Debs had personally sent messages
ieistive to the strike. Mr.. Walker an
bounced the governments case was
closed with the exception of the pro-
auction of the Pullman contracts.
The counsel for the defense surprised
the government attorneys by deciding
not to call any witnesses in behalf OF
their clients, but to rest their case on the
evidence presented by the government.
These cases will come up for oral argu-
L9ent September %, and both sides are
4awed twenty days in which to file
x;ssfs on the legal questions involved.
f'udge Woods will probably render de-
dsOn early in October. Attorney Greg
kCy told the court that the counsel for
The defendant preferred to present a
written argument on the case. He said:
4 We are willing to submit this case
90 the evidence the government has put
no. We might prove few things by
putting witnesses on the stand, but we
are willing to waive this privilege"
Attorney Walker argued for an oral
presentation of the defense, and Judge
woods said he preferred such an argu-
Iment, as by this means greater light
might be thrown on the subject by ques-
IONS which could be asked the speakers
ma that might arise from their remarks
attorney Erwin OF counsel for the de-
Use then said:
We do not desire to have any oral
Ialgument in this case. In its relation
ome great American public this case is
Uae Oh the most important that ever
lame before United States Court. 1t
Involves a great question, and we wish
II place our views on record in cold lead
tatype, where it can be seen as often as
IL ~ ING NOulb SOiioANSi
eell the law regarding the issuance OF
kue inlunctions which brought our eli
Ea's here, and we shall have some views
Rl mat point. We ask twenty days in
paich to prepare briefs on this subject
fuu TO carefully consider the evidence in
euis case. Our honor, our Christian con-
Sieace will appear in this, our argu-
alter further discussion the court con-
wed to have the case argued orally
4 ptember 25 and to allow briefs to be
united on the legal phases of the
~ In twenty days. Ten days longer
w allowed the counsel for the Atchi-
y and Topeka road. The Judge said
II the counsel for defendants feel
H11ii led to consume so much time, l
y robably have to use the midnight
aS to prepare my opinion on this
81 as 1t will have to be done between
and October 6, when l begin long
ksson of court"
aWorney Walker stated to the court