The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-07-19

CHICAGO, July ls.-PreSident Debs
passed q fairly comfortable night at the
county jail and carly to-day ordered q
good breakfast broughtin from neigh.
boring hotel. DcbB refused TO DO seen
BY intOrvlcwers and lie and his aSsoci.
atcs kept close In tho seclusIon Of their
cells.
Dobs seems to enjoy jail lilo, aud SO
do George ". Howard, vice president,
Sylvester Koholor, secretary, and T. W..
Rogers, director Of tho AR u, and
all Of thcm woro smiling and in the
beet Of spIrlts to-day after their hrat
nights experience in tho Cook county
Jail. A large party OF personal friends
Of tho Imprisoned strike leaders called
early at tho county jail and tho daily
corridor scrubbing was In progress, and
no ono wns admitted for some time.
President Debs sent word down to tho
waiting visitors that himself and
friends had enjoyed good nights rest
and had nothing to say that would In.
terest the public.
Before Ii o'clock Debs camo from the
cell TO meet bis stenographer, who had
arrived with bundle oil mail for him.
The president was In good humor. l
had the best nights sleep l have had in
month or more" he said. Nothing
disturbed me, not oven tho ghost OF
that man who was hanged the other
day, and whose spirit is said 10 be
roaming about In here. have abso-
luteIy nothing TO add to what l have al
ready said concerning our Htrcst We
arc hcrc, and will stay here until next
Monday at least"
President Debs then fell to looking
over his big batch Of mail matter Vice
President Kelehor came down from his
cell in the debtors department. and
while awaiting his turn In the BARRIERS
chair said: Two arc enjoying this rc-
spite from work"
At the county Jail to-day Vice Presi.
dent Howard OF tho American Hallway
Union made the following statement:
This thing ia going to DO tost case.
We don't consider ourselves bigger than
tho law and, incidentally, We think tho
railroads arc not. We arc getting some
evidence for tho coming legal battle,
and wo consider it very lair grade.
Hore Is letter have received telling
OF evidence that most OF the freight cars
burned here in Chicago was done by
two men in tho employ Of the general
managers association. Ono OF tho &c.
cret agents OF certain committee saw
two mon on the night Of the big fro
going through the yards with hand
chr loaded with intlammablo waste
which thcy lighted aud systematically
threw among the cars. This agent
overheard q conversation between tho
men from which he learned that thcy
wero paid 500 down and were to re-
ceiye $500 moro when the job was done.
An effort Is now being made to arrest
these two men,"
ave further have worry positive evi.
dence that the big man who lod the
mob OF 5000 at Blue Island was q Pink
erton man employed by tho railroads,
and 1t 10 significant that although no
could be easily identified yet he has not
been arrested. It is safe to say that
this case will not DO entirely one
aidcd."
At Ulich's hall, the American Railway
Union headquarters, larger crowd was
gathered to-day than for several days
past. The arrest Of the leaders was dis.
cussed by tho excited groups that stood
about the committee rooms and hall
why's, and tho action Of tho authorities
was severely criticised. Several OF the
local organizers delivered short ad-
dresses and the usual claims that the
strike Ia still on wcre heard.