Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-19
.ILLNOT GIVE BAIL
Oebs Remains Firm in His
Chosen Position.
IGNORES HIs ATTORNEYS ADVICE

And Insists on Staying in Jail Pending
His Hearing Legal Questions Involved
Creating Interest Among lawyer
What the Defense Expects to Prove
Judge Bakers Definition of Intiu,ida-
tion-Situation in California Little Inn
proved. If Any-General Strike News.
CHICAGO, July 19.-The legal points in
voived in the contempt cases against Debs
and his lieutenants are interesting the law
yers here and none moro than the counsel
FOR the defendants, Attorney Gregory. The
four defendants were brought into court
during the afternoon and their attorneys
insisted on their giving bail. which they
declined to do. Debs is also interested in
the legal points and his refusal to give
bail. he says, is means of bringing those
legal points to test, and to show just
what corporate power can do, to use his
own expression. The hearing of the case
Monday will be before Judges Wood and
Grosscup probably.
VIVA. the Defense Maintains.
rs the same question involved that the
court of appeals now has under consider
alton in the jenkins iniunctiou?" Gregory
was asked.
II have not examined Judge Jenkins
injunction recently" replied Gregory:
but it is my impression that the injunc-
ton in this case is very different from
the one ordered by Judge Jenkins On
the facts which we expect 10 establish to
the satisfaction of the court we will show
that the defendants have not counte-
nanced violence, intimidation or other
unlawful conduct, and If we succeed in
this, rs we understand the law, they will
he entitled to have this writ of attach
ment dissolved and the information dis
missed"
Some Definition of Intimidation.
Interesting in this connection is the in
depreciation of intimidation given by
Judge Baker. of the United States court
at indianapolis. He said: Il have had
occasion TO say that any body Of men who
have engaged in "a combination to strike
and to interfere with anybody else vino
goes to work, and denounce them rs scabs,
would he in contempt of court; that a re-
quest under such circumstances was the
equivalent OF a demand. If in the night
time some hlghwaymen would step up
ana say: Please give me your purse: !
Will thank you 30 do it, notwit hstandiug
the politeaess of his language ! would
! understand it us n threat And SO when
a member of n strike committee with an
angry mob behind him of strikers, clothed
with authority, should say TO some man
IL the employ of the road, Please. now
don't you think you ought to come out!'
the court understands it as threat
| Talks Judge Jenkins Doctrine.
1t Is the highwayman's polteness: it
means that it will make life miserable for
him if he refuses, that they will do as they
did out here ut Fontanet-break switch
| locks and hurl innocent men to death
That is what 1t means. They talk about
| being peaceable Every one that has any
sense at ali knows that strike wouid not
amount to anything unless they follow it
out by violence. They know that if they
would do what they have a lawful right to
DO decently and orderly. 90 about their
business and leave their employer alone. a
strike would not amount to anything.
They know it would absolutely fail"
Debs Declines to Talk.
President Debs in the county jail denied
himself 10 reporters. In answer to a note
requesting an interview, he sent back
word that if he talked with one he would
have TO talk TO all, and he wanted to rest
Debs said he had nothing new to say, any
way, and Jat talking would do no good
Debs and Howard occupy one cell together
while keliher and Rogers are in an ad-
joining one. They reconsidered their ex-
pressed determination to live on prison
fare during their incarceration, and will
hereafter order their food from restau-
rant A visitor that the Terre Haute
strike leader was glad to see at the Jail
was Mrs. Debs, who remained an hour il
the bastile with her husband
| Ordered Some Troops Home.
Late last evening General Oreudorif Mt
Springfield, at the request of Mayor Hop
kins and General Wheeler, issued an or
der directing the entire Second brigade
National Guard and First battalion naval
militia on duty here to proceed to their
homes at once, using special trains. Colo
mel Smith, in command OF troops at
Mounds, Pulaski county, was also wired
to send his three companies to their
homes. This removes all troops from duty
excepting 1900 in this city