Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-18

did not propose to protect railroad prop erty, except so far as interstate commerce sand mails were concerned. To this the judge added: "We are not here for any other purpose.
 E Continuing Walker said that the gov ernment represented all the people, the defendants iuclnded, and it would not lend it's authority to the protection of railroad property within the lines indicated.
 Finally the court cut the discussion short by ordering the issuance of attachments for contempt against Debs, Howard, Kele. her and Rogers, but instructed the United States marshal to waive service on the un- derstanding that the defendants would voluntarily surrender at the bar of court at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
 When the court met at 2 o'clock How ard, Keleher and Rogers were present, but Debs was not on hand. His name was called aud, there being no reponse, 1t was decided to stay proceedings until he put ip an appearance. The attorneys were be- ginning to get trifie inpatient, when, at 2:20, Debs came into court panting for breath. Then Attorney Erwin asked the indulgence of five minutes for consultation and the court acquiesced. After this the presence of the defendants was announced to the bench. Attorney Erwin exploded bombshell by stating that if the defend- ants were compelled to give bail on the charge of contempt they must go to jail, for the bail already demanded on the in- dictments found in the district court had exhausted their ability in that direction.
 Unless the court accepted their own recognizances, then 1t was a matter of jail or nothing else. Erwin made an impas- stoned speech, saying that at the proper time the indictment would be demurred to and issue would be raised whether the un- checked operations of capitalistic tyranny could introduce the methods of a British monarchy. These men had never con- mitted any action of violence and the con- n th,- xU hiDna6 n resort to extreme and unjustiiable methods.
 Judge Seaman set the trial of the con- tempt cases for Monday morning at 10 o'clock. He fixed the additional bail at S30O0 each and ordered the four men to be held in custody of the United States mar ehal until the suretes had been approved.
 At 3:15 p. m., after a conference with their attorney, Debs announced for him. self and the three other defendants that they would go to jail and refuse to give additional bail on the ground that their bondsmen in the other cases had been 80 bitterly attacked by the press that they felt great deal of hesitancy in asking any more citizens to go additional bail for them. 7s A score or more friends clustered around them and urged them to reconsider their determination. One of the number said that he was worth $500 000 and would go bail for the entire quartette. Others offered tobecome individual sureties for the sev- tfdl Qeie0QaDlS. OeDS, however, was obdurate, and in his determination he was supported by his associates. In the meantime the orders of commitment were made out by the clerk of the court. Marshal Arnold had been sum- moned, and with him he brought Deputies J.W. Forsythe and G. Ii. Jones. A final effort was made to induce the defendants to accept the proffers of their friends, but without result. At 4:30 o'clock Marshal Arnold escorted them to an open carriage, in which they were driven to the county jail on the Northside.
 On their arrival at the jail the prisoners were courteously received by Jailer Morris and Jail Clerk Whitman. The marshal did the introductory honors and the pris- oners shook hanos cordially with their new custodians. No feature of jail meth ods was, however, relaxed in their behalf. At the demand of the turnkeys they held up their hands and submitted to search. They were deprived of all valuables and then led to spacious and roomy cells in the debtor's department. President Debs and Vice. President Howard were assigned to No. 5 and Rogers and Keleher to No. 6. It was arranged with the jail officers that meals should be served from a neighboring restaurant, and the prisoners were then left alone for the night.