St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-24
they ADMIT AND THEY DENY
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order strikes and boycotts. or to dlscon-
tinue the same.
THEY ADMIT
that on the 18th day of July. 1894, the com.
munication set out in said information
was addressed to the railway managers
and signed by the defendants, whose
names are affixed thereto, but aiiege
that so much of said communication as
implies or assumes any right, power aor
authority III said defendants, or either
OF them, to discontinue said strike. aHas
unauthorized, and that said defendants
had no other power or authority injsatd
matter than to recommend 10 the mem-
bers of the said American Railway
union the adoption Of proposals therein
stated. The defendants admit the
sending of the communication toSthe
Pan Handle yardmen set forth in said
information. but deny that in and by
said communication they exercised or
assumed to exercise any power or
authority over said men OF any thereon,
but that said communication was merely
a request to said men to perform the
acts therein stated. il
THEY DENY ,I-
that they have any knowledge or inf0r-
nation sufficient TO form belief as to
whether the interview set forth i'll said
information was in fact published in
the Chicago Herald on July Is or at any
other time. They de Hy that the de-
PENDANT Debs, or any other defendants.
caused said interview to be published
or uttered the statements therein con-
tanned, or any of them, but allege that
said interview is wholly false, forged
and fictitious. The defendants deny
that they or either of them have in any
way or manner interfered with, him
dered, INSTRUCTED or stopped any of the
business of the railroads mentioned in
said Injunction, or either OF them, as
common carriers of passengers and
freight between or among any states of
the United States, or that they or either
of them, have in any manner lnterfered
with, hindered, obstructed or stopped
any mail trains, express trains or other
trains, whether freight or passenger.
engaged in interstate commerce or
carrying passengers or freight between
or among the states; or that they or
either of them have III any manner in
terfered with, hindered or stopped any
train carrying the mail, or that they or
either or lheIE have III any manner in
terfered with, hindered, INSTRUCTED or
stopped any engine, car or rolling stock
of any of said companies engaged in
Interstate commerce, or in connection
with the carriage of passengers or
freight between or among the states: or
that they or either of them have in any
manner interfered with. injured or de-
stroYed any of the property of any of
said railroads engaged in or for the pur-
pose OF, or in connection with interstate
commerce, or the carriage of the mails
Of the United States or the transpOrta-
ton of passengers or freight between or
among the states; or that they or
either of them have entered upon
the grounds or premises Of any
of said railroads for the purpose
of interfering with, hindering, obstruct-
ing or stopping any of said mail trains.
passenger or freight trains engaged in
the interstate commerce, or in the
transportation of passengers and freight
between or among. the states, or for the
purpose of Interfering with, lnJuring or
destroying any of said property so en-
gagged in or used in connection with
interstate commerce, or the tranSpOrta-
ton OF passengers or property between
or among the states; or that they or
either of them have injured or de-
Stroyed any part of the tracks, road bed
or other permanent structures OF said
railroads, or that they or either of them
have injured, destroyed or in any way
interfered with any of the signals OF
they or either of them have displaced
or eXtinguished any OF the signals of
any of the said railroads; or that they
or either of them spiked. locked
or in any manuer fastened any
Of the switches of said railroads;
or that they or either Of them have un-
coupled or in any way hampered or OBJ
structed the control by any of said
railroads of any OF the cars, engines or
parts of trains of any of said railroads
engaged in interstate commerce or in
the transportation of passengers OF
freight between or among the states, or
engaged in carrying any of the mails of
the United States; or that they or either
of them have compelled or induced or
attempted to compel or induce by
threats. intimidation, persuasion, force
or violence any Of the employees OF any
of said railroads to refuse or fail to per-
form any of their duties as employees of
any of said railroads. in connection
with the Interstate business of COM
merce of such railroads. or the carriage
of the United States mails by such rail-
roads. or the transportation OF paSSen-
gers or property between or among the
states; or that they or either OF them
have compelled or induced, or attempt
ed to compel or induce by threats, in
timidation. force or violence, any of the
employees of said railroads who are en-
ployed by such railroads and engaged
in their service in the conduct of inter.
state business, or in the operation of
any of their trains carrying the mail of
the United States or doing interstate
business, or the transportation of pas
SengerS and freight between or among
the states, to leave the service of such
railroads; or that they. or either of
them, have prevented any person what
ever by threats, intimidation, force or
violence from entering the service of
any of said railroads and doing the
work thereof in the carrying of the
mails of the United States or the
transportation of passengers or freight
between or among the states; or that
they or either OF them have done any
act whatever in furtherance of any con-
Spiracy or combination to restrain
any of said railroad companies or re-
ceivers in the free and unhindered con-
troll and handling of interstate COM
merce over the lines of said railroads,
and of transportation of persons and
freight between and among the states;
or that they, or either of them. ordered,
directed, aided, assisted, or abetted in
any manner whatever any person or
persons to commit any or either of the
acts aforesaid. And the said defend
ants, each for himself, does plead to the
said information
THAT HE rs NOT GUILTY
of any or either or all of the acts herein
charged, or of any contempt of the or
ders of this court in the premises. De-
PENDANTS further allege that after the
service of said injunction upon them
they forthwith consulted competent
counsel, learned in the law, aud duly
authorized aud licensed to practice as
attorney and counselor at law in the
courts of the United States, and fully
and fairly stated to him all the facts in
the premises, and exhibited to him the
order of the court made herein, and
were advised by him as to what they
might rightfully and lawfully do IN the
premises without violation of the order
of the court or contempt of the author
ity, and that they have since that time
in all things proceeded in their acts and
cOuduQt in rapard IN said kp aui