The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-07-21
TRIAL OF STRIKE LEADERS
Examination Begins Promptly in
Federal Court.
President Eugene V. Debs on Hand
With Counsel.
Damaging kilograms Produced by
the Attorneys for the Prosecution
Establish Clearly a Determine
ton to Violate the I%niuno-
on-Gr Interest
In Pro-
ccedings.

CHICAGO. July 1.-THE report that
proceedings were likely to
be taken by the federal authorities
President Dcbs and his associ-
ate officers of the A. R. u. had tho
effect Of bringing a big crowd to the
United States circuit court room
in the government building this morn,
ing. Just before Judge Seaman of
Milwaukee, who had been telegraphed
to hold court in the absence OF Judge
Grosscup, took his seat on tho bench,
the spare form of President Debs
doomed up in the doorway. He
was accompanied by his brother
Theodore, and by w. W.. Erwin,
the noted criminal lawyer of st. Paul,
with a A. Shoemaker of st. Paul, Err
wins law associate, and by S. S. Greg
DRY of this city, who was the leading
counsel of Prendergast in the lunncy
proceedings that followed the as
sassin's conviction and has
retained ms special
counsel for tho union. The quintettc
pushed It's way through the crowd and
took seats in the front row of chairs in
the lawyers section Immediately
the bar. I'VE are here of
II volition," said Debs to
the United Press. "An appear
should be entered today
TO n Of the injuuctions issued against
but we were advised that this for
mality would be postponed. However.
as there were stories anout that con
or other proceedings might be
today, we thought it best to
put in a voluntary appearance, SO as to
IL v any trouble or annoyance in the
OF finding us elsewhere" Just as
soon as the court had disposed of n few
motions Attorney Gregory
stepped to the bar and said that in the
case of Debs and others the defendants
had been required to enter an
today, and N OF them at
least had responded. 1t was also uu-
derstood that other applications were
to be made in behalf OF the
and it was there
fore very desirable hat counsel
should understand whether the
hearing was to 30 on or whether the
would stand over indefinitely.
Judge Seaman responded that he was
prepared to take up the case us soon as
District Attorney Milchrist was ready,
aud the counsel retired to consult that
District Attorney Milchrist has pre-
Jared criminal informations against
Debs, Vice President How
ard, Secretary Keliher and Director
Rogers of the American Railway union
which will be presented to the court
just as soon as the preceding
cases on the calendar have boon called
up and postponed.
The Court Procecdings.>
At IL o'clock District Attorney Mil
accompanied by Edwin Walker,
counsel for the government, and
R. Peck. special counsel for the
Santa Fe road, appeared in the court
and Judge Seaman ordered that
the case on hearing be summnrily post
poned, remarlsins to Mr.. Walker:
The situation Is such that your
matter should be taken up at
once" Special Counsel Walker then
opened the proceedings proper with n
brief statement. He said that he was
of presenting to the court All
against certain people on
the behalf of the United States govern
ment and to ask hat u writ of attach
ment be issued for the persons named
therein. In addition another informa-
ton was offered in behalf of the Atchi-
son Topeka and Santa Fe road,
road being in the hands OF United
receivers. The information
in behalf of the government. he said.
set forth that on July . Judges Wood
and Grosscup issued an injunction re-
straining Debs and his associates from
interfering with interstate commerce
or with the transportation of United
mails or from exercising terror
or violence against railroad employees
engaged III their work. Personal SER
vice Of this injunction WAS made
on the defendants concerned, but in
spite of it they continued to call ont
men aud ordered strikes on lines within
the city of Chicago and the district
adjacent to and within the jurisdiction
of the court. The violation had con
tinued daily and 1T might be said
hourly, and the government desired
such action and such punishment MS
the court might see fit.
Some Damaging Tclcgrams.
The lengthy information wa then
read by District Attorney Milchrist.
II set forth the facts already stated
and quoted scores of kilograms sent by
after Ii injunction had been is
sued. These have never been pub
lished and had evidently come into the
of the government within Il
hours under circumstances
that counsel would not ex-
PLAIN. Some were addressed to Phelan,
the Cincinnati organizer just sentenced
contempt by judge Taft, others to
McAuliffe of Milwaukee, Others to
Mont, other employees of
tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
q L., Big -Four and Sante Fe rail-
All urged the mon to go out and
stay out. One dispatch read: ''lt will
take more than injunctions to move
trains. Get men out" This
was addressed to w. T. Smith,
junction. Colo. Many other dis
patches were of the same tenor. One
said: ''Do not be frightened by troops,
injnnctions CIR the subsidized press.
Call your men out. This is IL contest
of the plutocracy against the muses.
and we will win and protect our sup
porters."
The court interfercd at this point,
that it did not want to hear
any moro dispatches. Enough, had
been road to indicate n persistent vio-
lation of the lnjunctions. Then the
attorney proceeded to read a
resume Of the loss Of property occa-
by the mol during the last two
weeks. Of %ssnults upon engineers. fire.
men and Others who continued at work
and OF Interruptions Of traffic that had
occurred since the injunction had gone
into effect.
President Debs listened with rapt at
tention. The reading Of the informa-
tion occupied over one hour and Mt its
conclusion the district attorney con-
that the defendants were