The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-17
DEDS' DILEMMA.
The Lonesome Striker in
Court to Answer for the
Reign of Anarchy.
SOME OF HIS CHICANERY
How He Tried to Involve the
American Federation in
the Trouble.
DEyILISH WORK ON THE RAIL
Ties Placed to Wreck a Train
A Bullet in Sleeping
Car.

CHICAGO. July II, 1S94.-The report that
additional proceedings were likely to be
taken by the Federal authorities against
President Debs and his associate officers of
the A R. q had the effect of bringing big
crowd to the United States Circuit Court
room in the Government building this morn
ing. Just before Judge Seamans of Milwaukee,
who had been telegraphed to hold court in
he absence of Judge Grosscup took his seat
on the bench, the spare form of President
Debs looned up in the doorway. He was ae-
companied by his brother Theodore and by
w. w. Erwin, the noted criminal lawyer of
st Paul, W. A Shoemaker of st. Paul.
Erwin's law associate, and by S. Gregory.
of this city, who was the leading counsel of
Prendergast in the lunacy proceedings that
followed the assassin's convection, and has
been retained as special counsel for the
union.
The quintette pushed their way through
the crowd and took seats in the front row of
chairs in the lawyers section immediately
within the bar
1--WE are here of our own volition,n said
Debs to the United Press representative.
IAN appearance should be entered today to
one of the injunctiols issued against US, but
we were advised that this forlnality would
be postponed.
''However, as there were stories ahoat that
contempt or other proceedings might be i'll
stituted today, we thought it best to put in
voluntary appearance to save any trouble or
annoyance in the way of finding us else
where"
DEBs IN HURRY
Just as soon as the court had disposed of
few minor motions, Attorney Gregory
stepped to the ar and said that in the case
of Debs and others, the defendants had been
required to enter au appearance today and
one of them at least had responded. 1t was
also understood that other applications
were to be made in behalf of the govern
ment, and it was therefore very desirable
that counsel should understand whether the
hearing was to go on or whether the matter
would stand over indefinitely.
Judge Seaman responded that he was pre-.
pared TO take up the case as soon as District
Attorney Milchrist was ready and the coun-
sci retired to consult that official
AT eleven O'Clock District Attorney Mil
christ. accompanied by Edwin Walker,
special counsel for the Government, and
George R. Peck, special counsel for the
Santa Fe Railroad, appeared in the court,
and Judge Seaman ordered that the case on
hearing be summarily postponed, remarking
to Mr.. Walker:-"The situation is such that
your matter should be taken up at once"
INFoRMATIoNS FILED.
Opecldl OOuIlS6l w alkST buou OpoIou uno
proceedings proper with brief statement.
He SAID that he was desirous of presenting to
the Court an information against certain
people on behalf of the Q. s. Government
and to ask that a writ of attachment be
issued for the persons named therein.
In addition, another information was offer
ed on behalf of the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Ee Road being in the hands of United
States receivers The Information in behalf
of the Government, he said, set forth that on
July 2, Judges Wood and Crosscup
issued an injunction restraining Debs
and his associates from inter
fering with interstate commerce
or with the transportation of United States
mails, or from exercising terror or violence
against railroad employees engaged in their
work. Personal service Of this injun-
ton was made on the defendants
concluded to call out men and ordered
strikes on lines within the city of Chicago
and the district adjacent to and within the
jurisdiction of the court.
The informations were directed against
Debs, Howard, Secretary Kelleher and
Director Rogers of the American Railway
Union.
At the close of the argument, Judge Sea
mans issued double set of attachments
against Debs, Howard, kellhar and Rogers,
returnable at two o'clock.
wICKs BLOCLS THE WAY.
An attempt was made yesterday afternoon
by officers OF the First Regiment to COM
promise the strike at Pullman So many
assurances had been received that a large
number of workmen were anxious to go back
in the car shops that several officers though
it would be good idea to call a town meet
ing, lay the question before the strikers
and persuade them to go to work again, leav-
ing all differences to be settled after they had
resumed work. The suggestion originated
with Capt. Bell, the wounded quartermaster
who is still lying ON a bed IN the notel
Florence The plan was unfolded to
Colonel Turner, who approved it. 1t
is believed it would have been : at
least partially successful, but for the
course adopted by Vice President Wickes of
the Pullman Company. The committee of
tion with Mr. Wickes over the telephone.
He listened to their programme and objected
to it in no uncertain terms While 1T is
known that the Pullman Company has
been very anxious to open its
shops and that hundreds of strikers are
anxious to go to work Vice President
Wickes was not satisfied to do as the military
officers suggested He informed them that
instead of the Pullman Company opening its
works and asking workfnen to come in the
men should make applications for employ
rnent and ask the company to start up again.
TUBULENT MEETING.
In some way the strikers became aware OF
Vicey President Wickes' objection to the
plan and promptly proceeded to pack the
town meeting When Colonel Turner and
DR.. Thomas undertook TO explain the scheme
to an audience that filed Market Hall, they
were almost drowned out by cries of no."
ssDever, arbitration
After the meeting the strikers went to
Kensington, where an open air meeting was
in progress. A crowd Of perhaps 1.50O, COM
posed Of railroad strikers, Pullman employees
and spectators listened to speeches made by
various strike leaders, among them Rev. Mr..
Carwardine, a Methodist preacher of Pull
man He denounced the meeting at Market
Hall as an insult to Pullman employees and
worked the crowd up tc a high pitch Reso--
lutions were adopte,s urging the men to stand
firm until they win the fight
HOPKINS CHEEKY LETTER.
The Times this morning says: ''Yester-
day Mayor Hopkins received letter a letter
from Ger eral Miles inquiring whether in
case of the immediate withdrawal of the
Federal forces from the city the Mayor was
able, with the local militia and police, to
protect United States property and the
The Mayor reolied that the city was
not only amply able to preserve or.