The Forrest City times., 1894-07-13
Euaene [. Debs.

The full list of indictments follows: Eugene Y. Debs, George ". Howard, Sylvester kelihar, l.. W. Rogers, James Merwin, Lloyd Hodgkins, A. Paizybk, II. Elfin. James Hammon. Vim. Smith, John Westerbrook Edward O'Neil, Charles Mailer John Duffy. Vim. Me Cullen. E. Shelby Fred Ketchan, and John W. Doyle
 All with the exception of the first four had been arrested and taken be- fore United States Commissioner Hoyne, prior to the returning of the indictments, and are out on bail. They are accused of interfering with the business of the United States, obstruct- ing the mails and also of preventing and hindering the execution of the laws of the United States. The stat utes under which they are indicted are as follows:
 If two or more persons conspire to commit an ofense against the United States in any manner or for any purpose. and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of such conspiracy all the persons to such con- spiracy shall be liable to penalty of not less than sl,030 or more than Sl0,000, and imprison- ment not more than two years.
 If two or more persons in any state or terri- tory conspire to overthrow put down or to de- stroy or force the government of the United States, to levy war against them to oppose by force the authorities thereof. or by force to prevent hinder or delay the execution of any law of the United States. or by force to seize take or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, each of them shall be punishable by fine of not less than S300 and not more than & 900, or by imprisonment. with or without the foregoing fine, with hard labor, for period of not less than six months, not more than six years. or both
 Organized labor was prompt to strike back at the latest manifestation of federal power and authority. Hardly had the word been flashed across the half mile of intervening ground be- tween the government building and labor headquarters that indictments had been returned and warrants for Debs and his associates placed in the hands of the officers of the law, when the committee appointed by the trades and labor associations of the city to urge upon the Pullman company the desirability of submitting the dispute with its ex-employes to arbitration, and which had been endowed with autocratic authority in the event of a refusal being returned, attached their signatures to the order calling out every union man in the city from mid- night.
 Almost before the ink was dry on this document, General Master Work man Sovereign of the Knights of La bor placed the official seal of the order upon a manifesto addressed to mem bers of the organization throughout the country, declaring that crisis had been reached in the affairs of the na- tion that endangered the peace of the republic: that the flames of discord were being purposely famed by the railroad corporations at the risk of the life of the government. and appealing to the order. and through it to the people to lay down the implements of toil for short season, and under the banner of peace and with patriotic im- pulse to create through peaeeable as semblage healthy public sentiment III IaNOf OI lilc iuiASacAS the issues involved.
 The manifesto was couched In some what qualified terms, for while in one portion it appealed to the order, as though its executive officer was at the moment of writing little doubtful of his ground or the scope of his author ity. it later on specifically requested the membership not to return to their usual avocations until a settlement of the pending trouble had been made known through authentic sources. This order. or request, or whatever It might properly be designated, was wired at once to the officers of every district assembly throughout the country with instructions looking to is immediate transmission to the ex- ecntive heads of each local assembly.
 The organization of the knights and its means of communicating with the individual membership Is so perfect that it was the opinion at headquarters that every Knight of Labor in the iand would be made acquainted with the ult;matum by the midnight hour.