The morning call., 1894-09-12
DEBS IN COMMAND
His Connection With the
Strike.
EVIDENCE IN THAT LINE.
He Relieved the Mobile and Ohio
Road.
BOYS PUT ON THE STAND.
But Only One Testified That He
Delivered Messages to Mr..
Debs in Person.
BOYS PUT ON THE STAND.

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-In the Debs case to-
day the first witness called was General
| Superintendent Dunlap of the Rock Island
Railroad. who gave an exhaustive history
of the strike as it affected his road. He
said that many mail trains were stopped,
the men being intimidatsd. He said that
many of the members of the mob wore
white ribbons. He recognized some of the
rioters as ex-employes of the Rock Island.
Mr.. Dunlap said he had had much expert
ence in railroad strikes and never knew of
strike which did not result in trouble
AMI violence.
Throughout the day the attorneys for
the defense continued TO object to the
evidence as introduced by the Government,
and for some unknown reason Judge
Wood sustained them much oftener than
he did duriug the earlier davs of the trial.
In all thirteen witnesses testified for the
Government during the day. most of the
evidence adduced dealing with scenes of
violence in and about the city during the
strike.
During the afternoon the counsel got
down to the actual work of connecting Mr..
Debs and bis associates with the deeds o.
violence by introducing the messenger =
boys who delivered kilograms previously
put in evidence. at the office of the a.
r. U. In nearly all cases the messages
were signed by the doorkeeper or Mr..
Benedict. Typewriter for the a. r. U. In
oEe Of the cases one of the boys said he
had delivered kilograms to Mr.. Debs per-
sonallv and he had receipted for them.
j. n. Scales. general superintendent of
the Mobile and Ohio road, another wit
ness, identified the telegraphic correspond
ence which he had with Debs regarding q
the raising of the boycott on his road
He had wired Debs in the first place, tell
Ing him the Mobile and Ohio road ran no
Pullman cars and requesting him to do
what lay in his power TO prevent the
strike.
The next telegram bore the name of
Debs and asked il the Mobile and Oh 10
road belonged to the General Manage rs'
Association. Immediately upon Mr..
Scales assurance by wire that it did not a
telegram was sent asking Mr.. Scales to
cali IN Mr.. Dwyer, the local representa-
tive of the a. r. u. aud make arrange
ments with him regarding the calling off
of the strike This. Mr.. Scales testified.
he did, and he read the agreement made
between him and Dwyer. The kilograms
were all placed in evidence. One of the
attorneys for the Government said that if
the kilograms could he traced to Debs in
this case his directing hand ia the strike
would he positively established.
The Herald tomorrow will say: Presi-
dent Debs of the a. +. U. left last night
for Harrisburg to attend the convention IF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemeu,
now in session there. He is accredited
with being the bearer of the wishes of the
directors OF the A. r. u. that Grand
Master Sargent shall be defeated for re-
election.
tie is one of the old Brotherhood chiefs
against whom Debs' proposition of resig-
nation for The good OF organized labor,
ana the election OF new officers or organ
izaiion of 4 single la Dor union, ia aimed.
In Chicago labor circles il is not be-
lieved ID ebs will be able to defeat Sargent.