St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-11
King Sovereign Calls Upon One Million
Union Laborers to Stop Work
Until the Conflict Is Settled.
Three Thousand Sacramento Strikers
Armed With Rifles Are Ready for
Uncle Sans Regulars.

CHICAGO. July 10.-The federal grand
jury, after receiving the instructions
of United States Judge Grosscup
this afternoon, returned indictments
against Eugene V. Debs, president of
the American Railway union; George
W. Howard. the vice president; SyIves
ter Keleher, secretary, and L. w. Rog-
ers, one of the directors, and shortly
thereafter the four men were arrested.
They are charged with conspiracy to
commit an unlawful act-that is, to
block the progress of the United
States mails. Joined in the in
dictment with the four leaders of the
railway union was James Merwin, the
Rock Island striker who threw the
switch which derailed mail train at
Blue Island on the night of June 80.
Debs, Howard. Keleher and Rogers
were taken into the Office of District
Attorney Milchrist Immediately after
their arrest, and, after few hours de-
tention, were released Oh bail by Judge
Grosscup, their bonds being $4,000
each.
The federal grand jury spent but
short time on the case of Debs and the
other leaders of the strike. The case
against them for conspiracy had been
prepared some days ago by Attorneys
Mllchrist and Walker. and the grand
jury had not been at work two hours
when the indictment was ready to be
presented in court. 1t waa based on
some of the public
UTTERANCES OF DEBS
and the other leaders, and this was
cliuched by the original orders in writ
ing sent out by Debs directing men on
the different railways to quit their
work, and this stopped the running of
mail trains. A large number of tele-
grams sent by Debs and from his head
quarters, giving directions which eX-
tended the blockade of the trains. were
submitted to the grand jury by E. NJ.
Mulford, manager Of the Western Union
Telegraph company, under subpoena
issued by the United States court,
Judge Grosscup overruling the tele-
graph company's protest that the mes
sages were privileged documents and
exempt from seizure.
MIR. Mulford mad left the grand jury
room but few minutes when the grand
Jury filed out and walked into Judge
Grosscup's court. Foreman Sauborn
handed to the court the indictment,
which was at once taken to the office of
the district attorney. Marshal Arnold
and deputy were sent out with war
rants. Shortly before o'clock Marshal
Arnold returned with President Debs
as a prisoner. Debs was taken into Mr..
Milchrist's private Office. He was ac-
companied by Theodore Debs, his
brother, who was with him when the
arrest was made. There were in the
office when the head of the A. r. U.
arrived as prisoner Edwin Walker
and Mr.. Millchrist, and those were soon
Joined by Judge Grosscup, who bad
been sent for to take bail. Debs sent
his brother out to look for bondsmen,
and, while waiting for his friends to
appear, sat with the judge, the two
attorneys fol the government and the
marshal who had arrested him, while
the door of the office was
LOCKED TO ALL CoMERS.
1t was not long until Deputy Logan
appeared with Keleher, the secretary.
In a short time Theodore Debs re-