The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-22
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Guilty as Charged,


CHICAGO, Dec. 14-"Gullty as charge d"
was the finding announced today by Fed
eral Judge William Woods against
President Eugene V Debs, of the Ameri.
can Railway Union. The same finding
was reached against American Railway
Union leaders on trial with Debs.
Judge Woods opinion oyerruIing the
claim of the defense that the injunction
ag ,inst the American Railway Union
leaders was invalid on the ground the
court had no jurisdiction to determine
case in which an IN junction was ordered,
and that though possessed of such juris
diction, the court lacked organic power
to make the order in question, was very
long and cited many authorizes The
court held the same protection given com
merce on rivers can be extended under
the existing law to commerce ON railroads
Referring to the contention that the act
OF July 2, 1890, was directed wholly at
trusta and not against organizations of
labor in any form, Judge Woods pointed
out that werkingmen, if they conspired
with capitalists to prevent the moving of
Pullman cars would be guilty of con-
spiracy, and 1t would be absurd TO say
they should not be equally guilty if they
did the same without the aid of the capi-
talists Judge Woods held that the de-
PENDANTS did deliberately violate the or
der OF the conrt. by directing the strikers
to lntimidate the men from taking their
places. Admonitions against violence
were sent out by the defendants, but it
was not intended they shold be needed.
Attorney Darrow, representing the de"
PENDANTS, asked that hls clients might |
retire for consultation regarding what |
they should say, and after brief recess,
the strike leaders filed back into court.
ranging themselves before the bench. |
Darrow. speaking for them,
said they had no wish TO make separate
speeches, but felt that they had done no
wrong, The attorney advised the court
that Director MacVesp, one Of the de
fendsDts, was out of the city during the
strike. A lengthy argument between
The attorneys followed over the propo.
,itOn to discriminate In MacVean's favor,
which the court terminated by suspend
ng sentence on MacVean. n sentencing
he others defendants Judge Woods said:
"The punishment shall be neither vim
lictive nor trivial These men were IN
yllful contempt under what lega. advice
should like very much to know. These
men were leaders In great measure of
swbreakers, and are responsible as
The Ignorant men who followed
hem have been punished. Debs is more
esponsible than any of the others. He
8 a man of marked ability and power
'ver men. / feel constrained 10 dis.
riminate between him ana the others
The punlsbmen. against all the defend.
ats except Debs Is three months In jail,
nd against Debs six MONTHS 80
The defeadants did not appear particu-
arly crushed by the punishment Debs
'owed his tall, gaunt form and whispered
few words TO his sister, who sat Gear,
nd they both laughed heartily. How
rd and Hogan exchanged smiling ganees
nd Kenher grasped his attorneys hand,
nd appeared to offer congratulations.
t was evident all expected much more
evere sentence. Debs drew his people
0 one side and instructed them to say
othlpg for publication, setting them the
by refusing to discuss the case
{ all.