Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-11
DEBS is ARRESTED.
Indicted by the United States
Grand Jury at Chicago.
HELD FOR TRIAL IN $4,000 BONDS.
Vice President Howard, Director Rog-
ers and Secretary Kelleher
All in the Same Boat.
BULLETS FOR A MOB AT LAID, ILLS.

Two Of tho Rioters Killed and Others
Wounded, Together with Several Deputy
Marshals-The Shooting Done by Reg
ulars and Deputies-GOvernOr Altgeld
Buying Arms-what Debs Thinks of
His Arrest-Sovereign Issues His Strike
Order.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Knights Of La
b IT throughout the entire country, num-
boring nearly a million men, are called
upon to strike for the cause of organized
labor. Master Workman Sovereign issued
an order at a late hour last night to all
members of the organization to cease work
until the conflict originating in the strike
of the Pullman employees is settled.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE federal grand
jury, after receiving instructions from
United States Judge Grosscup, has re-
turned indictments against Eugene V.
Debs, president of the American Railway
Union; George w. Howard, vice president;
Sylvester kelleher, secretary, and l.. VI.
Rogers, one of the directors, and shortly
thereafter the men were arrested. They
are charged with committing unlawful
acts in conspiring to blocl, the prog, ess
of the United States mail. Joined in the
Indictment of the four leaders of the
American Railway Union was James
Merwin, n Rock Island striker who threw
the switch that derailed the mail train
at Blue Island on June 80. Debs, How
ard, kelleher and Rogers were taken to
the Office of District Attorney Ailchrist
Immediately after the arrest and after a
few hours delay Were released on bail in
bonds of Sl0oor each
Basis of the Indictments,
The grand jury spent but short time
in considering the cases The indictments
are based on some public ut.erances of
Debs and other leaders and this was
clinched by original orders in writing sent
out by Debs directing men on different
railways to quit work, which stopped the
running of the mail trains 4 large num-
Der of kilograms sent by Debs. giving di-
rections which extended the blockade,
were submitted to the grand jury by F.
NJ. Milford, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company, under a sub
posna issued by the United States court.
Judge Grosscup overrulinC the telegraph
company's contention that the messages
were privileged documents and exempt
from seizure. All the indicted men ap-
peared cheerful except Howard. The
bondsmen are Alderman Fitzgerald and
William Skakel
Debs' Comments on the Move.
While waiting for bail Debs said in an
interview: 'Since / have been brought
here ! have been informed that the officers
OF the court have gone to our headGuar-
tiers and taken my personal correspondence
and some Of the records of the American
Railway Union. 1t seems to me to be an
infamous outrage. In Russia have such
things been done, and it appears the act of
car instead of free country 1t is no
longer question of right in this country,
but question of force, and absolute force
ut that. As to the arrest ! have absolutely
nothing to say. While we have commit
ted no crime we are responsible for our
acts and viii answer at the proper time
and abide the consequences. The arrest
will not deter us from work, but we will
60 on as heretofore
Attorney NiIchrist Explains.
District Attorney MiIchrist. when cues
toned about the seizure of Debs' effects,
sad: These nen were arrested on u sub
poena duces tecum. n perfectly legal oper-
alton, whereby they were commanded to
bring with them everything pertaining to
the business. In this case we have n
corporation TO deal with, and the effects
thereof can he brought into court on n
warrant of the kind issued today vii!
say, however, that if the officers of the
court took any of Debs' personal mail il
will he returned to him unopened" The
grand jury, in addition to the indictments
against Debs and his associates. returned
| indictments against a number OF men ar
| rested during the past two weeks and
bound over to the court by Commissioner
Hoyne.
Debs Issues an Address
President Debs issued an address, last
night ITO All Striking Employees and
Sympathizers, urging them, in view of
the serious phase the strike has assumed,
| not only to refrain from acts of violence
| but to aid in every way in their power to
maintain law and order
The reason that George NJ Pullman re-
| jects arbitration, given in his own hand
| writing to an interviewer at Alexandria
| Bay, \. Y. is as follows: II have before
stated there is no solution practicable I'M
less those who wish TO be employed Mt the
Pullman shops realize and act upon the
| rule OF business that the aggregate cost of
| a piece of work must not exceed its selling
price. A continuous violation of that ru le
must wreck the Pullman shops or any
other shop and permanently stop all work
of its employees This company cannot
control the selling price of cars and it can
not pay more for making them than it can
contract to sell them for 1t is impossi-
BILE to submit to arbitration whether or
not it shall do So and that it shall do so is
| no dam aAa ,,,,op 4 la