The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-18
OEBS STILL IN JAIL.
A. R. o. Officers Enjoying Their
Respite from Work,
Passed a Comfortable Night and
Saw No Ghosts.
Debs's Case Compared to Master
Workman Quinn's in New York.
by Associated Prsss,)

'By Associated Pren)
CHICAGO, July 1S.-Debs seems to en-
Joy jail life, and SO do George w. How
ard, Vice-President; Sylvester Keliher,
Secretary, and 7. w. Rogers, a director
OF the A. r. U. All of them were smil-
ing and In the best of spirits to-day
after their first nights experience in
the Cook County Jail
A large party Of the personal friends
OF the imprisoned strike leaders came
early to the county Jail. but the daily
corridor scrubblng was in progress. and
no one was admitted for some time.
President Debs sent word down to the
waiting visitors that himself and friends
had enjoyed a good nights rest, and
had nothing to say that would interest
the public.
Before II A. M, Debs came down from
his cell to meet his stenographer, who
had arrived with a bundle OF mail for
him. The President was In good humor.
al had the best nights sleep had in
a month or two" said he. Nothing
disturbed me, not even the ghost Of that
man who was hanged the other day,
and whose spirit is said to be roaming
about in here. 1 have absolutely moth
ing to add to what have already said,
concerning our arrest We are here and
will stay here until next Monday, at
least"
President Debs then fell to looking
over his big batch of mail matter.
Vice-President Keliher came dow from
his cell in the debtors department. and
while awaiting his turn in the barber
chair said
1--WE are still enjoying this respite from
work"
Considerable conflict Of opinion seems
concerning the business Of Debs's COM
mitment for contempt many maintain.
Ing that such action was unwarranted
Assistant District-Attorney Henry w.
unser was outspoken in his condemns
s,oI OF oct, the pr3Seedings and said that
dicating the law, only tends to bring
the &C courts lra, IN contempt Of the public:
said: While I have epG BEEN counsel nf fer
many labor organizations, and am In
touch with them now, my opinion is In
nowise are affected si by that Giroumstance::
wrong to Pinish a man for disobeying
an order OF Court when the order itself
cannct stand.
1888 during the factional fights In Dis
trict Assembly 40. in this city. Quinn
and his followers had obtained an order
lin and hts partisans from Interfering
with ouinn's possession of Pythagoras
Hall and. armed with this Injunction,
an and under color Of 1t. Quinn served i
possession of the hall.
II then advised Breslin's people, whom
l represented, that such an order could
mi hav taI tvv,v t,tI art
and that 1t could not In any way be used
to change the status of affairs. Breslin's
people were on the point of relinquish--
up to the hall: and armed with shotguns.
pistols and clubs they presented Quinn
with the freedom OF the city by landing
him on the sidewalk and drove. his fol-
lowers and process-servers out by main
force.
"Quinn's counsel, Louis F.. Post, then
made motion to punish my clients for
fore Judge Freedman In the Superior
Court. The Judge denied their motion
on the, ground that the Bresltn people
Injunction, although he reserved the
point as to whether they did not EN-
nloy more force than was necessary to
New York Law Journal OF, that month.
1T will be observed In that case that
the injunction order was not alone re-
sisted, but the enjoined parties resorted
ing from IT, while in the Debs case no
overt act, so far as i can see, has been
traced to Debs or his associates.
" Another odious incident of the whole
affair is the manner in which Debs was
disposed of when made a prisoner: for,
according to newspaper reports, he ap-
pears TO have been treated like COM
mon felon. his pockets searched, and mo
feature of prison life being relaxed in
his case 1t is well settled that per
son imprisoned for contempt OF Court is
to be treated only as civil prisoner,
and not as a convict or a person await
ing trial for crime"