The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-11
DEBS INDICTED.
The Military and the Courts
Now at Work.
The Strike Virtually At an End 50 Far
As Traffic 10 Concerned. :.

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CHICAGO. July II. Slowly, but steadily.
calmly and certain, as BELTS the supreme
power of great nation. throughout all
that wide stretch Of its domain where
evil-disposed persons arc taking advan-
tage OF an exceptional Industrial con-
dition to Gauss riot and bloodshed. the
federal government Is moving to the ac-
complish hnent Of that for which its now
ers were delegated to IL for the preserya-
iion Of order and the safety of life and
property.
At Chicago. in conjunction with the
state and the municipality, IL has already
brought peace out of the condition Of
war which prevailed last week. At San
Francisco. Sacramento, Los Angeles and
various points In Colorado and Washing
ton, where the union men are causing
havoc, 1t has slipped the dogs of war in
token Of its intention to have peace. even
II 1t has to fight for IT,
In this city. the military arm having 40
complished its purpose, the judicial arm
yesterday took up the orderly course of
its duties, which include the fixing upon
the guilty parties the measure of their
crime and the fitting Of the punis b ments
thereto.
The step In this procedure was the a.
sembling of the federal grand fury and
the delivery of the charge to IL by Judge
Grosscup The intention Of the national
authority, not to be turned aside from an
exhaustive inquiry into the csses. was
evinced at thu outset By the brusaucness
which it swept aside the plea Of privacv
and privilege which the Western Union
Telegraph company. with dne regard for
the privacy Of the messages of its clienta.
were forced to put In when the jury
called for the messages from President
Debs to the mem bers of his order which
had been transmitted over its lines.
No Delay.
The court held that public safety was
paramount to private rights, and 30 or.
dered that the dispatches BE- produced.
That 1t Is the intention of the government
not 70 be too long about the work in
hand has been shown from the fact that
the footsteps of the telegraph official
who brought the dispatches had scarcely
ceased to echo along the corridor leading
TO the grand jury room when that body
filed into Judge Grosscup's court and an
nounced that 1t had found true bill Of
indictment
Pending the arrest of the persons put
under the ban of the law, his name re-
mained locked In the breast of the lord
high executioner. andAhe public was al
lowed to draw its own conclusions from
all the premises aud such preliminary
data As IL had at hand. That President
Debs was the man. none dou bted. and
subsequent developments justified the
Burmise.
Touching the outlook for the future.
outside of Chicago, it may be said that
yesterdays dispatskss were almost uni
form in tenor to the effect that normal
had already been restored. or
that they were rapidly approa ,hing that
state, and there seems no reason to sup-
pose that the progrvss toward complete
of trade aud traffic will meet
with any serious check ~ the coming
days shall succeed each other.
In other words, II does not seem possi.
BILE, with all the forces Of law and order
~ now srrayed, with their leader put to
nis own defense at the bar of Justice. with
heir ranks beginning to be depleted bv
tesertions and with the strain which thev
,ave already endured that the American
Railway union can rally with forces for : |
struggle which must needs be long and |
Apparently. therefore, their only hope
II final triumph lies in the aid which
hey hope to GET from union labor out
ide OF their organization.
The written orders for all classes of
abor la Chicago to 20 on strike at once
las been promulgated. How generally
hese orders will be obeyed IL problsmati-
al.
To good extent their effect has bsen
'lready discounted BY the stagnation of
BUSINESS, and 1t is known that some Of
he longestheadsd labor leaders them
elves believe that action has been post
oned too long to be fully effective. At
unset today this nation will probably
now whether the situation is one of crisis
r collapse.
Leaders Indioted.
The federal grand jury, after receiv.
ng the instructions Of United States
udge Grosscup, returned indictments
gsinst Eugene v. Dsbs, president Of the
american Railway union; George w.
toward, vice president; Sylvester Keli-
er, secretary, and Ia w. Rogers. one of
q directors, and shortly thereafter tho
bur men were arrested.
They are charged with conspiracv In
,mmit an unlawful act, that is. to block
10 progress Of the United States mails.
oinsd In the indictment with the four
aders of the Railway union was James
lsrtin, the Rockland striker. who threw
he switch which derailed a mail train At
lue Island on the night of June 30.
Debs. Howard, Kelihsr aud Rorers
ere taken into the oflice of District A.
rney Milchrist Immediately after their
rest. and after few hours detention
ere released on bail BY Judge Grosscup.
eir bonds being 90, 900 each.
The federal grand jury spent but =
ort time on the case of Debs and the
her leaders of the strike. The case ,
,ainst them for conspiracy had been pre- ,
red some days ago by Attorneys Mil
;ist and Walker. and the grand Jurors
4 not been at work two hours when
indictment was received and pre-. |,
ted In court
was based on some Of the public Mt >
ances Of Debs and the other leaders, 4
ehis was slinohed by the original or
= In writing sent ont by Debs direct.
men on thsldifferept railways to Quit =.
ir work aud thus stop the running of