Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-26

rdllTOauS dTH not. we dEe ScttHhS cVmc
evidence for the coming legal battle, and
we consider it a pretty fair grade. Here
s a letter we received telling of evidence
that most of the freight car burning done
in Chicago was done by two men in the
employ of the general managers associa-
ton. One Of the secret agents of q GER
tain committee saw two men on the night
Of the big fire going through the yards
with a hand car loaded with infiammable
waste, which they lighted and systemat-
lcally threw among the cars. This agent
overheard a conversation betHssa the
men from which he CLEANED that they
we're paid $500 down and were to re-
eeive $500 more when the job was done.
This, understand, was before the troops
were called out. An effort is now being
made to arrest these two men. We fur
Their have pretty positive evidence thai
the big man who led the mob of 5000
1t Blue Island was a Pinkerton man en-
ployed by the railroads, N ii is signiri.
cant that although he could be easily
identified, yet he has not been arrested.
1t is safe to say that this case will not
be entirely one-sided|
Work of the Federal Grand Jury.
Chica 90, July 20.-The federal grand
jury returned twenty. III &c indictments In
Jrcge Seaman's court this afternoon and
wa discharged. In the twenty-three il
dictments were included the names of
about seyenty-five individuals who are
charged witE violating the federal
statutes during the railroad troubles Of
the last three weeks.
District Attorney Milchrist refused &c
give the names of IN of the INDICTED
persons levond admitting that there were
several new indictments against Debs,
Howard ami Keliher and Rogers. the
chief officers Of he A. X. I Included
1T some of the indictments, also, are 9TH
er officers of the lization who have
not been so prominent rs the four now IN
jail. The Dthers who 60 20 make up the
seventy-fve are strikers against whom
are charged sp ,cifc acts of interference
" it'll trains or any property of the COM
ponies.
Debs and the other officers are in
nearly all the twenty three indictments.
Whenever the grand jury con Il Ided to
indi, t q batch of rioters who committed
specific acts, such as the derailing of
trains, Debs aud his companions were
Epm ed with Them rs conspiratofs. In ad-
dition 70 that 'nere is an iLGIctm mt
against DebS. Rogers, KelIher and How
ard '!ihrging them with conspiracy 10
deprive a citizen of the United States of
one of his constitutional ~rights-that is,
the right 10 ship goods from one state TO
IN Ither.
Mr.. Milchrist said the question as to
whether Debs and the other officers will
be compelled to give bail on Zach separ-
ate indictment has not been settled, but
will be after the bench warrants are is
sued and served tomorrow. No indict-
ments were returned against railroad off,
Gals because no information was given
against them.
The federal troops moved out of the
city to-day. at noon the Ninth regiment,
from Madison barracks, Sacketts Harbor,
y. Y, left on a special train over he
Lake Shore road. All the other troops
marched to Fort Sheridan and will reach
there tomorrow. The troops going to
Fort Sheridan include the Fifteenth regi-
ment and the details froSa Forts Riley,
Brady, Leavenworth and Niobrara.
AT the Pullman works to-day Manager
Middleton was busily Engaged registering
men willing to work. The announcement
that the shop will open as soon as a
sufficient force is secured has developed
considerable weakness among the strik-
ers, and it is claimed in two hours to-day
the manager claimed to have registered
325 men. A force of about 1000 will be
necessary before the works will resume