The morning news., 1894-07-26
DEBS OUT OF JAIL ON BAIL.
The Cases Against the Quartette Go
Over to September.

The Judge Declines to Quash the In
diotment Against the Defendants,
Holding the Railway Union Guilty
of Unlawful Acts The Defendants
Declare Themselves Ready to Re-
sumo Business-AttorneyE Erwin In
suits the Court.
Chicago July 25.-Messrs. Deb, How
ard, Keliher and Rogers of the American
Railway Onion are at liberty under bail,
pending the hearing of the various cases
against them. They were this afternoon
! required to give $1,000 bonds, covering
five new indictments in addition to the
| contempt cases brought by the govern
ment and the Santa Fe railroad. The
hearing of the contempt cases was con-
tinued until Sept. 5. 1t is the purpose Of
the defendants attorneys to force hear
ing on the indictments before the con-
| tempt cases are again called.
At this mornings session of the United
States circuit court the Judge entered
formal ruling denying the defendants mo-
tion TO quash. He held the railway
union guilty of committing unlawful acts
in interfering with interstate commerce,
and he proposed to find out what connec-
tion the defendants had with it.
The case was postponed on account OF
the illness of Government Attorney Ed
ward Walker.
The attorney for the Santa Fe road at
tempted TO force a hearing on his COM
plant, but the Judge thought he ought
not TO be forced into taking two doses Of
! the same medicine, and he put of both
! cases together
BONDS FURNISHED.
While court adjourned at II o'clock this
| morning il was O'Clock D. m. before the
| bonds were furnished. William Fitzger-
aid and William Shakel, who were on the
| bonds of the defendants for g., 500 each,
| signed the additional twenty-eight bonds,
and the aggregate amount of their guar
antee is $500 on each of the four men, or
$3S, 600.
| On account of the large number of
bonds to be furnished, Judge Grosscup
| this morning reduced the bonds in tho
| contempt cases TO 81 600 in each case.
The defendants all declare themselves
ready for work tomorrow morning. A
meeting of the board of directors is to be
! Debs will decide on his future
course He Is desirous of going to
| his home in Indiana for
short stay and will probably leave for
! there tomorrow afternoon. He refuses
to say what he intends to do until he can
look around and get his bearings after
being locked up for week. He claims
that his organization is increasing in
strength daily, and talks as If he would
be doing business at the old stand within
| twelve hours.
| ERWIN INSULTS THE COURT.
Attorney w. w. Erwin, counsel for the
| American Railway Union officers, caused
| o sensation 10 the contempt proceedings
to-day by violently assailing the govern
ment officers and indirectly attacking the
court During his speech, which was de-
| livered Immediately after the adverse
| decision of the court on the defend
| ants motion to quash the information
| against the prisoners, Judge Woods was
visibly excited, and. although retaining
| control Of his anger, showed his sup
pressed excitement by his trembling
| hand and agitated expression. Mr.. Err
| win asserted that in case of injustice the
| power of the people, back of the govern
ment, reverts to the people, and as he
! spoke his tall frame quivered with ex-
citement, his gestures were wild and his
| voice rose almost to a shrek.
Beginning his speech with a review OF
the troubles leading up TO the strike, MIR.
Erwin declared that the railroads had en-
| tered into a conspiracy to sustain the
| Pullman company in the latter's fight
| with their employees The court must de-
! eide the supreme question, he said,
whether the men were not justified in re-
! sentng such conspiracy when the
courts were silent regarding it.
Such a conspiracy did exist" he said,
and the courts own officers of the gov.
ernment gave no redress. The question is
whether the people are sovereign, or
whether they have delegated all their
powers TO combinations Of wicked men
and to representatives who are asleep. Had
not the men right TO resist this conspi-
racy of the railroads TO sustain Pullman
in his inhumanity and illegal acts2"