The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-09-12
WEAVING The Tolls.
The Government Trying to
Fasten ON Debs
The Writing Of Certain A. r. q.
kilograms.
THIRTEEN WITNESSES
Give Their Testimony in the
United States Court.

CHICAGO, Sept 12.-In the Debs case
yesterday the first witness called was
General Superintendent Dunlap Of the
Rock Island railroad Mr.. Dunlap
gave an exhaustive history of the
strike as it affected his road.
Throughout the day the attorneys for
the defense continued to object to
the evidence introduced by the gov
eminent, and for some unknown rea-
son Judge Woods sustained them much
Oftener than he did during the earlier
days of the trial In all thirteen wit
nesses testified for the government
during the day, most of the evidence
adduced dealing with the scenes OF
violence in and about the city during
the strike.
J. N. Scales, general superintendent
of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
identified the telegraphic correspond
ence which he had with Debs regard
ing the raising Of the boycott on his
road He had wired Debs in the first
place. telling him that the Mobile
and Ohio road ran Pullman cars and
requesting him to do what lay in his
power to prevent the strike
The next telegram bore the name OF
Debs and asked if the Mobile and
Ohio road belonged to the General
Managers associa ton. Upon Mr..
Scales assurance by wire that it did
not, a telegram was sent asking Mr..
Scales to call on Dwyer, the local
represen tative Of the American Rail-
way Union, and make arrangements
with him regarding the calling of Of
the strike. This, Mr.. Scales testi-
fed, he did, and read the agreement
which he had with Dryer. The tele-
grams were all placed in evidence
One of the attorneys for the govern
ment said that If the kilograms could
be positively traced to Debs in this
case, his directing hand in the strike
would be positively established
Toward the close of the afternoon
the counsel for the government got
down to the actual work of connect
ing Mr.. Debs and his associates with
the lawlessness by introducing the
telegraph messenger boys who de-
1ivered various kilograms previously
put in evidence at the office Of the
American Railway union In all out
three cases the messages were either
signed by the doorkeeper or Mr.
Benedict, the typewriter. In three
cases one of the messenger boys said
he had delivered kilograms to Mr..
Debs personally and he had receipted
for them The delivery sheet was
not IN evidence, however, but it viii
be presented to-day.
The feature Of the days proceed
ings was a discussion brought about
by Attorney Gregory, IN which he
alton. He said: ssWe can get the
witnesses to testify and the court viii
admit the evidence. ! think we can
show that this General Managers
association was preparing to reduce
the wages of the employees on the
roads which its members represented.
They were seeking to do this by
combination against labor and this
was the real cause of the strike.
From one end of the country to the
other we have heard people denOunc-
ing this sympathetic strike. Yet
Judge Cooley, in his address to the
American Bar association, says
that no board Of arbitration-and I
add that no niunctiOn-can compel
men to work if they do not want to.
Now these employees had a right to
quit work No injunction could pre-
vent them from quitting or advising
offered certain kilograms sent to these
defendants; they have proved viO-
1ence, but there has been no testi-
mony as to connection between the
facts"
Judge Woods replied that he
thought some Of these discussions
were gotten mp to draw the Ere
Of the court, but the court SO far
endeavored to prevent the fire from
developing. He said he had decision
by Justice Harlan on the subject of
strikes which he would soon lay be-
fore them.
Mr.. Irwin argued that any testimo-
nv was adnissa BILE which would show
a mitigation of the offense- The
Judge replied that he was of the opin-
ion that evidence1in mitigation would
only be allowed IN criminal cases
Court then adjourned until to-day.