The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-07

Chicago, Feb. eff Mr.. Pullman has
evaded the serving of the subpoena,
shall certainly punish him for contempt
Of court" said Judge Crosscup, this
evening.
Tomorrow morning half a dozen of
George NJ. Pullman's clerks will be
brought before the judge and sworn as
to their knowledge of Mr.. Pullman's &C
tons on Monday. A subpoena was is
sued for his presence as witness in
Judge Crosscup's court on behalf of the
defense in the conspiracy cases The sub
poena was given to United States Depu-
ty Marshal Jones on Monday morning.
Given a Lively Chase.
AT the offices of the Pullman company
he was informed by one of the attend
ants that Mr.. Pullman was in his pri-
yate office. Another clerk was requested
a subpoena for his appearance at the
DebS trial The clerk returned to the
outer office in a few minutes and said
that Mr.. Pullman was not in the Office,
but would be in later. All Monday the
clerks kept the deputy running UP and
down the elevator; each time he re-
turned he was informed that Mr.. Pull
man either had gone out or had not re-
turned.
Tuesday morning when he called at the
office of the Pullman company he was
told that Mr.. Pullman had gone out of
town; that he was either in New York
or Washington. The clerk did not know
when Mr.. Pullman had left Chicago,
only that he had gone away.
Mysterious Mr.. Pullman.
Today, the counsel for the defense
called the attention of Judge Grosscup to
the mysterious action of Mr.. Pullman
clerks, and animated that Mr.. Pullman
had successfully endeavored to evade
the process Of the court. The judge di-
rected that Deputy Jones call into court
tomorrow morning all of the clerks and
contact at the Office of the Pullman COM
pany.
Mr.. Debs was on the stand all the
afternoon. and viii be there again to-
advised in any form the use of violence
or interference with the United States
mail trains. He had never, at Blue Is
land, or elsewhere, told the, men to tie
up the roads. mail or no mail trains. He
was shown the famous Save your money
and buy a gun" telegram, and said he
had not sent it or seen it until it had been
sent out by one of the directors Other
kilograms in which the government
charged violence by indirection and inter
ference were shown him. and he denied
having sent them. and denied the inter-
ference drawn by the prosecution.
Innocent as 81 Babe.
In reference to the riots at the stock
Associated Press disclaiming responsible
ty for the turbulence there, and asserting
that it was being committed by other
than the A. r. L.
row. to review his life and his connec-
ton with the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen down to the incorporation Of the
a. r. u, after the organization of the
union. the witness said. was organized
to prevent one class of railroad employees
from being used to defeat the demands Of
other classes. The object of the General
Managers' ASSOCIATION was to bring 4
united front to bear against the demands
OF the men on any one road.
The Railway Employees.
There we're $4,000 employees on the
pay rolls of the railroads of this country.
The General Managers association en-
country. The tendency of the past few
years. Debs declared, was the absorption
of the smaller roads by the larger rail-
road corporations. Wages had been
steadily reduced for years and to resist
further reduction was one of the reasons
for the organization of the American
Railway Union. The union was organ
lied with fifty members, and steadily
grew in numbers until it had $50, 900 mem
berS at the time of the strike last sum-
mer. All of these members were along
the lines of the roads represented in the
General Managers association.
Didn't Want "a Strike.
The witness first heard of the trouble
at Pullman on his return to Chicago
from the Great Northern strike, about
May 5, 1894. About so per cent of the
Pullman employees were members of the
union. Witness had not gone to Pullman
to make personal examination of the
situation, but delegated Vice-President
Howard to that duty. He first learned
of the strike itself in the newspapers on
the morning of May y. He had sent
Howard to Pullman to endeayor to
avert the threatened strike, and the
strike was without his consent and con-
trary to his advice.