The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-08-10
HOW III DBBS l||l[ JAIL
He And III His conpan ions Have
An Easy, Quiet And Stud
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Editing Il Paper With All the
Accessories Except; Cock
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chinery Rapidly Taking the
Place Of Manual Labor II, N
NJ. ..as All Departments.
q "A reporter for the St Louis Post-Dis-
patch visited Eugene ". Debs, president
OF bhe American Railway Union, in Jail
at. Woodstock, III. and says:
q n! 81 found Mr.. Dehs and one or two OF
his followers Sitting tat table busily en-
gagged in writing, while the others were
conf fortably seated in big wooden chains,
reading newspapers and books. Debs
jumped from his seat and bounded down
the corridor to give me a hearty vel
come at the door.
\ n Now, you must take a seat and make
yourself feel at home" he spoke, smil-
ing E over his application Of that old
Hoosier greeting to these IRON barred
.surround ndings. ::..
But under the influence Of Deb's man
ner / had soon become Oblivi0us to my
surroundings and felt ais If I we're COW
.ering ian assignment" at a conference in
labor headquarters. This lack Of a feel
ing of restraint for the time being was
also largely due to the liberal rules Of
Sheriff Eckert, VINO allows his distin-
guished prisoner all the liberty pOssi-5
bic under the circumstances. They are
allowed to walk out iuto the yard and
take exercise.
The pictures of Mr.. Debs that have ap-y
peared in the newspapers give him a
younger appearance than he possesses
He. is thirty mine years old and has a com O.
.plexion denoHing good health. but his
gold-rimmed spectacles and the few
y rinkles across his. forehead give him a
much older appearance than his pic
lures have suggested. It has been often
noted that he resembles Bob Ingersoll in
appearance. & n "A IA.
Since the great strike has ended, ID and nc
the wheels Of traffic have been moving
again for several months and the public
press has but little to say about the A..
r. IT,, and Debs and his associates are
now lang gushing in Jail, some persons
may believe that the labor movement
under A. r. u. auspices has been given
Its death bluY. But according to Debs
such persons are reckoning without their
host. He will not admit that he is van
qushed. He ia still defiant. HIS In
generation is only a small incident In a
great battle for the right. Y Tis'S.'3
And Debs' life in this Jail shows that
his dream is not broken. He will not
emerge from behind these bars olsen
chanted. He is carrying On, his work as.
q propogandist from; his cell. Heis even
editing his newspaper, the Railway
s!Tr5irnes; from the jail. When he is re-
leased he will plunge into work again,
and On the lecture platform he hopes to
;wieM a wider influence owing to the
sympathy aroused from the very fact of
his serving a sentence i'm jail. ss..,
n On the second day Of their confinement
here Debs and his six associates organ
lied themselves into a Cooperative Coll
ony, and they named their present abode
Il & Liberty Jail" They have taken up the
study Of political economy, their dream
of M cooperation, mutualism, socialism,.
All OF them hold virtually to the same
opinions, for all are infidels In religion,
Populists in politics and labor agitators
in general One redeeming feature is
that all believe in free silver. ss ri
~ Debs is spresident Of this little cooper
atiVe colony. Each man has been assign
ed q duty, and hxed rules for daily occu-s
patton have been established Martin ].
Elliott has been made Inspector in charge
OF hunks and quarters. When the little
alarm clock strikes at o'clock every
morning Inspector Elliott goes sto' the
DIOR Of each cell and yells Six o''clock!''' 4
III q man is not up and dressed within
fifteen minutes he is subject to a fine.
William e. Burns, who has been made
sttnrnk ey, = l1nlocks the door leading into
the corridor Of the JAIL All march out
insHne, under command Of James Hogan,
who has been given the title Of colonel.
Sheriff Eckert has loaned them an old
army musket which he carried through
the civil war. Col Hogan gives the orders
and each man III his, turn takes this old
musket and goes through, the manual Of
mill itary tactics. The prisoners have pro-
yided themselves with a punching bag,
hells and An elastic exercisers e and