The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-06-08

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TEnRE HAUrK. Ind. June 4.-Eugene
". DEBTS. president Of the American
Railway union. has addressed circu-
lar letter 20 members of that organiza-
ton In relation to the recent decision
of the United States supreme court
The circular says:
"A cruel wrong against our great and be-
loved order. porpctrnted by w. A. Woods.
United States circuit judge. has been ap-
proved by the United States supreme court:
bus though prison walls frown upon myself
enr others whom you chose as oficiais OF
dependency nor despair has taken the place place
OF the course which has characterized us and
our order since the storms OF persecution frat
began 10 beat upon us. We have not lost faith
IN the ultimate triumph Of truth over perjury.
OF justice over wrong. however exalted may DO
the stations Of those who perpetrate the out
RACES
President Debs then reviews incl
dents leading up TO and the results Of
the great railway strike, and says:
I'm Russia the victim OF autocratic dis
pleasure Is denied a trial by Jury OF his peers.
William A. Woods carries out the Russian
practice In Russia the doomed man or woman
II arrnigned before the supreme despot or
ono OF his numerous satrap& Truth. justice.
mercy, are forever exilod Age. sex. charsc-
ter. innocence. name and condition count FOR
nothing. IL Is enough 20 know that
and the penalty OF exile. imprlson-
ment, torture or death is inflicted and IL
has come TO this at Inst IN the United States
OF America that the law OF injunction II the
Will OF despot, and by tho exercise OF this
Russian power American Railway union off,
nln Il -. x.rtu of.A thn no.. a..
that by the exercising OF this
power the American Railway union will
be crushed In this supreme juncture call
upon the members OF the American Railway
uulon TO stand by their order IN Gods own
good time we win make the despots prisons,
where innocent men suffer, monumental"
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. June 4.--Gov. John
p. Altgeld in an interview on the de-
cision Of the United States supreme
court demanding Eugene V. Dcbs aud
his friends TO jail, said
demanding nehs 70 sail Is IN Itself 9 matter
OF little Importance. but the principle eStab-
lished Is OF transccndcnt Importance This
decision marks turning point In our
history, for IL establishes new form
OF government among men, that is gov
ernment by injunction Under this procedure
q federal judge sitting in rear room can. on
motion OF some corporation attorney issue a
ukase which he calls On Injunction forbidding
anything no chooses and which the
law docs not forbid. where the law
fofbids thing no injunction is necessary.
In other words he can lcgslate for himself and
having done so be Gun turn around and arrest
and imprison as many people as he pleases:
not for violating any law. but on the nero pre-
text that they disregurded his injunction: and,
mark you, they are not tried by jury accord
ing TO the forms OF law. but the same Judge who
issued the ukasc and who clnirns hts dignity
was offended himself trlos tho case ana
whether anything is proven or nothing Is
proven, he can send men 70 prison AT pleasure
and there is no remedy"