The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-19
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he played as leader % the strike. were
dIsa appointed He only referred 10 the in
ei5ert Of hts irnrrtsorr nent two or three
times. and then in dry. humorous way
thai provoked continued laughter instead
OF Indignation. In describing the incl
dents leading mp 10 his residence N tie
saA. be said.
When was served gtth the injunction
from Judge jenkins court restraining me
from holding high communion with n.y.
self. from writing letters or kilograms.
and from talking with my fellow men.
went 70 two OF the best lawyers in Chi
cago and asked them what / should 60.
and they told me / had violated no law
and could continue as l had been doing"
Here Mr.. Dehs stopped for moment.
and thers was profound silence Then he
added. in q dry, rlatter-offact way:
II toak their advice and got six
months
For period Of I'VE minutes pandemo-
MUM reignej, there being alternate laugh
ter and applause. "a the speaker stood
before the audience. his black eyes spark
ling and the corners OF his mouth drawn
up with a suspicion OF a smile which he
endeavored to suppress. he booked very
much like Bill Nye. in one Of the latTer's
lucid moments. Altogether the resern-
biance between Bill Nye and Mr.. pebs
10 at times striking, especially when the
latter becomes humorous. as he does fire.
qhen;ly.
Mr. Debs declared the newspapers had
given but one side OF the story OF the re-
cent unpieasantness. and said that the
members OF the Railway Managers As
ISOLATION In Chicago were really the con-
Epirators. and not the employees, or the
officials OF the American Railway Uuion.
A sad Picture Of Pullman.
He pa,hetically described the misery
and poverty OF the little town OF Pullman.
and told of the greed OF the Pullman
Company. and said that at time when
the earnings OF the company were Ss@,ao
year. they reduced salaries S,oa.oe
year. rendering ii impossible for the
workmen to support their families and
keep their heads above water. he de-
MED that the railway men fred the cars
in the Illinois Central yards. and declared
II was the work Of the United States mar
shals sworn IN at the instance Of the
General Managers Association. He cited
instances where men were caught In the
act of applying the torch and when ar
rested by the police United States mar
shall badges were found on them He
said the $500 special deputy United States
maTshais sworn In were chosen from the
sewers and the slums and were men Of
no character: that the 4. Z. L. had won
the fight and that the railway managers
knew that unless public sentiment was
changed they would have to back down.
SO the rif-ratr OF the city were pressed
into the dirty work OF fire demons. He
said there were no Pullman coaches
burned. although many of the cars were
In the yards. only cheap rolling stock
and box cars being burned.
He said that when the trial Is continued
In May, IL will ne shown who the con-
spirators are" Mr.. Debs explained pri-
vately that his tour Is being made for
the purpose of RAISING money 10 pay the
costs of the suit and 10 carry the case
on appeal. He expects that the United
States supreme court, In full bench as
sembled, will hand down It's decision,
which will be final and will let Mr.. Debs
and the railway employees know just
where they stand.