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DEBS: HIS LIFE, WRITINGS AND SPEECHES WITH A DEPARTMENT OF APPRECIATIONS Contents Illustrations THE THIRD REVOLUTION BIOGRAPHY

Life of Eugene V. Debs

FAMILY RECORD. GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE. MR. DEBS’ RETURN HOME AFTER THE A. R. U. VICTORY MAY 3, 1894. THE PULLMAN STRIKE. SOCIALISM DAWNING UPON THE LABOR LEADER’S MIND. MR. DEBS REFERS TO THE INJUNCTION IN HIS SPEECH THE EVENING OF HIS RETURN TO TERRE HAUTE, NOVEMBER 23, 1895. GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION. TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY TAKEN FROM THE RECORDS. AMERICAN RAILWAY UNION. FURTHER EVIDENCE AS TO CONDITIONS AT PULLMAN, BY JENNIE CURTIS. SOME EDITORIALS IN CHICAGO PAPERS APPEARING DURING THE TRIAL FOR CONSPIRACY. “COULD NOT SERVE GEORGE M. PULLMAN.” “ROOM FOR THE MAGNATE.” “THE MAGNATE.” “SHALL DEBS BE TRIED AGAIN?” “WANT A TWELFTH JUROR.” DARROW MAKES A MOTION. A. R. U. “DEBS DEFIANT—ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM THE JAIL. DEBS’ LAST NIGHT IN JAIL. COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO INQUIRE INTO THE CHICAGO STRIKE. U. S. COMMISSION HOLDS INVESTIGATION OF CAUSES OF STRIKE. A. R. U. PERSONAL DESCRIPTION. TELEGRAM. RESOLUTION OF INMATES OF WOODSTOCK JAIL. DEBS AND THE POETS. DEBS AT HOME.

WRITINGS

Where Daisy Sleeps How I Became a Socialist Outlook for Socialism in the United States The American Movement Unionism and Socialism

SOCIALISM.

Reply to John Mitchell The Federal Government and the Chicago Strike

CLEVELAND VINDICATES HIMSELF. WHAT WAS THE CHICAGO STRIKE? THE OBJECT OF FEDERAL INTERFERENCE. CLEVELAND OMITS REFERENCE TO JUDGE WOODS. PULLMAN’S CONTEMPT OF COURT. A CHALLENGE TO CLEVELAND. THE CAUSE OF THE PULLMAN STRIKE. HAD THE STRIKE WON. A PRECEDENT FOR FUTURE ACTION. CLEVELAND’S FIRST MOVE. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APPOINTMENT. STRIKE COMMISSION REPORT VS. CLEVELAND. SUPPOSE CLEVELAND HAD APPOINTED DARROW? THE REAL LAWBREAKER THE RAILROADS. THE BRAZEN DEFIANCE OF LAW BY THE RAILROADS. THE STRIKE COMMISSION’S REPORT. A. R. U. LEADERS ADVISE AGAINST STRIKE. RAILROADS SET THE EXAMPLE. STRIKE COMMISSION CONTRADICTS CLEVELAND. DEPUTIES STARTED THE TROUBLE. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE CALLED THEM “THUGS.” PROFOUND PEACE RESTORED. PEACE FATAL TO MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION. DISTURBANCES STARTED BY DEPUTY MARSHALS. THE CONCLUDING WORDS NOT YET WRITTEN. PEACE OVERTURES TURNED DOWN. RAILWAY OFFICIALS PERJURE THEMSELVES. THE DEPUTIES AS VIEWED BY THE COMMISSION. NEWSPAPER REPORTERS’ EVIDENCE. HIRED AND PAID BY THE RAILROADS. THE GOVERNMENT SERVES THE CORPORATIONS. HOW THE STRIKERS WERE DEFEATED. CONFIRMED BY CLEVELAND. STRIKE LEADERS EXONERATED BY THE COMMISSION. IN WHOSE INTERESTS WERE CRIMES COMMITTED? IMPRISONED WITHOUT TRIAL. JUDGE TRUMBULL’S OPINION. THE FAILURE OF THE PROSECUTION. THE JURY DUMBFOUNDED. THE “ILLNESS” OF A JUROR. GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO GO ON WITH THE CASE. JURORS GREET DEFENDANTS. THE GREATEST INDUSTRIAL BATTLE IN HISTORY. A TRIBUTE TO ALTGELD.

You Railroad Men The Growth of Socialism An Ideal Labor Press [8]Childhood The Crimson Standard Roosevelt’s Labor Letters Labor Omnia Vincit Open Letter to President Roosevelt December 2, 1859 The Martyred Apostles of Labor Mother Jones John Brown: History’s Greatest Hero Martin Irons, Martyr Thomas McGrady Looking Backward Labor Day Greeting Proclamation to American Railway Union

THE STORM AND THE BATTLE. REWARDS AND PENALTIES. TRUTH IT IS THAT THE CAN THEY DO IT? IN RUSSIA, STAND BY YOUR ORDER!

Flea and Donkey Eye to Eye Stopped the Blacklist Prince and Proletaire Revolution Vive la Revolution! Arouse, Ye Slaves! Growth of the Injunction What’s the Matter with Chicago?

SPEECHES

Liberty Prison Labor The Socialist Party and the Working Class

THE LABOR MARKET. PARAMOUNT ISSUE THE CLASS STRUGGLE. ATTITUDE OF THE WORKERS. THE BALLOT. THE HISTORIC STRUGGLE OF CLASSES. CAPITALIST PARTIES. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THE SOCIALIST PARTY. CLOSING WORDS.

Craft Unionism

QUESTIONS.

Class Unionism Revolutionary Unionism Industrial Unionism Golden Wedding Anniversary The Issue

AS TO THE PRESIDENCY. BOUNTY OF NATURE. CORONATIONS AND CRUCIFIXIONS. NEW SYSTEM NEEDED. THE UNEMPLOYED. EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY. WHY SUFFER AMID ABUNDANCE? TOOLS AND TRAMPS. WILL MAKE HOME POSSIBLE. PROGRESS BORN OF AGITATION. THE FARMER’S NEED. WHO WILL SAVE US FROM CONGRESS? POLITICS REFLEX OF ECONOMICS. ANALOGIES FROM HISTORY. GROWTH OF SOCIALISM. WILL ESTABLISH PRIVATE PROPERTY. HUMANITY AND THE FUTURE.

APPRECIATIONS

Mr. Debs an Artist in Expression From Woodstock to Boise Here Comes a Man Without Guile Eugene V. Debs as an Orator Lincoln, 1860—Debs, 1894 Eugene V. Debs, Incarnate Spirit of Revolt A Companion to Truth Greater Love Hath No Man Agitator and Poet A Love Shared by Lincoln and Debs A Righteous Cause Must Win Love’s Inter-Racial Pan-Human Language Sincere to the Core

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