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'''Eugene V. Debs''' (1855-1926) was an American labor leader, Socialist politician and candidate for president in five elections 1900-1920; his strongest showing was in 1912. He led the [[Pullman Strike]] in 1894 and was imprisoned for disobeying a federal court order to desist.  He was imprisoned again in World War I for encouraging men to avoid the draft, and ran for president in 1920 from his prison cell. Debs was a consensus figure in the deeply split socialist movement, moderating the radicals of the [[IWW]] and inspiring the "gas and water" socialists concerned with municipal reform. His tireless campaigning and passionate oratory made audiences had a quasi-religious tone that emphasized guilt feelings. Not an original thinker, Debs believed capitalism, with all its works, was evil, and Socialism, with all its promises, a true panacea. He briefly belonged to the [[IWW]], which called for a violent overthrow of capitalism, but drew back from such an extreme position.  

'''Eugene V. Debs''' (1855-1926) was an American labor leader, Socialist politician and candidate for president in five elections 1900-1920; his strongest showing was in 1912. He led the [[Pullman Strike]] in 1894 and was imprisoned for disobeying a federal court order to desist.  He was imprisoned again in World War I for encouraging men to avoid the draft, and ran for president in 1920 from his prison cell. Debs was a consensus figure in the deeply split socialist movement, moderating the radicals of the [[IWW]] and inspiring the "gas and water" socialists concerned with municipal reform. His tireless campaigning and passionate oratory made audiences had a quasi-religious tone that emphasized guilt feelings. Not an original thinker, Debs believed capitalism, with all its works, was evil, and Socialism, with all its promises, a true panacea. He briefly belonged to the [[IWW]], which called for a violent overthrow of capitalism, but drew back from such an extreme position. [[Image:Debs20.jpg|thumb|250px|Debs in 1920 in his prison cell in Atlanta]]

 

==Early career==

==Early career==

Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Nov. 5, 1855; he lived there all his life.  He was eldest of ten children of French immigrants from Alsace. He worked as a locomotive fireman 1870-74, then quit permanently. In 1875 he helped form a lodge of the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and in 1880 he was made national secretary and treasurer of the brotherhood, as well as editor of its magazine. From 1879 to 1883 Debs also served as city clerk of Terre Haute, and in 1884 he was elected for a term in the Indiana state legislature as a Democrat.

Debs was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Nov. 5, 1855; he lived there all his life.  He was eldest of ten children of French immigrants from Alsace. He worked as a locomotive fireman 1870-74, then quit permanently. In 1875 he helped form a lodge of the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and in 1880 he was made national secretary and treasurer of the brotherhood, as well as editor of its magazine. From 1879 to 1883 Debs also served as city clerk of Terre Haute, and in 1884 he was elected for a term in the Indiana state legislature as a Democrat.

==Pullman Strike, 1894==

==Pullman Strike, 1894==