The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-22
CHIEF O'NEA AROUSED
sAYs PICKETTs MUST NOT IN-
 TERUPT FUNERALS.
Declares That He Will Not Permit the Troubles of Labor Car
 ried to the House of
 Mourning. e.

Chicago. Dec. 21.-RicketIng of houses from which funerals are to start. wheth- CT peaceful or violent,z by union livery drivers. who went on strike four days ago. and which has seriously interaored with the burial of the dead in Chicago, is to be, prevented by the police under di- rect orders issued tonight by Chtef of Police O'NeiI.
 J. B. Wadsworth, secretary. and Charles Stevens, business agent. of the Livery mems Union, were summoned before Chief, O'Neil tonight and. told in decided ly plain language that any differences the union might have would have to be settled away from the houses of mourn ings -.'''. % .~.''-'. '''t
 This picketing of the homes from which funerals are being held is beyond the toleratlon of a civilized community" said Chief O'Neil. Your zeal has carried you beyond the pale. of endurance and such an unheard of thing is carrying la- bor troubles to the houses of the dead will not be allowed. Under no circum- stances will permit picketing of any kind around a house where a funeral is to proceed. Law or no law, picketing of every kind around these houses will have to stop. shall take my chances with the courts on the question if any conduct is questioned by any court" ,-
 Chief ONeiI then issued general or- der to all inspectors of police on the lines of his conversation with the two union officials. He instructed the commanding officers to accompany funerals in car riages, if circumstances seemed to require 1t to see that the last rites of the dead were in no way interfered with.
 While the courts have inclined to. per- init peaceful picketing, Chief O'NeiIs or der tends to prohibit picketing of any kind. He declared tonight that in his opinion no court would be found which would fail to sustain an act of such evil dent necessity and propriety as that con- templated by the police department.
 On top of Chief O'Neil's order came the announcement tonight that peace plans looking to settlement of the strike had been launched. Through the efforts of the Chicago Board of Arbitration which was largely instrumental in the settlement of the laundry strike last summer, committee was appointed at meeting of liverymen and undertakers as- sociations to meet with a committee from the drivers union and endeavor to bring about an amicable adjustment.
 Grand Jury Looks Into Strike.
 Chicago, Dec. 2l.-The grand jury to- day commenced an investigation into acts of violence committed during the recent Chicago City Railway strike and against non-union men employed by the company since the termination of the strike proper. A number of witnesses were questioned as to their personal knowledge of so- called "wrecking crews and Educational committees
 The investigation will continue tomor- row and evidence will be sought in con nection with the press feeders strike which have been in progress for several weeks.
 Among the witnesses who have been subpoenaed in this connection are John Nj. Shea, Treasurer of the Union: R. !. Street, Cashier of the First National Bank and J. R. Clark. President of the Hibernian Bank. These witnesses will be questioned in an effort to ascertain if money was paid to "wreclSing crews and | ''professional slugGers." It has been reported to the jury that cheeks of the union were honored at the First National and Hibernian National Banks. Treasurer Shea was ordered tc produce all of his books and reports for 1908. He will also be asked, it is said, to tell if he paid money or received orders from higher union officials to pay money to professional sluggers."