The evening world., 1904-08-19

After the Grand Jury adjournment
to-day Dlstriot-Attornsy jerome had
q hot argument In the corridor with
q. r. Johnson, jr., q member OF the
Arm Of Johnson-Kahn Co.. which 70
building the Chatsworth apartment
house on which PHI weinsshnsr 10
said 10 have called the strike which
he ID alleged 10 have settled for c,m
Mr.. johnson took exception to . state
msnt that the pistrtot-AttornAy ~
made numerous times TO the exsot That
the man who gives . bnbs y - suiisy
a. the man who takes II. and that the
employers OF this city who submit TO sx-
tortion are a. bad a. the labor strikers
who levy II. Mr.. johnson declared that
this was rot 80.
II say II Is So" retorted the Dis
ct.Attorney, holly. You people
don't come down here In the Interest OF
Justice. You come to settle q spite or
get revenge In every case nave
handled. Here you r complaining
abou, money you say you paid eight
months ago, You can't make ne ee-
Hove that there Is m honesty In that
sort Of a proceeding"
Mr. Johnson talked some more. ana so
did the Distric,-Attornsy. In conclusion
Mr.. Jerome said:
viii Enforce Prince Law.
Walt until Sept. l and I'll make II
hot for you people. The Prince law will
be In effect then, making the brtbs-
giver as guilty a. the bribs'taksr, n I
intend to enforce t."
The Grand Jury adjourned this after
noon without taking any further action
on the labor struggle question Since
the nrst witness was called from the
once Of the Peoples Security Company
thirty have been examined BY the Grand
Jury. Frank Acer, the head lawyer Of
the concern, was questioned to-day.
Mr.. Rand made the following state
ment In connection with tho Peoples
Security Company:
mo action against the Peoples Be-
curity Company Is contemplated from
the District Attorneys once. and a.
far az the Dlstrict-Attornsy has any In
formation the Peoples Security Com
pany Is organised for a perfectly legal
purpose"
Want to Indiet Bosses.
In retaliation for the indictment OF
Philip weinseimer the attorneys for
the Building Trades Alliance assert
that they will seek to have indictments
found against some Of the bosses al
lied with the Building Trades Employ
ers' Association. Frank A. Aecr, Wein-
seimer's attorney. announced to-day
that no would lay evidence before the
D'strict-Attorney that would fora him
10 take action.
II am going to see NJ. Jerome" he
said. and ind out II he will bs a.
willing to proceed against the bosses
rs he has been TO proceed against the
men,"
The real war IN the building trades
begins Monday, Up TO this time the
movements on both sides have been
mere skismishes. The demand OF the
employers that the unions on strike
shall return to work on Monday morn
ing will not be compiled with. SAVE In
scattered instances, and the bosses will
resume work on all their emergency
Jobs with what union men they can OBJ
tain and with skilled hborers from
other cities.
May Involve 100000 Msn.
II 10 said that the Introduction Of out
siders will be construed BY the unions
as the entering wedge to an open-shop
condition. and that most Of the unions
that have kept at work will 30 on
strike. This will prscipltate . struggle
involving possibly 100, loo men and para.
lyzIng. temporarily, building operations
all over the city.
At a conference held last might BE-
tween the Board Of Governo rs Of the
Employer Association and delegates
Of twenty-three unions which have not
up to this time been mixed up In the
lockout or strike the proposition was
made by the employers that ~non-union
men should b used on certain jobs un-
Ill the war h settled. Lewis Harding,
who gives out the news for the an.
ployers, said to-day that a large pro-
nOrtion NJ thu unlons reprassntad -