The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-02
Grand Jury Reports on Chicago
 Labor Troubles
STRIKE BORN IN INIQUITY
Heads of Organizations Called the Teamsters' Strike That Their Pockets Might Jingle With
 unholy Coin.

Chicago. July 1.-The Cook county grand jury, which for month has be II investi- gating the causes and condi.ioas of the present teamsters strike, fetlrncl it's re- port tonight, and with it forty-nine in- dictments against men connected in va rlous ways with recent labor troubles in Chicago. The following are the men in- dicted:
 George c. Prussing, president of tho Illinois Brick company.
 Charles Hank, president of the Brick, Stone and Terra Gotta Workers union. John Gray. general purchasing and 1s- tributing agent of the Illinois Brick con- pany.
 These indictments are based on cAarsas of conspiracy to injure the business of independent brick concerns, whose inter- ests lie In directions opposed to that of the Illinois Brick company. the so-called brick trust"
 number of the officers of the inde pendent brick companies testified hat s25.0OO had been paid to Gray for expenses in connection with calling strikes against their plants.
 Indicted for Conspiracy.
 Cornelius P. Shea. president of the In- ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters, two counts.
 Jerimiah Mccarthy. business agent of the Truck-drivers' union
 John smyth president Coal Teamsters. union.
 George F. Golden, business agent of r.n. rf,,.x IT,
 W. J. Kelly. secretary of the Coal Team- sters union.
 James B. Barry business agent Express Wagon Drivers union
 Hugh McGee, president Truck Drivers union.
 Harry Lapp. president of the Baggage and Parsel Delivery Drivers union.
 Steven Sumner, business agent of tho MIX Wagon Drivers union. Joseph N. Young, business agent of the Baggage and Parsel Drivers union.
 w. J. Gibbons, president teamsters, joint council.
 Albert Young, president of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Teamsters
 Participated in Rotina.
 Tn addition to the indictments against the above true bills charging intent to commit bodily injury and assault with in- tent to kill were returned against thirty two members of the Treamsters' union and sympathlzers with that organization who have at different times participated Tn the rioting incident to the teamsters' strike.
 The jury also submitted long and scathing report dealing with the labor conditions in Chicago
 Following are lew extracts from the report:
 That the city of Chicago for years past has been infested with moral lepers who have preyed upon its financial and social strength Is known to most in- formed citizens. That reputable business men and reputable citizens employed in all fields of labor have been subjects to blackmail and the greed of these vam- plres, is also well known fact.
 ''rhe present grand jury has had laid before 1t facts and conditions so con- Vincing and positive along these lines that 1t feels in duty bound to report to the court and public the situation as it has been given them by witnesses, some of whom at least were brazen enough to Haunt not only fragrant acts of the mor- al turpitude of others in the face of this body, but who with an air of great glee told of their own debauched and criminal acts and methods.
 Drseoll Got Good Money.
 We beg to inform the court that we have positive evidence that an under standing existed between one John c. Driscol. more recently known as the media tor" between capital and labor, and one Albert Young. the first president of the Coal Teamsters union, organized about 1902.
 That as organizer and first secretary e John C. Driscoll showed his peculiar tal- ent, whereas prior to the organization of this association he had been a clerk working for $i5 week. he in the year 1902 received as compensation for ser- vices rendered $lS37. One thousand dol lars of this money is said to have been received by Drlscoll for settling a strike at the plant of the Stromberg & Carlson company, which had lasted for three months. within twenty-four hours from the time he was called in as mediator. The report then goes on to cite in- stances where it is declared Driscoll set tied various strikes by the use of money and continues as follows:
 That Albert Young was a beneficiary In t.e settling of these many strikes Is evidenced by the fact that for the six months ending May 20 1903. Driscoll paid to Young $32O5, and that other labor lead CTS benefited in proportion by reason of
 
 b ythe fact that the following men re- c'ised from him the following sums: Hugh McGee, president of the truck drivers union. $45O.
 James Bain, president elevator con- ductors, $250.
 "J. B. Barry. business agent express divers s29O.
 Milton Booth business agent team- sters' union, s239
 C. l.. Fielstadt of the office build ing ianitors' union, 1925"
 A list of fully dozen others Is given. all of whom received amounts ranging from s150 down to $25.
 Shea Is Prince of Grafters. The report then turns to Cornelius P. Snel and says:
 That money was paid to Cornelius P. Shea. or that money was rendered to him by representatives of the packing industries to settle the stock yards strike has been demonstrated to this body; that Shea has benefited by demands made for mcncy on representatives of capital has
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