The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-02
SENSATIONAL CHARGE MADE Shea and Young GO Be- fore Grand Jury. WE'RE OFFERED $l0.00o Refused to Call a Strike That
 Was Desired.
 -e--- Someone, It Is Alleged, wAated ts Csnse Trouble With sears, Roe buck q Co, Great nivsz of
 ward q Go.
WE'RE OFFERED $lo.ooo

Chicago, June 1.--Charges of bribery against an ofacial of ths employers teaming company were made today to the grand jury by President Shca of the teamsters' union and by Albert Young, former President sk the same organization.
 Young and Shea claim thmt they were offered s10,0o0 two years ago to bring about strike of the tsanstsrs em- ployed by Sears. Roebuck & Co. which Is a rival concern of Montgomery Ward & Co. They said that they refused the money and the strike waa nevsr called. Shea was the first witness and his testimony covered the offering of the bribe and his statement that he would not call the strike for s1oo.eo0. Albert Young was then called and gave simt- lar testimony. After leaving tho jury room Young made statements to news paper reporters, going more into detail than those he had made before the jury. Ho was again subpoenaed and brought before the jury a second time. He re- fused to tell where the meeting had taken place or to name the men who were present when the $1o.0o0 was said to have been offered. on the ground that he might incriminate himself. He was taken before Judge Barnes who asked a number of questions and finally de- cided that Young would not incrimi- nate himself and he ordered him to make answers forthwith.
 Gave Their Names. Young and the members of the grand jury then returned to fAc jury room and he was questioned fCR an hour. He gave the names of the nsSn offering the I money, but refused. after leaving tho
 jury room. to discuss whae had taken | place.
 States Attorney Heals declared that ali persons connected with the inquiry | had been sworn to s0u<ecy md that nothing of the proceedTgs wasld ke re-
 vealed.
 The indications tonight are that the 1 team owners association, which has l managed to keep out of tta trnunie SD l far, will soon become involved in the
 strike. Tomorrow morning at l0:s0 l o'clock a committee representing this
 organization will meet with commit | tee representing the teamsters' union in Mayor Dunne's office to discuss the I question Of the teamsters submitting to
 arbitration the question of making de- | liyeries to strike bound houses The l teaInsters have all along been opposed
 to such move by the team owners. association and it is not believed they will agree to the proposition. The officials of the team owners as- sociation state that they had become tired of waiting on the teamstsrs to come Ito a decision in the matter and that 1t made little difference what tha teamsters decided to do. as the associa- tion had come to the conclusion that they would make deliveries to all firms regardless of whether they were fn- volved in the strike or not. Should the team owners take fhis step against tho wishes of the teamsters. 1t will mean q spread of the strike.
 Efforts for Peace.
 Efforts toward settlement of the strike were made today by the team- sters opening negotiations with the in- dividuaI members of the Employers Association. A committee consisting of three members of the departuaent store delivery drivers union was ap- pointed by the teamsters joint com ell to call upon the State Street mer- chants. The termg upon which the committee was authorized to treat with the employers appeared to be practi- cally those previously rejected by the merchants as a body, namely, that in event of the raising of the boycott with reference to the members of the employers association the teamsters should not be required to deliver or to receive goods from the express com- panies.