Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-16
CHICAGO FACES
GRAVE SCANDAL
STARTLING DISCLOSURES ARE
MADE BY DRISCOLL
WORSE CRIMES THAN BRIBERY
Witness Declares That Shea Accepted
Eight Thousand Dollars at Time
Of Stockyards Strike Last
Summer
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 15-The greatest
scandal Chicago has ever seen, accord
ing to States Attorney Healey, is to
follow the disclosures made today be-
fore the grand jury by John G. Dris-
coll, when the former secretary of the
Associated Building trades and Coal
Team Owners association reveals the
entire history of the dealings between
employers and union labor leaders, par
ticularly that branch Of union labor
represented by the Teamsters' union.
States Attorney Healey said:
More serious offenses have been
committed than bribery and conspir-
yacy, and the evidence presented to the
jury has been of an extremely sensa-
tlonal character. 1t is very important
and will lead to startling results. The
names mentioned by the witnesses are
those of prominent men on both sides.
If I thought there would be no result
from this investigation I would call
halt Immediately. 1 believe the present
IlllC VI Will oCCupy huC
tion of the jury for the remainder of
this week and a portion of next, but if
necessary all the docket cases will be
sidetracked because of the great i'm
portance I attach to the results of the
present inquiry
Tomorrow will witness the gathering
before the grand jury Of twenty or
more of the prominent business men of
Chicago, together with leading men,
bers Of the bar, the states attorney
said, but it is impossible tonight to
learn the names of those for whom
subpoenas have been issued.
John G. Driscoll was today the chief
witness before the grand jury and re-
cited what he called the history of the
dealings between employers and union
labor. Driscoll told how the coal team
sters and coal team owners made the
first joint trade agreement, which pro-
vided that the owners should employ
only members of the Coal Teamsters
union, and that the members of the
union should work for no employer not
member of the Coal Team Owners
association.
Caused Monopoly
The effect of this arrangement was
to force every coal wagon owner into
the Coal Team Owners association and
every coal wagon driver into the
Transfers union. The owners behind
this provision that barred union drivers
from working for men not members of
the association and prevented non
union drivers from driving coal wagons.
raised the carriage rates of coal from
80 to so cents a ton for short hauls and
to as high as 81 for long hauls.
of the statements made by Driscoll
to the jury was that President Shea
Of the Teamsters' union accepted $4,000
at the time of the stockyards strike
last summer.
This strike began on July 12 and
lasted for nine weeks. About $4,000
men were thrown out of work and mil
lions of dollars were lost by packers
in business and by the men in wages.
According to Driscoll's story he went
to Shea to see If the teamsters could
not be prevented from going out on
a sympathetic strike. Shea is said by
Driscoll to have replied:
1T will cost $4,000 to keep them at
work"
Driscoll declared that he raised the
money and paid 1t to Shea and that
the labor leader was not able to prevent
the men from walking out. Driscoll
afterward, according to his story, de-
manded the return of the money and
Shea declared that he had paid it over
to two other men connected with the
Teamsters union.