The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
DECISION OF | U. 5. JUDGE Shea is Free, Two Others Found Guilty. CHICAGO CONTEMPT CASES Still No Prospect of Settle ment Appears. Spread of the Trouble Does Not Amount
 to Much, and There is Practically
 No Disorder in the Windy City.
CHICAGO CONTEMPT CASES

Chicago, May 25.-C. P. Shea. Presi- dent of the International Teamsters, Union, was upheld today/ by Judge Kohlsaat of the Federal Court in hls refusal to answer questions before Master in Chancery Sherman, which might tend to incriminate him. Shea Is now under indictment in the Grim final Court, and Judge Kohlsaat de- clared that answers to some of the questions put to him might prejudice the hearing of his case.
 Tn the same decision which excused Shea, the court ruled that Bernard Null ligan President of the Express Drivers Union, and John Donohue. a mcmber Of the same union, had refused to answer questions which could not in any way connect them with any criminal pro- ceedings, and they were, therefore. in contempt of court. He sentenced both men to jail, but allowed then. to res main in nominal custody in the hands of United States Marshal Ames for five days. in order that their attorneys might perfect a review on habeas cor pus proceedings, before another Fed eral Judge. The men will be held for five days in charge of two deputy mar shals.
 Arguments on the motion to commit the men were heard during the morn ing and Judge KohIsaat announced his
  court room was crowded with labor leaders and members of the teamsterss union, and many representatives of the employers. At the conclusion of the hearing a large crowd gathered about Attorney Mayer, who had asked the court to commit the men for contempk | President Shea edged his way through the crowd to the attorney and they shook hands.
 well, I got your co-conspirators, ( | said the lawyer with a laugh.
 Yes. but you did not get me-" saiH Shea.
 Hearing Again Today.
 The hearing before Master in Chan cery sherman will be re9hmed at 10 o'clock tomorrow morniWg Hugh Me- | Gee, another official of Ae local team | sters' union. will be onsY& the first wit I nesses J. R. Barry, Hhs&ane a&auk .. the same union. will ako hSl called within the next few days yffe Nas one of the men who were orde&ed by Jadgs Kohnsaat to answer certahQ questions but appeared before the fpaster this morning and replied to thenAs He was | not, therefore, remanded for contempt ] The strike did not spread to any | great extent today and there was prac- tically no disorder, A number of thu lumber firms made a few deliveries l but did not attempt anything like theil | | first time since the commencement of the strike a large number of coal wag- ons, handled by negro teamsters. pass 1 ed through the down town streets with | out police protection. None or them was molested in any way. The large State Street stores also made deliveries, going even into the outskirts or the city without guards and no trouble was experienced.
 o'Nein did not meet today with the response expected when they called yesterday for 1000 volunteeEs for ad- ditional policemen. Not over 100 men responded and only three-quarters Ok these proved acceptable.
 In the lumber districts several con cerns when offered police protection refused to accept 1t. saying that it was not possible for them to make de- liveries unless their wagons were guarded by soldiers. Chief of Police O'Neill replied that he would not force officers on them and that they could wait for soldiers if they so desired. but that he would cause their yards and the territory near them to be pa- trolled by his officers.
 There is tonight no apparent pros pect in any direction of settlement of the strike. The express companies absolutely refuse to recede in tn slightest degree from their declaration that none of their old men would pc re-ernployed and no move looking to- ward a settlement has been started in any other direction.