The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-02
 IS SCAIHING Pest of Moral LeperS in
 chleago' 1HP.,TRlKE GRAND JURY z fty-nine Indictments Are 7 Returned. Depraved Condition of Affair." Shown h the Great Contest Between
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 | Chicago, July 1.-The Cook County grand jury which fer g month has been Investigating the causes and con- ditions of the present teamsters' strike returned Its report tonight and with 1t forty nine indictments against men connected in various ways with recent labor troubles in Chicago. The following are the men indicted:
 George c. Prussing, president of the Illinois Brick Company; Charles Hank. president of the Brick. Stone and Ter Ia Gotta Workers Union; John Gray. general purchasing and distributing g agent of the Illinois Brick Company.
 These four indictments are based on charges of conspiracy to injure busi- ness of independent brick concerns tion to that of the Illinois Brick Com pany, the so-called Brick Trust" l A number of officers of Independent brick companies testified that twenty five thousand dollars had been paid to Gray for expenses in connection with calling strikes against their plants.
 The following were indicted for con- spiracy to injure the business of Mont gomery Ward and Company: Cor nelius P. Shea, president of the. In- ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters. two counts; Jeremiah Mccarthy, busi- ness agent of the Truck Drivers Un- ion; John Smythe. president Coal Teamsters Union; George F. Golden. business agent of Packing House Teamsters' Union; M. F. Kelly, ex- | .f Mo- At n1 cery Teamsters' Union; W. J. Kelly. secretary cf the Coal Teamsters' Un- ion; James B. Barry, business agent of the Export Wagon Drivers Union; Hugh Lapp. president of Baggage and Parcel Delivery Drivers Union: Ste phen Sumner. business agent of the Milk Wagnn Drivers Union; Joseph l W. Young, business agent of the Bag gage and Parcel Drivers Union; W. J. Gibbons. president of the Team stersf Joint Counsel. Albert Young. president of the International Broth erhood Teamsters.
 1 Bills Against Ripters. l In addition to the indictments against the above, true bills charg- ing with intent to kill were re- turned against thirty-two members of the Teamsters' Union and sympa- thizers with that organization who have participated in the rioting incl" dent to the teamsters strike. The jury also submitted a long and scathing report dealing with the labor conditi ,ns in Chicago.
 Following are few 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 busi- ness men and reputable citizens em- ployed in all fields of labor have been subject to nlackmail and the greed or these vampires. Is also a well known fact. ~.
 The present grand jury has had laid before 1t facts and conditions SO cen vincing and positive along these lines that 1t feels in duty b,und to report to the court and public the situation as 1t has been given by witnesses. some of whom al least were brazen enough to Haunt not only fragrant acts of the moral turpitude of others In the face of this body. but who with an air of great Rlee told of their own debauched and criminal acts and methods.
 "Wo beg to inform the court that we have positive evidence that an under standing existed between one John c. Driscoll more recently known as the mediator between capital and labor, and
  union whereby money was received as compensation for services rendered. One thousand dollars of this money Is said to have been received by Driscoll for settlement of a strike at the plant of the Stromberg and Carlson Co.,, which had lasted for three months. within twenty-four hours from the time he was called in as mediator"
 DriscOIl's Methods.
 The report then goes on to cite in stances where 1t is declared Driscoll settled various strikes by the use of money and continues as follows: That Albert Young was a beneficiary Tn the settlement of these many strises is evi- denced by the fact that for six months ending May 20, 1903. Driscol pale to young s3,205 and that other labor lead CTS benefited in proportion by reason of DriscolIs munflcence Is also evidenced by the fact that the following men re- ceived from him the following:
 Hugh McGree, president of the Truck Drivers Union. $50: James Baine. president Elevator Conductors, s25o; J. B Barry. business agent of Ex- press Drivers. s2so; Milton Booth. busi- ness agent Teamsters' Union, s23s; C. L. Filstadt. Of1ce Building Janitors' Union. s235."
 A list of fully a dozen others Is given, all of whom received amounts ranging from Sl5O 10 S2a.
 The report then turns to Cornelius P Shea, 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 de- mands for money on representatives of the corporations; that Cornelius PShea in one weeks time forwarded s1.00O in respective amounts, has been estab- lished by the party who sent this money to his wife. living In Boston; that by this act Shea's conservatism and thrift is shown to be exceptional when 1t Is known that his only source of income is derived from his office as President of the Teamsters Union. which pays him $150 a month in salary and fin the event of a strike s2.50 a day for his individual expenses; that not only Shea. but many others in the labor would have lived on the fat of the land. spending more money in dis sipatfon than many an honest member of the union Is able to earn for the support of his family has been estab- Iished beyond question.
 The report declares:
 Patd Sluggers.
 "slugging has been paid for by cer-