Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27
INDICTMENTS AGAINST CHICAGO
STRIKERS AND EMPLOYERS
LOOKED FOR.
NO NEWS ABOUT FETZER
Nothing Concerning Possibility Of In
dictment as Asked Against Former
ottumwan Comes From the Grand
Jury Room-Reterendum Vote May
Extend Strike.

Chicago June 26:-Twelve or fifteen
indictments against employers and
strike leaders are Expected from the
by a sweeping report.
The jury today will appoint COM
mittee of three to draft report, deal
ing with the labor investigation. It Is
expected this report will be the most
sensational that has been returned by
any jury for several years.
Forecast OF Report.
It is probable that the report will
contain:
volving employers sand labor leaders,
extending from a period five years
back down through the present team
sters' strike, based on the testimony
of Robert j. Thorne, Harry G. Self
ridge, John S. Field, Francis S.. Pea
body and other employers, certain la
Dor leaders, and John G. Driscoll.
An arraignment of employers who
have permitted themselves to be held
up by the labor leaders and an ar
raignment of the unionists for their
duplicity and dishonesty toward their
constituents.
A recommendation that employers
in the future adhere to an honest busi-
ness policy without resorting to ques-
tionable agreements with unionists.
A history of the more prominent
cases, involving employers and union
lists in graft. The jury is not fully de-
cided whether to give names in this
connection, but probably will not al
not be held responsible If it does. A
jury has the same Immunity as c
court.
recommendations for new legisla-
! tion governing conspiracy committed
by employers ana uslicnists. Under. thl
present laws there Is no way to reacl
an employer who makes proposition
to pay a unionist certain sum to til
ll,p the business Of a competitor, whel
the proposition is not accepted by tn
unionist.
| Censure Of employers who have re
| fused to give evidence on which indict
ments against labor leaders might b.
returned.
| Denunciation of the settlement o
strikes by paying money.
Complaint against the manner II
which jury secrets have been disclose
recommendation for more stringen
laws governing assault cases, especial
| ly those of aggravated character Whicl
result in the manning of a victim TO
1 life.
Recommendation for a law agains
pickets, "wrecking crews" and hire
sluggers.
No News Of Fetzer.
4 Nothing can be learned regarding
the possibility of an indictment agains
John G. Fetzer, as asked for by tn
president of the Illinois State Fedora
ton of Labor, who charges crimina
libel.
Referendum Vote Tonight.
Unless the referendum vote to b
taken by the striking teamsters tt
night results in the men agreeing t
accept the terms of settlement offere
by the employers, there is probabi
ity that the struggle may extend to
general contest involving all of tn
35, 900 union teamsters in Chicago
I During a meeting of the teamster'
joint council early Sunday, 1t was SUI
igested by one of the members of tha
body that in order to bring the en-
ployers to terms, all the union team
!, sters in the city should be called o
strike. The proposition was put to
vote of the council, and the motto
was lost by only four votes.
This unexpected development in th
joint council caused a great deal {
excitement Sunday among the MOI
conservative element of the striker
when it became known, and it wa
stated last night that this tactic
among the labor leaders would deyot
: today to missionary work among til
: rank and file in order to work up
sentiment in favor of voting for tt
acceptance of the employers basis {
settlement.