The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-07-02
Cornelius P. Shea, DriscoIl and
Others Got Pay for Calling
Teamsters Strike
SLUCCERS HIRED BY
VICIOUS INTERESTS
CHICAGO INFESTED BY MORAL
LEPERS WHO PREYED UPON
ITS FINANCIAL AND so.
clAL STRENGTH.

Chicago, July 1.-The Cook county
grand jury, which for month has
been investigating the causes and CON
ditions of the present teamsters'
strike, returned a report tonight ana
with 1t forty-nine indictments against
men connected in various ways with
the recent labor troubles In Chicago.
Those indicted.
The following are among the men
indicted; George C. Prussing, presi-
dent Of the Illinois Brick company:
Charles Hank, president OF the Brick,
Stone and Terra Gotta Teamsters
union.
P. j. Mcmahon, president of the
Brick. stone and Terra Gotta Teams
ter union
John Gray, general purchasing and
distributing agent Of the Illinois Brick
company
These fur indictments were based
on charges of consp racy TO injure the
business OF Independent brick CON
Germs whose interests oppose the Illi-
nois Brick company. the so-cailed
brick trust"
, A number Of officers OF The inde.
pendent brick companies testified that
twenty-five thousand dollars had been
paid Gray for expenses in connection
with calling strikes against their
J plants
|. President Shea indicted.
4 The following were indicted charg
4 ed With conspiracy 10 iniurc the busi
ness Of Montgomery, Ward & Co..
Cornelius r. shea, president Of the
, international Brotherhood of Teams
!. ters--two counts.
!. Jeremiah Mccarthy, business agen,
Of the Truck Drivers union.
John smyth, president of tile Goa
TeamsterG' union
George r. Golden, business agent q
the Packing House Teamsters' union
!. M. + Kelly, ex-business agent q
the Market and Grocery Teamstcrs
union. rFhtf
w ]. Kelly, secretary of the Goa
. leamsterd union.
, James 3. Barry, busineys agent d
!. the Express Wagon Drivers union.
! Hugh McGee, president Of the Trucl
!, Drivers union.
- Harry Lapp president OF the Bag
4 gage and Parcel Delivery Drivers un
4 ion.
stephen Sumner, business agent d
+ the Milk Drivers union.
4 Joseph w Young, business agent o
r the Baggage and Parcel Deliver!
!. Drivers union.
w. J. Gibbons. president Of tn,
teamsters' joint council
u Albert Young ex-presIdent of the In
4 ternational Brotherhood Of Teamsters
4 Charged With Deadly Assault.
:. Bills charging intent to commit boz
y lily injury and assault with intent b
h Kill We're returned against thirty.tw,
y members Of the Transfers union am
j sympathizers with that organization
i who at different times participated Il
" the riotlng incident To the teamsteri
u strike. The Jury submitted lon
n. and scathing report dealing with labo
conditions In Chicago
- Some Warm Extracts.
is Following are few extracts fror
u the report:
n That the city of Chicago for year
past has been infested with mora
lcpers who have prcyed upon It's (
nancial and social strength IS know
Z TO most informed citizens. That r,
putable citizens employed in all field
=. OF labor have been subjects OF m
black mail and greed or these van
pires, is also well known fact
THE present grand Jury has ha
q. laid before II facts ana conditions $
NJ convincing and positive along thes
y. Lines that It feels in duty bound I
al report to the court and the public tn
70 situation as given them by witnesse,
"A some Of whom at least were braze
N enough to launt NOT cnly the flagrar
"a acts Of moral turpitude Of others |
\. the face OF this body but who with a
air of great glee told Of their own d
hauched and criminal acts an
methods
Roast for Mediator" Driscoil
I'VE beg 10 inform the court ths
ii. we have positive evidence thar n
nh understanding existed between on
he John G. Drscoll more recently know
or as mediator between capital an
k. labor and one Albert Young, first pre-
,it ident Of the Coal Transfers union. o
IA ganized about 1909.
81 "That az organizer and first seer
IL tary of the Coal Team Owners ass
he citation John G. Driscol showed y
Ity culiar talent; whereas prior to The o
to ganization Of the association he hs
he been . clerk working ut fifteen dc