Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-31
Teamsters'President Must Stand
Trial For Conspiracy Against
Montgomery Ward
ASSOCIATION BUSY
Other Conspiracy and Smuggling Cases
Will Be Urged to TriaI-New Strike
of Transfers Threatened in RetaIia-
ton Against Associated Building
Trades.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-Cornelius P. Shea,
president of the Transfers union, has
the battle of his life ahead to defend
himself against the charge that he
conspired with other labor leaders to
injure the business of Montgomery
Ward & Co. in the recent str Ike. Shea
is now in Chicago preparing. to make
a strong defense to the charge in the
Indictment returned against him and
his leutenants by three successive
grand juries.
That the Employers Association OF
Chicago, the firm of Montgomery,
Ward & Co, and the states attorneys
office are going to fight the conspiracy
case hard is assured. 1t was learned
yesterday that the conspiracy case
against Shea and his codefendants will
be called for trial the latter part Of
September. Any attempt to postpone
the case will be fought by the prosecu-
ton, which desires to make record
on conspiracy charges Of that nature
That the strike was uncalled for,
unwarranted by any action of the firm
whose business was injured and that
Shea and his lieutenants conspired to
injure the business of the firm for rea-
sons which may be shown is what the
prosecution expects to prove.
The first Of the Important trade
union conspiracy and smuggling cases to
come UP for trial will be that OF
Charles Gilhooley and Off Gals OF the
Carriage and Wagon Workers union
on the charge of conspiracy to commit
murder. This case will be called for
September IL.
After that conspiracy case against
officers of the Illinois Brick Company
and officials of the Brickinakers' and
Brick Transfers union will be tried.
Then will come the smuggling cases and
the conspiracy case growing out OF
the teamsters' strike.
Another echo Of the teamsterss
strike is the present strike Of teams
tiers delivering material to the Majes-
tic Theater building. It is charged
that the teamsters threaten to tie up
all the building tradesmen employed
on the structure in vengeance for the
action Of the Associated Building
Trades, which refused to assist to give
the teamsters financial assistance
or moral support during the late strike
The teamsters struck because of the
interference of the building trades in
their methods of moving machinery. 1t
is the old jurisdictional fight between
the teamsters and building trades. The
machinery moving teamsters claim the
right of setting up the materials they
move and the building trades dispute
that right.
Our men will continue delivering
machinery just as they have in the
past" said President Shea yesterday.
81 am not going to demand Of the bos-
ses that they remove the hosting ma
chinery from their wagons in order to
make work for the building trades and
take 1t away from the teamsters. If
the building trades intend to keep up
the fight lot Of their men will be out
of work in Chicago"
All material has been shut off from
the Majestic Theater building. To-
day the concrete-workers may be
forced to quit work on account Of lack
of material, and other workers will be
forced into idleness within a few days
unless the trouble is settled. There is
also a possibility of a serious tieup in
the building trades all over the city
unless some adjustment of the juris-
dictional squabble can be made.