The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-16
SENSATION PROMISED
SCANDAL IN CHICAGO IS
 NOW THREATENED,
John C. DriscoH Testifies Before the Grand Jury and State's Attorney Talks of Prominent Persons
 Involved

{ Chicago, June 15.-The greatest scandal Chicago has ever seen, accord ing to States Attorney Healy, is to follow the disclosures made today be- fore the grand jury by John c. Dris- coll, when the former secretary of the associated building trades and coal team owners association revealed the entire history of the dealings between employers and union labor leaders, particularly that branch of union labor represented by the Chicago teamsters
 union.
 States Attorney Healy declared that the bribery and conspiracy charges dropped into comparative insignifi- canoe beside the accusations which the grand jury. The States attorney said:
 More serious offenses have been committed than bribery and conspira- cy, and the evidence presented to the jury has been of an extremely sensa- tional character. It Is very important and will lead to startling results. The names mentioned by the witnesses are those of prominent men on both sides. If thought there would be no results from their investigation I would call a halt Immediately I believe the pres ent line of inquiry will occupy the at- tention of the jury for the remainder of this week and portion of next WCth put II necessary all the QOGkeIe0 cases will be sidetracked because Of the great importance l attach to the results of the present inquiry"
 Tomorrow will witness the gather ing before the grand jury of twenty or more of the prominent business men of Chicago together with leading mem bers of the bar. Summonses for them have been placed tonight in the hands of private detectives employed by the States attorney and 1t is impossible tonight f0 learn tho fhnaa for whom BubpoenGes have been is- sued. Charges, however, of serious kind are said to figure in the evil dence in connection with which these men have been summoned.
 John C. Driscoll was made today the chief witness before the grand jury and recited what he called the history of the dealings between employers the coal teamsters and coal team own CTS had made the first joint trade agreement which provided that the owners should employ only members the members of the union should work for no employer not member of the coal team onwers association.
 The effect of this arrangement, the witness declared, was to force every coal wagon owner into the coal team owners association and every coal wagon driver into the teamsters union. The owners behind this provision that barred union men rom working Tor men not members of the association and prevented union driyers from driv- ing Independent coal wagons raised the carriage Tates of coal from thirty to fifty cents a ton for short hauls and to as high as one dollar ton for longer hauls.
 Driscoll took before the jury today several check books which, together with the cancelled chacks, are expec- ted to prove many of the charges made by him against business men and labor leaders.
 It was evident by the appearance of the States attorney and members of the jury at the time of adjournment that Driscoll had given some very re- markable testimony.
 Both States Attorney Healy, his as- sistant, MT. Fake, and several mem bers of the jury were highly agitated and they admitted passively that evil dence of the gravest importance had been given but everybody was sworn to secrecy.
 DriscolI was also much agitated as he left the criminal court building late this afternoon. He refused, however, to discuss the nature of his testimony. merely saying: T told the jury about strikes in which l have been. involved for several years and also told what knew about the present stCike. That is all I can say now"