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WORKINGS OF DEADLY SYSTEM"
Gilhooley. King" of Band. Operating in Chi
cago During Transfers Strike. Raves
When Guilt Is Discovered-AutF1or of
Many Dastardly Crimes.
REGULAR Scale of Prices Set by Organizations for Muir
ders nd Assaults of Nonunonists, GaUged as to
Results-Five Gangs Known to Police
of Great Metropolis.

Plain assault (gauged according to re-
sult), S. to SIS.
So much slaughter and food for
sluggers was to be found in the strike
that it is believed in the cases brought
to light that cut rates were instituted.
The Plot Exposed.
Charles Casey, the leading unionist in
the scandal, in his signed confession to
the police, sets forth the facts in an in
teresting manner. In connection with
the Gilhooley murders he says:
"The first time I saw Charles Gill
hooley was on the afternoon of April
6, 1905. He, with two other men, was
in the vicinity of the Woods Vehicle
company, Twentieth street and Wa
progress.
"Gilhooley came to me and said:
There is no use of you fellows black
ening the eyes of these men. We are
hired by the woodwOrkers and others
to do this kind of work and would like
to make arrangements with you. You
fellows are known and are in danger
of getting pinched. We are not known
and there is no danger for u.s.
81 told Gilhooley that l had no pow
er to make any arrangements with
him, but told him to come to the head
quarters of the union at No. SIS North
Clark street, which met that night and
the matter would be taken up by those
who had some authority to act That
night Gilhooley, Looney and, believe,
Feeley were present at the meeting,
and they asked me how about that
matter they were talking about.
81 brought the matter before the
meeting, and as result the executive
committee voted that a fund be laid
aside for educational purposes At
the same time list of names was Sc
lected, including men who had refused
to go out on strike. These names were
selected by Henry J. Newman, secre-
tary of the union, and CarlStrOm'S
name was at the head of the list. Gill
hooley said: Whom shall we get first? p
He was told to go after the man whose
name headed the list and to get the
others in order. Gilhooley was given
cash from the fund for incidental ex-
penses.
Later I met Gilhooley and he said:
We'll. l got Meyers'-Carlstrom was
known also by the name of Meyers
he put UP an awful fight, kicked me in
the Sims and l will have to go and see
DOCTOR Newman gave Gilhooley
| more money but he kicked and said he
should have SIS for the job. He said
he had received that amount from
other unions for the same sort of
work. We objected at the time, but
later he received five dollars more,
making SIS in all.
Later I met Gilhooley in saloon
on Clark street and he told me he had
got other men. He said he met these
men on street cars and fixed them. Gil
hooley was given more money for his
services. Some time after this one of
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little for scruples, going about his muir
derous tasks with determination and
energy bred of years of experience He
would stop at nothing, even officers of
the law had little effect on his work
His face is large, full of dark menacing
lines, and itself enough to drive terror
to the hearts of the stoutest His wick
edness and daredeviltry appears in his
smile, and one finds himself edging
away from its possessor, despite the fact
that he is under lock and key. His voice
and of all his terrible characteristics,
this is without shadow of doubt the
worst-is heavy, and when anger
arouses him, it resembles the roar of an
African lion more than a human noise
Little wonder that when Business Agent
Casey faced him in court, after confess
ing. that his hair nearly stood on end,
when the king" addressed him.
The numerous sluggings during the
strike, and the apparent inability of the
police to handle the situation, was a
mystery to the average citizen, and con-
seQuently the city was astounded when
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Chicago.-"That's the man who killed
my husband" With these words Mrs
Charles L. Carlstrom, widow OF muir
dered nonunionist, in this city identi-
ned Charles GilhOoley, self-contessed
liking of sluggers" and set in motion le-
gal machinery which has unearthed the
fact that Chicago is the home of an or
ganized band of thugs, who, operating
upon a scale of prices in the pay OF GER
tain labor unions, are engaged in the
pursuit of killing, if possible, and MAIN
ing, when fatal result cannot be at
tanned, union men refusing to lay down
their tools and nonunion men who per-
sist in working, despite the entreaties Of
the labor organizations.
Method of the System"
No question now exists here regarding
the methods which some of the labor
unions, whose men quit work in the
great teamsters' strike, employed in
their endeavor to win out. When Gil
hooIey confessed his part in the con-
spiracy there was some question as to
the real truth in the matter, many be-
lieving that the man, who has long
criminal record, might have boasted;
but before the avowal of Gilhooley's
part in the plot came the confession Of
Charles J. Casey, business agent of the
wagon makers union, No. a, telling the
whole history of the system" and
branding the transfers strike, in con-
nection with. which the deeds were COM
mitted, as a blot of the blacklist charac-
ter, in the history of labor organizations.
The System" which few found it pos
sibIe to escape, was this: A list of men
TO be disposed Of" was furnished the
sluggers in command; the names, begin
ming with the first on the death roll,
were handed out to the assistants, who
Swallowed the victims until opportunity
was given them to carry out their das-
tardly work. A single blow often suf-
feed to lay men cold in death, in which
case, the next name was looked up and
the game continued. In all, Ia men are
known to have been fatally injured, four
are already dead, and numberless cases
of manning have been reported. Eight
men are in the tolls of the law as directly
implicated in the plan, and their guilt
is declared to be a matter of absolute
certainty, because of the confession of
the two leading lights, Casey and Gill
hooley. The eight, with bits of their his
sorry are:
CHARLES GlLHOOLEY-All- round
Dad man, possessor of long criminal rec
ord, deserter from United States army,
alleged thief, ex-bridewell habitue
EDWARD FEELEY-Ch thief and
bad man Companion of king" Gill
hooley in his unwholesome adventures.
MARK LOONEY-Petty thief and
possessor of long police record. Second
assistant of Gilhooley. Less daring
than Gilhooley or Feeley
CHARLES CASEY-Business agent
of carriage and wagon makers union,
confessed instigator of smuggling system.
HENRY j. EUMAN-Financial Sec
rotary of carriage and wagon makers
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known as "wrecking crews" and in a
ry on the business is charged to "edu-
cational purposes" as pointed out in
Casey's statement.
Gilhooley's confession was easy to
extract from him. At first he was sui
len, refusing to talk, but f1attering
word as to his prowess brought his
professional pride to the surface, and
with it his part in the crimes. Carl
strom, the last victim of Gilhooley's
band, gave his three assailants hard
tussle. and the attorney remarked:
SCI guess he gave you pretty hard
fight for your SIS, didn't he?"
"I should say he did-he could fight
some" were the words that escaped
the big fellows lips before he realized
the trap. When he comprehended, he
broke forth in paroxysm of rage.
Gilhooley Is Defiant.
'sWell, what are you going to do about
it?" Numbered Gilhooley, his eyes roll
ing and the perspiration appearing upon
his brow. what are you going to do
about it? Manslaughter's the most you
can make of it. I can prove it was self
defense-the guy hit me a wallop be-
fore could get in my work. You watch
me. you black-hearted towards with
your stool pigeons why, I'll bring II
witnesses to every one of yours to prove
it was self-defense. You can't scare me
I've been in this business too long,
and if l had it to do over again, I'd do the
Job up just about the same way"
Gilhooley, liking of sluggers," is a
man just fitted for such calling, phys
ically, and because of his daring. He is
a giant in height and strength, and cares
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When Gilhooley learned OF Casey's
confession he was wild with rage. He
tore about his cell, banging his hand
cuffs against the wall and vowed to
take the life of the business agent, If
opportunity ever presented itself.
"You - he roared eff you had
kept your mouth shut they would
never have known anything about it.
They would never have been able to
prove anything against us. You are
lot of soft-headed idiots and this
talk of yours will land you as well as
me, you - Another round of
curses completed Gilhooley's sen.i-
ments on the matter. and he was led
away, still vowing he would have
Casey's life.
To the unions engaged in these ne
farious plots the numbering bands are
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NEARER THAN NEAREST.
For Meanness the Man Here Men
toned Was Entitled to
the Wreath.

Congressman Morrell of Philadelphia,
in a discussion of the Delaware river APP
preparations, mentioned mean man, re-
lates the Louisville Courier-Journal.
There are many mean men" he said,
"but this man, surely, was the meanest
of them all. Besides being mean he was
also rich.
TO poor young couple living near him
a son was born, and they decided to name
their son after the mean man, and to ask
him to stand as its godfather.
He consented. He was flattered.
'Thereupon the joy of this poor young
couple was great. They wondered whr4
gift the rich godfather would give to h.s
little gcdson. Perhaps a house and lot
Perhaps a half dozen government bonds?
Perhaps herd of cattle!"
Senator Morrell paused and smiled.
What do you suppose" he said, "the
mean man sent the youngster? He sent
it, sir, cup that one of his Cochin
China hens had won at poultry show"
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Thought She Couldn't Live.

Moravia, N Y, June 5.-Mr. Benjamin
Wilson, highly respected resident of this
place, come very near losing his wife and
now that she is cured and restored to good
health his gratitude knows no bounds.
He says:-
MY wife has suffered everything with
Sugar Diabetes. She has been sick four
years. She doctored with two good doc,
tors, but kept growing worse. The doc
tors said she could not live. She failed
from 200 pounds down to $50 pounds
use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and now she
weighs 100, is well and feeling stronger
every day.
"She used to have Rheumatism so bad
that it would raise great bumps all over
her body and this is all gone, too.
'Dodd's Kidney Pills are Godsend to
those who suffer as my wife did. They
are all that saved her. We can't praise
them enough"
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Her WEAKNESS GONE
HOT FLASHES AND SINKING SPELLS
CONQUERED AT LAST.
Mrs. Murphy Tells Her Fellow-SufEerers
How She Got Rid of Serious Troubles
by Simple Home Treatments.

Mrs. Murphy Tells Her Fellow-Sufferers
How She Got Rid of Serious Troubles
by Simple Home Treatment.
ct had been bothered for several
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and nervous. Flashes of heat would
pass over me, and would feel as if
was sinking down. At such times /
could not do any household work, but
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Iwould have very trying nervous spells.
Didn't you have a doctor?" she was
asked.
Eyes, consulted several doctors but
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friend asked me why did not try DR..
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"And what was the result?"
"Before had taken half of the first
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The quickness with which they reached
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surprising. After had used only three
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union, declared to have disbursed cash
to meet smuggling bills.
GEORGE MILLER-Member of union
executive committee, declared to have
paid cash for carrying on system"
FRANK NOVAK-Member executive
committee, assisted in appropriating
cash for system"
JOHN HEIDEN-Member union exec
utive committee, assisted in appropriate
ing cash for system"
Scale of Prices.
The trio enga ged in the real acts of
smuggling. Gilhooley, Feeley and Looney,
received but SIS each for their murders,
but better prices than these are in ex-
istence for those who would take ad-
vantage of them. A scale of prices de-
clared by police authorities to have
been in existence for more than two
years and used in nearly every strike
launched in this city during that time.
follows:
For murder, 500 to $500.
Serious knockout, SIS to $780,
Lee o. arm broken SIS to $50
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Gives Praise to LAWN.

II also want to say that l believe In
spector LAWN and his detectives cannot
be complimented too highly for the work
that they have done in this case. be-
lieve they have performed one of the
cleverest pieces of detective work in the
history of the Chicago police depart
ment. They began without so much as a
clew to the identity of the assailants of
Carlstrom, and they continued their
work until they have disclosed the man.
ner in which strikes seem to be conduct
ed in Chicago.
I'VE have all known for long time
in a general way that the men who at
tackled nonunion men and who some
times killed them were not always mem
bers of the unions on a strike. 1t re-
NAMED for Inspector LAWN and his men
to get definite proof of the truth. This
has never been done before. / believe
that not alone in Chicago, out in other
cities, 1t has been foun0 impossible
heretofore to get at the inside workings
of the unions"
And now to send these nefarious GRIM
inals to the gallows is the cry which is
heard from the citizens of not only Chi
cago. but every city which is likely to en-
counter just such proposition as has
confronted the authorities here. Every
thing is ripe for adjusting the moose, but
one question still remains. How many
besides the three or four directly impli-
Gated are to suffer? Advances along
this line as yet are little more tnan con-
lecture. and nothing but the machina-
tons OF The wheel of justice can decide
W. W. GARRISON.
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Agricultural and Horticultural Col
onies on the Kansas City
Southern Railway.

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County,
Arkansas, containing about 1000 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis
lana, containing about 1900 acres, are now
open for settlement. Lands range in price
burg Colony is well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also. Both
are situated in beautiful country, with
a healthy climate and excellent water.
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Magazine to S. G. Warner, G.. p. & T. A.,
X. @. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo-; +. Il.
Roesler, immigration Agt., X. G. S. Ry.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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lance runner that
ever came to that
school. His name
Is Rowe, and the
other day he de-
teated his team
mate, Coe, in a
mile race, going
the distance in
i:31 As. Rowe is
the understudy of
Kellogg, the fastest
distance runner in
The west up to his
graduation from
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Ton MANY Snonns

Young man." said the old beau TO
the clerk in the lawyers Office, hand
ing him a roll of bills to satisfy the
damages in the breach of promise suit,
''let this be an example of table man
ners for you
Table manners for me? How so.
Mr. Gaybird?"
eff l hadn't spooIed too much, |
wouldn't have had to fork over all thia
money. Judge.
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Hannv Thought.

Mrs. Bacon see the walls of many of
che houses in Mexico are from three to
six feet thick.
Mr. Bacon-I wish you'd run down
there and see if you can find fiat to suit
us.-Y onkers Statesman.
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| ne team is made
up of students of
the Waseda uni
versity of Toxic,
and they expect to
play many of the
leading coll e g g
mines in this coun-
try before their re-
turn. From all
accounts the little
subjects of t h Q
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Appropriated 1t.

Her-They say there is only one person
in Is who has perfect eyes.
Eagle.
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When an automobile runs over man
the automobile is never running too fast.
Of course not. The man is running too
slow.-Philadelphi Record.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
Ave-, N :, Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 6. 1900.
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If the man who thinks only of saving
his own soul ever gets into heaven, he
will probably fall out through knothole.
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Don't Get Footsorel Get Foot-Fase

A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
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The swelling purse often marks the
shriveling soul.-N. Y. Times.
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Casting slurs never caught any fish,
Puck.
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SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS

A baseball team composed entirely of
Japanese is now touring this country.
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the facts were brought to light. Time
and again the press limited at paid muir
ders, but public sentiment deposed the
idea. Now, however, the confession OF
both parties to the scandal forms con-
Meeting link which no evidence or tes-.
timony can break, and no doubt exists
as to the origin of the nefarious crimes
which were seemingly committed waS'
tonly.
Men May lang.
what is to be the result OF the ex-
poser" has been asked. That is an in
teresting question, in that the laws OF
the state of Illinois may hold every
member of the union responsible for the
crimes, and it must be remembered that
the punishment for manslughter is
death. To the casual observer the pub
lie is not visibly affected, for the simple
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Reduced Rates to Buffalo, N. Y, Acct.
Annual Meeting B, p. o. Elks,

July 18th to 18th. The Nickel Plate Road
offers low rates with long Limit and stop
over at Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Full
information of Agent, or address j. Z.
Callahan, General Agent, Ill Adams St.,
Chicago, Ill.
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New adage: A fool with his money 10
soon started.-Puck.
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"a
Michigan last June. Rowe to-day is
every bit as good while still freshman
as kellogg was at the height OF his pow
ers. and is running ten seconds raster
than kellogg, ever did his freshman
wear. Like Kellogg, Rowe's best event
is the two-mile run, and Michigan is
counting on taking this event again at
the conference, just as in the past four
consecutive years. Rowe began his
running very young, and in consequence
he has no waist lineat all. His upper run.
ming muscles, especially above the hips
and abdomen, are so enormously deyel-
oped as to completely fill the space ordi-
narily allotted to graceful curves in men
trained down as hard as Rowe. In his
4:31 As mile run, made on.a cold day
not particularly conducive to speed,
Rowe finished apparently good for bet
ter than A: 80 if he had been pushed. No
western runner has yet done better than
4:30 in an outdoor collegiate contest.
Rowe ran the entire last quarter of his
fast race with one shoe so far off that he
had to use skating motion to keep from
losing it.
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reason that smuggling is nothing new
here.
The idea must not be gained that every
union in this city has employed men in
murderous missions, for such is not the
case. Many have stuck rigidly to the
straight and narrow path in their fights
with the employing class, allowing moth
ing but persuasion to enter into the sur
rounding conditions of the strike.
Will Benefit Honest Unions.
One benefit of the expose, one in which
Louis A. Hei1e, prominent labor at
torney. He says:
81 believe that the arrest and confess
sions of these men will have a great In
fluence upon the labor situation in this
city. The rank and file of the labor or
CARNATIONS have been kept in almos'
total ignorance of the manner in whicE
strikes are conducted. l know that the
great majority of the members of tbs
Carriage and Wagon Workers union
in fact, nearly all of the members who
are not on the executive board-knew
nothing of what was going on, and were
as much surprised as the general pub
lie when they read of the revelation
which followed the arrest of these men.
Unionists Disprove Smuggling.
81 know that this is the view that the
majority of the unionists in the city
will take of the matter. | had occasion
to discuss the present investigation with
four union men, one of whom is brick
layer, another plumber and another a
street car man. They told me they were
glad that the men who connived at muir
der had been apprehended, and hoped
they would be punished.
1.-THE sooner we get rid of the kind OF
fellows who are paying these sluggers
the better it is for u.s." said one of them
to me. If we had cut them out before
we could never have a strike like the
teamsters' walkout in Chicago
eve mean to prosecute the investiga-
ton which we have begun vigorously,
and as long as there is anything further
to do. The Carriage and Wagon Manu-
facturers' association is, of course, inter-
ested in the prosecution of the men who
have been slugging the employees of it's
members. We are not going to stop there,
however. We want to know all about
what the officers of other unions have
been doing in the matter of employing
men to slug honest workingmen. be-
lieve that by doing so we can put stop
graced not only the labor unions but the