The chronicle=news., 1913-10-13
GRAND jury Pl0DE
Of COAL s1nkf
CONTEMPLATED
Officials Il cssl csspesstisas ssA
United lliss WssssD Hay
h o0Dnsaea

puebSu. Oet. lS.-WNueseen br-
side~ ia,e.iiEstor Stewart Who are
ltk-ly 10 be sumns0aed ~ sppsar bs-
Eose the federal krssd Jury In Pueblo
Ia the coal s,riks probe.
y. }. HAYES. vice rre~id~ai's ot the
United Mine Workess' uaioe.
Y. l., DOYLE. treasurer u the Mia-
M usios.
Johs u. Law sou. aaen,bes Ut the
ios,i u the uuiied Mae
Workers.
Johs Nei.~nusn. psesideat State
Fsdssattoe OF Labor.
Mother" Joaes. isbUr leader.
sssikiag miners.
Hos.usiou miusrs aV~ Al work In
The siSike rose.
Gov. v ~ AmuUas,
James u. iacsecc. secretary VI state
nj coioasd0.
}. y. wsibora. psssssi-ss VI tue
Colorado Fuel snd lros company.
J, e. Os&ooL. chsIrmss Of the
board Of directors Of thu visior.An.
csiraa t,a~i rosnpsuy.
d. W. broWa. vke pr-s.ieni u ia~
Rotky Nos,ntsin Fuel COMPANY.
Officials oi various tom pasi~>s
O1icists Of various coal rosspssiss
aSsian whoua the strike IL directed.
hy the union.
L. Ia1s
have ssttled the strike with ih-is
"ssployes.
'ts. the c0sl strike IN Colorado y
conspiracy In s0-svsiai Of trade. aud
= violation Of the sherman saii.ssu,i
law" This 10 tc Oe the basis oi the
weeping Investigation oi the strike
'n tho soushrrA Colorado coal field.
which tho Euised states Eovcrnmrnt
will .oaduet through the federal
xrsnd Jury In Pueblo. tn. grand jus,
took r-crss yesterday siissnoon un.
III NoveHber when the iuvcs,isa.
tics b~ssa with the sAsn,instiou Of
Ikheibert stewart will bc -srri-d 10
Il coaeiaiPoa. -
The isvestigatio6 Of the Colorado
coal atrika by . federal grand jury
II ID effort 70 convict the pcrscss
salty q . sslosy under the uaited
osstss lsws. b On sssirsly scw step
10 the history Of tho federal erimi.
nal courts. Il d expected that the
sarud jury investisatioa will super.
scde the congressional invest 9aiioa.
threatoued by Dir. Stewart - . rep.
rcsenetativs OF the department Of Ia
bor. ..H
Union officisix or others. found
guilty under the Sherman act OF .
conspiracy In rcstrsint Of trade In
connection with the coal strike. may.
upon conviction. receive pom itentisry
sentences us we'll as heavy Haes.
All subpoenas for witscsses were
iss0cd Yesterday afternoon. They arc
made rcturnablc ou November &, At
which date the Jury Will resume the
inv cstigation and viii hold contiuu.
QUA sessions until all the witnesses
have been heard.
The first witness called bcfor. the
srsnd Jury In the probe was Ethel
bert Stewart. commissioner OF medi.
alton. who wax sent into the south.
orn Colorado coa1 fields BY the gov
ernmcnt. and for weeks has becn H.
miliarizinx himself with actual con-
dttions Of the strike Mr.. Stewart
In member Of the Miners union and
has carried u card Tor years. He !.
reported 10 have testified before the
grand Jury as TO the strike PROPOSE
items for II settlement Of the strike
submitted By himself to the mine
operstors in Denver last week. He
also told Of his request to the mine
owners that thev make counter prop.
ositions to him for n settlement Of
the strike. and oi their refusal to
comply.
While matters that tronspire in
the grand jury room are of necessity
of secret nature. it is thought that
Mr Stewart laid before the grand
jury the facts that he was able to
gather rs = government investi yator.
These facts included information In
regard to the strike being of such
as to clearly in restraint
OF trade As to whether the strike
can be ciassed as u conspiracy will
Ds a tuatter for the grand jury to de-
termine after It has examined all
the witnesses.