Show I WERE BRIBED TO BRINE ON STRIKE 1 Rival i I. I Lab Labour 4 r. r g Led gf r ei O y of gf IGl G t q Q gO or 1 Battle r 11 0 y i t A c 7 I C 1 L' L r 4 i v TURN TURN StATES StATES' EV EVIDENCE N I Fise I Men Were 1 Paid I i to io q Men c Without to 0 Unions loil Chicago Hgo Dec l. l To I.-To To n make lO a battleground bat bat- I ul of of Chicago's agos ago's streets for tor months mouths C for r the tho slugging inS inS' of or hundreds of or men for tor the loss of at Ic least t a n score 0 of lives for tor financial losses to the thc local working and business men aggregating millions the Garment Worker union had to pay po only 1 1500 1 GOO oo according according- to a n stor story tol toM told by labor Lea Leader er Albert Albeit Young on the witness stan tand In tho the criminal court lo today ay Young YounS' and four COUl other othel ana n of the thc Teamsters Teamsters' union divided ed the I money the witness sul said l. l Finally hea he i a asserted the Lie strike was called on tho the authority of ot these live alone alono and without without with with- out submission of the question to the tile rank and file of the tho or organization thI requited required by br the union rules nibs Young Young- is OIl ont one of the four our men who out of a total of ot 1 17 indicted on charges charge of conspiracy to r ruin In th the business of Montgomery Word or Co decided to i plead guilty und and turn states state's evidence against their 13 co defendants co H Ho He an and l Cornelius P P. Shea Shell arc are I leaders a lors u of I rival unions an and small at attempt attempt at at- I It t tempt to conceal the thc fact act that the pleas pk-as or of guilty were CIC rna made c less bess to o ogain gain clemency than thull to bring tho thu ven- ven of the law on their foes Inthe in iii inthe the labor ranks 1411 5 re Are In lii Danger un er Such Is tho the feeling el against tho I Iwho who vimo admit their guilt hit tho the men I Ith th themselves m l es sLy say the they doubt whether I Ithe the they will live lI to complete their l and ami heu heavy guards watch them const constantly ail all four Cour are out on ball bail v Tc Prior to the Chicago Teamsters Teamsters' strike of or 1905 there had been a long bong labor contest between Montgomery l Ward ar Co and the Garment Workers Workers' Work Vork el CI ers ers' union Finally the teamsters struck In sympathy sym sm pathy path with the garment workers At first this thiN strike was against Ward Co alone It spread until the tho city's entire teaming bu business was tied up Young sa says sas a the bribery briber was of th the teamsters teamsters' Ica leaders by by tho the Garment Garment Gar Gal ment Workers to call the Initial strike c. c Later Luter he asserts Shea received considerable considerable con con- i sums from other for forth forth forthe th the privilege of ot continuing the teamIng teaming team team- Ing work despite the tie tic ills His story today was VU of the tile meeting with the tho garment workers workers' representatives Story of at Shea Shua myself James Barry Jarn- Hugh McGee an and Jeremiah McCarthy McCarth all nil of ot the Teamsters Teamsters' union met Robert Not Novell en of the Garment Work Work- era union In a saloon in the Stock Exchange building he said MId and Noren gave ga 1500 to strike against Ward Co Ve We divided l tho the money and then each of ot us gave e 20 O back buck to Noren for COl his trouble The next da day tho the strike was called called- In disregard of ot tho the union rules and of or the boycott anti-boycott laws Shea had already told lold the Chicago o Federation of ot Labor that he could find the men for or a sympathetic strike If IC tho they w would turn furnish Ish the money Tho The prosecution intends to Involve tho the men inca on trial not nol directly referred to b by Young Youn- today b by the grafting operations and slugging and violence that resulted The defense c admits the saloon in inCident incident In- In at which Noren paid money to the tho teamsters but says rays ys it was Intended for Cor legitimate strike purpose pur pur- po pose B. B |