Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-23 | Page 2 | Great Scandal Being Uncovered

GREAT SCANDAL BEING UNCOVERED chicago the greatest scandal achl cago has ever seen according to state s attorney healy is to follow the disclosures made thursday before the grand jury by john driscoll when the former secretary of the As soc building trades and coal team owners association reveals the entire history of the dealings between employers ani union labor lead ers particularly that branch of union labor represented by the teamsters union state s attorney healy said more serious offenses have been committed than bribery and conspire and the evidence presented to the jury has been of an extremely sensa character it Is very important and will lead to startling results the names mentioned by the witnesses are those of prominent men of both sides if I 1 thought there would be no result from this investigation I 1 would call a halt immediately I 1 believe the present line of inquiry will occupy the attention of the jury for the remainder of this week and a portion of next but it necessary all the docket cases will be sidetracked side tracked because of the great importance I 1 attach to the results of the present inquiry it is learned that one of the statements made by dascoll to the jury was that president shea of the team union accepted 8 at the time of the stock yards strike last summler