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Show Many Men Must Givejig Bond Eighteen Labor Union Officials, Eight Contractors and Two Alleged Trusts Face Trial Chicago, April 28. United States doputy marshals today began hunting for the contractors, electrical fixture men and labor leaders, who were named nam-ed in sensational indictments by federal grand Jury" here yesterday, charged' with 'violating the Interstate commerce and antl trust laws. The basic allegation is that tho defendants de-fendants conspired to keep nonunion articles, and articles manufactured outsldo Chicago, from coming into tho city. It was expected that most of tho defendants would surrender voluntarily. Thoro are one hundred of them eighteen labor leaders, forty-ono employes em-ployes and forty-ono firms headed by these employes. Chicago, April 28. Tho eighteen oUlclals of labor unions, eight con tractors or contracting firms, nnd two alleged trusts named In Indictments returned In tho Unltod Stat03 .1'strlct court yesterday charging violation of tho Sherman antitrust act and interstate inter-state law wero expected to appear today to give bond of $10,000 fr onch indictment in which thlr names appear. ap-pear. It the indicted men do not respond re-spond within a few dayB, It '"us announced an-nounced by the court, capiases will be Issued. The charges in each ot tho eight indictments are conspiracy to rostratn trade, combination in restraint of trade, Interfering with interstate commerce com-merce and restraining Interstate commerce. com-merce. The labor leaders wero charged with having prevented union workmen from unloading or handling goods which., had bewKshlpped'outalde the state becauso ot alleged dispute! with the concerns to which the goods wero billed. ' Boycotting of Googt The Indictments charge that associations asso-ciations have been formed hero for the purpose of boycotting goods , in certain lines, manufactured outside of Chicago. The labor leaders, it was said, had agreed not to permit their men to work on Jobs whero material, ma-terial, manufactured outside ot Chicago Chi-cago was being used, nnd the contractors contrac-tors agreed, It uas said, to ctnplot workmen who wero mombor.i of tho union which belonged to tho OKSOcla tlon. Omclnls of tho Chicago Lighting and Flxturo association and tho Chicago Chi-cago Switchboard Manufacturers association as-sociation wero named in two indictments. indict-ments. Many well known loctrtcnl contractors also were Included In the list. Tho Investigation was started one year ago. Simon O'Donnell said ot tho Indict- menis; "I am suro J know nothing of anything any-thing I may bo charged with. I havo been fighting for the good of tho work men ot the city and havo held out consistently for an agreement which oxpltcltly sets out that there nhatl be no discrimination against goods made outside Chicago. Ot course no one cares to havo a federal Indictment Indict-ment against him." Similar expressions camo from other labor leaders who wero Indicted Indict-ed and from contractors who wero alleged al-leged to have conspired with tho unions uni-ons to keop goodB made outsldo of Chicago from being used on construction construc-tion in this city. |