Round-Up | 1897-10-01 | Page 2 | Imported Contract Labor

imported contract labor peoria ill sept 28 walker V powell grand chief of the order of railroad telegraphers and H pelham grand secretary and treasurer were today held in bonds to the federal grand jury on a charge of violating tile the alien contract labor law they waiving examination they had promised a place in the headquarters office to a representative of numerous canadian lodges and discharged a man to make a vacancy for him the discharged clerk then secured their arrest on the imported contract con tract labor charge the officials deny that there was any contract and say that the canadian lodges were in fairness fair entitled to representation