Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1905 — LEADERS OF LABOR PRESENT CHARGES [ARTICLE]

LEADERS OF LABOR PRESENT CHARGES

They Accuse Chicago Business Men of Offering Cash for Industrial War. SHEA AND YOUHG THE ACCTJSEEB Ten Thousand Dollar* Offered fbr a Strike Offer la Spurned— Name of Accused D Kept Secret. Chicago, June 2.—Charges of bribery against an official of the Employers’ Teaming company were made to the grand Jury by President Shea, of the teamsters’ union, and by Alliert Yoiw.g, ex-president us the same organization. Young and Shea alleged that they were offered SIO,OOO two years ago to bring about a strike of the teamsters employed! by Sears, Itoebuck & Co., which Is a rival concern of Montgomery Ward A- Co. They said they refused the money aiul the strike was never called. Talks Outside and Is Called Back. Shea was the first witness, ami bis testimony covered the offerti g of the bribe and his statement that he would not have called the strike for "SIUO,000.” Albert Young was then ♦•ailed and gave similar testimony. After leaving the jury room oYung made statements to newspaper reporters going more Into detail than those he had made before the Jury. He was again subpoenaed and brought before the Jury a second time. He refuted to tell where the meeting hsd taken place, or to name the men who were present when the SIO,OOO was said to have been offered. ■alsd Bafbrs a Jadg*.' Young declined to give any good reasons for refusing the Information, and was taken before Judge Bernes, who was asked for a ruling on the matter. Assistant State’s Attorney Fake Informed the court of Young’s refusal to answer and the court asked that the questions be repeated before him. The Judge was Informed that Young bad admittted the presence of himself and Shea at the meeting, but declined to give the name of the business man who offered the money or of the man who acted as his agent Might Inert mlmete Himself. When questioned by the judge Young declared! that be honestly believed that he might Incriminate hlmaelf by replying to the qnestlona. The Judge differed and required him to reply forthwith. Young and the members of the grand Jury then returned to the Jury room and ha waa questioned for an hoar. He gave tbs. names of tbs

men offering the money but refused after leaving the Jury room to discuss what had taken place. Hyde Sues n Man for Libeling lIIs Father, Denver, June 2. —George J. Kindel, a well known manufacturer, has been arrested on the charge of having criminally libeled the late Henry B. Hyde, founder of the Equitable Life Assurance society, by printing his picture in a circular between those of two outlaws over the Inscription, Klndel’s Gallery of Dead Cheaters.” Grusssmt Decoration of s Orats. Marion, Lid., June 2. —Anent the decoration of graves on Memorial Day, a rope coiled as a noose was placed on the headstone marking the burial place of John Hinknrd, the wife-mur-derer, who paid the death penalty in the prison at Michigan City nearly four years ago. The noose is said to have been placed there by William 8. Tealer. whose sister was the victim of Binkard’s brutality. Tho Moooy Cams and Went. Flatrock. Ind., June 2.—'Tlie N'adIng money lias gone aliout as It ettme. Most of It was won In bucket shops nnd most of it has been lost tbe same way,” was the remark made by one of the oldest citizens of this town. “John A. Nading was a plunger on the board of trade and in margins. He won. Harry Nading tried the same thing, but he lost,” continued this citizen. light of a Snake Kill* a Child. Lawrencehnrg. Ind., June 2. —While the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. IJpps was playing In the door yard of their home in York township, he saw a large snake. With a scream he called to his mother, but died before she could reach his side. He had been troubled with heart disease, and the fright precipitated an attack. Devil Wag OB Mmt Bahaa* (Unit. Indiunapolls. June 2. —The supreme court In Its first automobile declaion holds that drivers of machines may be liable for damages for accidents caused by frightened horses. The court holds that while autotsts have a right to use the public roads they must act with due regard for the rights of others. Sonaathlag Uaaanal Happaia / Indianapolis, June 2. —A check payable to the state of Indiana, to the amount of $15,800.51, has been given to the auditor of state toy the World’a fair commission, tbe unexpended balance from the appropriation mnde by the legislature of 1008 for Indiana’s part In the Bt. I<ouls exposition. Bta Itenrlagn la Sa.7SS. Richmond, Ind., June 2.—According to the final report by the expert, who has been Investigating the finances of Cambridge City, the apparent shortags of Daniel Petro, the missing clsrktreasurer. Is $3,765. No step looking to prosecution has been taken by the town board. . ■