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"Employers hire the services of private detective agencies to protect their employes in coming and going from their places of business and iu the delivery of goods," says the grand jury report. "The -employes of these agencies are in many cases mere professional sluggers, with the result that union pickets are at tacked for parading the streets in front of the places where they for merly worked and trying to dissuade those who have taken their places from working. "In the latter cases of vio lence we had evidence to prove that uniformed policemen Were in some manner so influenced to the side of these detective sluggers that they would turn their backs while an assault was being made, and if they made an arrest at all they would arrest the victims instead of the perpe trators of the assault. "We had no sufficient evidence jonnecting employers with respon sibility for these occurrences, but it is an outrage that any one, be he striker or not, should be so treated by the police, to whom he has a right to look for protection. "It is the business of the police to stop disorder by whomsoever com mitted, and it is the duty of the chief and superior officers of the depart ment to see that such action on the part of patrolmen, as above describ ed, is severely punished." Joseph W. Steele, an employe of the Shippy, Hunt & Dorman detective agency, was a witness before the grand jury. During the garment strike an affidavit of Steele was made public. He stated he got orders from L. W. Fitzgerald, general manager of the agency, and from two foremen of the Royal Tailors shop to slug pick ets. One day so many pickets were pointed out to him for slugging, he alleged, that his fists became swollen and he was unfit for duty the next day. During the absence of Fitzger- I sld one day Steele said that Nick Hunt, now chief of detectives, came personally to the Royal Tailors shop to see how things were going. Arthur Kawohl, another Shippy, Hunt & Dorman "operative" testified before the grand jury. Others were Ellen Gates Starr, Frances W. Iillie and Mrs.'W. E. Rodriguez. H. E. Baker, assistant to State's Att'y Hoyne, comes in for mention in the grand jury report. He was on the job, it is stated. William A. Cunnea, attorney for garment strikers, said he had expect ed the evidence would be strong enough for indictments to be return ed against certain employers. "Progress comes slowly, however," he said. "And I guess it's going a long ways in Cook county when we get a grand jury to openly cast dis-" credit on the police department for strikebreaking services." David R. Forgan, president of the National City bank, was foreman of the grand jury. Members were: Geo. T. Graham, 825 Lafayette av.; Edward Y. Horder, 6411 Washington blvd.; Wm. J. M. Lahl, 155 N. Austin av.; Wm. Lahn, 2558 S. Springfield av.; Frank J. Ludwig, 1823 Larrabee st; Edward J. Mack, 1112 W. Ran dolph sk; John L. Meiness, Barring ton, John Morava, 1631 Hinman av., Evanston; Adam Oooms, 146 W. 11th st; Walter R. Patterson, 431 W. Sib ley st; Cyrus E. Pratt 1708 Estes av.; Bradford W. Ripley, 4201 Clar endon av.; W. Irving Schemmer horn, 6208 Woodlawn av.; John F. Schroeder, Maywood; C. A. Schultz, 1050 Normal av. Thos. L. Smith, 6445 S. May st; Jno. W. Taylor, 430, S. Scoville av.; Edmund G. Watts, 8206 Cornell av.; Orville J. Bliss, 7006 Normal av.; Theo. W. Bunte. 732 Junior Terrace; Henry W. Donaldson, Wilmette; Jno. Flaws, 5521 LaFayette av. Cleveland. In ill health, Mrs. W. O. Collins, wife of traveling broker, shot and seriously wounded husband and then committed suicide. W: