Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-01

nplerMEnT OMNIBUS IN
CHARACTER.
p,,,etors and obccrS OF tho whish5
aombluc Arrested.


cmcaoo. Feb. 29.-word Il received
an froria saying that Greonhut was
.,-.ied aud gave hail In $40, 900 to az
,,.rlg court In Boston next Monday.
II i,spesy did likewise. The indict'
~ (. omin0us In character, making
n ,,b,rse against the officers aud di-
II - In n body. IL In returned ~ Of
4 ~ n tho second Tuesday IN De-
N s,rtsf last. The violations Of law are
'f,fs.d az having been continuous
I ,s,r February IL, 1890. 10 charges
n t,t during 1890 the defendants pur-
l,,el, rented Or leased properties Of
.1ueiing dlstilling companies 10 the
amber Of seventy. From August l,
i,al, up to the time Of finding the In.
sgiment they controlled the output OF
Nos distillcrieS and siNty.slx million
-,II1r. at prices fixed by them. THIS
bey IA uuJuatly, unlawlully and op.
ff-,sively 10 mOnOpOlizo the distilling
md cattle feeding companies nlorc.
AID. the manufacture ANA sale vt high
vina., alcohol, spirits, wines and
vhskiol. The indictments then ret
sut thu agreements between the trust
AMI Dexter II. Mills, Erastus &. CAT
a,d and John Joyce, whereby,
10 consideration OF their purchase Of
tut goods, they were to receive re-
salcs of 9 cents per gallon.
The prices charged, the Indictment
nys were largely In excess of tho
..ugl prices nj which goods Of the Kind
se.t cold previous to the organization
o. the trust. THIS defendants in 20
1lng, dii, II IL alleged, unlawfully
ill opuressively prevent and counter
latih tliqCta OF free competition on
htpilco OF said epirit-, and lid I'M
sgiully exact md procure great sum.
e money la snid district from said
Mills AMI Ggiileld IA cO'partnefs, from
Aii Joyce aud from diverse other par.
Its.
lils said TINT Gibson has gone to
Pelan, ami "A deputy has been sent
there 10 arrest him. Morris Ia In Call.
irna The papers viii either be for.
Nanpd TO the federal authorities Ia
Cahi0fnia for service on Morris, or he
viii BE- notified and allowed 10 make
hh way 10 Boston aud give bail there.
Misunderstood that the defense Of
the olncihla OF tho trust will he that
tfey Ats n regularly incorporated com.
pauy onA large scale and doing busi-
MES under charter from tho Slate Of
Illinois, and that one company canno.
combine 10 create trust or monopoly.
MORE ARREsTs.
CNclNNAIG, Feb. 20.-Trcasurer
H1lsn aud director NJ the Cattle
F,eiing aud Dislilling Company was
arrested here today by being requested
ioaIpear beiore Commissioners Hooper.
Thewhrfant requires their appearance
q Boston forthwith. Hobart says that
zone dealers In Boston who handled
sjme rebate have also been indicted.
PEORIA, Feb. 20.-Grrcnhut says
Tat be considers the indictments the
insult Of the sherman antitrust law,
ali, In All probability, based ON tho
rebate system. He thinks the matter
VIII simmer down 10 u civil suit, and
does not propose pOstponement Of his
european tour. The cases, he Gays,
VIII he fought 20 the end.
BOsrON, Feb. aS.--This evening
District Attorney Allen said that
newer, did lie believe In tho history OF
courts, Ind there been case present.
dwheTu 30 much pressure was brought
70 Tear upon The district attorney not
70 prosecute ns In the whisky trust
elie. The indictments wero reported
90 the 2Std OF February aud placed on
lhe secret files.