The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-30
The wholesalers are:

Leh1sh Coal and Iron company.
Northwestern Fuel company.
Pioneer Fuel company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal company
Ohio Coal company
ST Paul and Western Coal company
Youghogheny and Lehigh Coal company.
The following letter, found on page
OF the letter book, explains itself:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 4, 1s9e-Mr. c. E.
Wales, Frcs,aent, Minneapolis, Minn.-Des
Sir: Enclosed please find agreement to s,.o-
scribe to the Minnesota Bureau of Coal Stills
lcs and Information. I will say that Inave
submitted this to Mr.. Bum, of Lusk Inn.
ana he Informs me that there is moth TX illegal
about it. Please sign and return sS ga ,at your
earliest convenience. Now, as ~'e!5 will not
be probably many retailers jci- nj Is association
for the next 30 days to put .nis Bureau in proper
shape, will you please seno piH your check for
800 on account?
Hoping to hear from sou verv soon. 7 remain
yours resDfctfnGy; JOHN J. RHODES.
In one of the letters to Mr.. Adams,
manager of the Lake Superior Coal
company, Mr.. Rhodes writes:
The division is generally equal except occa-
slonally the Northwestern Fuel company has
been given a small percentage Of advantage.
which seems to have been entirely satisfactory.
Now Judge Brill, of the Ramsey dis
trict court, has brought himself under
the censnre of the legislature. Hiler
horton had occasion to appear before
the judge as counsel in a suit, and be-
fore the case was over the court took
Mr.. Horton to task for words alleged to
have been spoken in the legislature the
day previous that were derogatory to
the said court. When the legislature
convened the next day the following
preamble and resolution were intro
duced and adopted:
Whereas, It has been represented to this
house that on the 21st day OF March, A. D. 1898
at the city OF St. Paul, in this state, the Hon. II
K. Brill, one of the judges OF the district court
in and for Ramsey county, in open court did or
der and require Hon. Hitler H. Horton, a mem
Der OF this house, to appear before him. the said
IT, II. Bill, at the bar Of his court, and did then
and there, in violation of the provisions of Sec
ton OF article T. of the constitution of this
state, question said Hitler H. Horton for q
speech and debate made and spoken in this
mouse Dy him, said Horton, while a member of
this house, and did then and there reprimand
and threaten the said Horton for the said speech
and debate, and by so doing did put said Horton
in great fear, and Inundated him before the
publlc-all in violation of the constitution OF
the state, and in utter disregard of the riohta
of the said Hilcr H. Horton as a member ct
this house; therefore,
Resolved, That committee Of three be an.
pointed by the speaker to inquire into the said
matters, with full power and authority to sum
mon and examine witnesses, administer oaths
ana take testimony, and make speedy report
thereon to this house, with such Recommended.
lions as to them seem proper in the premises.
The chair appointed Messrs. Wilson.
+. NJ, Howard and Mcclure members
of the committee.
Mr.. Langum offered a resolution de-
claring that C. D. and T. D. O'Brion. at
torncys for Rhodes, of the coal COM
bine, on account of their obnoxious &C.
ton and considering that they had been
about the house as lobbyists, be denied
admission to the floor for the remainder
of the session.
Inc resolution was adopted without
dissenting voice after short but de-
cisive expressions of opinion.
The coal combine investigating com.
mittee has shown that it means bust
ness regarding the prosecution of John
- NAOueS anu OGuerS VINO are con-
nected with the alleged coal combine,
even though the prosecution fails of
it's purpose. Recently the committee
met with Attorney General Childs to
see what action in this direction could
be taken, and after mature deliberation
it was decided to commence prosecu-
ton not only of John j. Rhodes, the
manager of the bureau, but also to
bring in the various members of the
coal association.
The coal companies that come in for
prosecution are the Pioneer Fuel COM
pany, the Northwestern Fuel company.
the Ohio Fuel company, the Youghio-
gheny Coal company, the St. Paul and
Western Coal company, the Lehigh
company, the Delaware, Lackawana &
Western company.
The prosecution will be conducted in
the federal courts under the federal
law against combinations, which is
very stringent and provides heavy pen
atty. The prosecution will commence
as soon as the attorney general can
make out the necessary papers.