The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-23
THE TRUST.
Whisky Will Go Down
in Earnest.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
There Will Be Test in Court and
the Iniquity VIII Be
Revealed.
Special to The MORNING CALL.

PEORIA. May 22.-Matters seem to be
quoting GOWN some in the whisky-trust
troubles here. President Greenhut said
this morning the trusts attorney was con-
siderlng the withdrawal Of the Peoria dis
tilleries, and had promised an opinion dur
ing the day. Until that was received he
could say nothing. He certainly has no
fear of a receivership. as the company is
paying all bills as presented. The repre-
seutativ es OF the seeding dislilleries view
their action in different way this morn
ing. They say that they took possession
OF their property, as any owner might do
when rent was not paid.
The Wuoners and the trust people had
a conference this afternoon behind closed
doors and both parties agreed TO wait and
watch, leaving matters tn their attorneys
for the present. One of the five cases will
be selected as test, and it will be on this
that the fight will be made. If the trust is
successful it will take the five distileres
and if not it loses five houses. Woolner
says the Withdrawing houses will be con-
tGued in operation just as under the trust.
He has little doubt, he says. that the
courts will declare the trust an Illegal con-
Germ and decide that the transaction by
which the original owners sold their prop
erty TO the trust for certificates was also
Illegal
CHICAGO. May 22-Jacob Waolner was
In the city to-day. When asked about the
disruption of the whisky trust. he said:
81 don't know what action the directors of
the company will take with reference to
the withdrawal of the distilleries, nor do l
care. We are out of it now. [ believe the
consolidation of distilers' interest Is, once
for all, broken up"
NEW YORK. May 22-Wall street is
mystfed by the withdrawal of the distil-
leries from the whisky trust. There are
rumors abroad that this is merely part of
stock-jobbing scheme. Gossip is to the
effect that some of the Western in siders,
close to the management, were heavily
sh ort of trust certificates, and the constant
shading of prices was for the purpose of
allowing them to get back their stock :;
this falling, the bond sensation was tried,
without effect. and now this scheme is
sprung: but to-day, as heretofore, leading
operators stepped IN and frustrated the
plan.
The Post says: A large number of
whisky trust certificate olders met tc-
day aud decided 10 take immediate steps
to protect their interests. It is understood
an application is to be made in Chicago at
once for an injunction 10 prevent any
steps toward dissolution. and for a re-
ceiyer in the interests of certificate hold
- ers. The same paper says that opera
tors who have been heavy buyers of stock
assert openly tina. the directors of the
company are short fully 900 shares,
and that the announcement of the with
d-awa of the Woolner distilleries is for
the purpose Of facilitating the covering of
these shorts.
CINCINNATI, May 22.-William Hobart,
one of the directors, and for long time
the treasurer. of the Distillers and Cattle
feeding Company, says emphatically that
the assertion that the Peoria distillers can
withdraw from tho trust and take posses
sInn of their distileres is nonsense. The
utmost they can do is to bring suit for
their rent