New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-19
r1cHTlNG THE STANDARD.
OH. KINGS ARE THE REAL ENEMIES
OF vARrNG BROTHERS & co.
-..,-s 7c RECOVER s2.sooooo FROM THE PENN
,v,S1A RAILROAD COMPANY - CASES
nr>n1NG FOR MANY YEARs-ALLEGED
DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOR or

arg Nov is (SpecaD.-Two lawsuits one of
f.' ao revive talk OF the wondrous power OF the
~.Ard oil Company.
",g Brothers & Co are suing to recover 50 300
W the pennsylvania Railroad Company for the
W" orv Of alleged excess of freight charges said
,.,e becn levied in the interest of the Standard
70 .~.,,nsnv The summons served fifteen years
,,, he statements and afiidavits have just been
HeF The other case. just argued in the State Su-
NE court is Of more recent origin, and has for
y n,sc, the prevention Of the sale of indie
!" 40, nlpe line TO the Standard
pa : and Orvie T. Warning are brothers
MINORS They have filed the papers in two
90" The sta eme1t in the first sets forth that
sun November go 1873 and March l. 1872 the
ue..,lvania Railroad Company received from the
'.nss a, various stations in the vicinity of Pitts
IA barrels Of oil for transportation to
~ ,,slnhia the freight charges to be the
49,. levied ON other shippers of oil. which al the
- is said not 10 have exceeded % cents a barrel
..rtbe.ess tle Warning Brothers say they
oelled 10 pay 81 10 per barrel. and the excess of
w. sim over the reasonable charges amounted to
nmt s7s 2se This sum the railroad company UNI
,.,,ook on March l. 1876 Gecites the sta tement Of
-. Waringsi % pay when requested. But the de-
,snaants. although so requested to pay the sum
s IN June / OF the year. refused the pay
s,. 10 the alleged damage of the plaintiffs In the
, If sSO0oot An affidavit by Richard ;. WarnS
,a,ss tina, rival shippers Ohe Standard and aiiiat-
49, cornorationsp were favored by secret manpu-
.,ons OF fr Eht secret methods of rebates and the
IKE and he puts the alleged excessive charges at
~, less than $4,000, although he admits the exact
amount is known only to the railroad company, to
chose books ne naturally cannot get access.
The statement of the second suit, begun In 1880
,s for,h that the Warnings had invested 100000
in the oil business. and We're making 100000 per
year. and employed the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
many 10 ship the oil at the same rates as those
iaved upon its competitors. Yet the railroad COM
any saw the Warnings together with the Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company. the Standard Oil COM
,snies Of New-York Pennsylvania and Ohio; the
Atlantic Refining Company, the Atlantic storage
Company the United Pipe Line Company. Warden
rrew & Co.. Lockhart & Frew. A }. BostwIcK q
co Charles Pratt & Co.. and other persons I'M
known but all Standard corporations and alliances
and so known TO the trade until this day.. formed
an alleged conspiracy by which the Warnings were
10 be "worsted" on freight rates. In pursuance OF
this alleged conspiracy rates were charged the ar
ngs so they say least four times as great as 10
cher shippers or s. per barrel on 100000 barrels ana
An, NJ these presumably unlawful charges the rail-
mad company is said to have paid to the Cocoon
snlrators" named above large sums OF money 10 the
,nd that the Warnings would be driven out OF the
blslness. For this alleged plot the warnings ueii""
damages in the sum of Sl.5GO,w
An examination of the old appearance docke's
Of 1879 and 1880 shows that George Shiras IT, was
one Of the counsel for the Warnings ana the III III
~ Hamnton & Dalzel for the railroad COM
pany The summons was filed ana se''e''
and no further steps were taken until "eeA aso
last Thursday when a new entry was made as ioi-
,ous. october 4 1894, statement and anua'i'
fled"
" axn,aration can be secured for the long ST.
enca in these cases during which time there mas
been quite a change in the composition Oh ies"
lrms Mr. Shiras is now Justice OF the supreme
Court of the United States. Mr. Hampton y ue"u
Ind Mr. Dalzell who seldom appears Ill court
anresents the Pittsburg district in Congress Mar
,,s Woodward now has charge OF the case
or the Warnings. -
Irouirv conducted among oil men reveals an
,,orestine condition of affairs prevailing wheh
,hsse Waring suits were first instituted ooiu'
Nons not made clear by the legal statements anu
af1davits filed in court Twenty years aeo a"
now. Pittsburg was the natural centre oi ''e o'
business Of the United States. The Allegheny var
~. connecting Pttsburg with oil City 1872 miles
rov had practically no freight traffic INDEPENDENT
=, oil for the carving of which II was really cur
s,ructed Thousands Of Pittsburgers were e"e"e'
IN handling and refining oil and In the manuia''
IRE Of barrels and tin cans in when 10 'ra"SPo''
4, The east bank Of the Allegheny flNer, rom
Fortv-nfth-st. to Waring Station. was hhed M',"
works which refined the bulk OF the oil used III
49, In tho city proper there were from 2oV
N an brokers engaged in oil speculation ana Nhi'i-
inns of Pjttsburg capital was invested IN various
WAYS The iron mills and machine shops were KEPT
busy turning out iron for oil tanks ana pailu h0oi'
also pumps engines. etc AT the ui'e' III -
mating the prosperity Of Pittsoure' '"e ITO" "'
", on mn not affiliated with the Standard at
tribute the loss of this trade 70 ashenv VALLEY
Raroad Company got into difhculues 'as 80 n n.y.
the Pennsylvania and the Standard so ,nT
1.d N "A
mics allege) ana ~ emu" III 9"
Prior 70 1872 the Warnings enjoyed tne onennd
freight rates as other shippers OF OIL IheS lie
the Ves,a Oil Works. the largest III on The
The Cosmos both located at Warng ssnssed the
finest oil,producing field in the ol region wnc en-
was then located about on city ana ~ oil via
the Alegheny valley to their rehneries about f, n
burg where about 1909 men were IN freight
rs,ss az charged IL affected the Warnings on 9Hs,
10 miles Of preliminary ,ransp shaae
The WarIne, say their troubles began win the
lease Of the Allegheny Valley, and con,ue "a courf
and as described above The Warnings were one OF
very few firms who fought ne aiege geo o The mn
when The standard finally secured supreme r, cUn
troll ii gave the Pennsylvania Railroad COMPANY ,
"a dose Of It's own medicine" as an oil man put
It by removing its refneries to the sgb nndeT
ground pipe lines thus putting an ehd 10 III" 49,,
road transportation OF crude OF, >ow is' cnn6ned
n. 81 nToancino 0elds and the ruins Of the fey
refneries remaining hereabouis are coNereu WIN
krass a...o.saa
1t is understood that the Warnings are pos'essrra
Of the necessary amount OF energy and cash 10 hdh
these suits Interesting. c,, L. ,ndi-
The o,her sui, in which the Standard Is "d i
recty Involved IL entitled John j. carter w. w
Producer ana Rehners on Company; IL s II nrrr,
ing decision i'm the State Supreme Court ue d. - ~
ments having been made last week on an apppra'
BY the defendant from Crawford County imG , TO-,
ducers ana Rehners Company was org ri c,ude
years ago for the purpose OF transporunts saro.
Petroleum from the wells and transporting ,e nj
all rs properly TO the United States ZIP, ia an
Company waich is well known as -ana "a he
cern. The consideration was TO be szoo'V" III 1Sn.
stock 0. ro United States Company az ,p ali
owner q majority Of the stock OF sns OH Com
and Refners Company Is the Producers ~ lii
pany Limited 1t gathers the oil RON n .n en-
and delivers the Producers ana Sn conpani@s
pany for transportation to market ihc coilp ,ina
Depend upon each other for support II o"e cr rl
line is sold the new owners may reluse ~ cb,rre
oil from mo producers OIL Company, or ciils
syorth 'n' IIouuS' - ar..tlv iniure its busi-