Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-21

Efforts or the coke operators 10 combine
for the purpose of advancing prices. Mr.
Rainey says: Yes, it is true that l have
refused to join the syndicate, whose object
is to raise prices. In the first place, do
not believe in syndicates. believe in
every one standing on his own founda-
ton. / am opposed to the workingmen
combining for the purpose of defeating the
operators and am likewise opposed to the
operators combining for the purpose of
defeating the men and to advance prices.
| am firm believer in fair competition.
The other operators have gone ahead in
the past without me. They can put the
price up TO whore they please, but it will
not make much difference to me.
The first shot was fired in the whisky
war at / o'clock Monday morning. VIXEN
a force of men. armed TO the teeth. made
an attack upon the Shufe,dt distilery.
Under the cover of night twelve men row
cd up the Chicago river and tried to land
ut the distillery doors and gain possession
of the big plant by surprising the deputy
marshals on guard. Just as the boats
were nearing the shore they were dscov-
cred by the guard. The men were warm
ed Off but gave no heed to the marshal's
threats. Immediately the attacking party
opened fire. The marshals returned il.
but without effect. Twenty-Five shots
were exchanged, but no one was injured.
The men who made the attack escaped.
United States troops are in readiness to
answer any calls for help that may be
made. This war is caused by an attempt
to recover possession of distilleries lately
held by the defunct whisky trust.
w. w. Taylor, eXState Treasurer of
South Dakota and fugitive from Justice
these many months III account of Il short
age of $4,000. was in Chicago %atur-
day and Sunday, but kept so closely I'M
der cover that only his intimate friends
saw him. He left for Pierre Sunday
night TO surrender himself 10 the State
authorities. One of the reasons aseriDed
for keeping Taylor concealed was that
the State of South Dakota hal offered a
large reward for his arrest, AMI it WAS
feared some officer or private detective
might attempt to arrest him and lay claim
TO the reward. 1t is understood that the
terms of the settlement are that Ia! Tor
return to the State 100000, surrender
his property to his bondsmen, who will
pay the remainder of the deficit, and plead
is said to be an arrangement for a short
sentence and pardon before its expira-
ton. Taylor. who is a young man, has
Il wife, but no children.
The Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com
pany, known throughout the length Of the
land as the whisky trust, was Thursday
struck dead by the hand of the Illinois
Supreme Court. The court affirms the
decision rendered by Judge Gibbons in
the quo warranto proceedings instituted
against the trust by Attorney General
Moloney, declaring it to be illegal and
void and ousting i of it's franchise. a
sweeping and emphatic denunciatiOn and
condemnation of trusts. mOnopolies and
combines is contained i'll the decision.
Opinions upon the immediate effect OF the
decision as expressed by the attorneys of
the different parties in interest differ
widely. All that seems certain is that a
cloud of fresh litigation must follow in
which the leading features will be Il Pc
luton for a judicial sale to be filed imne
diately by the reorganization committee
and actions by the former owners and
present lessons of property making up the
aggregation of plants in the trust. A
small army of deputy marshals went into
service To resist any forcible attempt on
the part of the lessons to seize plants. but
their efforts will be made through the
courts. A bill to recover the SJO4 600
lost in speculation and alleged to have
been paid by the trust was filed by Receiy-
or Mc\ulta against Grcenhut, Morris
and other directors