The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-09
WOULD BE TERRIBLE
COAL ROADS PRESIDENTS COUNSEL
DRAW AWFUL PICTURES.

Attaeking the Cosstisaslos.lity OF the Anti
Trust Law In the Hearing Cpoa the APP
p!icatsoo to vscats the Order ReqaIr-
Ing Them To Come mp and be Invesss-
Horrible Enecs. OF Curious Fry.
Ing Into the Private Affairs OF the Ciss-
aen-Tooaeeo Trust Trials Hesun-Ths
Pooling B,il-Rxiiuay News
Albany. y. Y. June S-Judge Ches-
! ter today opened the bearing in the ap-
| r.lcasicl o. the counsel for The presi-
denss % the various coal railroads 10
vaca.e an order directing their exami-
nation before n referee under the anti
trust law. There appeared in support
OF the motion. counsel for the Delsware.
| Lackawsraa and Western. The New Jer-
| sey Central. the Ontario and Western.
and the Delaware and HUDSON railroads
The stale was represented by Attorney
General Hancock. Deputy Attorney Gem
erai Davis and Special Counsel Fiero
| The pleas OF the coansel for The railroae
presidents were very similar in caarAc-
ter. and attacked the cons,itu,ionalt.y
OF the .s'v. Counsel in heir please sad
that The order for examination ssould
be vacated because ''the RICH; 70 enter
upon ani conduct an investigation in
/ quisltor!al in It's character. IL 90 corr
! irary 10 our notions OF personal security
and Is attended with suen possible dam
! ger tha; il should only be exercised In .
clear case and then under suitable re-
stric;ions. The private affairs OF the
citizen are sheltered from inquiry by
The constitution and such procedure az
may resul; In the invasion Of TIA; right
OF privacy should De condemned
TOBACCO TRUST CASES.
New York. June s.-The trial OF no
case agains; the officers and direcors oe
The American Tobacco company. ind.c;-
| cd fifteen months ago for conspiracy,
was begun in the court ~ general .es-
sions toby before Judge Fitzgerald.
The ten defendants in the case sra
James b. Duke. president: William n.
Butler. vice president: Josiah Browns.
secretary; Charles G. Emery. treasurer.
and William A. Marbur. Lewis Ginfer,
George Arents. George Gail. Benjamin
NJ Duke and George W. watts. dlrec-
! tors.
| Josiah Browne was the only Defendant
IN court. The Others are epttered an
over the world but the case can 50 On
withou; them. es the offenses ~ only a
misiemeanor and their presence Is not
/ required.
Papers on behalf % the Defendants not
p-esen; were flied. giving Mr.. Cnoais
power Of attorney to represent them
! They pleaded not guilty.
The work OF choosing a fury was e<,
gun. and occupied the entire day,
POOLING BILL PRESSURE.
Cincinnati. June Sin response ~ shs
calls OF The freight bureaus Of Cinc.n-
natl. Philadelphia. Nashville and Mem
pnis. with other bureaus since Cooper
atlng. The subjcc; Of raiIroad pooling
legislation vas discussed a. larg,
meeting here today. Delegates wers
present from the freight bureaus q.
New York. Chicago. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton. Louisville. Indianapolis. 81. Louis.
Onsahs. Kansas City. Savannah. Dcn-
yer. Milwaukee. 81. Paul. Memphis.
Orleans and other cities These delegates
favor legislation that Will legalixe pool
ing. but there is a divergence Of opin-
ion a. 20 the form. Reports were pre-
sented from 200 organizations % ship
pers. favoring pooling legislation. ana
from thousands OF individuals
The provisions OF the Foraker and
Chicago bills on the control Of pooling
by the Interstate Commerc. commissiou
were given special consideration
CHEF ARTHUR FAvORs TT.
Cleveland. Ohio. June s.-chlef +. ".
Arthur o, the Brotherhood OF Iocouso-
tive Engineers. endorses the Foraker
pooling bill. which Is designed 20 PEI
NIT railroads 70 agree on freight rates
"Our organization said he. "ssvor-.
anything that helps the earning. Of ne
railways. We realize that IL toe rail-
roads make money they can pay xood
salaries. but II the reverse In The cast
they mus; necessarily r~ssice @alzrg~r'
SOUTHWESTERN FgEIoHT MEN.
s.. Louis. June s.-T-ne operations oe
the Southwestern Freixh, Trafrc b.
reao. IN. successor 20 the Sou,lyxsssrn
Traffic association. have commsncsd ct
the headquarters. The oou>ereuc. com
mittee giIl meet IN a few days. The
water rate situation has been ;snpor-
srily adjusted. and there will be a con-
ference OF nc executive orio.rs 9Th
the steamship Interests n New York
a. an early dsts 20 ds1erruln. rha, a.
tersn;ials shat! govern business from
the Atlantic se45oard % Interior points
in the soH;hNes: Chairman Camgse.i
has completed the Organization q; head
quarters. Nr. 4. r. Johnson - sy-
pointed Eecre.ary q ths ass1cfs,.on. Nr.
W c. MB@iy. secretary Of he confer
eac@ committee AID Mr.. u. q. Way
confirmed a. CHIEF rate clerk
RAILROAD SWAP DEFERRED.
san Frzscisco. June s.--vics president
Q. =. Croker % TIE SosrhsTn Pacific
company has returned from he ~as.- g-
a1nguacci "a: he sonorz rs1~sy IN
Mexico r,iI De t8rns3 over % he ss1.s-
e.a Pacific by ne Ssass =. ss,oa; 80
beginning % July. II. srcasnSe 90 20
line ot Nqxsczn road f1r sas TIE -
tween 1.ogaTs szd re S~.1t<s zss %
haze been made o. Jgne ]. bos esrs-
plsrastguS arose u-ieh rrsafs 81: rsc~--
sarY % postpone ~ ~~~a; or 80
are - The THO cyrrs9anisw ara aSx
= rating ne oegTasssfon &c fss Msr--a
z1Te,nnsat - fr1ke shs fr-ts. ss1
zsea "a. sersslzs.on a Scared 30
ps9.~-ty zla be ;lr-ret over
FOURTH or T1-LT PaTZH
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oecs tazt sxcgrxio1x o. re cs-nlng
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