The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-05
"a. A!1!-..L!!::E!E:G.AL...SN,AG
ls Encountered by the Pottery
Combine Promoters and 4
a FIGHT in THE OHIO COURTS
Now Seems Probable, Unless the Com
binc is not u Violation OF the ANTI
trust Law OF TINT statc---Allcgu-
stions Made by one or tho Outside
\ Companies-Li List ofthc Pottcrics of
the United States. Z. 4 < Il.

35S Soiipaiies-LlstoE ihc Pottcrlcs OF
the United States. q
The pottery combine has run against
4 no small legal snag overrin the state OF
Ohio, and as n large number OF the
] potteries that have gone into the con-
solldation are located In that state. 1t
]. seems likely that battle In the courts
Will have to be fought out before the
American Potteries Company deal can
Z be declared entirely contaminated. An
& lntelligeneer reporter endeayored to see
\ President c. W. Franzheim. OF the
Wheeling Pottery Company, but that
gentleman, 1t was ascertnlned, is in
New York on business connected with
8 thchmerican company.
~ Over in Ohio they have an antitrust
Z law, an act OF legislation With which
the Standard OIL Company IL becom-
ling Intimately acquainted these days,
andswhich, It appears, will interest the
u pottery people in no lesser degree In
I the near. future. Attorney General
y Alonnett declirc1 he will proceed
4 against the pottery combine as soon as
4 the independent potterles produce evil
Edence that the combine Is n violation OF
the fanti-trusts law. a.. ~
m Suit was filedyin Cincinnati on Tues
T daygagainst the combine by the Bell
Pottery Company. Of Findlay, one OF
& the companies which does not enter the
consolidation. In the declaration 1t Is
Il aYerrcd that the American company
was organized with the policy and pur-
pose OF pooling and continuing under
) one head and management all the pot
3 terics OF America, and by this means
secure absolute control OF the business,
and enable It TO dictate prices lind ma
6 nipulate the market for pottery sup
plies The promoter OF the scheme or
4 truHt, 1t Is claimed. Is John II. De Pas
4 sos, ian alleged lawyer" OF New York
1 City, and the plan OF organization OF
(. the Trusts to send an expert to value
all,.the potterlcs and invoice each one,
which are to he paid for on the basis OF
one-thlrd cash, one-third preferred and
the, remainder In common stock OF the
trust. All the concerns which are
!. thus absorbed disorganiZe as local
y companies. or partnerships. and their
interests go Into the trust. Those who
refuse to submit to the process OF ANAL
: gamatlon are confronted by the threat
OF ruinous competition. The plaintiff
( says that none of the small companies
standing out independently could long
survive the effects OF the combination,
that the defendants, or nearly all OF
them. have submitted to the terms pro-
posed to the American Pottcries Com
Z plny, and are about to surrender TO 1t
and enter the trust, which vii result In
( the creation Of n complete monopoly,
which will ruin the trade, and destroy
plaintiffs business. 1t is claimed that
Z the proposed trust Is In violation of the
law of Ohio, and the court Is asked to
enjoin its formation. and prevent tho
American Pottcrics Company from car
ryins out its. schemes TO swallow up
the smaller concerns in Ohio.
A temporary Injunction was granted
by the court.
OF the following list of the potterIes
of the United States. 1t Is said more
than 95 per cent IRE in the combine.
Of,thc outside plants among the promi-
nent concerns are the Warwick, of this
Z city,. and the .Harker, of East Liver
J ppoi.e5 q s...f-.g-
& Akron China Company. Akron, Ohio,
nine ware and three decorating lsilns.
~. American China Company, Toronto,
1 Ohio, seven ware and SIX decorating
kins.
L.. B. Becrbowcr & Company. Eliza
beth. n. J.. four ware and two decorat-
& Ing kllns.
1btlI IOllCly oilOt
= six kilns.
Edwin Bennett Pottery Company.
Baltimore, Md, eight ware and three
decorating kilns. \
]. Brockmnnnl Pottery Company, Gin,
cinnati, Ohio. six kilns. 1s i
Brunt Pottery Company. East Live
erpoof. Ohio.
sBurford Bros Pottery Company.
i East Liverpool, Ohio, four ware ana
<nt,t Il . p.
- Cartwright Bros.' Pottery Company.
4 East Liverpool. Ohio, six ware and
! thre decorating kilns.
Ceramic Art Company, Trenton. n.
j.. two ware and two enamel ki'ns.
51t Chester Pottery Company, Limited,
Phoenixville. Pa. five kilns.
Chittennngo Pottery Company. Chit,
tenango, n. Y. two ware kilns.
-, Crown Pottery Company, Evansville, |
q Ind, six ware and four decorating |
kilns. 4..-.
East Liverpool Company. East Liver
pool, Ohio, five ware and four dccorat-
Ing ,kilns.
East Palestine, Ohio. five klns.
French China Company, East Liver |
Z cool, Ohio, five ware and four decorat-
ing kilns.
Globe Pottery Company, East Liver
pool. Ohio. six kilns.
Goodwin Bros Pottery Company,
Elmwood, Conn.,. four kllns.
( !. John S. Goodwin Porcelain Company.
Wellsville, Ohio, tbuildng). four ware |
and two decorating kilns.
I'll. Goodwin Pottery Company. East Llv-
erpool, Ohio. eight ware and four dec |
Grating kilns.
Greenwood Pottery Company, Trcn- |
ton. N j., nineteen ware kilns.
d. +. Haynes & Son, Baltimore. Nd, |
two ware and three decorating kilns.
International Pottery Company. Tren- |
ton, N. j., six ware and three dccorat-
itng kilns.
!. knowles. Taylor & Knowles Com
Z pany, East Liverpool. Ohio, twcnty-ninc |
ware and twelve decorating kilns.
Laughlin, Homer China Company, |
East Liverpool, Ohio, six wars and four |
{ decorating kilns.
Mayer Pottery Company, Beaver
Falls. Pa, five ware and two decorat-
Ing kilns.
Mayer Pottery Manufacturing Com
two decorating kilns.
D. Z. McNlcol Pottery Company. |
East Liverpool. Ohio. twelve ware and |
seven decorating kilns.
John Moses 4: Sons. Trenton, n. j.,
nine kilns.
George C. Murphy 6 Company, East
Liverpool, Ohio, four ware and three |
decorating kllns.
NJ New England Pottery Company. East |
Boston. Mass, three ware and one dec
ornting kiln.
Ohio China Company. East Palestine. |
Ohio. five ware and four decorating |
kilns.
j. B. Owens Pottery Company. Znncs-
t,vn MI,