The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-06

and conspired together to have the said
Wheeling Druggists Association, at Ita
meeting during 1898, and since that time,
pass resolutions requesting, directing
and forbiddiRg any member OF said as
ISOLATION to buy or to have business
dealings with any Wholesale druggist,
jobber or manufacturer who sold this
plaintiff goods; That the said Christian
Schnepf, one of the defendants herein,
| while serving In the capacity Of presi-
| dent OF said association, and while act-
Ing as one Of the chief consplrators
against this plaintiff, on more than one
occasion visited the city Of Pittsburgh,
and rs representative of said assocIa-
| ton requested! directed and forbid the
wholesale druggists, jobbers and manu-
facturers Of said city to buy or to sell
| any goods to this plaintiff, warning
them that II they disregardcd the re-
quest that they. the defendants herein,
and other members OF said Wheeling
| Druggists Association, would not pur-
chase any morn goods of those selling
goods to this plaintiff; that the dcfend-
ants, togethere with other members Of
said Wheeling Druggists Association,
! had printed, or written, letter adj
dressed and mailed to, and circulated
among wholesale druggists, jobbers and
manufacturers within several hundred
miles, requesting the said wholesale
druggists, jobbers and manufacturers
who sold this plaintiff, not 10 do so,
with Il warning that IL they sold this
plaintiff any goods. that they would not
purchase any goods OF any that disre-
garded their demand. ES
Plaintiff further says that w. w. IT.
win, one Of the defendants herein, since
December 1898. wrote letter to whole :
sale druggists with whom this plaintiff
had been dealing for years, warning
/ them that II they continued to sell goods
! to this plaintiff. that he, and The other
defendants herein, and members OF said
Wheeling Druggists Association. would
refuse to buy any goods from said
wholesale dealers.
The plain tiff further says that since
the beginning OF the boycott, many
wholesale druggists In various parts OF
the United States, at the request OF
the Wheeling Druggists Association
and at the request Of the defendants,
did agree to give their active support to
the Wheeling Druggists Association
and to these defendants. in their COM
bination and conspiracy to destroy the
business of this plaintiff.
Plaintiff further says that since the
said resolutions were adopted by the
said Wheeling Druggists Association at
the Instance Of these defendants rs
aforesaid, and since the agreement OF
certain Wholesale druggists In other
states to aid and abet these defendants
In their design to destroy the business
OF this plaintiff as aforesaid. that this
plaintiff has found It impossible TO get
drugs, goods and merchandise from
some wholesale dealers from whom he
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Others, have required him to pay in nd
vance for shipment. whereas thereto-
fore they were perfectly willing to sell
1t on reasonable and usual time and
terms. and others have refused to sell
him at all ut any rate. and others have
charged him 4 greater rate than they
formerly charged or that they charged
others, including the defendants here
In. Plaintiff states that by roaso of
said illegal, malicious and unlawful
conspiracy. boycott. and combination 1t
has been necessary for him TO buy from
others who were willing to brave the
displeasurc of these defendants and
their co-conspirators and sell this plain
tiff. and this plaintiff has been compell-
ed 10 buy in vastly larger quantities
than he otherwise would have been re-
quireh to buy, and In vastly larger
quantities than would have been ncces-
sary In his business II unhamperrd and
unmolested by these DEFENDANTS; that
he was compelled to so buy In said large
quantities rs aforesaid because OF the
fact that by reason the said wrongful,
malicious and Illegal acts Of the de-
PENDANTS It was impossible to secure
goods within 4 reasonable time and as
needed by him or his customers. and be-
CAUSE Of the fact that he could not rely
on obtaining goods when and rs he
needed and In the quantities needed the
plaintiff was compelled, in order to car
ry on his business to buy at one time
and In vastly larger quantities AS afore-
said whenever he could find 4 wholesale
dealer willing to sell to him rs afore-
said. Plaintiff says that by reason of
these facts he has been required to In
est large sums OF money In drugs. wares
and merchandise TO IN amount not less
than $4,000 In excess OF what would
otherwise have been n reasonable and
ample stock to carry, and that he has
been required to carry such excess OF
stock for a period OF two years prior
to this date and that the interest on said
| excess OF stock has aggregated pot less
than 5000 year, milking In all the sum
OF $1,000.
Plaintiff says that he has further
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value and deterioration In quality and
leakage and breakagB of such goods
purchased Us aforesaid In advance, nnu
In such excessive quantities, and which
he was required to do by the combina-
| ton and boycott OF these defendants,
and that he has been further required
| to pay In addition 20 the cost OF said
goods, expressagc or freight On said
goods In excess of charges made. to
these defendants AMI their co-Conspirn-
| tors In the sum OF nj least $l,001 per an
mum. making n total expenditure OF Mt
least $4,000. and which sum for the said
| freight and express charges he would
not have been required TO pay but for
the boycott rs aforesaid. And this
| plaintiff says he has also los. n large
| amount OF trade because he was unable
| to get promptly and at the time OF the
| order such goods rs were required to
make said sales and which goods he
would anu could have had but for the
| boycott instituted and conducted by
these defendants rs aforesaid. and that
| his loss by reason thereof has been at
| least $1,000 per annum, aggrcBating the
sum OF $4,000
Plaintiff says that In addition to the
| aforesaid wrongful acts that said de-
PENDANTS have further conspircd to-
| gcthcr and cndoavorcd to persuade and
Induce others. customers Of this plain
| TN. from purchasing any drugs. wares
or merchandise from this plaintiff or
from having plaintiff I'll their pcrscrln!
tions. md thnt conduct they have
caused this piaintiff the loss Of $1,000
The plaintiff states that the aforesaid
acts and conduct OF said defendants
WIS Instituted and conducted malicious
ly and wIlfully and for the express pur-
pose of compelling this plaintiff to In
crease his price and charges for goods