The representative., 1900-05-24

James Fitzgerald ........ 500 60,O0l
Martin Mcmahon ........ 500 5000,
y. =. Newberger ........ 500 $4,000
1850 $3.50. 90,
This is inclusive Of the holdings o.
Richard Croker, the definite amount o.
which is unknown.
Especial to the Tlmes-Herald.)
NEW YORK. May 1.-THE $50, ,OOO,.
600 trust has Tammany in q cold and
clammy grasp. Tammany, which has
been vigorously denouncing trusts fol
the last two years, which mas declared
the people were going to the demnition
bow-wows. because Of trusts, serenely
bobs up as heavy stockholder in the
ice trust.
The spoils combination has not re-
ceived such shock nor demoralizine
blow in years as has come to 1t through
the revelation that it's highest leaders
and most trusted men have invested
heavily In ice trust stock and are reap
Ing the benefit Of the profits frozen out
of the pockets Of the public dividends
OF $500, 900 annually.
BIG HOLDERS OF STOCK.
Mayor Van Wyck and Richard Croker
are heavy holders Of American Ice COM
pany's-the trust-stock. And SO are:
AUGUSTUS VAN WICK, the mayors
brother.
JOHN F. CARROLL, acting leader of
rammany hall.
J. SERGENT CHAM, president of the
dock board. Ms
G. F. MURPHY, dock commissioner.
JUSTICE JAMES FITZGERALD.
Tammany appointee.
JUDGE MARTIN T. M'MAHON,
Tammany appointee.
JUDGE JOSEPH e. NEwBERGER.
Tammany appointee.
All Tammany people, and they control
$1,55O,000 Of ice trust etock-the trust
which has placed ice at 60 cents per 100
pounds to the we'll to do, and until two
days ago refused to sell Ice to the poor
In the congested tenement districts.
Then. frightened by the clamor OF the
public and press. the trust consented to
have its wagons enter the congested dis
tricts daily and sell Ice at s cents for Is
pounds
APPEAL TO THE COURTS.
\ States Attorney General Davis today,
ut Albany, listened to the opening argu-
hents of counsel on an application from
= taxpayer OF this city to restrain the
trust from doing business in this state.
Further arguments will be submitted
later In the week. The proceedings are
taken under the law of 1899, which says
that no stock corporation shall combine
with any other corporation or person for
the unlawful restraint of trade or for
the creating of monopoly.
The trust, aside from its MONOPOLY in
Ice through buying up the entire Maine
crop. and driving out small ice hucksters
by competition, has gained monopoly
control Of eleven OF the river docks Of
the city and can land It's ice more favor
ably than any competing company
could.
TROUBLE FOR TAMMANY.
Tammany controls the docks. Tam
many controls the streets, and Tam
many's mayor but fortnight ago visit
I'D Maine and aided in the buying up-
and monopolizing Of the ice crop there,
originally intended to be sold here in
competition.
Such whirlwind has come with the
exposure OF Tammany city officials and
Tammany judges dealing in ice to be
sold to the public and the poor, that the
attorney general Of the state has been
ealled upon to act in proceedings against
The trust. Legal proceedings have been
Instituted in this city, the council has
ordered an investigation OF the charge
that municipal officials own ice trust
stock, and there is sorrowful trouble in
store for the Tamany tiger.
AIMED TO BAR THE POOR.
The frightful thing about the ice
trusts program has been that up to two
days ago it did not propose to furnish
the poor with Ice; that unless they paid
the so cents per 100 pounds demanded
(which they cannot pay) no ice wagons
would traverse their districts. and
through the hot summer they might suf-
ter ana die for the lack OF it or fight as
best they could to traffic with ice huck-
sters. who were themselves being crowd
% to the wall by the ice trust This
program the Tammany stockholders OF
fered no opposition to.
G. w. Morse, vice-president of the
Garfield National bank, formulated
plan during the last winter of CONSOLE
dating all the big ice companies of New
York. Ice then. and the year previous.
Through competition. was selling at 30
rents per 100 pounds.
FORMING THE TRUST.
The trust was formed and into It were
aken the Consolidated Ice company OF
khis city and the Knickerbooker Ice
company Of Maine. each with 10000, 900
lof stock. The Knickerbocher aonpany
MAS doing business In Philadelphia. Bal
1lmore and Washington a. well q here.
- trust thsn absorbed Il large whole
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