The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-20
GOVERNMENT
VS.. PACKERS I. K|l..'.R IS,
The First Engagement Be
tween Uncle Sam and the {
Big Six Opens To-day.
Temporary InjunctionIssues,
the Packers Attorneys
Making No Opposition.

Chicago, May 2o.-The United States
government secured its temporary injunc-
tion against the beef trust in the United
States court to-day. The packers made
no objection to the filing Of the petition.
While the attitude of the attorneys for
the packers is enigmatical, it Is believed
they are relying upon making demurrer
to the governments petition. %
Chicago, May 2o.--The first engagement
in the open between the United States
government and the packers, known as
the big Six" began at 2 o'clock to-day
when United States District Attorney S.
H. Bethea before Judge p. S. Grosscup
in the United States circuit court made
motion for a temporary restraining order
All that has gone before has been but
light skirmishing or the laying out Of
lines Of attack and defense: :.
Attorney Bethea had with him Assist
ant Attorney General W.. A. Day, So
licitor General J. K. Richards, United
States District Attorney Worthington of
Springfeld ILL.,, and United States Dis
trict Attorney Joseph Healing Of Indian
apolis. g..
On the other side were arrayed the at
torneys for the packers, headed by John
S. Miller and comprising Thomas A. Mo-
ran, Louis C. Krauthoff, James F. Meagh-
er, A H. Veeder and Henry NJ. Wolf.
The United States Shows It's Hand
AS soon as court reconvened after the
noon recess Attorney Bethea was given
recognition He asked the privilege of
calling the attention of the court to the
case of "the United States of America
versus Swift & Co., and others for such
is the legal title Of the now-famous suit
| involving the, existence, Of the alleged
beef trust. He read the bill praying for
a temporary restraining order and to sus-
tain the petition read from a great bundle
OF aff1davits. All Of these alleged the
same conditions in the meat trade which
have been set forth in the bill already
published each taking up some particular
phase Of the allegations The general
purpose Of their presentation was to
make out before the court a prina facie
case Of disobedience and defiance Of the
so called Sherman antitrust law,
Attorney eBthea read only a few Of the
afadavits in his possession which he said
covered the allegations substantially.
FL Mr.. Bethea then gave way. to Assist
la brief argument for the evidence In IA
vor Of granting the temporary order.
The government asked that a temper
sry order issue from this court restrain
ing until final hearing or. until further
order Of this court the defendants, the
Cudahy Packing company, Armour & Co.,
the Armour Packing company, the G. H.
Hammond Company, the .Schwartzschild
e. Sulzberger Co. (corporations), Nelson
Morris, Edward Morris and Ira N. Morris
! (co-partners as Nelson Morris e Coz; j
Ogden Armour Patrick A. Valentine,
Calvin NJ. Favorite, Arthur Meeker
Thomas ]. Corners, Charles e. Langdon,
Michael Cudahy, Edward A Cudahy, Pat
trick Cudahy, Albert F. Borchert, Gustavus
F. schwift, Louis Swift, Lawrence A
Ccrton, D. Edward Hartwell, Jesse P
| Lyman, Frank E. Vogel, Louis Pfalser
William Russell, Albert H. Veedar; Henry
Veeder, Edward c. Swift, Ferdinand
Sulzberger and w. H. Noyes, citizens OF
Illinois, Massachusetts and New York
their agents and attorneys and all other
persons acting or claiming to act for
them from violating the provisions Of the
act of congress entitled AN act to protect
trade and commerce against unlawful re-
straints and monopolies,' and to restrain
the packers from engaging or continuing
in any combination or conspiracy: as to
trade and commerce, in fresh meats"
The order then goes on to ask that the
packers be restrained from the various
overt acts as charged Eat: the several
stock yards and open and competitive
markets in Chicago: Omaha, Sioux City
St. Joseph, Mo-, Kansas City, East st
Louis, st. Paul and any other place in the
United States where they customarill
purchase live stock coming from, those
markets"
Packers Offer No Objection.
Attorneys for The hackers offered NJ
objection to the film Of the petition fol
a temporary Injunction. $50