The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-21
OPENING GUS
 AGAINST z JUST --y Judge Crosse Restrains the skers. INJUNCTION IS IN FORCE Attorneys for Beef Combine l Did Not Make Fight. Bundle of Afhdavits Submitted Showing the Methods Used to Keep Up Prices and Etsab-
 lish Monopoly. @
INJUNCTION IS IN FORCE

Chicago. May 2o-The temporary in- junction asked for by the government against the members of the -so-cailed packers combine is now in force. It was issued this evening. Judge P. 6. Cross cup after the close of arguments in the United States Circuit Court. The orders give the relief prayed for in the bill filed by the District Attorney Bethea on May 10 It is so wide in its scope that if the packers or their agents continue with their present alleged uniform ar engagements they will be taken into court on contempt proceedings and the burden of proof will be on them to show that they have not violated the order in any ! particular. Gi government petition. Attorney J. s. | Miller for the packers pointed out some objectionable clauses in the draft of an | order presented by Mir. Bethea. This | concerned the alleged agreements for | credits, blacklisting and carriage. Judge | Grosscup thought some of these minor clauses had been made too prominent and | he himself drew a form of order that pleased both sides.
 1 Unless the defendants decide to make a fight at an early date in an effort to have the order set aside. they will have until | August 4th to make reply to the com plaint.
 The order entered was as follows:
 The Order Entered. -A
 
 writ of injunction issue restraining until the final hearing or further order of this court, the said defendants uhe court here naming all the defendants whose names have been repeatedly published) and each of them, their respective agent and attorneys, and all other persons act ing or claiming, or assuming to act under their authority. or that of any of them. from entering into. taking part in or per forming any contract, combination or con spiracy, the purpose or effect of which will be, as to trade and commerce in fresh meats, a restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, territories and the District of Columbia, either by directing or requiring their respective agents from refraining to bid against each other in the purchase of live stock; or. collusively. and by agreement refrain ing from bidding against each other at such sales, or by arbitrarily raising or lowering prices or fixing uniform prices at which said meats shall be sold. either directly or through their respective agents by curtailing the quantity of such meats shipped to such markets and agents, or | by imposing penalties for deviations from prices: or establishing and maintaining uniform rules for the giving Of credit to dealers in such meats or by imposing uniform charges for carriage and delivery of such meats to dealers and consumers, or by any other methods or device, the purpose and effect of which Is to restrain | trade and commerce as aforesaid:
 Attempt at Monopoly.
 And also from violating the provisions of the said act of Congress by combining or conspiring together or with each other | and others to monopolize or attempting l to monopoize any part of the trade ana commerce in fresh meats among the sew | eral States and Territories and the Dis- trict of Columbia. by demanding, or oo- | taining with or without the connivance of the officers or agents thereof, or any of them receiving from the railroad com | panies or other common carriers trans | portiog such fresh meat in such trade or commerce, either directly or by means of | rebates or by any other device, trans | portation of or for such fresh meats from the points of preparation and production of the same from live stock or elsewhere to the markets for the sale of the same to dealers and consumers in other States and Territories than those wherein the same are so prepared, or the District of Columbia. at less than the regular rates | which may be established or in force on their several lines of transportation un- der the provisions in that behalf of the laws of the United States for the regu- lation of commerce"
 The evidence presented by District Al torney Bethea consisted of twenty affida' wits from persons formerly connected with the defendant packing house. the most important of which is that of Dan- iel w Meredith of Jersey City, N J For six years he was manager for Ar mour & Go. at Milwaukee and manager in Philadelphia for three years. Prior tc working for Armour & Co. he had been with Swift & co.
 Methods of the Trust.
 Since 1893, he declared, six general man. agers for the big companies have been ac- customed to meet at least once week fir New York to reconcile the differences be- tween themselves concerning the operat' ing of their business and also to consider the prices which they should place for the coming week on the meat products which should be sold in that territory and for the purpose of considering the quantity of meats which each concern had on hand and when the necessities of the trade would require, they would agree to cur. tail their shipment of meat from Chica- go; their design and purpose being to linn 1t the quantity of meat in sight in New York and adjacent points and raise the prices"
 The first engagement in the opening battle between the United States Govern ment and the packers known as the Big Six" began at o'clock today wher United States District Attorney H. S. Bethea. before Judge P. s. Gtosscup ir the United States Circuit Court, made ( motion for a temporary restraining order Attorney Bethea had with him Assistant Attorney General w. A. Day, Solicitor General J. K. Richards. United States District Attorney Worthington of Spring field. H.. and United States District At torney Joseph Heating of Indianapolis.
 On the other side were arrayed thu , attorneys for the packers, headed by JohI Is. Miller and comprising Thomas A