The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18
WILL PARALYzE
COAL COMBINE
Chicago Grand Jury Votes Forty
indictments.
LIST OF NAMES NOT GIVEN
WARRANTS WILL BE SERVED
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
LIST OF NAMES NOT GIVEN

CHICAGO. Jan. 17.-Forty indict-
ments have been voted by the spe-
cial grand jury which during the
last week has been investigating the
causes of the shortage of coal in this
city. No names were given out, it
being declared by States Attorney
Dineen that, inasmuch as the indict-
ments had been merely voted and not
returned, no list of the accused men
would be announced before 10 O'clock
Monday morning, when the jury will
recOnvene. 1t is said that among the
men against whom il is the inten-
ton to return indictments are many
who stand high in the business and
social world. This fact was given by
the states attorney as one reason why
no list of the accused men would be
given out tonight.
An adjournment was taken from 6
to O'Clock and when the body met at
the latter hour il simply went over the
list of names and voted to return in
dictments.
Voted True Bills.
Early in the afternoon it became evil
dent that the jury had made up its
mind that true bills should be brought
In and coal men found cause for dis
consolation in three sinister facts.
OT0Gre0 Clerk
Lawson of the criminal court to waive
the Saturday half-holiday and keen all
MS men at their respective posts for
an emergency. Deputy Sheriff Kuns
received similar instructions and was
told TO keep all his deputies in readi-
ness to serve whatever might be de-
cided on. Assistant States Attorney
Barnes, who is the Indictment expert
of the office. was locked in his private
room with stenographer and a pile
Of legal blanks.
Evidence of Combination.
In analyzing the evidence to which
1t has been listening 10 for a week, the
jurors believed they had found a COM
bination existing among the operators,
the jobbers, the wholesalers and the
retailers. covering the course of the
coal supply from the mines to the Gus
toner. They also found that under
standings existed between the opera
tors or the various states the Illinois
Coal Operators association and the
Northern Illinois Soft Coal Operators
association being in collision with the
Indiana Coal Operators association in |
an attempt to govern the whole BIZ /
luminous supply of the two states.
What application the conspiracy act /
could have to local dealers and opera 1
tors IN the fact of the fact that the /
combination is general was the hard /
question for the jurors, but the attor- 1
neys explained that as soon as the |
coal was brought into Illinois the pos
SCISSOR who in any way restrained trade
is amenable. With this Interpretation I
In mind the jury continued the taking I
of corrOborative testimony.
Retailers on the Rack.
The Retails Dealers Association of
!ilnols and Wisconsin was the sub
n
eration. This association consists of
smaller dealers around Chicago. but
the members denied before the iurv
that there had been any agreement
the maintenance of a sched-
uie. The object of the organization. it
was urged, was to arrange for an
equitable supply and to furnish re-
ports of the credit reputation of con-
sumers. After hearing the two wit
nesses who were called before the Jury
the remainder of the morning was
used by the jury in the consideration
Of the wording of the report.
When the jury reconvened in the aft
srnoon witnesses were called in to
strengthen several points
AT O'Clock tonight the examination
II witnesses for cOrroborative testi-
nOny was finished and the jury ad-
ourned for a four-hour recess.
The indictments were promptly voted
NAiS Jul met again, DuC no Of
1cial announcement Of the results
Gould be obtained
Guilty of Conspiracy.
In the report which the special grand
ury is to make Monday. ii is asserted.
he federal grand jury is urged to in
'estlgatel more thoroughly the actions
II the coal men. In addition to beins.
guilty of conspiracy, it is said. the
oal barons have also grievousIv VIC
ated the antitrust laws and the inter
state commerce laws
1t is because of the Illinois mems
dealings with the Indiana Coal Opera-
ors' association that the federal grand
ury may be asked to act for it is by
ueh dealings that the interstate com
neree laws have been violated