Evening journal., 1905-08-24
MANY RAILROAD
MEN INVOLVED
IN THIS ACTION
Suits Brought Against Mem
bers of Landlith Grocery
and Provision Co.
OVER 200 SUBPOENAS ISSUED.

Claims 10 the amount of about $500 have
been filed against the Landllth Grocery
and Provision Company, an association Of
railroad men residing in the Ninth ward
who associated themselves as a grocery
company about fve months ago to do
business on cooperative plan. There
arc sixty-cight members OF the associa-
ton and at the beginning each contr-
buted SO. They elected the officers and at
once opened their store at Vandever ave-
nue. and Locust streets.
The officers arc: President Erasmus M.
Dunn. a freight conductor on the Dela-
ware Division Of the r.. b. & w. Railroad :
4 secretary. James =. Lohand, and treasui er
]. Fred Grodwolt.
on Monday last. it is said, President
4 Dunn's daughter obtained Judgment for
Y $500 before Magistrate Alton G. Pyle for
money loaned by her TO the association.
Il The store was closed at that time by Con-
stable Lucius c. Jones and is stll closed
q though it Is said it will again be opened
for business this afternoon or tomorrow.
Following the suit brought before Mag
4 istrate Pyle Holstein Harvey and Henry
a NJ. Lodge brought suit for claims against
the grocery association before Justice %
Peace George Il. Hollis and ongaeed Rob
eri u. Richards. States attorney 10 rep
resent them. 1htir claims amount 20 near
ly 0Ss0 Since then two more suits have
been filed against the concern and Tues
& day next at 10 o'clock a. n, has been fixed
as the time for the hearing
MANY sUBPoENAs ISSUED.
believing that the grocery association
could not be sued as a company because
WAS not incorporated Magistrate Iioll s
iad subpoenas issued tor each of tho
sixty-eight defendants IN the case. Thcis
being four suits g72 subpoenas were issued
and served by Constable Thomas H.
~ Buckley making the cost reach a large
4 lgure. The defendants are Erasmus NJ
Dunn. John p. L. Minehan. Frank O'Neai
Andrcw Johnson. Michael Donohoe, I'd
ward A. Downs. Elikah X. Knox. Jacoi
<leitz. William J. Ennis. r Frank Tyre
Harry W. Mahoney. Thearon b. Hearn
vi I..--ss J.....i-,,s. 1siiues h. Londrd. Chhrie
4inthurst. Fred. }. sieber-. Oliver AZ
Downing, John Gordy, Robert Quisiey
z8 1phrqim Tompkins. Wilmer Thompson
Harry McMulhn, Harry w Cropper Erh
nan r. Jones' Samuel s. Santmyers
Charles HATFIELD, William vandeggin
Charles T. Linn. Laban H. Forsy tn
Adoiph A. Banes, George NJ Kern, j
frederick Gradwohl. Eugene Iamison
n Z 2ichard Carlisle. John E. Covell, Franl
). Palmer Daniel II Hickman. Ferdin
md GnlSeson. James f. Finley. Frank a
Yeatherby, John r. Jester. Charles W
iii, Walter II. Pierce. John G. Ward
Charles II. Clouser Edgar S. Hammond
acob Pierson. William L. Carr. Harry h
learns. Harlan Z. Lowe. Alfred Akroyc
lucy A. Dugan. David J. German. How
nd NJ. Booz. Samuel W. Elliott, Jane
w. Knots Minus b. Hickman. DalIa
Wit. William Biddle, John S. Foster
ohm schaul. John c. Kolck, Nelson I
IcClces. Leonard B. Gilkeson S. Ou
ester. Harrison c Marshall, Micha,
Nj loegan. Fred veasey
CLAIMS WILL BE PAID.
4 Magistrate Pyle was not seen toda
y a reporter for The Evening Jour
al. but his clerk, William Prltchet
nformed the newspaper man that tn
Judgment given to Miss Dunn wa
My given as security for the loan sh
lade and win lay in the constable
ands until paid and win not be i'm
1ediately executed. He also sal
he claims against the company woul
settled in possibly twelve hour
aging that he could lay his hands o
800 in fifteen minutes with which
.ay some of the claims