The San Francisco call., 1905-02-22

ers in Chicago and other packing
houses in detail
One hundred and thirty witnesses
are to be from the Chicago packing
houses and offices, and nfty-tVe are
heads of departments and agents IN
fifteen other large cities OF the coun-
try Nearly all the subpenas directed
to residents of Chicago were served be-
fore o'clock tonight. The eight dep
uties engaged in the service invaded all
the principal offices of the big packing
companies. The jury Will be drawn on
Thursday or Friday.
The first subpenas were served on
branch house managers and office men
in New York City and Jersey City late
Monday evening. commanding them TO
appear in Chicago on March 20.
In every outside city where witnesses
were subpenaed. excepting New YORK,
the deputies were dispatched from the
office of the clerk of the court located
there at O'Clock this morning. The
cities in which such witnesses were
located were notified as follows: Wash
ington, Philadelphia, New York, Bos-
ton, Pittsburg, Omaha, Kansas City.
ST. Louis, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Sioux
City, St. Paul. Fort Worth. Jersey City
and Milwaukee.
ARNOUR'S MEN SUMMONED.
Seven subpenas were served in the
downtown offices of Armour & Co. late
to-day. Assistant Treasurer Samuel
McROberts was one of those subpenaed.
General Superintendent T. j. COnnors
also was said to have received a notice.
but he denied 1t later. The other men
called were department heads in the
general offices.
At the offices of Swift & Co., at the
stock yards, the first two men to re-
ceive subpenas were W. III. Frederick,
zG
w. B. Jones, manager OF the Armour
Company lines. The head cattle buyer
and staff at the yards for Swift & Co.
were summoned. Cattle buyers at the
Morris plant and those of the National
Packing Company and Schwarzschild
& Sulzberger were served, as we'll as
scalehouse men and car checkers and
officials of the Union Stock Yards and
Transit Company.
None of the heads OF the packing
companies will be called before the
Grand Jury. Jesse p. Lyman. former
president of the National Packing
Company, was served as he was leav-
ing his office to start for California.
PACKERS REFUSE TO TALK.
j. Ogden Armour, as well as the
heads of the other packing companies,
declined to make any statement re-
garding the determined step which the
Government has taken to scrutinize
the business of the packing companies.
Inquirers were referred to Attorney
John S. Miller, who represented the
combined packers named in the Gross
cup injunction, which was sustained
by the United States Supreme Court
a month ago.
If all this investigation" said Miller,
does not entirely satisfy the represen-
tatlVes of the Government that we are
In every way that is possible observing
the requirements of this drastic in
tiOn to offer to any further full and fair
inquiry into the actual faets--eVeu by
means of the secret and ex-parte in
quiry in the Grand Jury room. When
that has been Done, however, we sin
cersly trust We may look for and re-
ceive the square deal which Is prom
ised every one, and as the facts Justify
it. We may be relieved from misrepre-
sentation and unjust suspicion"
The men who were restrained by
Judge Grosscup's decision in the beef
case were j. Ogden Armour, Edward
Morris. Ira Morris, Arthur Meeker,
Charles +. Langdon, Edward A Cuda-
by, Louis F. Swift. d. Edwin Hartwell,
Frank E. Vogel, William Russell, Ed
ward c. Swift, w. III. Noyes. Nelson
Morris, Patrick A. Valentine. Calvin
M. Favorite. Charles NJ. Conners,
Michael Cudahy. Albert F. Boohert.
Lawrence A. Carter, Jesse P. Lyman.
Louis Pfaelzer, Albert II. Vedd and
Ferdinand Sulzberger.