The Washington herald., 1906-12-08

ii'eHipoIaflly with the indictment of
the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line for violating the interstate COM
merce law in Salt Lake City Yesterday.
StuyVesant Fish, whom E. II. Hartman,
the controller Of those roads. ousted from
the presidency Of the Illinois Central ar
rived in Washington.
II IS said that Mr. Fish viii have a
conference with the Interstate Commerce
commission to-day, and viii present con-
elusive evidence that a deal existed. and
that the Hartman system. when il ac-
quired a controlling interest in the latter
line became a cOmbina ton in restraint Of
trade
1t is understood Mr. Fish is fully sup
piled with facts. His visit is regarded as
OF exceptional significance, in vie'- cf the
fact that Frank B. Kellogg a.d -. A.
Severance. special counsel appoints to
assist in preparing a suit against the
Hartman system seeking a dissolution
of the various siergers which make II
effective, are 10 have conference with
the Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day also. They will be present to discuss
and examine whatever evidence Mr.. Fish
may have.
Hartman viii BE Summoned.
The commission is rapidly completing
its preliminary plans for the investigation
OF the Hartman system. While it is
known positively that hearings in the
case viii be held at New York Chicago.
St. Louis, and other cities throughout the
country, the dates have not been fixed
A start viii probably be made at New
York, and Mr.. Hartman summoned as a
witness at the very outset. While Com
missioner Lane, who has been quietly
making a study of the operations Of the
Hartman lines for several weeks. will I'm
all probability direct the present in
quiry on account Of the great impor-
tance of the work, every member will
take an active part
II is understood that<a great deal of in
formation has already been collected that
IS said 10 place the methods Of Mr. HaTri-
nan and his associates IN a bad light.
seven Indictments Returned.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. Seven
indictments for conspiracy to defraud
the United States government, five for
violations of the Interstate commerce
law, and three for perjury were re-
turned by the Federal grand jury in
partial report to Judge John a. Mar
shall, of the United States District
Court. this afternoon.
Other indictments were also returned,
but those mentioned are the only ones
that relate to the alleged coal land
frauds and to the illegal discrimina-
tion charged against the railroad-coaI
company combine, said to have frozen
out" the independent dealers in Salt
Lake City.
Under the charge Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government the Utah Fuel
Company and its agents and employees
were indicted for coal land frauds in
Salina Canyon. Carbon County, Utah.
along a branch lire of the Rio Grande
Western Railroad by which the fuel
company came into possession of ,440
acres of valuable coal lands
Nine persons We're found by the grand
jury to have acted as dummies" for the
Utah Fuel Company, each of them filing
on 160 acres of land While only two of
the dummies" We're caught in the grand
jury net, and these on the charge of per-
jury, the Federal investigators went after
the meu who engineered the fraudulent
~ deals for the fuel company and indicted
prominent officials connected with the
combine.
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In addition to the indictments growing
out Of the coal land frauds. the grand
jury has returned fire indictments against
railroads and coal company officials for
subjecting the David J. Sharp Coal Com
pany TO undue disadvantage bv refusing
TO let it have coal for the Salt Lake
market. In these indictments the Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line Railroad
companies. the Union Pacific Coal Com
pany, and two officials Of these allied
companies are caught in the mesh.
The names of those indicted follow.
For conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, Utah Fuel Company, Salt Lake: II.
G. Williams, general manager Utah Fuel
Company; Robert Forester, geoIoeist and
mining expert for Utah Fuel Comnanv.
w d. Foster, private secretary for Rob
ert Forester; Alexander II. Cowie. conf
Dental man OF the Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad Company. and Utah
Fuel Company. and Wasatch SUNNY
Company. and George Moore. civil enei-
neer, agent for Utah Fuel Company. an
of Salt Lake and Elroy n. Clark. attor-
ney for Utah Fuel Company. at Den
yer, Colo.
For violating interstate commerce laws
Union Pacific Railroad Company. Oregon
Short Line Railroad Company. Union Pa
cific Coal Company, E Buckingham gen
eral superintendent oregon Short Line in
Salt Lake. and James NJ. Moore, general
agent Union Pacific Coal Company. Salt
Lake.
For perjury before grand jury, Thomas
A. Moore. dummy" for Utah Fuel Com
pany. and Theodore a. Schultz. dummy
FOR Utah Fuel Company, both of Salt
Lake.
p ". Shading. attorney. at Evanston
Wvo and dummy for Union Pacific
Coal Company. was indicted for perjury
before the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
six Laborers Are Killed.
Bakersfield, Cal, Dec. "A cave-in