The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-02
COURT ENJOINS
ELEVATOR |. 81 TRUST
California Suit Results in Victory
for Government, Defendants
ss. >% Consuming

Washington, June 2. Attorney Gen
eral Moody today, being asked con
corning the Significance OF the action
Of the defendants in consenting to a
decree in favor of the government IN
what is known as the case against the
Otis Elevator company ct al, against
which the department. recently insti-
tuted proceedings for violation or the
federal antitrust laws, said:
v.HHThe circuit court OF the United
States for the northern district of Cali
fornia yesterday entered a decree IN
the case recently instituted by the
government against the Otis Elevator
company and certain other corporations
for violation Of the federal antl-trlsst
laws. The decree grants a perpetual
injunction as prayed for in the bill
enioining each and all of the defend
ants from violating any. of the provi-
sions Of the Sherman antitrust act, and
particularly from contracting or agree
ing together in any manner either ex-
pressly or implicitly as to the trade
and commerce in elevators in the
| United States. The defendant corpor-
ations and their respective officers and
from entering into any agreement or
understanding as to the prices to. be
| charged for installing elevators, or as
| to the territory in which, any or. all
of them shall do business.ss<<@a3.
"By the terms Of the decree the
court retains jurisdiction of the suit
to make any further or additional de.
cree, or to modify or enlarge the pres
emit decree from time to time as the
bill of complaint in this case was filed
in the circuit court on the 7th day of
March, 1906, against the. following
named Defendants:
The Defendants.
s'The Otis Elevator company, Electri
cal Engineering company, Fraser 'Elec
trical Elevator company, Cahlll e A g;
a0r Crane EeTstop c6m e
pany, Standard Elevator & Manpfac
turing company, Eaton & Prince Eleva
tor company. Smith Hall Elevator com
pany, Whittier Machine company
Stokes and Parish Elevator company
Morse Williams & Co., McAdams s
Cartwright Elevator company, Grave
Elevator company, Plunger Elevator
Bloomsbury Elevator & Machine Co.
Sulzer Vogt Machine company, Contra
Iron Works company, Moon Elevate
company, Warner Elevator company, M
J. Odonnell & Co., Gardner Elevate
company, Houghten Elevator company
| NelScI L 4Sho " NOop, Ie%CIoAoA LAW
trical Elevator company, Burdette 1
Rowntree Manufacturing company, Mo
line Elevator company, Samuel Burger
W. l.. Baldwin, G. c. Comstock, L. Il
Darrin company, Elektron Manufactul
ing company.
The Charges.
; cit was alleged in the bill that thes
defendants made and sold at least .
} per cent of all the elevators used Yves
Of the Rocky Mountain and charge
that they had entered into a conspirac
: among themselves to control and e1
nance the prices at which such elevator
should be sold and that the object c
such conspiracy had been effected b
: and thru the Otis Elevator company an
/, it's officers. The bill also charged thu
in order still further to destroy comp
tition with respect to the sale of elevi
tors whenever any independent con
pany secured contract, fictitious sui
! were instituted against such compan
u by the Otis Elevator company for il
: Engagements of it's patents, but that sue
>, suits were really and in fact institute
. . for the purpose of harassing and i
!, Turing such independent company. :. II
- decree which has been entered affor'
. the government al the relief to whit
> it is entitled under the law.'