Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-26
LUMBER DEALERS ENJOINED
Attorney General Brown Files Petition in
the Supreme Court
DECLARES ASSOCIATION IS A TRUST
Taking Tip from Experience I'm Grain
Case He Has OmciaIs Enjoined
from Destroying Records
of the Association.
DECLAREs AssOCNlION IS A TRUsT

(From a Stan Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., April ESPECIAL y
Judge Letton OF the supreme court. acting
upon a petition filed by Attorney General
Brown, this afternoon issued a temporary
restraining order against the members OF
the Nebraska Lumber Dealers association
TO prevent them from combining to restrain
trade or control prices and to prevent the
officers from destroying any OF the records
or the association In substance the order
signed by Judge Letton is as follows
II is ordered and adjudged that the de-
PENDANTS and their CLERKS, servants agents, |
employees, attorneys and officers. ana eacn |
OF them are hereby commanded and di-
lected To refrain from in any manner mon |
opOlizlng or attempting to monopollze the |
trade and commerce in lumber ana otner |
building materials in the state of Ne
blaskai and from preventing or attempting |
70 prevent competition therein; and from |
unldwiully liking or attempting to fix the |
price thereof in restraint Of trade; and |
nom engaging IN any agreement, contract |
or combination with one another or with |
other persons or corporations for the un- |
lawful purpose OF preventing or limiting /
competition in the trade and commerce OF !
LUMBER and building materials; and from |
discriminating IN any way against dealers |
in lumber and building materials not menu
bers of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers |
association; and from creating or carrying |
out any unlawful restrictions in trade and |
commerce of lumber and building materials |
IN the state of Nebraska until the further |
1t is further ordered and adjudged that
the defendants .. o. Snyder. William Krot |
ter, William Fried, Bird Critchheld, A. V. |
Perry, II H. Mohr. III Binger. A. b. out |
house. George w. Eggleston and p. NJ. Green
and each OF them, be restrained from con- !
cealing, destroying, transferring or in any
manner dispose OF the records, correspond
ence, contracts, documents, rules and other
memoranda In their possession or the pos
session of either of them touching the bus
mess and doings of said association and
the members thereof until the further
order of this court. And that they and
each Of them be further restrained from
publishing the list and names Of the mem
bership of the Nebraska Lumber Dealers
association, or other lumber dealers, and
from publishing the names and list of
wholesalers who are in sympathy with the
purposes OF said association; and they and
each Of them are commanded to refrain
from notifying the members OF said asso-
materials by wholesaler or individuals,
whether members or not members of said
association until the further order of this
court.
1t is further ordered and adjudged that
the defendants who are doing business In
strained and enjoined from agreeing or at
tempting to agree upon prices at which
lumber and building materials will be sold
by them to purchasers until the further
order Of this court.
The answer day is May Is.
List of Defendants.
Following are the list OF defendants-cor-
porations:
Adams Lumber company, Nye-schneidcr-
Fowler Co., Excelsior Lumber company,
Chisago Lumber company A. Kremer &
Co, o. o. Snyder & Co, Forest Lumber
company, Byres Lumber company, h. ii.
Lumber company, William Krotter & Co.,
Dierks Lumber and Coal company, Perry
& Beck Co.. NJ. L. Fries Lumber company,
Lumber company, Galena Lumber company,
| Walrath & Sherwood Lumber Co., d. A.
Cornell Lumber, company. Avoca Lum5er
company, Axtell Lumber company. Ed
wards & Bradford Lumber CO., Rock County
Lumber company, Howard Miller Lumber
company, searle & Chaplin Lumber Co.:
| company Rogers Lumber, company, Barr
&>Hamilton Lumber Co, Barnett Lumber
1 pany Bladen Lumber and Mercantile com
/ pany Crowell Lumber and Grain company,
! Bradford-Kennedy Co, Carr q Nen Lum-
/ pany, Brock Lumber company, II; 1. Bruce
| Lumber company, Val Rauh & Co, Paul
] SchminIe q Co., Burwell Lumber and Coal
| company, Cram & Co, N. Duncan & Co,
! Carleton Lumber company, Farmers Co
operative association, 8. A. Foster LHn-
company, George s. Ward & Co, Clay
| Center Lumber company, Pioneer Lumber
| company, p. ID. Smith Co, Coleson-Swan-
son Co. Farmers Lumber company, Cotes-
field Lumber company, Crab Orchard Lum-
Der company, Bowman Kranz Lumber com
pany, o. II. Wertz & Co., jacobson Jumper
| Company, M. ]. Byrne g. Co, Dunn-Kln-
| caide Lumber company, Deshler Lumber
! company. Elba Lumber company, r.. u
| Wood Lumber company, Union Lumber and
Grain company. Elmwood Lumber company
Francis Lumber company, II. F. Cady Lum-
Der company; A 40 si,nSeriand Bros. CO. c.
w Hull Co., Nebraska Bridge supply ana
Lumber company. w; II, Gerhart LUMBER
company, NJ A. Dishbrow CO. Sa1onai
Lumber and Single company, b. 8. Blesh
| Lumber company. Nebraska Lumber ana
Live. Stock company, p; p; Bone s1v q R SG.
! Lumber company, Towle Lumber company,
Florence Lumber company, Bloedorn, Hilsa;
company, J. H Yost Lumber company. A.
Koehler & Co., Giltner Lumber company
r. s. Clark & Co. F. q. boy q Co. n
Loonan Lumber Co, s. j. Rice q Co.
Hans Hansen Lumber company Oswald
oliver 8 Co, Heartwell Lumber company 3ISn Y
Co.. Charles Reyes & Co, Phelps County
Lumber company, f. o. Spielberg Grain
pany. F. Crotter company, Jansen Lumber
| Company, Mcintosh Lumber company,
Kenesaw Lumber company. A; n Bowman
Lumber company, Lewiston Lumber com
pany, Yates Lumber and Coal company
Lincoln Lumber company. F. w. Brown
Lumber company IresteT LUMBER ana Coai
LOOMS Lumber company, Damme Lumber
company, Little Lumber company, MeCaun
berger & Co, Martel Lumber company,
Tidball Lumber company. L. W. Cox & Co.,
Minden Lumber company, Cherny q wat
son Lumber Co, Mt. Glare Lumber COM
pany, Otoe Lumber company, c. c. Tyler
Lumber company, Thomas Ostergard & Co,
j. p Forsythe & Co., Samson a Swanson
Co, Charles Walker & Co.. Harvey LAmo-
rick company. ]. o. Walker Lumber COM
pany j. A. Gardner e. Co, PettyBrove
Lumber company, Pawnee Lumber COM
pany Upton Lumber company, A. p
Francis & Co, Powell Lumber company
z. Dowty Co, w; s. Perrin q Co. Plat
Lumber and Mercantile company, Union
Lumber company, l. l.. Weaver & Co.
| r. l. Converse & Co. Baker-Croweu Grain
company A. Powell a. Co.. Lars larson
Lumber company, Staplehurst Lumber com
pany Steinauer Lumber company, NJ i
Hayes q Co, ]. II. Melville Co, Page.
| Taylor Lumber company Blue River
Lumber company, Sack Lumber company
Sutton Lumber company, Syracuse Lumber
company. Hassett Lumber company. E. c
Houston & Co, c. r. Smith & Co, T. Z
Davies & Co, II. =. Shumway & Co.
McCaull-Webst Elevator company, West
ern Lumber company, Henry BinEer & Co.