The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-01
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ready Nv report ~ Tuesday notices. res
10 las,ied that day announcing tatea for
hearing tbe New York Central oncefs
There 10 q possibility that the commission
may ask tho Nav York Central 10 Appsa .
before II In Phiiadelphia the latter part of
next week. The names ~ those who will bs
summoned will not be made public until
the commission h ready 20 act,
when you are hunting for rats said q
Government official. 'it's never profitable
10 bell tho cat"
A prolonged meeting was held In I he
Offices % the commission to-day and plans
for q continuance Of tho inquiry nov In
progress under the authority Of the Tillman.
Gillespie resolution we're discussed.
AZ the conclusion Of the conference the
announcement was made that officers Of the
Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania
railroads would be heard Tomorrow, On
Tuesday next the hearing begun In Phila-
delphia some days G will be continued.
On that occasion, II IL believed. President
Caseatt will be called upon to tell what he
knows concerning the possession 10y SUBJ
ordinate officers Of his road OF the stock Of
coal concerns that originate trifio carried
by tho Pennsylvania lines.
John B. Thayer, fourth vioe-president
Of the Pennsylvania, had O conference
with the commission this morning and it is
understood that he brought information
10 Washington that President Csssatt
would arrive in this country in time to APP
pear before the commission Tuesday.
On June IA another meeting will be held
In Cleveland 10 hear witnesses that tbs
Standard Oil Company Is anxious to bring
forward to refut, or explain evidence
which was furnished the commission at
the hearings recently held in Chicago and
Cleveland. just what the STANDARD eX-
poets to be able to show at this hearing
is unknown to members Of the Commission
but ut both the Chicago and Cleveland.
hearings the attorneys representing it
were urgent hat an opportunity be given
them to present their side Of the case, and
it is understood that they will undertake
to refute the most damaging evidence that
was laid before the mission and. in
some instances, to impeach the witnesses
put forward by the independents.
No further evidence is expected from the
independents, as 1t is Understood that the
opponents Of the Standard are content for
the present to rest their case on the testi-
mony already adduced. But this does not
mean that nothing adverse to the oil trust
will be brought out at the coming meeting,
for it is possible that witnesses produced
by the Standard may be made 10 furnish
evidence that will strengthen the case Of the
independents. This may be done in the
cross-examination to which the witnesses
will be subjected by attorneys represent
ing the independent interests.
C. D.. Chamberlain. secretary Of the
National Petroleum Association, who has
been here this week in conference with
members Of the commission, was success
full in getting an agreement that attorneys
Of the independents should be permitted to
c~ross-examine the Standards witnesses.
This means that the commission will have
the benefit of the technical information
concerning the oil business possessed by
the independents, In addition 10 the services
which the special counsel for the commits
sion, Messrs. Monnett and Marohand. can
render, and lie a guarantee that the Standard
will be unable TO bolster up its case by the
testimony Of witnesses who will tell only
one side OF the story.