Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-21
TRUSTS ID BE PRObED
 BY JURY
Investigations Begun at Capi- tai City Against Alleged Un- lawful Combinations in Re- straint of Trade,

The investigations of Phoenix trusts and combinations alleged to be in re straint of trade, was begun yesterday by the United States grand jury. or, rather. the grand jury had been pre- viously considering complaints against various alleged unlawful combinations but it was not generally known until yesterday, when the attention of by islanders was attracted by the person. nel of the witnesses called into the grand jury room.
 It was then surmised that the lumber business in Phoenix was being looked into. says the Phoenix Republican. The surmise was strengthened when H. P. DeMund of the DeMund Lumber com pany was called. Soon after that, there was a ripple of excitement when the announcement was made that the grand jury desired to submit a report. That was a rather unusual time Of day for such proceeding.
 Mir. DeMund emerged from the room and went to a telephone and the grand iury soon after filed into the court room and handed report up to Judge Kent. who read 1t carefully and at great length. He seemed to be weigh ing the contents.
 Then the ract that the investigation of the alleged lumber trust was on, came out when Judge Kent told Mir. DeMund. who was accompanied by his attorney. l.. H. Chalmers, something about the Sherman antitrust act He told him. that under the immunity clause he could testify as to the facts of the alleged combination without in eliminating himself, but the immunity would not extend to his company or to lhe other members of the unlawful combination ir one were found to exist. The court moreover, coulS 7<der him to testify nsde- a deciSIoa of the United States supreme court in tne case of Hale ys Henkel, from New York. in connection with the investi- gation of the tobacco trust.
 Mir. Chalmers said that he had just been called into the case, and desired a conference with MT. DeMund of few minutes. The grand jury retired and in ten minutes Mir. DeMund and his attorney cam into court, when Judge Kent formally ordered him to answer such proper questions as the grand jury might propound to him. His examination vii begin at half past g o'clock this morning.
 The nature of the report of the grand jury on the refusal of Mir. DeMund to reply tot the questions asked him, was not made public, but it is understood that it contained a list of questions which were asked him.
 There had been rumors of the intend ed investigation of an elleged lumber combination and of other combinations charged with the control of other com ,p.o nctf ho Inn, Der men of Phoenix had been particu- larly bitter It was charged that trust existed almost without any at- tempt at concealment; that the mem bers of it each knew all about the bus mess of the other members; that they had put up the price of lumber to such an extent that building operations in the valley were greatly interfered with, and almost strangled, and that there was no relief except such as the United States laws would afford.
 The companies alleged to be engaged in this conspiracy are the DeMund Lumber company, the Chamberlain Lumber company, the Valley Lumber company and H. w. Ryder. It is be- iieved that the other managers, be- sides Mir. DeMund, consisting of Mir. Ryder, T. Chamberlain, and P. Corp stein, will be called before the grand jury which is believed to he in posses sion of a great deal of evidence on the part of the government. It is possible that the results of the investigation will be disclosed today.
 Another concern against which for nal complaint has been made is the alleged meat trust, whose case will be taken up immediately after the dispo- sition of the lumber inquisition. It has long been charged that P. T. Hur- ley and s. ]. Tribolet have had com plete control of the meat and cattle buying business of the valley; that the price of meat on the block has gone steadily higher, while the price of cat tie on the hoof has remained station ary, and that though there are other meat markets in Phoenix, they are un- der the control of Nessrs. Hurley and Tribclet. who not only have stifled all Independent companies, but have been able Ic drive California cattle buyers =. of the valley market. Messrs. Hurley and Tribolet not long ago merg- ed into what is called the Phoenix Meat company.
 Formal complaint has also been made against the so-called ice trust, a WHICH was lOiuitu IdSt summer. but which was afterward dis solved
 There are other concerns which have attracted the attention of the federal authorities but so far as known, suf- ficient evidence has not been secured to warrant a formal investigation.
 The United States government has been busier in this territory lately than at any time since the wholesale prosecutions a few years ago for viola tions of the Edmunds act. The fed eral eight hour law has been enforced at all the government works in ATi- zona. There was some trouble in se- curing the enforcement of it on the works at Yuma, but now it is faith fully observed there.
 A few days ago United States Attor- ney Alexander received word from Contractor C'Rourke in charge of the works at Roosevelt asking that the Quforcorr,auf of if ha raSfnoood there