The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
U.S.. NDICTS UTAH COAL TRUST
CRIMINAL SUITS AGAINST THE
HARRIWAN-GOULD COMBINE.
Union Pacific and Oregon short In
charged with DISCRIMINATION Coal
Companies and Ofrcers and Agents
Charged with Censpirac y and Per jury.

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. THE United
States Court Grand Jury to-day presented
indictments against the following corpora
tons and individuals:
The Union Pacific Railroad Company.
The Union Pacific Coal Company.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad Com
pany.
Everett Buckingham Of Salt Lake, general
superintendent of the Oregon Short Line.
James N. Moore Of Salt Lake, general
sales agent Of the Union Pacific Coal Com
pany in Salt Lake.
!, II. G. Williams Of Salt Lake, general
manager Of the Utah Fuel Company.
Robert Forester Of Salt Lake, geologist
for the Utah Fuel Company and Pleasant
Valley Coal Company.
William D. Foster of Salt Lake, secre-
tary to Robert Forester.
George A. Moore, civil engineer, en-
ployed by the Utah Fuel Company.
Elroy II. Clark, attorney for the Titan
Fuel Company in Denver.
Alexander Cawie, chief clerk in the Fuel
Company's Denver Office,
p. W. Spaulding, Union Pacific attorney
at Evanston, Wyo.
Theodore Schultz of Salt Lake.
The indictments against the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, the Union Pacific Coal
Company, Buckingham and Moore are
brought under sections 3 and 10 of the
amended Interstate Commerce Act OF 1887,
They charge undue preference and discrim-
ination against a coal shipper and consumer
and submitting him to undue prejudice.
The evidence was brought ont al the
hearing in Salt Lake before Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Charles A. Prouty
in September. ID. j. Sharp Of Salt Lake
testified at that time. and his evidence
was corroborated. that he was forced ont
Of business because he cut the price set
by the coal combin alton of Gould and
Hartman.
At that time, having broken with the
Gould company, he was getting his supply
Of coal in Salt Lake rom the Union Pacific
Coal Company. The price to dealers was
cut last summer for "A short time 10 induce
them 70 store supply for the winter, but
the retail price was ordered TO remain the
same.
Sharp cut the retail price. The Union
Pacific Coal Company and its allies promptly
refused to ship him any more coal, and as
the combine controlled the local situation
he was forced 10 retire from business,
losing all the money he had put into his
business.
The cases against the Utah Fuel Com
pany officials are connected with the al
| legged frauds in obtaining Utah coal lands
Forester is charged with being a leader in
these acts. The indictments charge con-
| spiracy and fraud. The crimes alleged
consisted of hiring dummies" 10 file on
coal lands in a manner contrary TO law com
hitting perjury and ~defrauding the Gov
eminent.
Theodore Schultz and Geor &c A, Moore,
two Of the dummies, are also indicted.
This, however. was for perjury before the
Grand Jury.
Spaulding is indicted for perjury before
the Interstate Commerce Commission IN
connection with similar coal land frauds
in Wyoming by the Union Pacific. He was
one of the Union Pacific agents and dunn
mics.
The Interstate Commission in its lnve-ti-
cation refused TO allow any Of the coal or
railroad company officials TO give evidence,
thus withholding from them any possible
chance for immunity.
To-day's report Of the Grand Jury was
only a preliminary statement Of its work
The jury has not been dismissed and will
resume it's inquiry after the holidays.
The Government has already taken steps
looking 70 the recovery OF the coal lands got
by devious methods by the Gould and Harri-
man concerns from the public domain.