The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-27
NAME CASSAIT AS
THE AUTHOR
OF RUIN
COAL PRODUCER .ELL3 EOU Hen
WAS WRECKED BY THE
RAILROADS.
CUT HIS TONNAGE DOWN
More Startling ara -srsational Evi.
dences Of CRIT un.art.tcd ny
the interstate ccmmcrcs
comni-si3..

the interstate ccmmerca
commi1sio9.
| Philadelphia, May aG Alexander j.
Cassatt was boldly caafgal sola7 "
a cnce wealthy coal nrasEnc.r e.tifs.
ing at the Interstate commerca favesff
gaticn OF PENNSYLVANIA railro4d rraft
and alleged blackna ling methods,
with being not cnls IN auth0 Oh Els
woes, but as haYing Issued oder d
grating subordinate whiah Eav
driven scores Of indencn1ant onarasof
to the verge rf rrin
Another sen atienal feature of fae
days probing wa sawta aasiironv
by Chief Eng Hcer Ioeenh N csa
ford Of the Pennsylyan'a rlilvnaa ha
NJ partners III The bHHalsljn os
G0000 acre tarc b. coal an1 lhsaber
land in West Nirgiaia was Wee IRE +
dent Rea of the Pnna ylvania ana
hningham p, Morri@ < eennsvivania
director. Amazing as NAV afp
Effingham r. Morris wa ve rffss
chosen one Of the cowrigtva b. ae
Pennsylvania directors 70 inve 'safa
| the accused como ateN
Plans swcevl~q ,-ve- tir- -.
! During The ron recess rh7is
Knapp of the intea-t-ta cor~rittea
announced that th p:oairg wss ref fa
stop here. hrt v+arld arih,ie ba
York Central TIRE re ~ ~- 4a
road and its hi'uwiunrs c-al irfas
the Buffalo. R0rhat ter ana Pm tFse
the Bnfalo, Eh7wnlus andA Nov< AGRA
land the SuaqnelanHa raiipNads
Hardly a4ara aassaissgaE enxaasst
lin the uni'ed states Il II fsrare 4
thorough hou ecl aning lnVe Igatina
Alarmed, Il n sad, BIZ III 4 nstosn'-
| ing disclosures made tilrirg the past
week, Pre- i,ient Casaatt sailrI fpf
Philadelphia today On tae amerisa
This was announced at tire Pen- syl
vania offices According ta cauaia ai
missions made by Acting Pres Ienf
John p, Green and o'her executives of
the road. A. J. Cas- att ii resolved tt
90 on the stand next weak and e.ear
himself OF the grave charges he now
faces.
BY an odd ccinci;en-e rews of hi
homecoming reacne. the inte state
commerce comwis 'Ga @hlle r Al.
fred Won Boynebu gil, manager Of tha
REX rt Rros Coal company in tha
Cleartield region was on the stint.
His testimony was a series Of e-gp'o-
sious and marked climax 70 heir
ing already interviewer win eensa-
tions.
Forced Out Of Rusiness.
Asked by the commi in WAY hig
business had siumred FROM IN oItput
Of 10000 ten in 1904 70 less than
$1,000 tons last year, The witness ex-
claimed lramat cally.
The Penn ylyanla railroad put me
out Of busiue s. | was deliberately
flo2en out N; cugh oiers. Somebody
way up gave these orders which were
obeyed implicitly al iown the line"
You believe then. tlat high exeeu-
tives of the road gaze those orders?e
asked government counsel
High exocutioners. net merely a.
ecutive',' was the angry correction
Il believe Alaxanfet J. Cassatt S re
man re ponslbls 7 a'sa claim that he
control ihe Reading the Baltimore
and Ohio aud tbc n lolk AMI Yves ern
railroads through the communi y o. IN
tercst plan That neraicious ,ombina
ton is VIVA caableF few favored
compaHi io prasper enormously ana :
>rwh ou' scores 90 inIcp-ndeat opsr-
ators"
Tells Of Struggle.
Pcnt mp inligrat on. cansel by yeafs
cf oppre ION On thc pari nj The vast
Pennsi lvsnia ystem. struggled for ev-
preston as the speaker went on to
ten hos his three cole les the LoT-
rame gecAr and PsnR-had besn
running at Iishear'eairg loss for
ibitty-six months B-cau Of mere
less dis C'.rirat N shown hy the
Pennsyitania one Of the suits was.
be- ssil taal vast Quantities of coal
which De- had contract d tn ell az
'f.t3 aud sil5. cos him sisS a tor.
% delive- fc aiiei With a show OF
ellinr lhlt DC sal remained in busi-
'e. hoping against hope tAst s1me
emc1y would evsnmaie and ave the
wreck Of b s. camp.
Tro net coal companie Il The PCna-
yirsnia be designated as the Be-wina-
Waite tle Kerstose ana ID. E Wi
ams & Co The frs two are knoxa
IS Ca-saft companies
Pressed for a further explanations e
is rever O. through inability 10 get
arr. Won Boyneburg1 svore il was
us PRIMARILY 10 his rs-ssal 10 dis.
i-iling ga'ufies among Psnnssl-
aria officials and employees
Graf tisc'osures did not occar %