Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-20
UNION PACIFIC COAL CO.
coporation Must Answer For
Restraint OF Interstate
Trade.
reh, Alleged Oncnscs Investigated
and Half are Ignored--Win be
No Special Nenlre Issued.

Four indictments were handed TO
Judge John A. Marshall this morning
when the federal grand jury rendered
h. report for the November term
4 Eight alleged violations Of the federal
statutes we're Investigated, the jury ig
4 rorine four. one corporation and three
i individuals are now charged with Of
tnscs against the provisions Of the
iars Of the United states. The corpora
4tIor win probably be served today
while the three persons charged with
licenses are lodged in tho county Jail
10 await trial.
Before the grand jury's report was
roniered, Dist. Atty. Hiram f. Booth
uttered a nolles prosequi in the case OF
he United States against the Union
pacific Coal company and others. Thus
WAS dismissed the Indictment against
hem IN which they were charged with
having Disseminated against d. j.
sharp, former coal dealer Of this city.
when the grand jury reported. among
b. true bills was one against the
e'nion Pacific Coal company containing
! Wo counts Under the act Of Congress
fpproved July 2, 1890, generally known
] the Sherman antitrust law, the
t'nl0n Pacific Coal company and others
re- charged with a violation Of this act
J. restraint of trade between Wyoming
&nd Utah. IN that they refused TO sell To
u j. sharp az the time he was In busl-
re- as a coal dealer OF this city. II is
y morally known. as was shown at the
IL yestigation conducted by the inter-
II bic commerce commission. that when
Ia sharp concern advertised coal at
nv rate than the market price gem
cfbl prevailing at that time the On-
ion Pacific Coal company refused 70 MI
lofc y out OF business. In the second
.onht the ordinary clause charging con-
spiracy 10 violate the United States
eodc is found.
VIOLATED POSTAL LAW.
Harry Hydeman Miller. a young man
arrested some time ago In Emery coun-
III. IS charged with tearing a United
states mail sack at a station along the
Rio Grandc. He has been In custody
slnce his arrest. lie will be given an
Of portunity to procure bail when he Is
afraigned.
Antonio Bernardo. an Ogden man, IS
charged with the Serious offense OF
Keeping an Indian woman for immoral
purposes In defiance Of the United
States statutes in relation TO Indian
fairs. He Is in custody ana has been
Fince his case came 20 the attention OF
he United States officials.
Thomas A. Morgan, whose other and
true name is unknown to the jury, is
charged with passing counterfeit coin
NJ a fruit stand conducted I'm this city
by John II. Thornc, He was arrested
.u the act by the local police and turned
over TO the United states officials, who
have kept him IN custody siuce his ar
rest
The names of the persons or corpora
lions against whom tho alleged viola
lions were charged by the government,
put which were ignored by the grand
bury. are withheld by the governments
attorneys.
THE JURYMEN.
The grand jury was composed OF the
following George Alfred, Ephraim'
George Beard. Coalvillc, r. y, Ben
boo Mt Pleasant. r. j. Cook. Green
River, Joseph NJ. Greer, Spanish Fork.
goscph s. Clark, Pennington, W II.
arnsworth clerk, Salt Lake; j r.
srdncr salt Lake; @. r. Holmgren.
Bear River Benjamin Hughes, Spanish
ork: j. L. Lawson. Salt Lake. John
Lowry. Mant; James 4. Loveless.
Provo Robert Murdoch Logan; Charles
lields. Park City; Robert Thornley,,
imithneld John W. Tate. Tooele; John
Weir. IN, foreman. salt Lake. e. w.
Wade Ogden.
EXPENSE OF JURY
The total amount paid out by the
ovcmmcnt for the grhd jury was
$3.50 including per diem and mile
lo. Jurors are paid SO per day for
l1air services and 8 cents per mile Tor
railroad mileage and 40 cents per mile
'lr overland mileage. The total num-
ar of miles travelled boy the grand jur-
rs was 2,252 miles by rail and 30 milos
overland
SO SPECIAL NENIRE
WHOM tho Jurors rendered their report
T'y were discharged by the court from
iIrthcr service during the November
I'D OF court After the jury's report
Hi been rendered, United states Dist
Nty Hiram r. Booth stated that there
world b. DO special venIre issued. 30
i-It speculation as 20 further examin-