Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-12
WILL Try TO SMASH
HARD COAL MONOPOLY.
Department of Justice Makes a
Statement Of What Il PFC
poses 10 20.
hot AFTER The BIG COMBINE
1t Has Prevented other Roads Which
Would Have Allowed Competition
To DO CONSTITUTED to Tidewater--
Trust Forced Independent Opera
tors to Sign It's own Contracts.
(py associated Press,

Il, (by associated Press.)
WASHINGTON June LITTLE
following statement was made pub.
lie at the Department of Justice to-
day. "The petition which Will be
the United States circuit court at
Philadelphia Is aimed mt the anthra-
cite coal monopoly. The rending
company. holding corporation the
Philadelphia & Reading hallway
company, the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company, tho Delaware, Lackawann
"a Western Railroad company, the
Central Railroad of New Jersey, the
Erie Railway company and the New
York. SusQnehanna 81 Western rail-
road company comprising all the rail-
roads that tap the anthracite re.
gions save the Pennsylvania, the
New York, tho Ontario,the Western,
!. the Delaware G. Hudson, which does
not extend TO tldewhtcr, are made
defendants. together with their sub
salaries coal mining companies. As
yet no evidence of sufficient probative
forco to connect the three last nam
ed railroads with the alleged unlaw-
full combination and monopoly have
been found. Should the evidence be
Forthcoming In. the porgress OF the
trial they may, and of course will,
be Joined with the other defendants.
What the Conspiracy Charges.
1.-THE petition charges that the de-
PENDANTS have conspired to silence
competition among themselves In
the transportation and sale OF coal
and prevent the sale OF the indepen-
dent output In competition with their
y NUN fhnrahvA nci n hlicl,irYe tpnnnt,ntyh
and In support OF this general allie
cation 1t specifies that the defendant
i railroads agreed among themselves
upon Il uniform contract to .be enter
ed into by ticm or their coal COM
panies with the independents opera,
I tors along their respective lines, un.
der which the railroads would be able
s to control the sale OF the independent
i>output and that by virtue OF their
control of NIL, i the,s means of trans.
portntion from the nSsylracite mines
to tidewnter save the IInts tof tie
pennsylvania railroad companies and
the New York, Ontario & Western
RAILWAY company, the defendant rails
roads We're able 10 force aud practi:
cally did force the independent oper-
ators along their llnes into making
tifese contracts. And further that
twice In recent years tile defendants
& protected independent railroads from
the mines to Stidewater which, would
mot only hnVe introduced competi-
5tion into the transportation OF an.
thrncite coal but would llnve permit.
ted the output OF the independent
operators to he sold In the markets
IN competition with that or the de.
PENDANTS.
Want All Contracts Cancelled.
The petition prays generally that
the defendants be enjoined from
further CARRYING out their combina.
q tlons and specifically that above de.
4 serlbed contracts be cancelled and
that the mergers between the Erie
4 81 New York. Susquehana & Western
companies and their coal COMPANIES
and between the Phialdelphia g
b Heaulng railroad companies and tho
Senlral railroad of New Jersey and
t li'S coal companies BIO dissolved.
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