Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-02
GOAL CASE MAY
Be ENDED TODAY
Testimony Of Defense Presented
Before Federal Judge
Marshall.
QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP
Witnesses say They DID Not l>now
Railroad Company Owned Tic
Coal NIiucs.

In all probability the Union faelilc
coal company, and its co-detendantS
under Indictment for conspiracy to
prevent ID. j.. Sharp from RECEIVING
coal after he had decided to atiow
consumers a rate of SO cents per toi
less than they were getting IRON
other dealers, will not have to Waie
longer than tonight TO learn the OUT
come OF the case. .. ,rant
Forward in e.the Federal court thls
morning, and the outlook at noon @a '3
t,n, me case would be concluaou
early this afternoon. Only TWO VII
nesse, remained unheard. Both were
for the defense, and one NAG id'. ,,
10 make his appearance WINE ~. ~
other had failed to arrive from 'i'e
east. c.,, ,,,os
,.s,nl nj III o'clock this morning,
after d. j. Sharp had been called 70
state further in detail the relatloisHlp
Of the railroad and coal compah! "
his quitting the business
The defense then took its inning
and put on in rapid succession, MI.
Moore, Mr.. Bancroft, Mr., Hucklhs nam m
and Edward L. Wilkins, chler
clerk of the oregon snort LINZ
tic department.
While 1t sought to prove through
these witnesses that Manager Moore
Of the coal company operated ehlite-
IL independently of the railroad com
pany. and that the two companies
had not quite harmony between tne't
MT. sharp sat outside of the railing
1f-tn
I'm an attentive mnnner. Frequehtl!
he muttered while MI. Moore
was on the stand. testitSlns
that he was not intiuenced in any way
by Mr.. buckingham or Mr. Bancroft 60
shut off Sharp'S coal, that he was en-
tirely independent of the railroad as
manager of the coal interests, and that
hn did not even know that the Union
Pacific Coal company was owned by
the Union Pacific railroad.
HAD READ IT IN PAPERS.
when a little later Mir. Buckingham
reiterated for himself also that he to-
was ignorant OF the ownership OF NC
Union Pacific coal mines by the .liiion
Pacific railroad. Mr.. Sharp cot'l lIp'..i
abt.t.f, t11t, n ltnuet loud enough to constl-
tute an interruption OF the court. Mt-
Buckingham's qualifying statement as
"a lis knowledge vas to the erect ti'at
he had seen in the newspapers that inc
IA ilroad Of which he was supellntefi-
dent owned the mines, but thar ne .,hu
also seen in these papers much that
was mere allegation,
w. j. Moore was the first witness
called BY the defense. He narrated
the circumstances of his refusing to de-
liver Mr.. Sharp any more coal. stating
that he had seen Sharp's advertise
ments in the paper with a rate OF oo
cents less than the other dealers We're
advertising. He received telephone calls
from the Martin Coal company, the
central Coal 6 Coke company, the
Western Fuel company, and other com
panies protesting against this praclise
on the part of Sharp.
MI. Moore concluded it was wrong
for Sharp not to act in concert Win
the other retailers so he went TO ms
office and asked him TO remove ms
advertisements showing q cut IN the
rate. Sharp replied that he was run
ming his own business and that so long
as the coal company got It's money al'u
the railroad company got It's money
~ the rates demanded, it was none OF
their business how cheaply he sold 70
nc consumer. The witness had told
him he would defeat the purpose OF
The reduction by selling over inc
counter less than the others, and MAD
sirn5 him (Sharp) to think it over ana
no would talk with him moro at tut
ure date,
coal. SHUT otF.
sharp did think it over and Moore
called again next day, when sharp
,nld him he would not retail his coal
nj the concert price, and Moore tola
him in turn that he could not get any
more coal.
This VAS before The higher officials
had figured into the case IN any WY
Tyyo kilograms ordering coal SNIP
ments to Sharp discontinued We're
submitted in evidence. One was 10
The mine manager at Cumberland ana
me other TO tho mine manager at
Rock Springs.
The matter of Alr, Sharps appeal 10
AIR. Bancroft was then taken up Moore
insisted that he went to the ralitoau
nfflce the same as he would have
rome 10 the Office of any person nc
Enew who wanted TO discuss a mat
ter connected with his business. he
arrived at at the railroad Office III
respnuse 10 n telephone message IRON
Ny Buckingham. On arriving he found
M Plaisted, assistant uatlic man
lger, with Mr. Buckingham, ana MI
Moore.
AS no DIVERTED CARS.
They asked him to tell what the tron.
lie was between him and sharp, ana
he said he would not deliver any coal