The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-03
GOVERNMENT SUIT
AGAINST HARTMAN
1t Has Been Filed in the United
States Circuit Court
At Salt Lake.
OTHER DEFENDANTS NAMED
ATTORNEY-GENERA SEEKS TO
SMASH RAILROAD COMBiNA-
TON AND ASKS THAT AN IN
JUNCTION BE ISSUED.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 6
United States Attorney Hiram r.
Booth, acting under the direction of
the Attorney General has filed in the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of Utah, sitting at Salt
Lake City, a petition or bill in equity
in which the United States is made
complainant and the Union Pacific
| Railway company, the Oregon Short
Line Railroad company, the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation company, the
San Pedro, Los Angeles q Salt Lake
Railroad company. the AtchisOn, To
peka & Santa Fe Railway company,
the Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany, the Northern Pacific Railway
company, Great Northern Railway
company, Farmers Loan and Trust
company, Edward II. Hartman. Jacob
II. Schiff Otto ii. Kahn, James Still
man, Henry II. Rogers, Henry c.
F'rick and William \. Clark. defen-
dant5.
The bill sets out in detail the sew
eral agreements, contracts and opera
lions by which the several defendants,
Hartman, Schiff. Kahn, Stillman,
Rogers, Prick and Clark at various
times since Jan. l. 1901, are alleged to
have secured for themselves and 9TH
ers the management and control Of
the various defendant roads, their
branches and steamship lines and to
have ever since operated them in re-
stTaint of trade and commence among
| hn CT ,xri+
in violation of the act of congress. ap-
proved July 2. 1890. entitled An act
TO protect trade and commerce against
unlawful restraint and m0nOpolies."
Combination and Conspiracy.
The bill alleges combination and
conspiracy among the defendants in
derOgatiOn OF the common rights of
all the people of the United States.
and asks: That the individual defen-
dants named. and their associate
stockholders and each and every ner.
son combining or cOnspiring with
them and their trustees, agents, and
assigns, present or future. be perpetu-
ally cnjoined from doing any and ev-
cry act or thing in furtherance of the
combination or conspiracy or tending
TO carry out the cons piracy described
in this bill of complaint, or intended
10 complete control or partial control
of said completing lines of railway by
the Union Pacific Railroad company.
the Oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany, or the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company or their officers
directors and executive committees
or in the control legal or practical.
of any personal or persons. associa-
tons or corporations, acting for or in
lieu Of said Union Pacific Railroad
company, or the Oregon Short Line
Railroad company. or the Oregon Rail
road and Navigation company, in car
rying out the unlawful combination or
conspiracy hereintofore charged
Signed by 5onaparte.
The prayer to the court respecting
the Union Pacific Railroad company.
the Oregon Short Line Railroad COM
pany and the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company is substantially
repeated in all its important particu-
lars as to all of the Other defendant
railroads named In the title of the
case and III each instance the defen-
dant stockholders. officers, dire ctOrs
and agents are asked to be perpetual
II enjoined from voting such stock.
whether by proxy or otherwise. and
from paying any dividends upOn such
stock to any OF the parties unless
authorized by the court and from rec
ognizing rs valid any transfer. mort
gage, pledge or assignment of the
stock of the defendant roads. unless
authorized by the court.
TIE bill is signed by Hiram F.
Booth. attorney for the United States
for the district OF Utah: Charles J.
Bonapartc. attorney genera! OF the
United States: Milton d. Purdy, asSi>-
tanr 10 the Acknowledgement: Frank
r. kellogg. c \. Severance. snecial
assistant 10 the attorney general of
ths United States