Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-01
ROADS ARE ENJ0|NED
Temporary Writ Against
Transportation Lines.
HEARING IN JULY PROBABLY
Western Trunk Lines Committee
Medium of Conspiracy
GOVERNMENT CHARGES FILED
Com bination in Restraint of Trade
Enters Into Traffic Agreement
to Injury of Shippers.
GOVERNMENT CHARGES FILED

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The temporary
restraining order which Federal
Judge Dyer ISSUED last night ut Ham
nibaI. prohibiting twenty-five railroads
from advancing freight rates. was cert
flied to the United States circuit court
here this morning.
| Processes against the defendants
were prepared and will be served by
United States marshalx in the districts
where the different railroads have their
general Offices.
| Under orders Of Attorney General
Wfckersham an eNpeditins certificate,
providing for speedy determination
of the issues, was fled. 4 copy of the
expetiifinG order was mailed this morn
ing to Circuit Judges Sock, Sanborn,
Van Devanter and Adams
Temporary Injunction Granted.
| HANNIBAL. Mo, May 31.-Twenty-
five western railroads were temporarily
| restrained last night by United States
District Judge David F. Dyer from en-
forcing or making a general advance
| i'll interstate freight rates, scheduled
for June l.
| The injunction was granted on q pc
| tition filed by the government on the
allegation that the advances in rates
out competition and in violation of the
Sherman act.
Charles a. Houts, United States dis
trict attorney at st. Louis. says that
today, by direction of the Attorney
General, the proceedings would b Ger
titled to in the circuit court in ST. Louis,
before United States Judges Sanborn,
Hook, Handkerchief and Adams.
Hearing in July Probably.
If the defendants do not come into
court with a petition to dissolve the in
| junction, he said, the case would come
| UP for hearing on the first Monday in
| July before the equity division of the
circuit court
The petition was filed in the United
States circuit court at st. Louis yester-
| day afternoon.
| ing order issue the proposed advances
would become effective at midnight last
| night to the grave harm and injury of
| the people OF the United States
The petition ON which the injunction
was issued presented to Judge Dyer
| by Edwin r. Grosvenor of Washington.
| special assistant to the Attorney Cen
eral. and Frederick n. Judson of ST
| Louis. acting as special counsel. 1t was
| signed by George W. Wickersham Attor-
| ney General: William S. Kenyon, assist
| ant to the Attorney General, and CHARLES
| A. Houts United States district attorney.
The roads restrained from increa sing
| their freight rates today are: The Mis-
| souri, Pacific Railway Company: Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad Company: Chi
cage, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Com
pany: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road Company; Wabash Railroad Company:
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
Company: Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany; Chicago and Alton Railroad Com
pany: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee
Railroad Company; Chicago. Great West
ern Railway Company: Missouri Kansas
and Texas Railway Company; St Louis
and San Francisco Railroad Company;
Quincy, Omaha. and Kansas City Railroad
Company; ST. Paul and Des Moines Rail-
road Company: Minneapolis and St Louis
Railroad Company; Iowa Central Rail-
road Company: Fort Dodge, Des Moines
and Southern Railroad Company: Chi
cage, ST. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha
Railroad Company; Elgn, Joliet and
Eastern Railroad Company: Chicago,
Peoria and St Louis Railroad Company
of Illinois: Chicago, Milwaukee and
Georgia Railway Company: Minneapolis.
ST. Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railroad
Company; Kansas City Southern Railroad
Company: Chicago, Indiana and Southern
Railroad COMPANY; the Western Trunk
| Lines Committee