The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-08
THREE COUNTS RETURNED
AGAINST THE COMPANY
Concern Organized as Selling
Agency 10 Prevent Com
petition, is Alleged
(By Associated Press.)

Pitisburg, Pa, April 5. The Inn
pera Window Glass company, incor-
porated in West Virginia, and which
lacks but one week OF being a year
old, .,as indicted by special Fed
,aal grand Jury here on three counts
First. conspiracy in the restraint
ct hand blown window glass trade IN
The United States.
Second, engagement in Illegal com
petition.
Tbird, attempt to monopolize IN
terstate t'ade.
The officials and directors OF the
Imperial Window Glass company, are
named in the Indictment, are:
President, Myron L. Chase, Of
! Maumee. o.: vice president, NJ. j,
4 Healy, OF Bradford, Pa; treasurer, \.
G. sayre Of Morgantown, W. Va; di-
iectors, Thomas Spillane, New Beth
! lehcm, Pa. c. w. Morenus, Kane,
/ Pa. Thomas Camp, president or
Smithport Window Glass company
William l.. Graham, Masontown, Pa;
reliy Steinbcrger, Clarkshurg, w
va, J. w. brewster. Weston, W. Va,'
J.. G.. Sayre, .Morsantown, w. Va; G.
p. Cole. Lancaster, o., Q. G. league
Utica, N. Y. frank Basin, vincennes,
Ind: +. Il. Weae Kansas City, Mo-:
IA Hudson, Chanute, Kar. and u. I.
Eaker, Corey, Kan,
The secretary Of the company, y
Il. Johnston Of pittsburg was not
named In the indictment. He appear
CO as the principal witness for the
government and may, it is said, be
granted immunity from criminal pros
cculion. lie produced before the Jury
mass of hooks, papers, letteFs ana
, ether data. The presentment, now
ever. was based as well on the lesli
nony Of number of other Witnesses
Who had been summoned IRON many
western cities
The indictment sets forth that the
company has from the beginning act
ed as selling agency aud has pre-
vented competition by pereuadina
Ennd inducing corporations, partner
tsbips and individuals in the window
/. rlnss trade to enter into contfacl
2 with the agency to sell their enllrl
outputs of hand blown glass ant
: flat the attendants were able TO es
+ iablish. fix and maintain arbitrary
( unreasonable and noncompctlliv'
4 prices for window glass greatly II
e excess of prices which would pre-
vail If said defendants had not en-
n gagged in unlawful conspiracy.
4 Ii is charged that when glass blow
Z ms concerns declined to enter sucl
, agreements, the defendants proceed
d eI to lease these factories with IN
n purpose to monopolize the trade an
+. restrain interstate commerce.
j. The company is said TO control rae
d tories I'm TEN states. viz. Illinois, III
+ dana. Kansas, Massachusetts. Mich
y gan North Carolina New York. Ohi
p Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
: The Imperial Window Glass com
n pany is capitalized at s250,0OO, 0
r. which amount Si76000 is paid in. Du
e. Ing fac four days inquisition test
|. monv. some officially learned, was &
n tho effect that the company ha
d cleared St50.000 above all expenses
n The eomndnies which were Above
i By the alleged agreement to sell onl
Il 10 the Impe'ial company, numbe
- slAlf-slAi itNl Nlea'"''H- '.'P. '"''"e,'
Of between s1Qoo.d 600 and SS,0u1,QO'
Is OF these sixiy.six companies 1t wa
d testified that twelve were kept clos
o. ed, The ialeness involving an expens
n o. $4,000 year.
n District Attorney Jordan said tha
the price Of window glass had II
n creased abJul 60 per cent since III
" incornoratiOn OF the Imperial Windo
n Glass c0mnlny.