New-York tribune., 1910-12-07
Sixteen Firms and Thirty-tW0
individuals Now Made
Defendants.
INDICTMENTS AT DETROIT
Grand Jury Acts After a Secret
Session-New York Men
and Firms Among Those
Accused.


suit that indictments We're returned by
the federal grand jury to-day against
sixteen firms and thirty-two individ-
uals alleged TO have secured control OF
81 per cent OF the annual output OF
enamel ironware bathtubs. sinks lava
tories and similar ware in the United
States
The criminal proceedings grew out OF
a civil suit to dissolve the alleged com
bination begun by the government IN
the federal court at Baltimore, hearings
beng held in Chicago. Pittsburg and
New York within the last forty days.
The evidence adduced in the hearings
o4 the civil suit was presented TO the
grand jury here by Edwin P Grosvenor.
special assistant 10 the Attorney Gen
eral. United States District Attorney
Frank H Watson. of Detroit. and Joseph
Darling. special agent OF the Department
% Justice. Secret hearings began here
yesterday. but nothing was given out
until the indic--~ents We're handed down
this afternoon.
Il Is charged by the federal officials
that as the result Of ten days meeting
at Mount Clemens. Mich, last April, a
fund of S7.e9 was sufficient 10 set in
motion q plan that resulted in giving TO
Ihe defendants control Of sixteen manu-
1acturers and nearly 400 jobbers, repre-
senting an output OF approximately ten
million dollars a yea
Both the civil suit started at Balti-
more and the criminal proceedings begun
here haze been instituted under the
Sherman antitrust law.
Tire Accused Men and Firms.
The defendant firms in the criminal
proceedings are as follows:
The Standard Sanitary Manufacturing
Company. Pi-sburg; A Weiskittel &
Sons Company, Baltimore: the Barnes
Manufacturing Company, Mansfield.
Ohio; the CahII Iron Works. Chatta-
aooSa Tenn; Colwen Lead Company,
New York City the Day-Ward Com
lany. Warren. Ohio; the Humphreys
Manufacturing Company, Mansfield,
OHIO: Kerner Manufacturing Company,
Pirtsburg- the J 1. Mott Iron Works.
New York City AcNay * Walker. Brad
dock Penn, the McCrlIm- Howell COM
Iany. New York City; the National SAM
Iary Manufacturing Company. Salem,
Chic; the UTticn Sanitary Manufactur-
ing Company, Noblesville, Ind. L Wolf
Manufacturing Company, Chicago: the
y
Wheeling. ". Va; the United States
Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Pitts
burg
The individual defendants are as fol-
lows:
Theodore Ahrens. Prancis j Torrance.
z L Dawes and W A Myler, respec-
lively president. first and second vice
residents and treasurer OF the Standard
Sanitary Manufacturing Company.
c NJ Voegele and T R Barnes, presi-
dent ana secretary OF the Barnes Manu-
featuring Company
Frank H Caldwell and J J. Mahony
president and vice president Of the Ca
hin Iron Works.
Jesse T Duryea and Burt o Tilden.
president and secretary OF the COlWel
l-cad Company.
" .. Winfleid and A G Ward. presi-
dent and ice-president Of the Day-Ward
Company.
NJ. Ford and Reid Carpenter. presi-
dent and secretary of the Humphreys
Manufacturing Company
J A Frauenheim. president ana treas
1rror Of the Kerner Manufacturing Com
Iany
Jcrdan L Mott and Max Goebel.
president and secretary Of the J. L Mott
Iron Works
Thomas walker and Alex c. Walker
Jrcsider1 and director Of McVay &
Walker.
LLOYD {. McCrum and Howard T.
cetes president and secretary OF the
NcCrurl-HoveIl Company
Frank G Borden and D W Davis
president and secretary OF the National
SANITARY Manufacturing Company.
|. { Huesnlan and E Y. Brigham.
president and secretary OF the Union
Sanitarr Manufacturing Company.
Charles r. Arrott and a H Cline. jr,
president and secretary Of the United
States Sanitary Manufacturing Com
panv.
Anton Weiskittel, president Of A
TTelskettel & Sons Company: Ludwig
Wolf and Herman NJ Hoeischer, presi-
dent and secretary OF the I. WolN
Manufacturing Company.
J E Wright and George W Franz
hein. president and secretary Of the
Wheeling Enamelled Iron Company
The TWO indictments against each de-
fendant contain six and four counts re-
spectively, and charge that the defend
ants. controlling 81 per cent OF the an
r1ial output. combined 20 restrain the
trade o. manufacturers and OF 1obbers
OF plumbing supplies by refusing TO sell
70 iobbers handling the goods Of So
called independents. by the fixing Of re
sale prices by the division OF the United
States into eleven zones. and refusing TO
sell 10 lnttltFS y no AifAl0 tiDl IlHAlAluilil
1he resale prices esta blished by the al
leged agreement Of the defendants. II
s charged that the effect Of these re-
sale prices is 10 make the price Of the
articles manufactured by the combina-
ZION the same throughout the United
States and TO eliminate the competition
Of iobbers as well as of manufacturers.
Use OF the Boycott Charged.
The indictments charge also that the
defendants compelled the jobbers TO
enter into uniform contracts. and that
all the defendants refused to sell to any
1obber unless he would sign such q con-
tract.
The government officials took the
ground that the evidence taken in the
civil suit established that the defendants
attempted TO disguise their combination
l,v the subterfuge Of purchasing the pat
.nts on certain tools and licensing GER
-ajn firms TO use these tools
The government places great weight
,1pon the testimony of Edwin L. Way
,nan Of Pittsburg. who is described as
,he Iicenser of the alleged combination.