The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-09
No Conspiracy in the Anthra-
cite Field, According to the
Opinion of Three United
States Circuit Court Judges.
LAW VIOLATED AS TO THE
TEMPLE IRON COMPANY
With That Combination Re-
strained From Doing BuSi-
ness, Situation viii Be the
Same as Before It Organized
PRICES WILL BE KEPT UP

II HILADEIPHIA. he.
II tnited states circuit court for the
H.. easI district Of Pennsylvania. to-
naf decided that there T. M r-cn.r,T
conspiracy among the anfhr,rIs. ,..s
caFNtnE roads or coal s.ornpanfr. a., -
Isln commerce 60 monopoIIrr IN.
" DID decide that che T-u,pf. 49,, ~
PHnS - combination OF anthracite
~ ',s'rrltnE railroads In Violation OF
me sherman anti-truSt law
The court granted the pra.,.r - -.
80 N'Enhlcnt Tor mn injunction r~sfrng,-
,ia,. maj corporation from, continulnr
substance o. that the uov.r,,,,,.... 49,
only ono % scvcr-l points. thai 4. a.
snplc Iron coEnpHny caSc. and tbnf
cb.nv. ~ ,ll- VIII not be compelled "a.
o"ahee the present Bri-cs OF coal.
The case was heard by Judges gsorg,
gray Joseph Burlington and William
IT, tanning last February. Three
opinions were handed down late ttfs
s.tern"on and each differs from ana
Judge Gray dismissed an OF ,r. 600.
~ ~ A. : eha rges except that relating
~ tnf emple Iron company. which he
Judge Burlington dismissed an Ga.
charges except the ono .s-sfr,-. re
tmpie company and ono rcfati,.- t.
- $50 1--WE per cent contract oVfef-
ne f5Netn we big c1rporations ami
sustained the charges w riofafio, ,s
''T on these two points.
,oStuase tanning dismissed an the com
''9 mace nN Oh" government
List Of Defendants.
The suit was filed IN June 1907 1,,--
.nk FIesloent EooScVcIt'g adrrfrf-f,,
USon. The defendants inrIudcd tL,
IcSJi-s COMPANY. the Philadelphia A.
N,t@qusls railway. the Tohi.-b N~r.,,-
railroad. the Delaware. T5oi,7',-...s.....,....'
'SS.tIu railroad. the Central Uaffrc...f
NtW Jersey. the Erie railroad a.
NtW SuSUUongnnq a. TEoef.,.. - LIZ .'-'
the philadelphia a Rcs5f,- is..W'
aLon cpnpa ny. the I.chiuh VALID. -,,T
80, pahN. the Lehigh a. NilEnrt,,,.
Come. ~. ishN; the PennSvlva1fn Coal
ul- tn9 hillside Coal a. IRON ~or,-
bsnl. Ike New York. Sugouob.r,, q
~ IHttIn ioaf COMPANY. tho Torr,r,fo r-.o',,
a o.,,l,a ilA. and about forty so-raflcd in
dependent coal companies The +h,
otner anthracite roafs 49,, .s 20
NolNed IN the suit as tre,. ,~or, ,,.
.viupeutors ln carrying anthracite D.,
tt NaIe,- they are the PcunsylvanIa.
Le NeW YORK. Ontario a. Voeforu .l,i
the Delaware q Hudson.
i"e theory or the government case
VS. tnat an defendants had long been
pa.tles % "a general conspiracy which
''.-rteu competition i'm anthracite coal.
ne Independent coal companies vers
brought into the case through mo So
80 r.',tu siiNll i've per ccnt contract ,
product O. tho big companies Tor si,fr-
I've per cent OF tine price the big com
lanics receive FOR De- az tide water.
Forced 20 Wake Contracts.
The government conteuded that the
independents were forced into u,a,xfrrr-
these contracts because there was no
other way to get thcir coal Co market.
f the big companies choose TO dis
eliminate against them fn the matte
Or cars and rates
The judges. in taxing up tho matter
or the siNty-five pcr cent contracts.
Continued On PaEc Ninc.D