The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-26
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ThlRTY SEVEN MEN THAT WE'RE
INDICTED PLEAD GUILTY TO
TIE ctIAReE AND ARE PUN.
isf9ED.
.FINE Gwen WIRE TRUST
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROSE.
CLIFTON THAT HAS YET BEEN
UNDERTAKEN BY UNCLE SAM.

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NEW DIRK. July 26.6-The federal
government yesterday scored heavily
"A It's effort to break up the alleged
wire trust when thlrty.seven of the
eighty three men indicted June 29,
witEidfeW the plea OF mot guilty" and
lccepted sentence with trial on pleas
of .nolo contendere." Judge Archibald
I'M the United States district court,
Imposed fines Of from $1,000 to $1,7OO
ana costs In each case.
The action came In the face of Wig
orous argument against the accept.
atce Of the plea by United States Dis
trict Attorney Wise. 1t had never
iheen accepted In this court, he de.
claFed, and; he protested against pro.
cedent
sA Trade offense.
The court, however, accepted the
pleas and remarked:
This Is what you might call a trade
oifense. It is an ottense, which by the
act of congress is against the interest
ot che business world. 1t seems to
me j am not going out OF the way
when 1 say that just what was meant
by this law has remained in consid-
cradle uncertainty up to this time,
We now know exactly, or very nearly
what IL means, and from this time
on, there will he no excuse, but | feel
justified In looking. upon what has oc.
crTfetl in the past In this light and
therefore ! certainly regard this as
calling for nothing except proper
Sindlcation OF the law by a fine"
Sentence to pay the costs and q
fine OF $1,000 in each case was then
pronounced. with provision that where
"a defendant had been fined in one
casel tie fine should abe Sl00 for each
additional case.
The complete list of defendants
finet iki II.
sl,T00 w. Roebling.
n $i,50O Frank j.. Newberry, Joseph
w. Marsh, William A. Conner, Philip
II. Smith.
s40O. Charles ]. Marsh, Frank N,
y Phillips Charles R. Remington.
$1,000 Theodore F. Ryan, John G.
K sBridgman, Henry H. Ashley.
"a S1,10OAW. F. Fields, Alfred F.
Moore, James H. Mason, Alfred A.
X EC:owies, Russell A. Cowles. Thomas
wallace, Louis Anschutz Joseph G.
SBeldan, Edward l.. Flrsbie, Jr., Thos.
( B. Kent, O. Edward Murray, A. NJ.
Dickinson, Karl Roebling, Antoine
Bournonville, Charles A. Morss.
$1,000 Newell B. Parsons, James
AZ. Doughty. George D, North, Robert
SN Sieberling, Robert e. Lucas, R.
EcciestonY Gallagher, Vim. H. Hall, Jr.,
Ralph Watrous, George I. Bowen,
4 Everett Morss, Frank NJ. Potter, Jr
Associations Afflicted.
i The nine associations In one o.
more OF which the indicted men arc
members are the Telephone Cable as
ISOLATION, the Bare Copepr Wire as
4 ss6clation, Weather Proof and Magnet
sl9Wire association, Fine Magnet Wire
association. Horseshoe Manufacturers
jas ISOLATION, Underground Power Ca
sble association, Rubber Covered Wire
! association, Lead Encased Rubber In
s1lated Cable association and the
Wire Rope Manufacturers.
lit Is alleged that the eighty-three
indicted members OF these associa.
sitions entered into an unlawful com.
bination and conspiracy to restrain
trade, and that continuously from June
a, 1908, to some later date were know
3lngly and wllfully engaged in tnlE
combination, the purpose OF which was
Ia Ak arbitrary and non'competltiye
spfIces, both for the purpose OF the
raw product and for the sale of their
manufactured goods"
william p. Palmer, president OF the
American Steel and Wire company;
Il Herbert L. Satterlee, son.in-law of J.
.iP. Morgan; Frank j. Gould and Chas.
II. Brooker, Republican national com.
from Connecticut, are
among the forty.six other alleged
members ot. the associations, who have
pleaded not guilty to the indict'
nehts.
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