The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-07-06
81 WIRE men
ARE INDICTED
Accused of Having Offended
against Sherman Law.
THIRTY Five COMPANIES IN NET
Many Firms Most Prominent in Bust
ness and Capitalists Connected
with Them Are Named in
True Bills.

New York, June 30.-On the ground
that they had offended against the
Sherman antitrust law in having
formed nine pooling associations,
which was alleged to have acted in
restraint of trade, eighty-four wire
manufacturers, representing thirty-five
companies, v ere indicted by the grand
jury
The American Steel and Wire com.
pally, one of the largest subsidiary
copcer.s OF the United States Steel
corporation, was declared to have
been represented in seven of the pool.
ing associations and its president, Viii
liam P. Palmer, was indicted seven
times. The name of John 4. Roeb
ling's Sons company appears in eight
indictments. On the list also are the
General Electric company, the Nation
al Conduit and Cable company, the
Standard Underground Cable COM
pany, the American Horseshoe com
pany and the Hazard Manufacturing
company
In the list of defendants appear the
names CT Frank j. Gould, Erskine
Hewitt, secretary of the embassy, sent
to London for Queen Victorias jubi-
lee: Herbert Satterlee, son-in-law of
]. p. Morgan, who gets in because he
Is president of the Habirshaw Wire
company; Charles F. BROKER, vice
president of the Ansonia Brass and
Copper company, and Republican ma.
tional committeeman from Connect
cnt; Karl and Ferdinand Roebling: Ed.
wards Perot, who is president of the
National Conduit and Cable company
Frank Gould gets in on the score OF
his being president of the Old Domin-
ion Iron and Nail Works Others are
I.eBaron c. Colt, of Rhode Island. and
Edwin L. Jackson, Jr., a lawyer. Mr.
Jackson vas indicted nine times on
the ground that he was supervisor of
all nine pools. Ferdinand Roebling
was named eight times and Joseph NJ.
Marsh, president of the Standard Un-
derground Cable company. was indict.
ed six times
The indictments cover the whole
field of the wire industry, including
electrical cables, steel and copper
wire, wire nails and horseshces The
government alleges that the nine as
sCciations controlled from 90 to 50
per cent of the business in their re-
spective departments
The investigation looking to pres
emit proceedings began early last May.
The matter was in the hands Of the
United States attorney and assistant
attorney. They called upwards of
eighty witnesses, avoiding those close
~ allied with the conduct of the as
sociations, so that these men would
not be able to plead immunity in case
Of Indictment.
They got hold of much correspond
ence of the members OF the associa-
ton, some of which bore recent dates
In the indictments the government
does not allege that the associations
ere now existing Most of thcm went
out of business In 1909. But the cor.
Tespondence is said to indicate tina,
! the members of the associations have
carried out in most details the intent
for which the associations were
| formed.
William J. Thompson Dies.
Philadelphia. July 8. = william J
Thompson, the Duke of Gloucester
!, political dictator Of New Jersey TWEEN
| ty years ago and owner OF the Glouces
! ter race track. died at Belfast, Ire
laAds his birthplace, to which he re
turned broken in health, entanglet
financially and with all his old prestige