The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-27
GOVERNMENT MOVES
TO BREAK TRUSTS
Most Sweeping Action Ever Taken
Under Sherman Law Begun al
Trenton, N. ].

Trenton, N. T., Oct. 25--The gov
ernmcnt's long planned suit to break
up the. so-called Steel Trust was be-
gun here today in the United States
circuit court. 1t is the most sweep
ing antitrust action ever brought By
the department Of justice.
The government asks not only for
the dissolution Of the United States
Steel Corporation but for the dis
solution Of constituents or subsidiary
companies which are alleged to have
combined In violation of the Sher-
man law to maintain or attempt to
maintain monopoly OF the steel
business.
There are six subsidiary corpora
ions named as defendants.
r. Pierpont Morgan. John d.
Rockefeller. Andrew Carnegie,
Charles M. Schwab. George W. Per-
kins, d. II. Gary, John d. Rockefel-
Ter. Jr., Henry G. Frick, Charles
Steele, 1ames Dayley, William NJ
Moore. J. II. Moore. Edmund G. Con-
verse, Pcrcival Roberts. Jr., Daniel
|G. Reid, Norman b. Ream, p. A. II.
Widener and William r. Ta!lmer are
named as individual defendants.
Corporation Defendants.
The United States Steel Corpora
ton, Carnegie Steel Co., Carnegie
Go. of New Jersey, Federal Steel CO..
National Steel Co.. American Steel
and Wire Co. Of New Jersey, Ma
tional Tube Co., Shelby Steel Tube
Co, American Tin Plate Co. Ameri-
Ican Sheet and Tin Plate Co.. Aneri-
can Steel Co.. American Steel Hoop
Co.. American Bridge Co., Lake SUI
lperlor Consolidated Iron Mines, all OF
which we're organized under the
New Jersey laws, and the II. c. Frick
Coke Co., Tennessee Coal and Iron
Co., and the Great Western Mining
Co., are named as defendants.
Louis w. Hill. James N. Hill. Wal
ter ]. Hill, T. e. Nichols and j. r.
Gruber are named as trustees In con-
nection with the ore companies.
The steel company's lease of the
rrnat Nnrfharr pailvay nra p~rnar
ties, which the directors of the steel
company today formally decided to
cancel, is alleged to be Illegal
This action OF the directors was
taken Int a few hours before the fill
ing Of the bill. The government ac-
knowledges that 1t was advised of
the Steel corporations intention In
this respect but states that under the
terms of the lease no cancellation
would be effective until January 1,
1915, and there is no limit upon tho
amount of ore that can be taken out
In the meantime.
Sensational allegations fairly top
pie over each other In the govern
ment's petition which seeks an
equity preceding, praying for In
junction to stop continuance of the
alleged monopoly and such other re-
liefs as the court may grant,
The Steel corporations acquisition
of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Co.
during the panic of 1908 is declared
Illegal and scathingly criticized.
The petition declares that e. II.
Gary and Henry G., Frick misled
Former President Roosevelt when
they told him that but little bene-
fit would come to the Seel corpora
ion from the purchase"
The Gary dinners are referred to.
though not by name, as meetings
which accomplished more than writ
ten pools or agreements, which were
frequently broken,
Like Bomb in Washington.
Washington. Oct 26.-The filing
of the suit was a bombshell to Off
cial Washington II Is said that
only four men knew of 1t. so closely
did the department of justice safe
guard its action against leaks.