Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-04-27
Indictments Returned against Ore
Carriers at Cleveland-Suits
to Follow, 1t Is Said.
DAN R. HANNA INVOLVED
One of Three individuals Held
with Four Railway on Total
of ITO Counts by the
Grand Jury.

cleveland. Ohio. April 26-Thirteen
indictments on a total of 11o counts
charging four iron ore carrying rail-
roads entering cleveland with rerat-
ing and alleging that two OF the rail-
roads and three individuals were
guilty # conspiracy to violate the
Elkins law, were returned by the fed
cral grand jury hero late to-day. The
railroads are the Pennsylvania COM
pany, the Lake Shore & Michigan
southern the Bcssemer & Lake Erie
and the New York, Chicago e. st. Louis
Nickel Platel.
Dan r. Hanna, president, and Il l..
Ireland second ce-presdcnt Of the NJ
y. Hanna company, and y. 7. Mo abe
Of Pttsburg. fourth viae-presideut of The
Pennsylvania company, were each indict-
ed on one count, which charges that the
Hanna company has a contract with the
Pennsylvania company. whereby the
Hanna company is said 20 have rchated
:" shippers profits Of the Ohio & Western
Pennsylvania Dock company, n subsidiary
concern of the Hanna company. The dock
company. which is included in the indict-
ment. lenses and operates docks owned
by the Pennsylvania company at several
Lake Erie ports.
The NJ. y. Hanna company Is one of
the largest iron ore, pig Iron coal and
coke concerns in the country.
CHECK FORMS EXHIBIT
one Of the exhibits before the grand
jury shows the alleged payment to the
Carnegie Steel company of s5G,lll.93 as a
.,g II.
pany.
The check reads TO the Carnegie
Steel company. debtors for your proper
tion of remaining surplus earnings of
ore shipped from Pennsylvania company
dock year ending March 81, 1909 as per
statement below s501ll.93"
The indictments We're returned as fol-
lows
Lake Shore Railroad and the Angeline
Dock company OF Ashtahula. Ohio. con-
spiracy to violate tho Elkins act, one
LcOunt.
Same railroad and the Mahoning and
Chenango Dock company of Ashtabula
same charge, one count
Same railroad and the Union Dock com
pany, Ashtabula, same charge, one count
| Same railroad and the Ashtabula Docl
| company, same charge. one count.
Same railroad and the Pittsburg & con
reaut Dock company, same charge, on,
| count
The Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
| company and the Plttsburg & Conneau
| Dock company. same charge. one count.
| The Pennsylvania Railroad compa ny
robatinG. 35 counts.
The Lake Shore, rebating. p counts.
Tho Bessemer & Lake Erie, rebating, ?
| counts
Nickel Plate. rebating, six counts.
SUITS TO BE STARTED
District Attorney W. L. Day announce
Immediately following the fling OF th
report that large and important suits
would be begun Immediately.
| The cases are Interstate rommeTc
cases, brought to insure that publishe,
ore shipping rates be effective. Th
government will seek TO show that III
! indicted railroads owned docking facilitie
! in the Ashtabula & Conneaut (Ohio) har
! bors; that these were operated by com
| panies which we're In effect "hired" b,
the railroads. that the railroads paid ex
| cessve rates to the docking companie
for loading and unloading iron ore; tha