New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-27
DAN R. HANNA NAMED IN
REBATE INDICTMENTS
Four Big Railroads Accused OF
Violating the Interstate
Commerce Law.
PENALTY MAY BE MILLIONS
Official of Hanna Co. and P. K. X.
Vice President Also Named
Concessions to Favored
Shippers Charged.

Cleveland, April 26-Thirteen indict-
ments on a total of 10 counts. charging
four iron ore carrying railroads enter
ing Cleveland with rebating. and alleg-
ing that two of the roads and three lndi-
viduals were guilty Of conspiracy, to vio-
late the Elkins anti-rebate law, were
returned by the federal grand jury here
late to-day. The railroads are the Penn
svlvania Company. the Lake Shore d
Michigan Southern. the Bessemer & Lake
Erie and the New York. Chicago & St
Louis (Nckel Plate).
Dan r. Hanna. president. and X. l..
ireland. second vice ce-president. of the VI.
A. Hanna Company, and ID. /. McCape'
Of Pittsburg. fourth vice-president OF
the PENNSYLVANIA Company. were each
indicted on one count. which charges
that the Hanna Company has AN alleged
contract with the Pennsylvania Com
panv. whereby the Hanna Company Is
said to have rebated to shippers profits
of the Ohio & Western PENNSYLVANIA
Dock Company. "A subsidiary Of the
Hanna Company. The dock company,
which is included in the indictment,
leases and operates docks owned by the
PENNSYLVANIA Company at several Lake
Erie ports.
The NJ. A. Hanna Company is one Of
the largest iron ore. pig iron. coal and
coke concerns in the country 1t was
founded by the late United States Sena-
tor Marcus A. Hanna. father Of Dan Il.
Hanna.
one of the exhibits before the grand
iury shows the alleged payment to the
Carnegie steel Company OF S3o. Ill 93 .ts
part of the earnings Of the dock com
pany. The check reads:
To the Carnegie Steel Company. debtors.
earnings of ore shipped from pennsylvania
Comranv dock. year ending March 81. 1893.
as per statement below. 500. III 81
Charges Against the Railroads.
The counts in the indictments against
the railroads are as follows:
Lake shore & Michigan Southern Rail
road COMPANY and the Angeline Dock
Company. Of Ashtabula, Ohio. conspiracy
IN violate the FlklIS act, one COUNT
| Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail-
road COMPANY and the Mahoning 4 She
mango Dock Company. Of Ashf'Dula, same
charge. one count
road Company and the Union Dock COM
pany Ashtabula. same cha -Sr one count.
Lake shore & Michigan southern Rail
road COMPANY and the A'htlhuia Dotk
company same charge. on, count
! Lake shore & Michigan Southern RAN
road and the Pittsburg x 90 :Ecaut Dock
Company. same charg". nii' count
The Bessemer & Lake Erie nalli 'ad
| Dock Company same charge. one count
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
charged with rebating. thirty -hve counts
The Lake shore & Micniga ni,ry s1u,nrr,'
thirty-two counts.
The Bessemer e. Lake Erie Railroad
Company. charged with rcbsI'ns. twenty
! cighf counts
The New York. Chicago & -. Loris
Railroad. charged with rebating. six conn's
Important Suits TO FoIIew.
! District Attorney Day announced. i'm
mediately following the filing Of the re-
port. that large and important suits
would be begun Immediately.
The cases are interstate commerce
suits. brought To insure the effectiveness
or published ore shipping rates. The
government will seek 10 show that th'
indicted railroads owned docking facili
ties In Ashtabula and Conneaut harpors
that these were operated by companies
which were in effect hired" by the rail
roads: that the railroads paid excessive
rates 10 the docking companies for load
ing and unloading iron ore. that tn
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