The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-27
13 TRUE BILLS
FOUND BY JURY
Four Railroads and Three In
dividuaIs Indicted at
Cleveland, 0.
ALLEGED VIOLATION
OF THE ELKINS LAW
Dan K. Hanna, Head of the NJ.
A. Hanna Company, One
of the Victims.

CLEVELAND. o, April 2e.--Thirteen
indictments on a total OF ll9 counts
charging four iron ore carr Carrying i,, fa,I- ,inl-
and alleging that two of the railroads
and three individuals were guilty OF
conspiracy 10 violate the Elkins law.
here today
The railroads are the Pennsylvania,
the Lake Shore & Michigan southern.
the Bessemer & Lake Erie and the New
Plate).
Dan r.. Hanna. president, and r. l.
Ireland, second vice president OF the
NJ, A. Hanna company, and ID, T. Nc
Cabe OF PittSburg. fourth Vice president
OF the Pennsylvania company, were each
indicted on one count, which charges
contract with the Pennsylvania company.
whereby the Hanna company is said to
have rebated to shippers profits of the
Ohio WesterH Pennsylyana rGnnsrn Dock 3;e
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 M. A. Hanna company is one Of
The largest iron ore pig iron. coal and
coke concerns in the country.
One OF the exhibits before the grand
jury shows the alleged payment to The
Carnegie Steel company of $50, 1ll.93 as
pany. The check reads:
TO the Carnegie Steel company.
debtor for your proportion OF remaining
surplus, earnings OF ore shipped from
Pennsylvania company dock. year end
ing March 81. 1909, as per statement be-
low, $50, Ill 90
Case of the Government.
The cases are interstate commerce
commission actions brought TO insure that
published ore shipping rates are effective.
The government will seek to show the
a afii
ties in Ashtabula. O.. and Conneaut. o.,
harbors: that these were operated in COM
panes In effect ''hired" by the railroads,
that the roads paid excessive rates to
the docking companies, paid over d por
ton of the moneys received to the ship
pers and that the whole constitutes
conspiracy In violation Of the Elkins
law.
The penalty for rebatins is "A fine OF
not less than $1,000 nor moro than $4,000.
with imprisonment not to exceed two
years.
The penalty for conspiracy is not to
exceed a fine OF $40 900 and imprisonment
not to exceed two years.
In addition, under the E!kins law, the
government has the right to bring civil
suit for three times the amount OF money
rehated. II would be possible, I'm case
of conviction, for the government to COL
lcct many millions of dolalrs.
Inquiry Began Months Ago.
The investigation leading up to today's
action began several months ago, and
is the first government inquiry into ore
transportation methods In the lower lake
region. The matter was brought to the
federal grand jury's attention three weeks
ago.
District Attorney Day and his asss-
tants, Attorney Joseph CT Fogg and j.
). Bachmanni Attorney John II Marble
for the interstate commerce commission.
and Attorney r.. G., Marshall for the de-
partment of justice conducted the case,
About forty witnesses were examined,
including Officials representing the rail-
roads and ore companies OF the Jones 81
Laughlln Steel company, Pittsburg: the
Carnegie Steel company, PlttSburg, the
Nj. y, Hanna company, Cleveland: the
Wheeling Steel and Iron company the
Ashland Iron and Mining company, the
American Steel and Wire company and
the National Tube company.
The governments next step Will be the
issuance of warrants for the individuals
indicted,
On petition of Attorney Day. United
States Judge kilitts Of Toledo. who re-
ceived the report. ordered that the jury
he excused to hold itself in readiness for
another call from the court,
Dan r. Hanna, at his home al Ra-
VIENNA, O.. tonight. denied the NJ. \.
Hanna company was guilty of reba ting.
I'VE have been doing business in our
customary way and in accordance with
check to the Carnegie Steel company was
not a rebate"
ID. c. Moon, general manager of the
Lake Shore g. Michigan Southern rail-
road denied the charges and said his
company will fight them.