The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-28
House Committee Probing Steel
Trust to Question Right Hand
Man of Morgan.
EXECUTIVE MEETING
IS HELD in NEW YORK
Former President Roosevelt
May Be Called Regarding the
Tennessee Absorption.

NEW YORK, July 27.-George w
Perkins, former partner of j. r. Nor
gan & Co. chairman of the hnance
committee of the International mar
vester company and member or the
board of directors of the United States
Steel CORPORATION. is to be summoned
before the steel trust committee OF In
auiry of the house of representatives,
now in session here. This WAS deter
mined on AT an executive meeting OF
the committee, which has transferred
its field Of activity from Washington.
Just how soon Mr.. Perkins will be
called has not been determined.
Tomorrow the committee expects to
renew its probing into the absorption
Of the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
rauy by the United States Steel cor
,oration during the financial panic or
1901 Mr.. Perkins will be asked what
20 knows about events leading UP to
that transaction and there are many
other bankers, brokers and steel cor
pcration men in New York who were
interested in threatening events or that
time who are to be summoned.
Roosevelt May Testify.
Former President Roosevelt, to
whom Elbert H. Gary. chairman of the
hoard OF the United States Steel cor
poration, and Henry c. Frick appealed
when the deal to take over the Ten
ncssee company and ITS vast resources
was planned. may be witness.
Representative A. G. Stanley OF Ken
tucky, chairman Of the. committee,
would not commit himself as 20 the
calling of Mr.. Roosevelt When asked
ii the former chief executive would
appear before the committee, the chair
mnn raised his eyes toward the ceiling
and said:
''I have not vet thoroughly disested
that subject The Tennessee Coal and
iron company transactions, however.
arc TO be thorouqPv investigated.
Scores OF witnesses have been subpoe-
nac] 10 testify here. and todny Richard
Trimhle secretary OF the steel corpora
ton, was called to divulge much informa-
,ion which The committee had been prom
tracted investigation at Washington This
includes cffic'al and statistical documents
bearing or prices and minutes Of the
steel corporation board meetings
St0T1eS Do SoG Agree,
The inquiry here is To be directed al
most Immediately into the absorption of
The Tennessee Coal and Iron company by
the I'm ted States Steel corporation. John
". Gates told the first story of the trans
action. Judge Ebert H. Gary. executive
head OF the steel corporation related his
version Of the deal and corroborative tes-
tmony OF one or tho other Of these emil!
nent steel men is desired by the commit
tee
l.. c. Hanna Of Cleveland and Grant 3.
Schley NJ New York, who were members
Of the Tennessee Coal and Iron syndicate
before the absorption, Will be among the
witnesses.
When the committee convened on mo-
tion OF Representative Littleton II was
determined TO go into executive session.
Plans for the hearings here had not been
completed and papers and documents for
the examination OF witnesses had not ar
rived from Washington.
Chairman Stanley announced that after
this plan had been agreed unanimously
that no witnesses would be examined to-
daY the hearings TO begin tomorrow.
Richard Iinaburry. counsel for the
United States Steel corporation. who has
followed the inquiry from the beginning.
was Immediately notified OF the post
ponement Mr.. Trimble secretary OF the
corporation who had been subpoenaed for
today. probably Will be the first witness
tomorrow