The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-26
FINES GIVEN
WIRE TRUST
Thirty seven Men Indicted plead
Guilty and Punishment Is
Melted Out
VICTORY SCORED
FOR GOVERNMENT.
Result Most Successful Of Any Prose
eutions Undertaken Under
Sherman Law.

NEW YORK. July 2s.-The federal
government to-day scored heavily in
IT'S effort To break up the alleged wire
trust when thirty-seven cf the
eIsht-thr-e men indicted June %
Withdrew the plea Of not guilty" and
accepted sentence with trial on pleas
"t "nolo Contendere" Judge Archibald
in the United states district court
imposed lines Of from 1900 to 81. 200
ana costs in each case.
no action came In the face of Wig
"Ious argument against the acceptance
OF the plea by United states District
Attorney Wise. II had never been ac-
C"pted in this court. he declared. and
he protested against a precedent
A Trade oHense.
The court. however. accepted the
pleas and remarked:
This Is what YOU might call "A trade
oHensc. u ~ an offense which by the
act OF congress Is against the interest
of the business world. II seems TO
me ] am not going out Of the way
when say that just what was meant
by this law has remained In consid-
cradle uncertainty up to this time.
We now know exactly. or very nearly
what u means. and from this time
on. there VIII hc no excuse. but feel
justified in looking upon what has oc-
CURED y the past in this light and
Therefore ! centrainly regard this a.
calling for nothing except a proper
vindication 81 the law by a fine
Sentence to pay the costs and a
fine of $1,000 IN each ease was then
Pronounced. with provision that where
"A defendant had been fined In one case
tho fine should bc 800 for each addi-
tional case
The complete list Of defendants
fined H.
SI.50O-F. W. RocbIinr.
f1.5OO-frank T. Sew berry. Joseph
49, smith
SI.fo0- charles !. Marsh. Prank y
Phillips Charles r. Remington
l.200-Th,odore r. Ryan. Jorn c.
Bridgman. Henry " Ashley
Si.tO0-W. T. Fields. Alfred =. Moore.
James H. Mason. Alfred A. Cowies.
Russell 4. Cowlos. Thomas wallace
Louis Anschutz Joseph G. Reldcn. I'd
ward 4. Firsbie. Jr. Thomas H Kent.
O. Edward Murray. g. " Dickinson.
kari HocbllnE. Antoine IOurnonville.
Charles A. Moraa
1900 Ncwcl 70. Parsons. James A
Doughty. George B North. Robert w
Sieherling. Robert b. Lucas. r. Eccie-
ston Gallagher. VIM. VI. HAIL Jr.
Lalph Watrous. George T.. Bowen.
E,crctt Morss. Frank " Potter. Jr.
Associations Afflicted.
The nine associations IN one or
moro ~ which tho indicted mon are
members are the Telephone cable ag-
srcintiun. tho Barc copper Wire as
soclation. Weather Proof and Magnet
Wire association. Fine Magnet Wire
association. Horseshoe Manufacturers
association. Underground Power Gable
association. Rubber Covered Wire as-
Fucintion. Lead Encased Rubber Tnau-
lated cable association and the Wire
Rope Manufacturers.
ff la alleged that the eighty thrce
indicted members ~ these associations
entered into an unlawful combination
and conspiracy % restrain trade. and
that continuously from June D. faOS.
Co. some later date were knowingly
and wilfully engaged in this combina-
fion. thc purpose ~ which was 10 nx
arbitrary and incompatible prices.
both for the purpose ~ the raw pro-
duct and for the sale ~ their manu-
ftcturcd goods"
william T. Palmer. president 81 the
American steel A. Wire company. Her
hort T.. Sattfrloc. son-in law ~ J D.
Morgan. Prank y Gould and Charles
y. Hrookcr. Republican national com
mittefmru from Connecticut are
AMONG tho forty-Rlx other alleged
memtcrs of the nFsOcintions. who have
pleaded not guilty 90 the indictments