The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-02

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lies o. Veg Haven company and their
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purchase all Of capital stock o. Some
! rfTsI transportation companies ss ma
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. lease ether properties. and 10 impose
upon all Of these common carriers
contracts and working arrangements
and induce them to engage In combin-
atoms. tnsuring the carrying on o.
. ali said common carriers In harmony
with the designs OF these said con.
spirators and free from the effects OF
competition"
II is alleged that the New Haven
forced riva, steamship lines 10 enter
| into traffic agreement on threats OF
1 rufnous competitive methods. Con
, tinuing the indictment then says:
II The said conspirators were TO In
!. duce and compel such sales Of capita
: stock, such leasing OF properties and
! facilities, and such making of con
y tracts and working arrangements, thai
after said conspiracy had been in par
: accomplished, the accumulation o.
i power arising from the control OF
!. some common carriers would enable
them TO grasp commerce rightfullI
. and normally belonging to the remain
ing common carriers and to drive such
other common carriers out OF suct
commerce except as they would prom
ise to engage under terms to sui,
J the New Haven"
r The persons who were directly &C
h cused Of participating in the conspir
:. acy although not indicted were ]. P
Morgan, Geo. W Miller. Wilson G
Hunt, e. n. Trowbridgs, ". D. Bishop
n ST., W. D. Bishop, Jr., Nathanie
q Wheeler. Henry c. Robinson, Edwart
d VI. Reed. Chas. P. Clark, Joseph Park
/, Chauncey u. Depew, Henry s. Lee
iLeveret: Brainard. VIM. E. Barnett
y Lucfus futile. Charles S. Mellen, Johr
a NJ. Hall. Chas. F. Choate. Nathanie
D Thayer, Royal c. Taft, Carlos French
George J. Brush, /. Dever Warner
Arthur d. Osborne, L. B. Morris, Franz
: w. Cheney, Percy r. Todd, Richart
A. McCuddy H. Nick. Towmbly, Jno
c. Parker, Alex A. Cassett, John II
Whittimore. Timothy E. Byrnes
|. Hiram NJ. Hochsrsperger. James Bic
Crae, Edw. Miller, Annoy A. Lawrence
Augustus s. May. Edward G. Buck
4 land, Arthur z. Clark. Frank E. Jones
samuel o. Lawrence, Geo. G. Haven
= w F. Berry, ". II. Newman, Oak
leigh Thorne, Marsden J. Perry, witt
y divers officers. agents, attorneys, ant
: employees OF said New Haven Co.
!, whose names are TO said grand juror,
= unknown and with divers other ger
\ sons to said grand jurors unknown
!. The companies mentioned in the in
r dictmen; include every line which wal
= a part of the original New Haven sys
: tenn and included steam and electric
]. railways, power companies, trolle,
systems, etc.
o The charge OF conspiracy is Grim
r inai oTense and under section 2 o
Y the Sherman act under which the In
d dictments are found. the maximum
punishment may be fine of $1,000 am
!, one years Imprisonment or both.
> Government action against the direc
!. tors of the New Haven followed TIL
]. Investigation CT affairs of that raj
y road by the interstate commerce con-
mission. Through this investigation