Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-29

biased on an amendment to the Lever
u act of Oct. %, 1919, and including the
period of time to the date of the in
q dictment.
A conspiracy to exact excessive prices
for bituminous coal in violation of Ste
8 of the Lever act is charged in the
tenth count.
A conspiracy to commit an offense
against the United States by exacting
excessive prices for coal is included in
count ten.
The ten overt acts charged in the
eleventh count Include specific incidents
of the general conspiracy as charged
and are aimed mostly at operators.
The method of carrying out contracts
for coal, refusal and delay in producing
coal, the calling of a general strike by
officials of the United Mine Workers and
an alleged conspiracy to limit production
are charged in the overt acts.
ALLEGATIONS ON
COAL STRIKE.
The first two overt acts charged result
from the coal strike of last year and in
clude officials of the United Mine Workers
of America as follows:
l. That on Oct. 10 or 16 John L. Lewis
acting president, and William Green, sec
retary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of America, issued an order
calling for a strike of members of the
organization in the central competitive
M1d.
2. That during the month of October
Mr. Lewis and Mr.. Green held various
conferences in Indianapolis concerning
the strike.
1t is said that practically all mine
workers indicted will be included in
conspiracy based on the above two acts
on account of their connection in carry
Ing out the strike order.
Practically all officials of the various
district boards were included in the in
dictment.
In the third overt act Indiana opera
tors are charged with having refused to
~ coal mined and controlled by them
II TO have asked and demanded prices
u her than the current market during
months of January, February, March,
May, June, July and August, 1919
RGE MADE
INST KOLSEM.
s -. Kolsem, former state senator, is
in the fourth overt act charge,
I 80 alleged that on March %. 1919
llrt owner and general manager
sz No. 2}at Hymera, Ind, he caused
TO be closed and abandoned
months, thus restricting the
'on of coal approximately 4oe tons
INDIANA coal trade bureau at
& Iaute is included in the fifth overt
sllrged, which is based on q report
coal contract sent to the bureau
n. VI. Ferguson, president and gen
|4 manager of the Clinton Coal Com
by, and in turn distributed to other
Is &Inbers Of the bureau.
Dir Ferguson is also charged with
s Wing closed down two mines in Clinton
"A Feb. /, 1918, and keeping them closed
br about three months. limiting produc-
S ion some 500 tons per day.
#ELASTIC CONTRACTS
*ARE INVOLVED.
8 Elastic contracts, covering and pro-
d teeting operators on increased cost Of
. production, are dealt with in the seventh
Avert act charge. which alleges that
Is Walter D. Talley, vice president OF the
4 Coal Bluff Mining Company of Terre
3 Haute. entered into a contract on July
81, 1919, with the Citizens Mutual Heat
ing Company, whereby he agreed to sell
j the latter approximately 10000 tons Of
I coal at s2.05 per ton, and caused the fol-
Z flowing insertion TO be made in the con-
tract:
u This condition means that II there Ia
z "a reduction Of any OF the items men
tioned during the term of this contract,
%.&D6 UQf<5T 10 W nave INC DVhGAN VI AACAut
land Il there is an increase in any Of
them, the buyer is TO pay such increase,
4 but 1t should be fully understood that
! during such times as prices are fixed
Is by the United States government, moth
q ing contained in this condition shall be
construed on the one hand to authorize
4 the exaction Of any price In excess Of
y the government maximum price nor on
4 be other hand to require delivery by
~ he seller at a price below the cost of
e product1on of coal as shown in the re-
luired reports to the federal trade com
4 nission, plus a reasonable profit"
~ 1t is further charged that on Dec. Is.
<#919 Talley delivered carload Of coal
szSor which he charged $3.50 per ton, and
z hat on Sept. 1, 1919. he refused 10 ship
coal to the company for storage purposes.
ON
&zUNION DUES CITED.
= Warren f. Smith, manager of the
Mower Coal Company Of Chicago and
indianapolis, is charged with having en-
s. cred into a contract with the Sheath
~ lass Company of Hartford City, Ind.
Y .pr the sale of, about $50 tons Of coal for
81 40 per ton. to which price he added %
zx.nts per ton on Nov. Is, 1919.
Fl In the tenth overt act, Indiana opera
xszsrs- are charged with having entered
- o an agreement by which miners union