New-York tribune., 1922-03-18
Biggest Glass
Concentrated
To Indictment
New Finding Names Amcri-
can v irdow and Virtually
(. Every Other Company us
7 Members OF Combine
<,iies Heads o. Unions
Specifically Declares the
Conspiracy Was Continu-
: ous in New York District

IKE American Window Glass Com
~any, which controls one-thlrd OF Tue
OUTPUT of this commodity in the On'Veu
States. was added to the list of defend
ants in the glass trust case N 'he
reders- courts here yesterday wheh
osw i,.Iictmeut WAS fled 80 supersede
that dismissed by Judge John T. hnoN
on February s, on the ground 'ns' 'lae
Government had not specified WITH suin-
cient dehniteness that the alleged con
spiracy was found continuously IN t"is
dis let. The inclusion OF this corpo7
~ On and It's president, VI. i. Munro
N the charges extends the prosecue'o"
n cover almost the entire wlndo" glass
industry.
Two other new defendsnts we're
named in the indictment filed yeSter-
dsv-.Iames T. zellers, president OF the
window Glass Cutters and Flatteners
Protective Association, and '" a. ANS
6orfer. president OF the Window Glass
Cutters and Flattepcrs' Association OF
Amer;ca. The former IS confined 70
he American Window Glass Company
Joseph NJ. Neenan. president O. 'ne
National Glass Blowers, Is agaln smoIs W
80 Attendants. with the result that Vho
6aads OF every important labor oIgani-
zation In the industry are charged "Ien
aar,n;,;nv with the employers TO re-
strain trade.
Labor Leaders Included
rA charges against the labor LEAD.
confined to the limitation OF
PRODUCTION. 1t is alleged that ene enP1 1ag1
Nv ~ window glass was kept TAR peiow
+he demand by an arrangcmehV "lSa
<b.r, m allow err ~'NVe9s
about thirteen weeks in the year p' aho
"a withdraw worknen irom .u:.oA 10
which had produced the QUAINT ~ rce %
go. allotted to them in accoroahce
with an alleged o4e1i
"e1S The employment Of the Johnston n
brokerage Company, Of fltts3urgn,
ns;sb nG aeain is indicted, as exclusive
..Ii;r- .IiIu sgency for all the Defendants
e-.s,,F the American Window Glase
Con,panv ia the second step the manu-
.,ct,,rars are alleged TO have taken IN
violation of the Sherman law Agcoiu. ~,
5nq 80 Colonel William Hay"slo' .,te
Y7nited States Attorney mere INC o..
aide CORPORATION furnished us 49,
tist9 to the bTOESl Csc 4l.~
sdsnted the schedules Of all the oVnel
~oanufacturerg to meet those OIL 'pe
trade leader.
Former Defendants Renamed
ro meet the objections raised BY
rrdee Knox in disnissing the 'ornae.
,nd,etment it is specifically statea thas
+be conspiracy was continuously Iou!,a
~ @he Southern District Of Ne| forS'
nad several overt acts are set Ior1h'
othervige the new lndictment CORE CORE,
snnrds in almost every particular WIN
sbo I'D All The defendants IN the
chsrees made by the November grand
INV are again named, and the allega-
%iopx IN General are unchanged.
The defendants are charged Wi:n N.Y.:
combination TO suppress cofnPeti'ioni
20 maintain arbitrary, excessive anu
~gtortionato prices; to curtall the pro
EVICTION and the supply OF "iho1"
<zlass. and arbitrarily TO controi the
saIe nhipment ard delivery OF winao~
<,Ias. info the Southern DistrlcS OF
Eew York. as we'll as in other parts o1
che various states.
Iohn ". Davis, former Ambassador
%o the Court of st. Jamee's, who has
hren retained for the majority OF the
e,lass manufacturers, has been not'heo
that 4be csse will be called for plead
inc about April l. :.
The indictment fled yesterday 10
=trned by Colonel Hayward, ano wss
obtained after six weeks lnVesVga-
+ion before the grand jury.