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Show BEEF TRUST INQUIRY, Large Number of Subpoenas Served on Chicago Employees of Packers. CHICAGO. March 25. Monday Iho Chicago Chi-cago end of tho situation In the meat Industry In-dustry will. It Is believed, be thoroughly taken up before the apcclnl grand Jury investigating tho alleged combination of tho larger packing firms. From day to day a few subpoenaD for Chicago wholesale whole-sale and retail meat dealers have been Issued returnablo next week. A largo number .of the subpoenas served on Chicago employees of the packers wero also made returnable next week, and It la irlated that District Attorney Morrison expects ex-pects to show by comparison of the testimony tes-timony the different status of tho seller end purchaser of meats. A subpoena was Issued today for L. M. Byles, private secretary to Edward Morris of Nelson Morris & Co. Byles will probably proba-bly bo called oarly next week It Is said that thcro will also bo an Influx of Eastern East-ern men next week, heads of departments of tho various packing-houses in Now York. Boston, Philadelphia and other largo cities. |