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Show Purdy Files Action Against Santa Fe Charges Road With Contempt in Violating Vio-lating Court's Injunction Forbidding For-bidding Freight Rebates. KANSAS CITY, July 1 Contempt pro. cedlngs against the Atchlsou. To-peka To-peka & Santa Fe Railway company, charging that comoany with belnfr guilty of the violation of an Injunction Issued at Kansas City by Judir John J Phillips on March 24 1902, restraining restrain-ing the oad from civing rebates, were tiled in The United States I district court hers today at the instigation of Milton D. Purdy of Washington, D C. Assistant As-sistant Attorney-General, who came here recently at the direction of the Attorney-General to file the suit upon behalf of th Government. Order Against Seven Others. Although Judge Philips'! restraining order, or-der, Issued three years Ago, was directed sgalnsl seven other railroad companies besides the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, the suit filed today Is solely against tho latter road Tho other railways en-Joined en-Joined previously by Judge Philips were Hi.- Chlaeo Burlington fc Qulncy, hl-caga hl-caga .v Alton, Missouri Pacific, the Wabash, Wa-bash, Chicago, Milwaukee & .st Paul. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the ChlcaK" Great Western A similar order waa Issued by Judge Grosscup In Chicago on March 25, 1902, against six other roads Granted Unlawful Rebates. Tho suit filed today at the Instigation of the Federal Government recites that the Santa Fe railway up to the time the Injunction was granted had been engaged en-gaged In tho practice of granting unlawful unlaw-ful rebate ,uid pr ferentlal rates and fa- littles to certain favored shippers whose names were to the plainants unknown, on trafilc on packlng-houso products dressed meats, grain and tho pro-of pro-of grain, which were not granted to the public generally, and that tho Santa Fe railroad had also been granting unlawful un-lawful rebates and preferential rates and fa. littles to certain other favored shippers, ship-pers, on many other of the principal commodities which constituted and comprised com-prised the ordinary necessities of life. Mentions Colorado Fuel, The Information, after noting the Issuance Is-suance of the restraining order on March 24, 1902. says that between March y, 1902, and November 27, 190-1, the Santa Fe Railway company and Its officers and agents unlawfully wrongfully and knowingly know-ingly violated and disregarded tho said restraining ord r The Information asserts specifically that the Santa Fe favored the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in giving rates on coal, saying it carried the coal of said com7any 'at a II ss rate than the rates named for such services in defendants' publlshsd and established schedules and granted and paid rebates to said Colo-rado Colo-rado Fuel and Iron company." "Willful and Repeated Violations." The Information assert that tho Atchison, Atch-ison, 'J'opeka & Santa Fe railway In In contempt ' for tho WlllfUl and repeated violations of said tenipornry restraining order," and asks the Federal court to clto th company's officials to appear In court and make answer for such acts. JudKe Philips did not Indicate today what nctlon he might take In thr mattor |
