Show FIGHT Bfi MADf ON POWDER p T UST Government Files Petitions Against Corporations fttanii1 facturing Explosives I Unlawful Combination to Restrlft Trade Is Charged and Court Is Asked to Determine If Re cel ers Shall Take Possession Pos-session of Property i 7 Washington The government oh Tuesday Illodtlii the United States circuit Cir-cuit court at Wilmington Del a pe titlon against E 1 Onpont DC Ne moms fe Co the B I Dupont Do Ne mours Powder company of New Jet say j and twentyfour otior corpoiatiotm and Feventeen Individuals connected with the twentysix corporation which arc mado defendants In the petition 4 The petition relates that all of Ilia defendants are engaged In Interstate trade and commerce in gun powder and other high explosives and are violating violat-ing the art of July 2 1890 known as the Sherman antitrust act It seeks to prevent and restrain the unlawful existing agreements contracts combinations combin-ations and conspliaeles In restraint of such trade and commerce to prevent and restrain the attempts upon tfe part of the defendants to monopoljao such trade and commerce and to dissolve dis-solve the existing monopolies therein The court IB asked to determine whether public Interest will he better observed by the appointment of receivers re-ceivers to take possession of the property prop-erty of the alleged trusts with a view to bringing about conditions in trailo and ommerce that will be harmonious with the law The prayer In this respect re-spect Is identical with that in the so called tobacco trust petition |