Show JURY URY TO PROBE THE TRUST CHI CHAR General enerI Breeden Makes Petition Peti Peti- I lion tion to District Court Declaring That Trust Exists and Action Is Necessary r Decision Yet to Be Made Hade e I I Moves for the prosecution of the food trust have ve Cached ached the hands of the Judges of the District court and andas I as ls probable that a grand jury will ill be called By r statute is that rand shall be drawn fifteen is 15 I provided Flo a grand g. g jury days fore the o opening 1 elling of a term of court General Attorney Breeden presented Judge Al Arm Ami- 11 troug rev rong r this morning with a petition for the calling g of a arand I and rand jury to investigate the alleged combine to hold u up I Ie p c e price of various goods in Salt Lake City Judge Armstrong asked that the matter be taken to Idge Charles W. W Morse orse in order that he may call a meet meet- g ig of the District Judges and decide U upon I ion the necessity 3 a grand gland jury It is probable that this may Inay r take place I us is afternoon I COURT CONVENED THIS MR BREEDEN AP- AP RED ARED RED WITH THE PETITION OH HAD BEEN IN COURSE OF IN HIS OFFICE FORRAL FOR I 1 VERAL tAL RAL DAYS A PRIVATE CON CON- TATION TATION WAS HELD IN JUDGE I OFFICE AFTER OH CH MR BREEDEN WENT TO TOE TOE I IE E OFFICE OF JUDGE MORSE MonSE t Armstrong declared this thiR morn morn- that it would bo he impossible imposible for the tion to be he marlo ma Jo o public until the I t ter I in is passed upon by br the JUd Judges Judges es who are to pt pass upon the ter are arc Charles W. W Morse Chief Jus JUg J and Judges es Geor George o G. G Armstrong Trig iris It L. Ritchie 9 and nd Thomas D D. D.- Lewis Leis he d document is very brief It cons con con- I s s 15 F ions based upon evidence e red h by the Attorney is understood that the document tares that there then is a trust o fisting existing ch eh is operating unlawfully in reint re re- reint int of trade It H is declared that evidence c in the hands bands of oC the Altor- Altor General ix is such Mich that true trio b bills uld h bo be returned h by a grand rand jury cry cry Wouldn't Soil Sell loyd Hoaglin proprietor of the Tex- Tex store 51 East Third South et talked freely frech this morning of bi his with the Butchers and Gro- Gro association If He c said aid Some Somo time timo ago 30 I W wars a notified by by a of a certain bakery that would ouM be ho unable to deliver any mored more ad d to me mt I naturally asked Tor theon thoon tho the on son as I had always paid my mr bills The representative of tho the ery err informed me that tho the company been visited by hr a representative of Butchers and Grocers' Grocers n association notified that if it continued to dor der de do- r bread to mo f tho members of the d elation tion would withdraw their trade i tho bakers bakers' The representative c frankly in ini in in- i sit mo me that the they would like t to dog dor do- do r g bread to me but that if the tho mem memo of tho the association withdrew their theire e o it would practically force them of 01 business Since that day day- ki they not delivered cred a Joa loaf of bread to Some time a ago o I ordered a n bill hill of oC Is s 5 from a grocery company compan on East t South street treet Before the goods good goodso o delivered deli u a member of the concern o e to mo Inc and notified me that I would t to put my JU- JU priers prices up before it coulder could er the tho gods The goods goals o ls wore were never eredA erNt ered IA A member of the association visited landlord how bow many times hues I do not and find made marl complaints about tho the then H n at which I Ins was ns lIin co goods goals l and signs which I had in front of my 1113 mye P. P of The landlord finally nally i to me and stated that he could t stand ull their visits aD any lon longer and I would either cither have hn to tal take e my from the tho front of the store storo or be ho Id d have ha to refuse to r rent nt to me ins I 1 the thc signs down and th they have no not t up since ed d Price of ot Soap hen at t m my former place of bur i. 1 I was ryas j selling soap at six bars hars fo fonts for r and nuking a 1 profit that sat satis- satis is me nil me A 1 representative of the whole whole- house from which I purchased tho the camo came to mo me one cIa day and notified hat bat I would woul have to raise the tho price I cents n n. bar or they could not 5 sell 11 ny fly more soap lie llo gave gate as is tho the rea rca lm hat II d if jf th they continued to sell ell to mo me I r told at tho the price that I was sell sell- the thi members of or the combination d not buy 11 from front th them m. m Much uch against I was WIlS forced to advance the nether nother firm notified d inn me some time in ini I hat nat it could coul i not yell Il mo ml nu any morn more s 8 for th tb reason that I 1 wa was selling heap They frankly tol told mo me that t would d l like e my 01 trade but that the they d to deliver goods oo s to me for t f being boycotted They dirt dill offer ll a l me goods i if I T would come after cud nud th they have ul e done so but hut I ba have havo 0 co compelled nt to go o for h Hoaglin ilin was teas asked Pot pt what ho he e was VIM selling ellin Utah canned toma- toma and hu bo replied Ten cents a can f akin a M Mi fair ir lion livin profit at that bile on l the tho 0 tomato question I i Itt bo bu i well for tor some ome member of f the I 1 I I association to explain how it is that Hyrum Ha Hayball ball one ono of the tho leading merchants merchants mer mer- chants o of Logan LOJan has bas been selling polling Woods Cross Cros tomatoes at lit twelve cans I for 1 1 while whilo at nt tile the same time the members mem ment- hers bers of the local combination have hac been selling them at ati eight i bt cans for lor 1 and md claiming that the they were not nol making any money mono at that price price Said Mr Ir Hon Hoaglin lin Some time ago 0 r I was visited b by arc a rc representative e o 0 or If the El Elgin in dairy dain and asked nt at what price r I was selling butter butter but hut ter I informed him that I Iras was ras selling it at a cut of 5 cents on two pounds when the customer takes two t pounds Ho notified me that I would have ha to put the price up I declined to do so 30 and andI I have ha not been able to get et an any more butter from that concern Realty Mens Men's Statement At a meeting of the tho members of or the Real Estate a association last lut ni night ht the food trust combination combination- and means mean to handle the s situation w were re db u Ell at length It was announced ed that the proposed fund of oC amounted to Of this amount was given en b by Col E E. A Wa Wall yesterday afternoon At the la last t night the association asso asso- as association o dation adopted tho the following a address to the public Let it be he understood by one everyone that we c are only an instrument in the tho hands bands of the tho p people a against the th local trusts The cause is is tho cause CaUSO of the people We are simply limply a little guard for th them m to rally rah around If the they do Flo donot J not rail rally rail around it will not be our fault f If If the they dont don't strike for independence it will wm wll ho bo because they dont don't want it The the measure of the fight will h be tha money that they put up to make it Thu lawyer will he be as big bie as ag the fund and the tight fight will bs bf as big bic as SHI tho the lawyers Its It's up lip to the thc people We 1 a are arc not Hot soliciting so so- soliciting li tin funds Let then them decide h by the tho interest they the take in this movement what Whal shall bo be their fate I THE SALT LAKE REAL ESTATE I ASSOCIATION The board of dir directors of the M M. nail and M M. association held heM a protracted meeting meet meet- et- et lag ing last night at the close of which it was as announced that there was vas nothing to give i e out for publication President Hewlett was Asked lIke if a successor to Sc Secretary Harris had been n appointed He said said that th no ono one had yet ct et been selected se soy to fill fiU tho the vacancy Employees Fight Combine That the employees of the Oregon Short Line Lin the tho Denver Rio Grande and tb the Utah Light and Railway company com corn parry pany are arn planning to fi fight bt the tho food trust in in their thir own camps camp came to lii light hit this morning The Tho three companies have havo more than thau 1500 men on their pay pay- roll While those who ho arc are working on the proposed ed plan are arc not ready to give o i out nut much in information for publication t at atthe atthe atthe the pre nt time it was 19 stated that they propose to form a 11 operative co-operative society for Iho tho retailing of meats groceries and ind pro i provisions It was rail a admitted ad n that t a number of I meetings hail had been held heM among tho the thomen men th that t a temporary president and wl secretary had be been n and that of f the tho proposed capital capit l stock tock had already been subscribed and more moro moroa was a coming every e hour bour It was wa given iv en out t that the tho 10 action of the tho m tr jn nhat n hat had been taken for self protection a against the present hi high h prices cs prevailing prevail pre ing in in this thin city Lorenzo T Jensen secretary of tits th Butchers and Grocers' Grocers a association announces announces an an- that John A. A Gr Green Gren en secretary cf the tIle National Association of Retail Merchants will he be in this city city tomorrow and will give a n l lecture in iu Barrett hall haU tomorrow ni night ht to which all busin business businessmen ca s men ar are arc invited ill |