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Show Clf.r.jZ'n .COAL j TRUST ON . COAST r ... . . . - . .. San, Francisco Companies in Combination In Viola-tien Viola-tien cf Law, According to ; ' US. Attorney. - . : SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. Assist, ant United State ; Attorney ; A. P. Black is preparing a; report for Attorney-General .Bonaparte on the local coal.' trust Information bat reached the United 8tates Attorney's office that there is an agreement between coal companies which is in effect, t is said, a' Tlolation of the Sherman anti-trust law and an unlawful combination in restraint of trade. The companies which are said to hare combined as a trust are the Wect-ern Wect-ern Fuel company and the Pacific Coast company. For years these concerns con-cerns have practically had control of the importation and sale of coal in this city. |