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Show CONFER ON WIRE TRUST INSICMNIS XKW YOKK. June 30. The federal indirtments against wire pools, several of which have l-en out of business since 10!, and eighty-four wire manufacturers manu-facturers and their employees on charges of restraining trade in wire pra-(fuets pra-(fuets were the subject todav of seierai conference of the defendants and their counsel. The defendant" will appear in t erson or bv counsel hvt'ore the United States circuit court next week. None of the defendants had any statement to make today, though one of the counsel coun-sel rcniarked thatjie did not think the cases would ever come to trial. Attornev Wise of the I'nited States court, with two of his assistants, who assisted in preparing the cases, have left the city for a brief vacation. Assistant ' District Attorney Kurr. when asked today if the wire indictments indict-ments meant the inception of further indictments against steelmakers, replied that information on that point would have to come from the department of justice at Washington. ' The wire manufacturers will appear for pleading July " when the criminal br"1' h "f "'e l'nit. d .i-tatei f in-iitt court. Judge Archibald presiding, next convenes. No bench warrants have been issued nor have anv answers Iwen made, but counsel for' the defemUnts will be akd to produce them in court,. It was learned todav. that the delay of the federal grand jury in handing down the indictments was due to the late, appearance of Herbert L. Hatter-lee, Hatter-lee, son-in-law of .1. P. Morgan and president of the Habirshaw Wire eom-pany eom-pany of Vonkers, N. Y. A witness testifying before the grand Jurv becomes immune from indictment but" Mr., Satterlee waived his rights of immunity and addressed the grand jury for fifteen minutes.- |