Show i I 12 AR T TI I I ALP Bl I OUTCOME I I Mine Owners Owns and Union i Chief Chiefs r Indicted I j by Grand Jury to tp Face fY j. j 1 Fede Federal l dg Ma May Ma 4 a I INDIANAPOLIS ind md March r reh 12 SF ft tSi ini Isi il da ore to a r n W i turn of an an indictment against t 1 15 bituminous coal operators I and miners Iners l by y a. a sp special cal federal deral grand 1 jury Cap ases were being prepared for forthe forthe forthe the arrest of f the approximately two-thirds two of ot whom are operators and I tie te rest et miners The defendants will willbe willbe I Ibe be arraigned d here ier er liet before re Judge A. A B BAnderson B. B And Anderson May 1 4 4 B Bonds ids were fixed by the court at In some cases and iz in others at CONSPIRACY CHARGED The The arrests arrests It is expected will will r re reveal re- re veal sensational developments in line I I with the government charge prior t tI to the Jury probe that the Lever act was being grossly openly and defiantly I violated d In h conspiracy to J restrict trl t the production of coal The rhe investigation it was sta stated ed covered the entire coal Industry Including the activities of operators operator miners and dealers dealers in sixteen six six- teen leen states during the period of ot the war T TOn Ten v i-f i a at lS are r ri r charged arged against ga the he coal men in the indictment which contains eighteen counts It Is understood under under- stood that many of the tile violations vIp lations charged have have connection nd with the strike of ot miners but occurred oc oc- oc- oc prior prior to the signing of ot the armistice RISO IMPRISONMENT MENT j The Indictment was Drought brought under sections four and nine of the Lever fewer acland act acl and section thirty seven n of C the crimInal crimInal criminal crim crim- inal code and charges In general that miners and operators conspired to enhance en er- ert- ert hance the price of ot necessaries by re restricting restricting restricting re- re distribution limiting manufacture manu manu-i facture and by other me means ns and by conspiring to commit oft offenses ses n-ses as de defined defined de- de fined In the criminal code against the United States The penalty on conviction conviction conviction con con- Is a fine tine Imprisonment for not not more than two years or both fine axi Imprisonment While no names were vere ere matle matte public It was J earned arned that that pra practically all those facing charges are active active in th the central competitive field which embraces In Indiana Indiana Indiana In- In diana Illinois Ohio and nd Pen Pennsylvania The gr jury nd jury was as instructed to go fully into all r reports ports of at violations tl ns of the Lever law without regard egad to the of origin of ot I i place tle reports |