Show PREPARING TO TC TACKLE TELEPHONE TRUST NEW YORK Feb eb 9 A A group of pro progressive ressi e lawyers lawers from the aggressive aggressive sive she states of Missouri Missouri- Missouri and and Ohio have just reached New ew York prepare prepared to tackle what them term the telephone tr trust In its strictly legal form the case at issue is bas based d on the suit of stockholders ers in the United States Telephone company com corn pany and the Cuyahoga a Telephone company wh who i obtained in the state courts at Cleveland an injunction restraining restraining re reo re- re straining the transfer and anti delivery of stock iu in those independent companies bought a It few months ago by J J. P. P Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan g-an 8 Co The lawyers came to New NewYork NewYork York to take depositions The states which they r take the position that they must be shown that the purchase pur pur- chase thase by Mr Morgan of six six telephone companies compan es in iii Ohio and In Indiana iana was strictly for himself and not for the Bell interests The legal array includes Thomas HarJan Harlan Har- Har lan Jan of St. St Lonis Louis Samuel B. B Jeffreys of St. St Louis and II 11 B. B McGraw of Cleve Cleve- Cleveland Cleveland leveland leve- leve land and John D. D Hostetter representing represent represent- in ing the attorney general of Missouri Representing th tho tieR Ben interests are S. S H. H Tolles of Cleveland Clarence Brown of Toledo and George Georg-e B B. Leverett |