Deseret Evening News | 1902-12-31 | Page 2 | Illinois Coal Combine

COAl CO InvestigatIons by iid mI Committee Chicago D Dee c InvestIgations ester lI hy by Atty Gen Oen and by the to determine the tho causo caURO of the coal famine amine In hIs cIty were wert otis when Iho c consIsting of Al AI Friestadt Palmer toni Jones went iven Into conference with the attorney general to the tho end that they work Intelligently and together Time Inquiry line not ns ne yet brought out evidence of a conspIracy between or on the part of ot of both although some Borne ot of the former have been shown to tim hUe have on hand thousands ot of tons ot of coal The fhe how however however ever claim that It Is Cor or contracts si al ma e and nna not their own oln Tue fhe attorney general says sas that it If It Itcan Itcan can be the coal coni Is reallY not held for far contracts the lie dealers cnn can Lu be for St It from the thu market Several men inert declared t d their itch roads were giving coal eual prefer preference ence over oer dead freight and figures to show that It was being dIe po ell of as as received