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Show w www guilty of mm OF SHERMAN AITI-TW II i a Union Pacific Coal Company, Two Railroads and Two 'Former Officials Of-ficials Convicted In Utah 'Courts. Salt Lake City. In tho federal court horn tho Union Pacific Itallroad company, Iho Oregon Short Lino Hall-toad Hall-toad company, tho Union Paclflo Coal company, K. Buckingham, formerly general superintendent oP tho Oregon Short Lino, and J. M. Mooro. formerly western sales agent for tho Union Paclflo Con! company, wcro on Thursday Thurs-day convicted of violation of tho Ediornrnn nntl-trust law. Tho maximum ponnlty In each caso is a lino of 15.000 and ono year In tiro county Jail, with tho exception of tho corporations, which nro llablo only to n flno. A recommendation for mercy was trmdo In tho caso of K. Buckingham, Tho specific chnrgo Is thnt n combination com-bination was entored Into between tho Union Pacific Coal company, tho Union Pacific Railroad company, ths Oregon Short Lino Railroad company, Everett Buckingham, general superintendent super-intendent of tho 8hort Lino, nnd J. M. Mooro, general sales agent for tho coal cortpnny, to deprlvo D. J. Sharp ni n supply of coal because ho reduced re-duced tho prlco at which ho sold coal In Salt Lake. Tho verdict of the Jury was that each of tho corporations nnd individuals individ-uals charged In tho government Indictment In-dictment It guilty of vlolntlng tho Sherman nntl-trust law. Tho caso will undoubtedly bo taken to tho United States circuit, court of. appeals and perhaps from there to tho United Stntes supremo court bo-fqro bo-fqro tho final vordlct In tho enso Is given. Parley L. Williams, gcnornl counsel for tho Oregon Short Lino llnllrond company, Is quoted as saying say-ing that tho vordlct was only tho beginning be-ginning of tho caso, ond that an appeal ap-peal would bo taken Immediately. |