Show COAL C A L MEN ala mla N INDICTED I 1 N C T E D latour dealers and corporations corpora brought to mol by chicago chica go special grand jury r X N ewt leaza UR three of the men under indictment forty four coal men and corporations were indicted by the special grand jury at chicago conspiracy in restraint of 0 trade and combination to regulate and fix prices of coal in violation of the anti antitrust trust law are charged the penalty tor for con Is imprisonment in the pent pen tertiary tent iary lary not exceeding five years or a fine not exceeding 2 or both for violation of the anti trust law the pen alty Is a fine of to 2 for coi po rations lons and for individuals a fine ft me of to 1 1000 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or both in addition to the true bills r re e turned to the cobit the jury originally nall y voted indictments for violation of the antitrust anti trust law against the officers of eighteen coal concerns members of the northern ill nois soft coal assoni atlon sending the grand total of those caught in the net up near the 4 indred marls by arrangement with these con cerns however the names of the in were stricken out and the in were directed only against the corporations on condition that they would mould go into court at once to test the antitrust anti trust law this m was as done don e in n response to an urgent appfel by theme the coal men that they be spa ei eu the humiliation of a criminal ind cements at lea 1 t until a test was made of it the rew law the grand jury its ac tion by the presentation of a report of its investigation into the causes of the coal famine this report dealt with the unprecedented advance in prices the crippling ol 01 industries and the suf fering of individuals and attributed the shortage primarily to natural causes chief of which was the an th strike the big increase in the demand tor for coal also was taken into consideration the railroads were exonerated from blame As a result of the action of the grand jury attorney hamlin an bounced at springfield that he would recommend special legislation in re gard to the coal situation of the men connected with the in diana interests named in the indict ment hugh Is president of the Brull letts creek coal company and the nevins coal company joseph martin superintendent of the parke county coal company edward president of the indiana fuel corn com pany H R mcclellan president me clellan sons co walter S bogle president of the glen oak coal mining company of the clinton district of in diana as well as of the crescent coal and mining company of chicago which acted as agent for the entire output of this district john signed the combine agreement for mrs jean the first indictment names the eom panics which are members of th the e northern illinois soft coal association they are as follows chicago wilmington Wll and vermillion coal company A L sweet president T A lemmon secretary big four wilmington coal company N taylor secretary gardner wilmington coal company S D may president wilmington star mining company X D buchanan president bell zoller coal company herbert 1 I 1 bell president cardiff coal company glenn W traer president devlin coal company charles J devlin president spring valley coal company S M dalzell manager marquette third vein coal company everett H tripp sales agent Bra brakeville ceville coal company illinois third vein coal company S AI 24 dalzell president a all these concerns had offices in the city of chicago in the second ind cament officers of the retail dealers association of jill 1111 nois and wisconsin are named they are as follows follos W M sanford freeport rii dent P F lusk fon fen du lac wis vice president v frank rank E bulens lul ens chicago secre tary gus aucutt aurora III treasurer E H keeler hockford rockford III director frani frad mcgrew kankakee III dl di rector F M durkee lake geneva ill di rector 0 L marston appleton wis dl rector R E brown oshkosh wis direct or the third indictment Is against the combination which the jurors found to exist between W S bogle and certain mine operators in ind ana the defendants fend ants walter S bogle president of the crescent coal and mining company hugh president of the brull bruit letts creeh creek coal and mining company and the nevins coal and mining corn com pany J W higgins secretary and gener al manager of the oak hill coal and mining company J smith talley president of the he coal bluff mining company edward president of the in diana fuel company H R mcclellan president of me clellan cleilan sons co coal company john who signed a an agree ment for his wife jean of the Bruil letts company Bruil letts creek coal and mining company oak hill coal and mining company star coal company streator ill branch of the big four wilmington coal company II 11 N taylor general manager la salle county carbon coal corn com pany F 0 wyatt general manager chicago wilmington coal mining company james dalzell treasurer chicago acme ame coal company R G fair bairn general manager streator ill wenona coal company C E mon ser president and general manager wenona ill oglesby coal company ae 13 T bent president chicago murphy keenan co braidwood ili joseph martin superintendent of parke county coal company glen oak coal and mining company nevins coal company indiana fuel company Uc mcclellan Clellan sons co crescent coal and mining company if the action of the grand jury is sustained by the courts the effect it Is conceded will be found more far reaching than the most inexorable foes of financial or industrial corn com bi nations within reach it if the coal men s indictments are based on good law these combinations it Is admit ted comprehend nearly every branch of trade from the greatest down to those of the comparatively incense quentian quent lal ial class |