Show I UAN IGAN SALT LAKE CITY UTAI UTAh UTA I SHARP WILL TELL TE TEi i I STORY TO COURT II II I II I I Coal Dealer to Testify in Railroad Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road Conspiracy Case FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS Harriman Officials on Trial Charged With Restraint of T Trade Trade- j The David J. J Sharp coal conspiracy case will be lie called for tor or trial In tho the Ce federal fed fed- eral oral court today under tho the title United l States of at America against th the Union Pacific i foal Coal company compan Oregon Short hort Line LIlJa rr n railroad r J J. J M M. ilo Moore re and Everett Buckingham ham The Tho case follows the Indictment returned b by the time fe federal eral grand n jur Jury charging the two corporations corporations corpora corpora- Moore and Buckingham with unlawful un un- un- un lawful conspiracy and a n violation of tit tho thie act of or congress to protect trade and against t unlawful restraint neil and andIn monopOly In lii his evidence e before the Interstate commerce commission Sharp Sharn said that he ho was forced out of or the coal business 8 because of or the thc conspiracy of tho the Union Pacific l Coal Cual al conil company any and tho the Oregon Short Line and antl the iho officials of or each which resulted In a u refusal to carry coal for Cor him or to sell seU him coal lie said that In the summer of or 1906 tho coal company compan and tho the railroad made mall a l storage rate Iato which gave e a the Salt lal ake 1 e coal cool dealers a reduction of or C 25 Jj cents a n ton both In the price and antl freight rate on all Wyoming coal This was done to keep up tho the price of or the com corn and antI to encourage the thc of coal b by the dealers through tho sum Bum mer mcl months month Sharp with wIth- the o other dealers received recel th the same stone reduction and wishing to o gl his customers the benefit of or tho cent 50 reduction he lie ad nd- d coal at GO 60 cents less than time tile price maintained b by the organization of the time Salt Lake coal dealers to all persons who ho would woul buy and antl store stor the coal In their bins A Storm of Protest The Tho advertisements brought out a storm of protest from the time Union Pacific Coal company compan through Manager Moore and from the Oregon Short Line Lino Sharp was ordered to take the advertisements tram front the papers and to sto stop soiling selling coal at the 50 riO reduction FollowIng Following Follow Follow- ing his refusal came canto tho the alleged conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- which finally ran him out of or business the time railroad refusing to haul hauland hauland and tho the Union Pacific company refusIng refus refus- ing to sell coal to Sharp The railroad notified Mr Sharp that all his orders for coal had been canceled Under the federal act all parties convicted con coma of at a conspiracy ma may be bj punIshed punished punished pun pun- b by a fine not exceeding or Imprisonment not exceeding one year Since Sinco Sharps Sharp's failure he be has been in New Mexico where he was given a position by tho the coal Interests that forced him from rom business In Salt S. Lake Mr Buckingham I Is hero hen from flom Omaha where he Is now located Mr arrived In Salt Lake Sharp yesterday yesterday yes yes- cs morning going to the homo home of Mrs 1 C C. B. B Sprague his mother law where his wife has lived since his de departure Jo 0 for tor Now Mexico Mr Sharp Is the timber Inspector for tor tho the Stagg Stag Canyon Fuel company compan with headquarters at nt Dawson N. N M l He said eald that he had no statement to make mako but that he would give gha the same evidence as ho did before the federal grand Jury providing pro tho the same Sante questions were asked |