Show NOW AFTER AT ATLANTIC LANTIC government ct cl erces rc ca steamship Steam hip companie with combining on an steer age traffic new york the federal govern ment brought suit on wednesday it tie e united states circuit court the bherman anti trust law thirty thirteen en of the principal tran tic ile carriers which are estimated to control SO 90 per cent of the st storage traffic worth to them 5 a year ear twelve off officers cers of the defend ant companies all resident ia ii ameri amerl ca are wilned as defendants codefendants co these companies the government charges entered into an illegal con coil tract february 6 1903 at london engl england and by which they constituted themselves the atlantic conference with power to apportion all raffle pro rat rot impose heavy fines on mem tiers bers vi u the conference for violation of any article of agreement and waye wave competition against all lines outside out tide the conference As a result it Is at aged the russian volunteer fleet plying between new sew york and elbau wa a arisen out of business and the russian american line was as forced to ecter enter its membership |