Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1903 — Coat Men Indicted. [ARTICLE]

Coat Men Indicted.

Monday at Chioßgo forty-four ooal men and corporations were indicted by the epeoial grand jury. Conspiracy in restraint of trade combination to regulate and and fix prioes of ooal in violation of the anti-trust law are charged. The penalty for conspiracy is imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five yearsi or a- fine not exceeding 12,000, or both. For violation of the anti-trust law the penalty is a fine of SSOO to 12,000 for corporations, and for individuals a fine of S2OO to SI,OOO, or imprisonment in the oounty jail not < xoeeding one year, or both. The indictments are mostly against Illinois parties and companies, but quite a large number of Indiana people and companies are also inoluded, as follows: Hugh Shirkie, Terre Haute. J. J, Biggins, Terre Haute. J. Smith Talley, Terre Haute. Edward Shirkie, Terre Haute. I John Shirkie, Terre H^ute. HR- M’Clellan, Clinton, Ind. Joseph Martin, Rosedale, Ind. \ Bruilletts Creek Goal Company, r** Oak Hill Ooal and Mining 00. Coal Bluff Mining Company. Parke Oounty Coal Company. Glen Oak Ooal and Mining Co. * Nevins Coal Company. JL Indiana Fuel Company. * M’Clellan Bons & Co. Cresoent Coal and Mining Co. Several of these firms are well known and have sold large quantiJifiß of ooal here,