The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-09
President FILLER, of the Eek
change" Out of Town.
MAY REACH HOME TODAY.
MEETING WILL THEN BE HELD TO
CONSIDER.
Coal Exchange Men Are Very Chary
of Their Words-Lewis Confident
of Victory-Sugar Factory Pro-
ductfon-Lippman Buys Mercur
Realty-Bank Clearings.

Members of the Goal Combine, or
as it is called the exchange" con-
templated holding a meeting yester-
day afternoon at which certain steps
were to be taken looking to the pro-
lection of the members individually
and collectively as dealers.
But the president of the exchange,
Mr.. L. c. Miller. was out of the city.
Inquiry at his Office resulted in the
| discovery that man, or woman Tor
! that matter, could get coal that
suited but as for seeing Mr.. Miller,
he was out of the city and was not
expected home right away, although
the party volunteering the informa-
ton said that Mr.. Miller might re-
turn home late in the evening.
/ Several other offices belonging to
the association We're visited with the
hope that something definite might
be learned, but all the agents re-
sponded that they did not care to
talk and that the president was the
man to see. When told that the presi-
dent was out of the city none ex-
pressed that degree of surprise which
might have been anticipated, and all
Joined in the expression that this
paper was wrong when it stated the
exchange, or the combine, was a thing
of the past. 1t was still in good shape.
so they said, and would continue to
do business at the old stand, or the
several old stands and the gates of
the grand jury would not prevail.
None of the parties seen however.
would admit that The Herald was
wrong when it stated that one of the
members had called upon the assist
ant United States attorney and adj
mitted that it's officers were in the
wrong in enforcing the rules and
regulations against those outside.
One man went SO far as to say that
! the adage of legal lore which provides
| that in this land of the free and home
Of the valiant, person is innocent
until he is proven beyond a reason
able doubt guilty, applied to coal men
as we'll as to other folks and that they
were entitled to all the doubts until
such times as a petit jury sat upon
the case.
The relation in yesterdays issue to
the effect that one of the members
had called upon Judge Howat and
asked for a discontinuance, or words
! to that effect, were substantially true.
/ And the statement that admissions
were made to the effect that there was
a possibility of the law having been
violated are equally true.
But there are those who profess to
believe that despite all this there is
small chance of securing any convic-
tons. 1t appears that in it's cores
pondence with outside agents the ex-
change has been very careful as to it's
language. A reporter was shown two
| letters yesterday; one from an agent
outside the exchange applying to one
of the coal companies for coal. The
! letter itself was Of a very formal ma
ture and was such a one as any man
might write who wanted to purcfa Sc
certain articles. But the reply was
not of that kind which merchant
who is on the market with goods for
sale writes, not by any means. The
anti-combine, or anti-exchange agent
was informed that In this city the
particular company had employed a
number of "sub-a gents to handle it's
coal and that from all indications
these sub-agents were perfectly ca
pable of taking care of all the trade in
this line Consequently the offer of
the anti-combine man was declined,
unless he was willing to pay the full
| rate. OF course he did not accept and
does not handle the coal of the COM
| pany.
The question arises on this point
whether the members of the coal ex-
change are liable for the actions of
the company which produces the fuel
and whether it will! not be a hard
task to prove any collision on the
part of the former with the latter
There are those who profess to be-
lieve that this will not be difficult
work, while others say it is the next
thing to an impossibility
The situation as far as Lewis is
concerned is unchanged. He has as
yet been made no offer of a compro-
mise and no one has approached him
with any propositions to let him come
| in as a member No one has informed
him that he can have all the coal he
anything of the kind being DONE
He said last evening that he was
confident of winning the fight as
when he first began it and that his at
| torneys were of the same mind. Also
that he had learned that several of
the attorneys for members of the ex-
change agreed with his counsel in the
case and were advising their clients
to make the best of bad job and
allow the coal business to be run like
any other.
If Mr.. Miller returns as anticipated
there may be some action taken to-
day, as it Is certain he will call 81
meeting of the directory at once and
will explain the gravity of the situa-
ton.
Apropos of his absence it is said thai
he is somewhere on the line of the Rio
Grande Western south, and it was
limited that a telegram announcing
serious news in his family might reach
him somewhere in the neighborhood
of Castle Gate; but this last is all con-
lecture and is not verified.
In the meantime it would appear
that Lewis and other men not mem
bers of the exchange are earnest in
their determination to break the com
bine, while the members of the organ
/ :zatinn are enuallu as datarrainad IL,