The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-27
TALK Of COPPER COMBINE.
MOST OF THE ALLEGED PRiNSi-
PALS DENY KNOWLEDGE OF 1T.
Maizena, DaIy says That He Has S"t
D~rn Consulted About ~ ana me-
fore such q Deal II Effected ne
Think. That lie VIII Be Seen.

NEW YORK. April GA dispatch to the
Commercial Advertiser from LONDON sass
The Rothscailds and MoFgans riaieule 'ns
cable dispatches from New YORK teilihs oi
a si9o, toooso copper trust proleet me TWO
firms are said To be underwriting 1t mas
come out. however. that the combination
has secured virtually ali the American
mines except tae Calumet aud IL is al
Legged tliA, IL has purchased q half inter-
est in the Rio Tinto. but the principals IN
the latter mine seoff al the statement
Many DeniaIs of the story.
NEW YORK. April 2s.-Augosf Belmont
& Go, are the agents Of the RothscIiids
In ths city. OF the ruuiGT that tEeS OF
any OF them had an Interest IN any copper
consolidation. a negnber of the trm sad:
I'VE have no. heard the first word aooul
IT, IL is news 10 us and were II true, IL
would he very strange If We knew nothing
one Of the firm of I.ewisohn Brothers
said;
I'VE are not in position to talk about
consolidation of copper interests We 90
not know Of a consolidation saich az -
talked Of but ar endeavor is ander way 10
unite certain properties. nave no IDEA
of a SEn.oo1n consolidation, sut on a
cipher and you bring the AFFAIR INTO the
range OF probability Something Is DO
ing, however TO unite some copper com
panies ana something may cofae OF X
The present rtIuor of an immense coifsoi-
idation may have its origin in investments
Ky r. H. Rogers. Of the Standard ON
Company He Is good Judge OF securi-
ties and properties and has pus money ~
eoppers and as ! learn. IN the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company
Mr. Rogers Is out OF town and no one In
the offices OF the Standard OH Company
would discuss its relations With promoters
NJ copper consolidation. James j. Hag~
gan. president Of the Anaconda Copper Mn
ing Company refused 10 talk on the SUD
tsct At the office OF Guggenheimer, In
hal I'm hat
the monopoly OF the copper deals the
$s1is0,olo consolidation story was denied
bat without comment because OF the alb
sence OF Samuel Entermyer. who has man
aged all OF the incorporation of copper
companies fer the firm. No corroborution
OF the story was had ST Tsadenburg. Thai
man s Co. or from j. j. Morgan q Co
Marcus DAILY Not in IL.
CHICAGO, April 2s.-siarcus Daily, the
Montana copper king, is at the Auditorium,
has been for several weeks. When asked
about the copper combine. he gave il TO
be understood The Anacgpda property. nad
I'D ktlUwl@sf@e that a trust had been con-
sugunAzted-
Il heard this talk In New York on Sat
gri&y, liz said. and made Inquiries
a'neng sozue people 1h0. thp0Gat. would
know Some, hing about 4 Il the deal had
6eeg carried Through, blft none II ttsena
knew anything i1ere tsan dit. II may BE
sef.athing MAS done III New York NesteT
day a. ssrv,snee ia stocks seems 10 il1at-
este. hut Il 50. / have received TO definite
knowledge a. tR&s effect.
"leu think you vssGid r, APP % l1ear II
Anything had been accosn at.sse37'' be was
asked
Wei. yss. / rather tblnk I woul},'' he
repiseS;. ~tsh smile Before the scheme
san bs stst - have been concentrated.
sofse business w.it eAave IN fsF 1qns @ith
NJ X ie.lss as tsouxh the 3esti wossld ga
tisfeasa. BIOS re I3ik q > capitalization
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