Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1900-07-14
Secret Meeting of Producers
and Trust Representatives
Held at Salt Lake.
DIFFICULTIES WERE ENCOUNTERED.
Missourians Refuse to Recog-
nize the Trusts $4.12 IL
Proposition.

ing, from the Salt Lake Herald OF
last Saturday, that there ere still
some obstacles to be overcome be-
fore the settling price for lead is
firmly established at $4.12H:
There was little caucus held last
night in the Offices of Bamberger 4
MCMILLAN. A representative of the
smelter trust from New York was
there; 80 was 7. r. Jones, the trusts
local manager. s. E. Bamberger
presided, and the others who joined
in the conference were David Keith,
II. G.. Mcmillan, A. Hanauer, j. D.
Wood and Jesse Knight of Provo.
The meeting was strictly secret,
that is. it was supposed to be. and
every one present was admonished
not to say anything to the newspa-
pers. All those invited to attend
the meeting we're not present, and
only those lead producers who en-
tered into the recent compact, agree
ing to sell their lead to the smelter
trust at the standard price Of S4.12H
per 100 pounds with provisos at
taehed, were asked to come out. No
one else was allowed within the se-
cret portals, q. G.. Mcmillan serving
as sergeant-at-arms.
The New York man has been in
Missouri recently. where he has la
bored with the authorities OF the St..
Joe Lead Company, in an effort to
induce them to lend their assistance
TO the scheme fathered by the trust
TO control the lead market absolutely.
1t is this Missouri crowd that has
caused the trust so much trouble,
and has declined to submit to the
will and control OF the trust mag
mates. The New York representa-
tive OF the trust declared at last
nights meeting that the Missourians
are an independent lot OF fellows,
generally we'll to do, and when the
price of lead goes up they are ready
to sell their product, and whenever
it goes down they are able to pile IL
up and wait until they get their
price.
Now that these Missourians will
not come into the trusts proposed
compact, some scheme must be ar
rived at to either drive them into
submission or force them out Of bus-
mess. But just what the plan to do
this will be is not quite certain.
However. the agent Of the trust sug
gested some scheme of organization
by the producers, something on the
order of the plan outlined several
weeks ago, yet the trust will have its
finger in the pie and control the situ-
alton.
The gentleman declared that what,
ever is done must be kept profound
secret as much as possible, and he
told those present that the publicity
that was given to the former meet
ings held was an injury to the fell
lows on the New York end, who were
promoting the scheme then on foot.
He thought if the public was kept
advised too closely Of their workings
that political capital would be made
ont of it.
He pointed out that the trus
could not maintain the standard
price for lead at s4.12H unless thu
Missourians consented. The trus
could not buy up the surplus of th'
country and ship it abroad unles
the producers helped bear the losse
in one way or another.
Nothing was accomplished at las
nights meeting. The time was spen
in discussing the question.