The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-01
IN||ABEN|AGR|E||:'E||sS|||T|'Q!: ! TO 0
NElvlNERGERPL|A|||!N'. [ B
Decided at Conf erencs esterdaY
d That Sloss she field Should
Enter Big G ons Ida tion. NJ
ID TERMs 10 3 AS 3 8 FL J ORE. Re

speciai X Is II The .Dispa isfS
YoR u ai-.;ns ting ql
the men interest ed sin he pros ogress of the the
new negotla ions ~ merge the tll.
Alabama h irot, and : steel ndustrjes was was
held this4morrihE the OF, ls dessrs.
Blair 60. Tie was q TENDED Ter 4.
& resent atiyess a enbnrg,
Il ~ s;tSi
dent ben lllq'ly
Oh ers represent tiy.ts j3 thss Sfosss shefs
field interests. was sail y, atns IS: "a
result of this NEE ting WAS de fin iteiy
decided that the 81 DIS field srompa5,y
would tgosfntos The company: Dow; Zones
& CO.. made the 70 u owing sta temen I'm IN
connection with the smeeting 81; 81 3s
Z NJ !. As result OF Sconfe reilces held to-
dag. tits assured thar; I he ssloss- Shelf
ss field ste eela and Iron Company wi Il be-
4 a merged wit /, the other southern COM
q pa nies Iii the mbinat Ion now nearly
completed sEst
4 resident ]. g. Afaben, W. II.
81 Goadby and other mem bers of L the
& Executive Committee OF the Sloss-s
Sheffield met represen tatl lyes Of the u
y banking houses of BlaIr q Co, 9 nd 55
+ danbnrg lima n s Coz, to-day 5ssi
er1ns on which sloss- sheffie ED Steel
s. and Iron, Company viii g go into the
combine are no Il efinitsly known, hut
@Si 1t is proba BILE that the original 81 cures
8, OF SIPS for the common stock will be-
tho final figures in the merger! e,
Unless new conpl icati lions in ntervene *
AZ the plans of The underwrlt lters will be
ma de public within few days. s s5ya
5 tits said now that the merger plans are
fvery&f hing and are not rs was res
Gently reported. limited % aBconinuation a
ioflt the sTennessee Coal and Iron Company
with one or two ot her corp ms.
A Representative Of the ,sloss- Sheffield
Steel and Iron Company iii terests said
to-day that 1t tswourd be a matter of weeks
before the scilerile took definite shape.
Headed that not much moro had been
5dono than to obtain the consent of certain
banking Interests to look Into the mat.
ter In other quartz ( Is said that the
deal Is In pretty good shape. It Is sug-
lgested however,. as 1t E was suggested
IA few weeks ago. that the Smcrger is not
jlikelygtos bcS launched before the Tennessee
Coal and Iron meeting IN May. 4. q
4 There was II little talk In Wall Street
this morning about a new hitch In the
scheme. Il t is not true there y Is good
authority for saving, that i Ioa dley in-
5terests are not being considered in the
present plans. The statement was made
this afternoon that although Mr.. Hoad-
ley does not II igure ms prominently as n
month ago in the merger negotiations, he
represents largo holdings of Tennessee
Coal and Iron st took as vel as other
corporations. and is jan Important fnc-
tor III the scheme, RI
Attention was called to-day to a report
Tfha IN mas Henry S3nit n vyho fS a large
holder Of r Tennessee Coal md Iron and
was reported not long ago to have agreed
to place this stock with Hoadl ley's II
certain events came to pass gave a. din
fner a. few tights a so. and that among his
guests were D. Fl. Bacon, presi dent OF
tile Tennessee Goa and Iron company;
Samuel Spencer president sof the South
gerna Ilalway Il Colnpa ny; Roswell Miller,
chairman OF the st, Paul board K y a 4.
88IIarriman, James stillman, James Y,
Woodward. President King, Of the Union
Trust Company; /; Adrian Il II /, line q De-
alancey Nicoll, z, p, #, r, Tracy and Benjamin.
RNicoll /, . is .ss$ ia 35El III