merchants claims purchased about twenty mercantile houses of this city were interested la 18 A trane ac tion which took place at the chamber of commerce hall last evening looking to a dismissal of suits now pend 02 between them and the firm ol of 0 J co this firm engaged in ba badness at price emery C untying ism as dealers in general merchandise and aid in november 1886 incorporated under the name of U tike the wice price mercantile COM company pally the corporation tak lug ing the stock of merchandise real estate etc belon belou alag ning to toe firm and sm assuming its liabilities the latter were too heavy for or it to meet ID ia the ordinary way and in ia february aary 1887 1897 9 the creditors residing in this city who had bad pooled their accounts sent gent one of their number as a 8 toe the agent ol of all to price to effect a set get tt ement the corporation all its property including real estate emte mer chandise accounts cooata ac etc to the agent of th ifft pool under ander a written Jus trume nt that the same should be deeded payment ia 12 tall of all ul u ud iia debts of the company the cT cre ditora editors were with taft settlement and add wok took the matter into the courts where it has been pending more than a huor bud and a half ball I 1 mr williams william formerly fot merly man agenol D ar G pleasant valley m miner I 1 ars was toe time lather of all akie semmeal members eftim of firm of D J WI ins ai go the price mercantile company and by tar far their heaviest creditor ui law evening t he purchased aed on terms agreed upon after a loll fall discus sor sion ot 0 the legal and other aspects of the mat matter the claims ot at all th 0 creditors la in the city aggregation a little over timis arr arrangement eat will tave jb effect to an end the litigation 1 between t tta the vartook ataxia parties lateri 1 essec