Show BILLET COMBINE Secret Meeting Called for Today to Revive the Pool and Boost Prices Pittsburg Nov 6 DIt It is reported here tonight that representatives of all the large steel companies in the country wiil hold another secret meeting tomorrow similar to U the one held In this city last week for the tile purpose of reestablishing the old billet pool It is said that tho the meeting will be held either in New York or Chicago The conference will not bt be beheld held In Pittsburg Pitts burg owing it is said to the publicity given the former meeting A combination of ot the billet makers la is sald said to be the only means of saving the trade Prices are low and the situation bad It was In circumstances r similar to these that the billet pool of 1903 was formed In July of that year yeaT billets were 27 21 and 28 in Pittsburg f t r Bessemer with 1 a ton added for hearth while at the time finished pro proa prod I were on a par with conditions whir h have now prevailed for some time HOT Ho Hoever ever eer pig Iron seas as about 4 1 a ton less than now |