Show UTAH CON CONI PLANT MAY BE CLOSED Farmers Demand Is Referred to Company Headquarters for Final Decision ACTION AFFECTS US PLANT PLANTe e LEAD SMELTERS MAY SHOW RIGHT TO CONTINUE For the tIe privilege of operating the Highland Boy smelter for fourteen months longer the farmers of the th val valley valley valley ley have demanded a cash bonus of and damages running from the time Judge Marshalls injunction de decision decision decision was made up to the first day of March 1909 This it Is figured would make the total cost to the Utah Con Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated company approximate The proposition has been referred by Manager J B Risque and the at attorneys attorneys for the Utah Consolidated com company company company pany to headquarters and the expectation expectation tation is that word be received I tomorrow or next day as aa to whether the proposition is accepted If it is not there are two alternatives left to the company It can make an effort to have the whole case casa reviewed by the supreme court of the United States and thus gain a brief respite from closing at least or it can order the works closed down The opinion In mining circles yesterday esterday was that the I latter alternative would be adopted and that the plant would close at the time required by the courts decree early in January Action Affects Affect the U S Company The action that is taken by the Utah Consolidated company is likely to have considerable bearing on what will happen at the United States works It is argued that If the Utah Copper company Is permitted to run under any sort of an agreement with the farmers there would be every reason rea reason reason son for allowing the United States company com company company pany to continue smelting copper ores also as it is an admitted fact that the Highland Boy plant Is the greatest of offender offender offender fender in the valley valle owing to the na nature nature nature ture of the ore treated and the methods employed at the works to extract the values alues If the Utah Consolidated ConS decides to close down pending the erection of its new works across the range of moun mountains mountains mountains from its mines it will certainly mean the closing of the United States copper smelter also With the fires out there and with the Bing Bingham Bingham Bingham ham Consolidated Cons plant Idle also there TV will ill be only the works of the American and United States com companies companies companies in operation within the limits of i ithe the zone that has caused so much trou trouble trouble trouble ble and expense ex nse to the smelting companies com companies companies and which has so thoroughly aroused some or BOO property own owners owners owners ers in the smoke aone cone Leal Smelters May Run It is claimed that both the United States and American companies are prepared to show the court and the farmers that the requirements of the injunction have been and will be com complied complied complied plied with and that under the show showing showing showing ing the plants mentioned will be en entitled entitled entitled titled to continue operations that no harm hann can result from it The Ameri Amen American can company claims to have an under understanding understanding understanding standing or agreement with the farm farmers farmers farmers ers by b which it can continue Its lead smelter in operation It has been stated within the past few days how however however however ever that the terms of the agreement were never fully tully complied with and that when It comes to a showdown that it will be found that the Ameri Amen American can company has no more right to run than has the United States company compan that It will be a case of meeting the requirements of the court with Uh both of them |