Show THE FIGHT CONTINUES record park city utah the fight between the silver king coalition mines company and the silver king consolidated company seems to go merrily on notwithstanding the rumors to the effect that a satisfactory agreement is soon to be reached between the two companies the latest phase of the trouble has been the filing of an answer by manager solon spirio of the consolidated company to the application made by josseph brandl of this city for a writ of mandate to compel this company to allow him to examine their books he claiming to be a stockholder of the company and having been denied the privilege asked for in the answer to this application filed by the consolidated company it is admitted that brandl was at one time a stockholder in the said company but that through failure to pay his assessments he relinquished his interests and his request was refused because it is alleged it was not made in good faith and was made in interests other than his own the charge is made that Brand brandas ls application was made for the purpose of obtaining information as to the personnel of the con ds stockholders in order that by personal solicitation and improper influences fluen ces it might induce them to withdraw from the corporation and thus compel the withdraw withdrawal dl of the suit or at least to hinder the company in its fight and injure it financially the further charge is made that one J W edmunds who brandl took with him when he sought to examine the books in question is a paid agent an employee of the silver king coalition company that he is an expert accountant of that company and has long been employed by it and that brandl and edmunds were acting solely for the silver king 1 coalition company I 1 to obtain information in that companas comp anys interests te rests the answer to the petition is sworn to by manager spirio and asks that the petition for writ of mandate be denied the original application was returnable before judge M L ritchie september 8 continued until september 12 and then until monday when it was further postponed by the filing of the answer so it seems that the big fight is on in earnest and may the right side win |