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Show AWARDS M MADE IN SMELTER SMOKE CASES Total Will Not Exceed $6000; Company Wins Also in Many Instances. The arbitrators In the smelter smoko cases of Olaf Olson and others. Ira Ben-nlon Ben-nlon and others and V. B. Eldredgo and others against the American Smelting- and licnnlnn company tiled their Undines In the Third district court late "Wednesday aternoon. The arbiters made awards nmountlnjr to ?5000 or 5G000 In favor of -100 or o00 plaintiffs, and find In favor of tho smelting company in 200 or 230 other cases. In tho caso of Eldredgo and others, tho arbiters made awards ranging from 60 cents to $7.65 to four persons, and found against Kldrcdgc himself and two other persons soeklnc damages. In the case of Olson and others, more than -ISO persona wero Involved, and the arbitrators mado awards In favor of approximately ap-proximately riOO of tlioni. Awards in favor fa-vor of the company wero made in tho cases of 167 others who failed to put In an appearance before tho arbitration board. In tho case of Ira Bennlon and others, the board made awards ranging from 57."i0 to $l-l3.5o to Bennlon and others, and found In favor of tho company In tlio cases of six others who did not appear. |