Show IRON ORE PEOPLE PEOPLE- PEOPLE DENY DENY CONSPIRACY Minnesota Iron Mining Concerns Disclaim ConI Connection Con Con- With Trust I I TRENTON N. N J. J Jan 29 J Emer Emery counsel for the tho Minnesota croup roup of land and iron mining companies compa comp nies flies named n d as a party defendants in the suit of ot ibo government for lot the d dissolution tion of tho the United States Steel corporation corpora corpora- tiou tion filed their answers today to the government s 's 9 allegations There are three distinct answers one by the West ti Missabe bt Land company limited and Dd seventeen o other land and andiron andiron andiron iron mining minin companies tb second nd by bv J J. J H. H Gruber and aud tho third t by bv Louis W 1 V. V Hill Tames James N. N Hill Hilt Walter Walter Wal Wal- altor al ter tor J. J Hill and Edward T. T Nicholas 3 as trustees Time The answers are Lre a I general n ral so EO far tr as tb these e defendants are concerned of f the tho governments government's allegations of a aplan aplan aplan plan by tho the stool corporation and the theother theother theother other de defendants to conspire Ito to restrict competition Gruber Grober and th the tb oth other r four indi individuals id- id nals are chir charRed charged ed with being trust trustees es in ina a lease from tho West MiS Land Laud company limited and other i defendants f. f ore o- o ore oland land and to tho the Great Western Mining Min Mm- lin- lin jag ing company the royalty on on tho the ore oro to tobe tobe tobe be paid by b- the Great at We Western tern eo corn corn- pany th the latter being bein guaranteed rant d by bJ bythe bythe the United Unit Uni d States Steel corporation In his answer Gruber r admits having ring been named as a trustee but denies havin having joined in the thA lease The other four individuals admit bein being be be- bein in ing trustees ru toes and having bavin joined in jn tho the lease as such but they deny that they were a party patty to tho creation of any monopoly in iron or steel products or orin orin orin in the re restriction tr of or the output of ore The West bo Land company and anci other defendants co-defendants admit th tb lease leases but say pay they were made in good faith for the benefit of or the stockholders without an any purpose of restricting trade or or creating a monopoly h They also deny having ln at any aay timo time combined or conspired in restraint e of trade |