Show flap Little to Say Manager T r R ii JOnd wa approached this morning with a viI view 11 to securing some information regarding the earn In lags expenses and of at hi his corn com company pany purporting to correctly represent these items Item having been pub by other ppe papers A was expect expected ed Mr Jones Jone would not ventilate the buln business details of hI his compani trans tran transactions actions Sa Said Id lie JIt The which you quote to me have come from heaven bean knows know where certainly not from myself mIf Th They are aNt lib ab absolutely wIthout foundatIon or and nd are consequently II as In Incorrect incorrect correct as such pu publications usually are an In whit what particulars they ther are aN In I than Dot ot say for lbs tbt lOn that It I 15 not the of in ns outside ol of till the It It Is U ly 1 t k kand and so 10 forTh of oe tho U much Se 10 a u tl It would be to Ilk ask the 7 1 c cM CM M I or any business institution large or malt to make mke publIc a state covering their every S ALL This reported advance ot of from three to tour four doll collars a ton for the treatment or of 0 ores b by our smelters I is also 10 untrue Our coke coal Iron ore for fluxing put pur P poles It And other used In the business have all been advanced In price and nd a as a natural consequence we have compelled to make moke charges for tor our work Hut Hilt the ralI raise all through does nat exceed an n average of f cents cent a ton When the new mill at the Ontario In Park Prk City wa erected the mIne people pl selected and th the cleanest and bt of the ore orl orlIn orein In theIr mill and lid the residue which was InferIor dirty and lId more of handling was sent lent to u us In this dase ae aee we e made an 12 ot of one dollar a ton In one pr tWI instanceS we bare charged about thre dollars higher while In most cUt cases the raise ralle h ha been but cents cent on ah ton I ha have not actually figured out the average but at ata II a rough estimate te I place th the figure at cents a ton MINERS PROTECTED The strike doss not work any hard hardship ship on the miners or those thOle who ho have ore to sell ell continued Mr Jan Jones In mot molt c cases all their ore I is contracted contrat for that tbt I Is we long ago 1 4 to bu buy their or ores at t so much per ton so 10 that they ther bring In theIr cre III as usual ual ani ni we litO store It awl awu until such uch thai a as we wema ma may be ready ad to smelt It Yesterday and today tody we bought 0 ore under these conditions and anil shall hall continue the tide lice w WANT ANi ENT I hope bop tote to see this strike buln business set Itt tied soon lOOn for tor the sake ake lit of both of the company and nd the men It to be possible for tur us u to arrIve at t an agree agreement P ment The only thIn thing I 1 regret I a the bort notice we were given when the themen men meb nt first went out APPRECIATED II The thoughtfulness ol of the men In tending the furnaces until they hI cooled oft off without was wa very good and I apprecIate It There ma may tit l some ax aJ rind at toda whIch settle the dont know I NO COMPULSORY iI I want to say laY one thing thIne very panic and nd that I is with reference to the statement that tbt the company corn com compell pell pela the men to trade at a certain store etoN It I is true that some ot of u us interested are In a store tu at Murray but It is II entirely I untrue that we have bae forced the smeller bu to trade there or even intimated J that It w was our desire for them to do 30 10 Tim Thil I 1 desire to be emphatic upon |