Show I SMELTERS CLOSED BY BYTHE BYTHE THE TilE SUPREME COURT COURTe e C Utah Consolidated Exhausts Last Resource in Famous Smoke Cases Farmers of Salt Sal I Lake Iko iko valley valey will 1 for forthe forthe forthe the first time In years January 4 breathe the te air of Heaven free rree front from the tue much discussed smelter fumes rumes The Thc stacks Uck of or te the the United S States and the Highland Do Boy smelters wl will It I Is believed cease ceas their outpourIng outpouring outpouring outpour outpour- ing of sulphur and arsenic on that date late end ond the blue iky lcy may bo be seen once more This sought long-sought state slate of affairs Is c due die lIt to the fact act 1 that hat no legal legal flO now no stands In the wu way of oC tho tito enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- ment meat of Judge John A. A Marshalls Marshall's In Injunction In- In junction delivered in this city some rth months ago Yesterday the supreme court of ot the United States Slates refused to grant the Utah Consolidated Mining company its Is ion for a arl writ rl of oC cert I 0 I I With Wih the refusal of the writ It i Is understood ends all al negotiations be between between be- be bt- bt tween the tho company campau and tho the farmers t mers whereby by the payment of or a n large bonus the company's smelter might continue operations until March I 1 1 1908 X Negotiations to this effect have ha been heen going on between the parties partes for Cf or- or t two o weeks Propositions and prop counter arc still sUI pending The rhe proceedings have been marked marke by haste haRto on both sides as each had hud in mind the granting of or the writ b by the supreme court The farmers farmer feared such a de de do- would tie the Injunction up fo for nearh as o long long a time as asked for forb forby b bv by tIme thc company and they would no not I even get a bonus The Tho company compan- was 1 I fearful Jc of or tho the courts court's refusal to grant the iho writ Tie writ was presented reE to the tc court courton I on on- of ot last Jast week an and nd tai taken sn until yesterday erda under d JI m nt All ort Off I J JI J rH of of the cort 11 ho Hiji I the th tf t f jj t r 9 tc U J oX jc qt T It lh the tUf Q l tint lU t t l h m nd Bo Ro Vo Bo woUld hI 11 hIb audi and th Highland wo b bo ho MOel rJ off ocr O Q P. P 1 Miller Ull of oC t the om- om 4 aUl- aUl Wc We e gave lh the company plenty of I time Um to accept ou our OU pro proposition of but nit nit- court til UI the the d decision of the supreme vas v-a tl rendered the they had accepted neither of our offers The Tho committee has not met hut but I consider the question Queston settled set set- ted tIed and ald 8 sec no chance chance for anything I standing in iii the wa way o of the enforcement enforcement enforce enforce- I ment of or the injunction With Y h the decision at Washington ends enda ono one of ot the most sensational a awell as aswell well weB as one o of the tho most Important smelter tor ter fights os In tu the history of or the courts courts- The Tho matter has been before tho the trl tn- tr- tr I i bunal banal for more than three years years Th ThI The I farmers rs won a signal victory when the they I. I I I obtained the injunctions from Judge Judg Marshall a a. victory ictor that was sustained i i In the circuit court of oC appeals In lit St. St St I I Paul Paul and nd again yesterday In effect I 1 b by the supreme court at Washington The he case is is 18 the first on one of cOnse- cOnse 1 f where smelting companies Were ero cre enjoined from operation o craton and will wi be bea bela bt j la a leading case on the question queston 1 More Mor Idle hue With Wih the shutting of tho the smelters on January on-January 4 4 the Ue date data when the mandate mandate mandate man man- date from the circuit court of appeals will be received 1000 men will wl be thrown wil out of employment and forced to seek seck other out means of or H livelihood Their cause made mado one of or the strongest appeal appeals ap ap- ap peals peal to the farmers when the question question ques ques- tion Uon of or allowing th the tue Highland Boy noy to torun torun run lun for another year ear car was vas brought up and una It constituted one of ot the tho grounds on which the tho offer of or the company was tas entertained While the time Injunction Is operative only against smelting ores containing more mono than 10 per ier 1101 cent sulphur an and that dis dis- I Into the al air the character char char- charI I aeter acter of ot the ores smelted by the local plan plants Is such that to 10 1 live 10 0 up to tho the 1 letter of the Injunction Is Impossible leter Tho American Smelting and d T Refining It company will wIl continue to operate as i has hat Installed apparatus by agreement nt with the tho farmers preventing the tho discharge dis wih charge of or sulphur and arsenic arsenic The others in ill the valley valey will wi It Is e cx ex expected their furnaces on the day the mn mandate ate reaches the city 4 |