Show ANOTHER STEP TAKEN IN COAL PRICE CASE coal companies company official and lumber dealer dealers charged with con piracy to fix price prices were given until next saturday to plead last saturday in salt lake city when judge lph l ph rain of the third district court denied motions to set aside the indict mente ments I by a grand jury last october and over mer ruled general and special demurrer demurrers interposed by counsel for the defendants questions lons raised by the defendant defendants have been un der advisement for several weeks date tor for pit pha ding wae was net by the court on motion of 13 E A linger dia ills triet attorney who had bad charge of the grand jury investigation two in indictments were ere returned against coal olera operator tors and companies and two tao others against retail lumber dealers of salt lake it is alleged that the coal companies and anil the officials entered into an agree ment on april IS 13 1922 to maintain the price of lump coal at 5 a ton at the va mines mini and that on 3 1922 they agreed to fix the drieu at 47 5 50 30 a ton individuals and corporations named in the first indictment are the utah pud rue tom company oni pany the standard coal corn com peny pany the independent coal and coke company the royal crol cal company the knight fuel company the united states fuel company and P F N X cam eron tron C B moroni heiner J it 11 tonkin F P if and J will knight abe the second indictment does not name J II 11 tonkin manager of the indo lade pendent coal and coke company but does name in addition to the other de fend fes Junt Ants mentioned in the first indict ment F A sweet president and gen eral managed of the standard coal coin pany party |