The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-25
CHICAGO.
ARRAIaNRD BoR UNMRRcANTILR CON-
DUCT,

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CHICAGO, November 24-The Board Of
Trade this morning at the special meeting
came 10 q decision In the case OF W. N.
Sturges, one OF its members, who had
been found by the Board Of Directors
guilty Of unnercantile conduct, In run
ninga corner 10 grain In contravention
Of the rules Of the Board, by making the
purchase OF property at fictitious prices
largely above the real value ot such prop.
erty, for the evident purpose Of extorting
excessive money damages from those
with whom he had maturing contracts,
and also making sales, or alleged sales
OF property, at far below its real value In
the market, for the evident purpose Of
seeking to avoid the payment Of Just
damages to those with whom he had ma
tured and undisputed but uniulhlled con.
tracts. Also refusing to be governed by
the rules Of the association, and denying
its Jurisdiction over him as Q member.
The matter was, In accordance with
the bylaws Of the association, referred by
the directors TO special meeting Of o
full Board, which was convened last
night, but adjourned until this morning
for final action. A ballot is now being
taken on the question Of Sturges' expul.
sion, but the result will not be known be.
fore 2 Pm.
BOARD OF TRADE RNJoINRD.
Ballotipg in the Board ot Trade on q
motion for the expulsion ol William N.
sturges for alleged unmercantile conduct
4 nj IN nf ha ii
was suddenly stopped just before 4 o'clock
this afternoon, the time for closing the
polls by the injunction issued by Judge
Williams, ofthe Circuit Court Of Cooke
county. Tho general impression is that
the vote would have resulted in the ex-
pulsion o! Sturges. The grounds upon
which the Injunction was granted are not
yet known.
CHICAGO, November 2S.-A Times spe.
cial from Peoria says no passengers were
dangerously injured by the accident on
the |. W. s. B railroad today. George
Ringering, the fireman, was killed instant.
y, and the engineer, Sharp, was severely
but not dangerously injured. The acci-
dent was caused by misplaced switch
Trains arc running all right again. David
Brown, the passenger scalded in the accl.
dent TO the Hyde Park dummy this
morning, has since died. It appears that
he was riding on the dummy instead Of
In the car.
PROTECT BY TIE LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS.
CHICAGO, November "a AT q meeting
OF the Locomotive Eogineers held to. day,
the following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:
WHEREAS, It has come 10 our knowl-
edge through the daily papers that the
various railroad managers have In con-
temptation reduction Of the pay Of en-.
gineers,
ReSolUed, That we, the Locomotive En-.
gineers, representing the various roads In
the State OF Illinois, utterly and unalter.
ably protest against any reduction Of our
wages, believing that the present system
ot paying engineers is In itself sufficient
reduction, and we look forward 10 the
time when the system now In vogue on
many roads, namely, that oi paying en-.
gineerS by the trip, will To abolished, as
1t Is not AUST method OF paying eDgineerG
MEMORIAL SERVICES
were held this afternoon in the chapel Of
the Baptist Theological Seminary OF this
city, In honor Of the late Rev. DR.. Patti
son, formerly Professor in the Seminary
and Tor nearly hall century prominently
connected with Baptist educational inter.
ests in the West, and who died on Sunday
lsst in st. Louis. Short and appropriate
addresses were made by Prof., Mass, Rev.
DR.. Northup, Dr.. osgood and others.
FIRE.
The dry goods store of Shoen6eld Bros
on North Clark street, was burned last
night, together with IS 900 worth ofsIlks.