, 1877-12-06

anil the probabilities ARC that they will carry
their point.
T1SKER1Nn THE AGREEMENT.
The General Ticket nn,l Passenger Agents Of
the four rua,ls lcaanR from this city 10 tho East
held ycstcrt'ny their first regular meeting un,1cr
tho agreement alottcd at,nut week ago, at tho
nffirc Df tho 1ittsburE, Fort Wayne Il Chicago
}lnilrona Company. Tbat portion ot the ngrcc-
mcnt which provides Tint no raliroal ticket
shall be Issued upon tho orcr at the agents ri
Acvcral stcamsltp lines except when stcnu1-
ship ticket is presented thcrewith. such order to
b. presented for reclamation at tho end OF each
month to tho said stcanslIp companies, and
commission of &l.50 to bc allowed to sa!d Cen
crn1 Agent Of the steamship line, was amcnlc4l
SO as to mike New York the basis Of tho pay
t,lcnt OF such commission.
Tho day OF meeting, which, according
to tho agreement, was to bo on the 9Th Of
each month, was changed TO the 2lth,
70 as to take p1aec m the tlay when The Assoca.
tton Of General Ticket and Passenger Agcnts Of
Ch!engn meets.
Ehargcs wero preferred against the Grand
Trunk Railway for violating tho agreement.
The tlrari Trunk md Erie RatfwnYR are allowed
III Tho agreement to pay ac0H,'ntssnti of 50 CENTS
OH tlrkrts so'si over thetr 1incs. It Is charged
Rgainst tlr formcr TINT It has naid eort,nl*sun
of g 10 attte tho agreement went tnto effect.
Aetnn III this matter wa. deferred until next
n'cetinu to a1low the PARTIES making The charge
to bring mora definite proof.
The Baltimore tE ohio Railroad seems tn ho
much dissatisfied with the clause which allows
the uraml Trunk and Erie Railways to t,ay Il
coin1nttsoa ri 30 ccnts It Is claimed TINT 1t Ia
working greatly to tlis detritncnt Of the road,
because It nortts chance IN nil tho other lines
necessary to seclire l,lttnass. Thu Michigan
Central clnim that tho tickets hare ltccn sold
over the tirund Trunk or Eric. md tho Lake
Shore Il Michigan Southern ran make tue same
claim nA regards the fatcr line, while tho Pitts
lNlrG l. Fort WaYno las Il cinnco to bay tho
commissions by claiming TINT the tickets hare
lrcn sold by The Eric Il Chicago il'c Tho
Baltimore j. Ohio lRs no connections with tho
resort to any tric kerr. Tic officials Of the
baltimore e Ohio demand modification Of tic
objectionable provision, 80 that no " slcnanf-
Ran :" can ts prEcttcetl by nny of the roads.
theme nf discussion at the t'sxt 1ncetn1, when
probably atl arrangement will be fnato nlurc
satisfactory to nl1 concerned. and one which is
lcss calculated to disturb tic harmony now tx
tstins hctvecn tho various lines.
an arrangement WAS nl80 male Mt ycstcrday's
meeting wh[th provides that hereafter ITO sHprs
free omnibus transfers tI,a, be given to passct-
gers stopping ovcr in Chicago or whose transfer
tIrkct Is not attached tu the regular railroad
ticket
THE WAR AGAINST THE SCALpEns.
Tho railroads in tllls city arc not relaxing In
their efforts to push the ticket scalpers to the
wall. Nfr. Justus Goodrich, one Of tho piosn!
ncnt scalpers, was arrested ycstcnloy at TIC
instance 0f the Michigan Central IsaroMl for
selling tickets over TINT linc without license,
contrary to tho law, md was takcn before Jus
ticc Summertell Goolrach's lawyer. John
Lyle Hing, claimed that hts clteE* waa mot
ready for trial. and requested a;contInuance In
I'll Friday to enable him io ct several impor-
tnnt witnesses, aud tho request was granted 4
warrant was also sworn ont during the day By
the sat,,c ruati before Justice IIntics against
Mr.. aiulfors!, of tho tlrm of sfalfoFd Il Aackcn-
sfr, hut that gentleman. having been apprf*ch
berth, AMI was nowhere 10 be found. The
ctsi CT. md As he viii VII unioubtcdly '' b. eobclot
up sooner or later. It Is understood that tbs
stronr case araitst another sca9per, aud 80 llas
tic kankakee Linz atiu warrants Will probably
ka swnrn out against them tu1lny. Tho rail-
road officials say they will not give up their war
against these nlcn until every ecaIpnE office In
thls city Inns closed up shop
Ihu sca1pcrs have so1ncwbnt recovered from
their panic, ind Yesterday were fnoro deiIant
tllan they iIa!l lecn for euue days past They
will try to effect an organization to-day to mike
They ato aware OF the fact that thu law Is tlcAu
asaitsst them. and .o mot lnenn to MAXI deter
mined fight IN tho courts. The fact that John
Lyle King has been retained by those alrrady
l,v SONS technically or other. It ID their
object to break tho rafEroau COM mIinatIon
bY throwing NIL their business on or!c singlo
line. III this manner they think they can fnilict
disruption. But tn this they arc calculating
without their host, for II such hght Is mads
tllu railroads will simply adopt an agreement by
which tbs busintss IL propurttnately divided
share It will i,avo 10 turn It over to another. The
sanc thug was tried br. thu livestock
shippers few years neo, md tho rcan,t WIS
livestock pool on the abovo plan. which Is still
rioualy about other weapons to be used agninst
thu roads II tho present war against them IL
not soon given up. But Judging by tl,e conI-
ami Passenger Agents, they do not seem to
ecnfQ worth q cent.