, 1877-12-05

THEY STILL PURSUE T11rHl

Kept up win hasltHfthiSllEQ F140f+ h!El HoHs
nftcr bows arc pouring Gnwn upan them.
Though they still put Oh n defiant aIr, yet It Is
only question of time when they will tavc to
pack up and engage In son1c uthcr austnctE.
The committee appointed by tho General Ticket
and Passenger Agents last Monday to prnscctste
the sea1pcrs found selling tickets without u
license, aud to appoint an aftorncS, held ncet-
ing yrstcrday, nnd tou. dccia17estcr towards tt:
n accomplishment Ut tho worl; assigned to them.
This committee CONSISTS of tho following yell
ilamcn: FIR. Meyers. Pt.s!,urg i rort Wayne;
James Charlton. chicaso & A,ton; II. {. Went
worth, Michigan Central; ". r. Jtl.nsn,,. ill.,
uots Central; and Z. Ga'lnp, Kankascc Line.
They resolved to begin t!ic prosecution VI the
scalpers found selling tsekrts contrary to
law nt once, md thu. two eerIs ers
st,aif be hauled up before Justice
% qo. a @ ess sasi Ia, fssiT SsJ i, I " sn Sss
acaln until no e:alpcra arc left 10 tro+cri,tc.
To tue Michigan Central was assigned thu task
u beginning the fntl. and tieilcTal Ticket anil
Passenger Agent Wentworth secured cnouss4
evidence last evening akuinst Juttus GtN'trtgi
and Mulfor,i l. Aackenze to warrant suit,
and they will be hauled before q Justicu TODAY.
Mr.. ". .. Milfixcn, formerly. assistant to- the
Solicitor ot the Panhandle Roatl, Inns been re-
tatned by the railroads to prosecute t''cse
parties. .. ...
II, order to slefraT the expenses Of thc prose-
cut!on, tho Committee hat been nuthorlxrst to
cali upon ca.h foaA for fl0O. IL form fund tu
be placed In tho hnnt1s Uf Treasurer, who shall
disburRu II uudcrt!,c orders Ut said Committee.
and II tno a'fiIunt tll,ts oancd IL not sufficient
the Cou'1nlttcc tnaY cali for morc funds, Us they
lnny be needed. ..
10 organize and tuakc u united dcicnse against
their powerful atlycrsarfcs, but 81 for hayo been
bic to come to an understanding. the better
c!aas of these lncn bc3ng unwilling tu Identity
themselves with the scalanaEa, Md thcrefore
tho parties hauled before The .lsticos will have to
fight sluglcllandcd, II thcT Hight ut all.
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. EUROPEAN
LINE.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company c1-
poets TO b. ready to take couslgnmcnts Of grain
and hog products for Europe via New Orleans
II, about fortnight. A party Of owncrs and
Directors Of tho New OEleaua 4 Liverpool sttam.
shlp Ltuc arc expected in this city In few days
tocomplesc arrangements wEt1t'le officials Of the
renl to tuke tho business a,'a, fsom Scw
tho ratio on grain at 10 gents per. lo0
poupds to New Orleans ana 70 cents to Lisrr-
pool, the same as now charged BY tho Eastern
trunk lines. They lay thlt Is fair aud rrason-
Etn OF profit. AT 4 lower rate the Company
would loso money, and It would be no object for
them tu 60 lowcr. as In such an cvcnt the trunk
lines wouii also como down, md tGey would
l,aro no moro advantage that, when charging
tho aboyc-namod rate. But they mean to al
here to this figure throughout the w'nter,
which will prevent tho trunk lines from making
\ further ndyance should they be So INCLINED.
become party to any pool or combination, md
II will thcrofoEo be III the Interest Of tho peoEho
Ut the West and Northwest to give them d latr
sharc OF the trac. an.l sustain u line whose OBJ
iect It Is to preyent tho establishment u cxtor-
tIunato rates by competing roads during tho
time when the competition By lake Is stopped.