, 1879-04-17

NLCOD ON THE MOON.
The Chttneo, Kuek 1slan.l 4: Pacific Railroad
Ia greatly cxaspcratcu M aeco,tnt u n stcp
taken l,y tho Chicago Railroad Association Of
t;enera' Ticket mud Passenger Agents, mud there
Is every prospect t1at this ruad will at once
sever III connection with the Association nMl
work its passenger department entirely outstae
Of 1t. Tile trouble nrosu In ths wlso:
Abo,it montl, ago the Chicago Ka1road
Association atloptal nj lron.c1atl nCrecment for
thu regulation OF thu passenger traffic from
this city. Tho principal section OF thu agreed
.ncn., that Of doing nway with solicitors, run.
nera, MD agents at 0cpoes, hotels, mud curb
stones, bad to ba stricken out, lowing to the op-
position Of lie Chicago, lsock i'|an'l Il Pacific.
This eugcndcrcd very bitter feeling, the result
which had been unanimously adopted also
went to rfcccs. TAc result was fierce
competition, for Southwestern passenger business
hetwuun tho various roads leading tu South
pAc!tlc was particularly act!vst md employed a
sca!pcr by tlc name Of Rhodes to 9ct MP excur-
sions tu Denver. One ot these excursions, ctIn-
slstiIg ot about 400 persons, left this city in Ills
Kllmlca returned he went 10 work to ret up
n,l1tl!er excursion. This excursion, with about
1G0 t,crtunst was TO have left hT the Chicago,
Rock Island Il Pacific yesterday morning about
U u'ClGek Juat UeIofG tlE Ifh1n at1ftcG eOh-
atab1e appeared nj tG depot with warrant for
tie nrrcstuf Rhodes which Dlnt! t'ccn sworn ont
hy The Chicago l9ullroalt Association, for selling
railroad tickets contrary TO Law. ithpics was
taken before Justice 5utnmerdcitl n,ld int.
metlatcEy released on ball furnished by
m u,lccr Ut the Chicago, Rock Island .E Pacific.
In consequence nf tt!s went the train had to BE-
stoppei abolit fnrty-1vc minutes 10 give Rhodes
Il rllancc to go with tho excursion. Now tue
officials cf the Chicago, Ruck 1yln7tl e Pncnc
claim that thta nction was piece q! sptte.work
on the part Of the Rnllroaa Assuclal In tn spoil
the excursion. Rhodes, they say, quit the
scalp!ng business about a month ,ngU. md at
that tInic the Rufr0ad Association agreed mt 10
prnacCutc hllUdcs for nets dane previous to his
retirement from business. file arrest of Rhodes
1!ow 01 M old charge Wis a viUlattun III the
agreG,neut al,sl d0ubly Wrt,ug, because they the
Klck Is!anl} wore n party to the Railroad
Association, an.l contributed thefr eflarc to
.ts expense. They SAY they will no tnnges
cont trIhutc t0the support ot the Association which
IL lighting tlrfn In tllfs lna1lner. Tie members
1T tho IalrpAu Association clatnt, Ui the other
hand, that they were Justified III taklnE tho nc
tton they did, Rhodes WIS just as ,luch do!ug
t. sraluing business now as before he Weht out
Ut tlu business. Tie Chicago, isork Island u
Pacific sInlply rot him to Rolict this bustucBs bc
s..s,so he wins u.,serupalous. It Is Ltsgraeetn!,
tlcy say, fur q ruatl to employ, to solicit btlsi-
mesa {pr tletn, Of the very acalpers To Whosn
externlinaiUn they have contributed their
1tlt,tley. Titus the matter stnnls at prcsent.
Both sides clai1n to he In the right, md nothing
less tllnn terrible "wallH aud "KOah will sat-
isfy tic belligescntB.