, 1881-10-14
He Attempts to Gobble the Ohio
& Mississippi Rail-
road.
An 1ncorruptltlo Jn'lge mud Fifteen
Thousand Shares ut Stock Stand
III Ills Way.
Complete Monopoly Of tho Tclegraphs at
the Bottom Of This Stubborn
Struggle.


w.. "-'''N |
WHICH Gnuit al,u FISK years '9o secart'i
control Ut tug Eric were res1sei I1efo III
Etncinnati lust l1l9At' phe tho ,H"rh'hs
toonct them u lgnolhtf1y' 1nt!ee harmon
proving himself anything bat 'arh"l'' ~
WIS despeft'to move ot '!onll' ~ Mten,p1
tn compel Inc courts ~ hlu hah1 III aee"tlhK
the O5!to Mlsslssipp! Aal''nao alla ses
precedent w'licss "plila perinit ''1'n Ut my
ol'Ier daf'ne slecaia1or ~ ueii"'"!,M "in'
nsrrtnfh "lIy I'oaf'l oE plicetoty III t9le laiei'
Hnt''''s scslcslsc way TO Sotn III l''s own M
trrpst solile ',VtJ sllafcs ol slocH WHICH Ie
hau
is" .',,.ta,' r." ts.., ~. ;,.,t ,.n.,' f., Tim
pt 'oe "'neh 'Iatis'. 'is'u p"s:, a., ., .ns
hans ui uae o"tsiS 10 a's'..s" ""on ,"'..', ~.
t:s's oo'",' 49, ~. ~, o,,,.t of .,,o.,,
SHARES was at!!er tian appeatH" upon 'i"e
booRs. to"Hts "ttotney lnslstc" l'I"s iie
was NJ" ule owner p'e 10 9!iis G.sl,.n Luz ~
anlios1 uifeet WINS Ket " .e .,,s. ~. ~
olo counsel; 10 uo"'us tea .'s. ..,as 49, .no
stocS sohl't w wy" ~ '''a '''s' ., "."' 1.a. .n
fcsisl's pooha ""ons 'E."1eu, ~ ~. -
plo'hatialea u 'lose Pus''N' ne'..': a,.o ~, ~
c!slA kNlns o"i.e.t ne ponsa a,s'.'', ~ ,o'e "'o
s'inies t.., as uct uo poA.e ~. ,,,,+ .,a
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llulaeFs VI potns au1unt '.t -. .,. -.
lc eleet'o' 'nu Up ~. u.o s'''~
tha o,.l""s u u'e U'o .. ~ ..a.. .,a,,t ',.,
pans eAp,'e'ls p'o''uo .'a. a.5 s, a1
s''cn !as "e'' t'o l"A."''' ~. s-'
t'o' u t'le S"l ,,' M'a, .s'' H. n s.,,"r ,%a
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toa'1 fu..us u'a' VIC p"'uu' "...at''''a o. oAuu h",
Fote u'ssef a1e sa'''e p'o''a'o'' 40 NV"
i''hot'' so'e'ns't u...a'
THE fllihp el.AtN'
wnteh pfaetca'5 "as .''''l tlc 'no''.1 ~. ," a.!1
not Luz ihhjolits eo".u "pp".. H.. Snu .e tet
Ut anu coh.Iol lno e,eel' I.et tu' 1s''.. l''1
NJ III tl.e o,"et eio1''s "o ~ ."s
PARTY tIe uee'so' W lc,'uus.u os
"tlel'hihgt neal.,st t'te leuo"oul. i'". ,I
VI 1tn"s, A'e uou,u ,'4s. ss"s."o .as"s ~,
glnniHE Nus pee,l ~ 't'i'et - n'un .p"N Iii III
l'altlli'ofe q o'llo' A"' ~ i'asA '''"' '"'
| foao as ,,,, rr.xnpo,xr
t.,..i., s.artaat..i NJ. ,,sojr,to,;or of
ms':s, "u". TY.,,o., H., ,,.,,s "s,,ac;ntir liz.
no - t.a,,..,;,,,. .,,a I,st,lr,nr,, X ohfn
s.e,a,, ,r,,,.,, ,vos r., roolItv tl,o very I,cnr
sys.sh' WHEEL WY, -. NY W. ,soa,.
ol lae t,'Ae'N'I4 w.. o!'o" ~ ~ -. ~
t'e naclcus u. ts ois"t4o", ,.; -. ~ w. ""a s,, "
.te tatan!le .Ae,s p',u. M H., r'. ,,.', nj,
known .hal M''ntsoesei - =" ~ Nv .'a
llore ~ vnIo Io"lp's - oie"s.. '~s, a,,l
sfe's ".'e' tl!u ono r.,;', ,a,,,ra.',s a.
tnonen lno ' tMl.t'mois ~ otu ..s ,,..nri' s."M.
Ishes were No 'nl"'tans p"at y. .aa 4a''.'
Gun oh'"a ntsten,' utss VIZ n..,s S''.' s"s
t''e .s"i"s VI l'c nal'.'',io " ILL. o'o r" ~
ny hht "eIc ol'et"'ea III 1'io ''''eAes' " A"o
American oAloi'. -
TIE hAtilMohh 9 uil'o - 10 ~. ,.,.,.,a
wnoh u 1olea 1ne n"e'o.'s :" un 4a.h,.as
~ ihc't'c' WIS oI's '''"'o "n''It LUZ u'ss"'~1
asfeeiaeht .lH!1 t!lu calhpAi5 ""s !" @ ~ ~ W w
position to the Western Union. When tile
/ 1kfft H1 y ~
Baltimore Il OAl0 Contract WIS ut NJ, ensl.
Subsequently, Il similar contract was iMude
| will tim American J1n1nn. and when IL was
,u,,fu n mart anil norr,.l of tim W,4strrt,
11n;n, tho Ro,tlmore 4 t1htn nuuin b,cu,ng
~, a,t1r.i,. tn,ian.ud,,+ .vsten tsyarv af.
~. 81. ,.'., ,,n1 IL, f..utd IN mi I:,rratt IN
'o1t ""s "uto ~ " s w ,1.ss
come lilto tne THE oub !. ~" "'"i'' ire"se
. tic retaliation attelllpteu ny SECURING t1lt
| Ohio u mississippi anu mus eltl1HR lllo hNt
timorc Il Ohio oil wholly from freight, pils
, seugcr express, and tescgrAphlc trn1lic VILE
ST. mis-.
TIE CONTEST,
ns It centcred here bccal,le ono Ot unusla
, | trt.rnst frnu thn fart Tint II WIS ltober
H.s.., ,,n, tr,.t ,,,,, :, f:o,,i nm, v,,,,,,f
u ,1, ] ;t.I,1 .,aa,,,,., r.
tfeo9se '"s oo"4a 4'1itl1' tt ~ -
tai1soa" selle'h'l's. ueoiso 49, ~
tola'e tle eenesat ~ tne N'o"'' t,'
9 Interest, anu ttiu most OF TIC la'h''E III ule
' lneetil!E. lt0peft GarTctt 1hallhEea t!le nhi
A tinUre Il Ohio interest In pers0, nsslstet1 D.,
John II. COwnll, tile attorney Of the r0nd allt
:. several otller lawyers. TllAt tie injunction
sc]rna was concoctc,l before tho {onl.
T. u,rtv loft Nav 1'ork ,yns proyou by til
: INIT thnt t;cores Swuyne brought his wrlttel
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/ ,. ~" ~...'.. a,,d ,.a t,o,tf1rnro :. T,h,
scas - ru1 ~ ~. tnr,,s,,, ,,,rn
nu.nuy us sa,., ~ ,,tau.,n, .,vt,,cmt,s