Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-03
AGREE TO DISAGREE.

The Attempted Compromise OF the Rail
rosd War at Chicago Failure Porter's
Ffrmness Bursts Things-Another Meet
ing in New York.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.-The meeting of the
presidents and general managers of the
railroads engaged in the war in the North
west, held at the Office of President Keep,
of the Chicago & Northwestern, failed to
arrive at any agreement regarding the mat
tiers in controversy. President Alexander
Mitchell and General Manager S. S. Mer-
rill, Of the Chicago, Milwaukee u st. Paul,
were first to arrive on the scene, and a
short time afterward, President Hugh Rid
die and Vice President Il. r. Gable, OF the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific came IL.
Assistant President e. II. Winter, OF tie
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis d Omaha,
was the next to appear, but President Ba1-
ter, of the same line, did not join the party
until the hands of the clock indicated the
hour o. II, the time for which the meeting
was set.
The visitors were welcomed by Presi-
dent Keep and Vice President Marvin
Hughitt, of the Northwestern, and after a
hand shake all around the antagonists re-:
tired into the pr esident's room to endeavor
to settle their difficulties.
The conference lasted from IL I'M
til o'clock, and when it was over, Presi-
dent Keep informed the GLOBE represen
tative that nothing decisive had been ar
rived at, and that the meeting had ad-
jouraed to meet at the Windsor, hotel, New
York, Dec. s.
'You may say,' said Vice President
Hughitt, ''that all the subjects in dispute
were discussed in good temper"
It was evident from the expression of
perplexity and dissatisfaction on lPresi-
dent Keeps face that the outcome of his
little plan to restore peace or patch up
truce was anything but what he hid hoped
it would be.
In a general way it was learned that
President Porter of the Omaha line, was
fixed and immovable in the position he
has taken, which is that the Milwaukee q
ST. Paul people must relinquish the ag-
gressive policy of extending their line and
other roads, where such new roads are
not required, before he will consent to a
cessation of the present war.
President Mitchell, of the Chicago, Mil
wau.1ee & ST. Paul, defends the right of
his company to build new roads wherever
they were wanted by the people, and de-
clined to made any concessions in this
respect.
President Keep, in calling the meeting,
evidently thought that the question of the
division or thes Northwestern business was
the principal thing to be settled, but Pres
dent Porter's statement of his position has
changed the situation entirely, and the
prospects of an early adjustment of the
troubles are exceedingly gloomy.
Messrs. Riddle and Gable, representing
the Rock Island and the Minneapolis
roads, were of course ready to enter a new
pool, provided it was agreed that.Itheir in
terests should have an equal share of the
earnings, but the new phase of the war put
the consideration of their proposition out
of the question for the present.
President Porter was the first to leave
the meeting, and was followed by Messrs.
Riddle and Cable Messrs. Mitchell and
Merrill remained in conference with
Messrs. Keep and Hughitt for five or ten
minutes longer. 1t was reported that
President Porter had lost control of the
Omaha line, and had taken his present
attitude in order to prolong the war and
depress the stock market and regain his
old on the road.