The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-12-13
lHE RAIL.
A Grand Game Of Freeze Out by the
"Big Three"
The Tripartite Agreement Duly Signed
and Sealed.
A Cruelty Cold Day for Competing
Corporations.
Outline OfThls Offensive and Defen.
It sive Alliance.
The Iowa Pool Beginning to Dis
integrate. and
The Iadications are Excellent for q
Rate War.
The Tripartite Agreement Only Signed
and Sealed.
4 Cruelty Cold Day for Competing
Corporations.
Outline Of This Offensive and Defen.
sive Alliance.
The Iowa Pool Beginning to Dis
integrate. and
rhe Indications are Excellent for q
Rate War.
Miscellaneous TelegraphIc News Items.

Miscellaneous Telegraphic News Items.
Agreement Signed.
NEW YORK, Dec. -Vice-president
Wadswprth OF the st. Paul road, confirms
! the report Of the tripsrtite agreement. and
says that Morrill, has arrived and the sign
ing OF the agreement was completed yeeter-
( day. He declined to state the particulars
of the agreement, or tho length OF time 1t
was to run, saying that It was in escrow,'
and would not be published, but added,
however, that the door had been left open
so the Northwestern and other roads could
3ome into the agreement.
4 CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE announcement
that twenty five years. compact had been
signed in New York, between tie
Union Pacific. Rock Island and
Milwaukee and St: Paul roads,
tatiys tail f of the Union Pacific A signed s'si ii
yesterday. The Wabash. Burlington &
Quincy q Northwestern will be
allowed to come into the agreement
is looked upon here bv other members of
the Iowa pool as culminationof the pol
icy of the st. Paul road, outlined
BY 1t when 1t gave the fret notice of its in
tention to Withdraw from the ombination
of the Burlington. declared this morning
that ne did not believe the three roads had
signed any compact which contemplated
any attempts on their part to control all the
4 business Of the Union Pacific read,
and he did not believe that
the Union Pacific managers had
authority to make any such agreement.
that the three lines should maintain
divisions, as between Iowa lines and the
Union Pacific on through and local busi-
ness now in force; he Thought the entire
affair was largely 4 street move.
ment, to "bear" the Burlington
stock in particular, and that his
road did not care tt. .enrer upon career Of
fact that the Rock island
and ST.. Paul roads have pooled their is
the former road this morning
notified the Burlington of it's
intention to withdraw from the
Iowa passenger pool on January
LIST, Of which It has been member for
no sign that 1t contemplates retiring from
! Me hsisht pool, but notice to
that effect would not be considered
as surprising, which would place
4 II on the same footing as its confederate,
\ the St. Paul company, was at the begin.
ming Of the new year, and allow 1t per
feet freedom OF action as against the other
The adjourned meeting Of the Omaha
lines which was set for Thurs.
day Of this week, has been postpon
ed to Tuesday next week, when the terms
of the compact expressed will be made
known to other lines. and the fact
that the announcement was made that
ia looked upon as first on the part OF the
Rock Island & st. Paul, that the other
roads ca join the new pool, but in towns
proposed by them. This is the view of a
/ majority of the officials conversed with to-
day, and on the result of that adjourned
conference 1t deemed thu rest certainly OF
peace or war.
Referring TO the rumor that the Burling-
ton would immediately inaueurate rate
of's' Of the St. Paul, Rock % Isl Island a'..Od sOd
Union Pacific Manager Potter stated
this afternoon that bis road
would continue 10 maintain the rates
until driven into fight. in which event his
I'd keep up with the procession.
LArEg--The tripartite agreement runs
for twenty-five years, but Is terminable at q
shorler time not less than five
years from date, and then only on
one years notice. 30 the agreement holds
good for six years from date In any event.
Other roads were present and the Iowa pool
may ebter on such terms as these.
The contracting parties shall make
the agreement for calls for the inter-
change Of all brsiness, except such as
is designated 20 20 by certain routes. The
Rock Island and Sc. Paul are to
get all the Union Pacific traffic
must go to the Uniou Pacific. There
t,s suts agreement between the Rock Island
and the St. P,nl, which calls for the pool
/ ing Of the Omaha busin sss. The tripsrtite
agreement takes effect January LIST, 1854.
shoctire scrapes.
iRosros, Mo-, Dec. li.-Advices from
Brewinston's distilery, in the southern
part Of Madison county. says that in q
quarrel, growing out Of an old family feud
Saturday William Boyer shot William
Berry fn the left breast, Bart Kelley was in
the house and was himself shot through
the heart and instantly killed. Berry is
i FRAnKFoEr, KY.,. Dec. lin Letchef
county, . remote mountain district, last
1 Friday, David Hall and Joseph Wells. en-
fased In f5ght, which ended In both be-
Rsrorts from Fisids sfill house. on the
Columbia river. ssy that let vsek fonr
/ uI<uf Nu&I< ~4u nAM&s W. n
Fields separated them and ordered the
party 70 leave. which they refused 70 do.
| Fields then drew q pistol and shot all four.
| Naft Knight vas killed instantly. Jesse
| 8arxeBt died the next day. and Major Day
and John Jenkins cannot live. Fislds e.
capped.
Lfnchsrs.
WHknrre. Dec. ll-Bie Bm kinney,
who vp acquitted Of murder 1t Ws-f IN
ion. ysstsrisv. vss tsken from fail fvs
mob and hung last night. Itis rtpcrf<5
that The MOB hss starred for CIz-krDurr.
where kinn.yt cousin h IN isil. conricfsd
of nsn.I<uEnrer.
Railroad Enrin~>rs Demand.
WDrrrKs, Dec. 1.-The business Of The
O&psdisn Pacific rsilro>d s q q s-xndrIu,
no trsIns are moving and ne ro-k.nop<
are nut fos1. ne t<crhI< \
cv1nE To- ttt POLICY of r<tr<n<tnert