Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-26


DR.. Gafdini. which may result Ia a sud
den cure of Master Gardinfs crorp. and
the return Of the prima donna 70 Balti-
more. According to the Post Colonial
Mapleson explained Gersser's absence
by saying that she had received news
OF the illness of her child. who mad
been attacked with group In New York.
She had taken the mrs. tram for this
city without giving notice 10 any one.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 25.-Gerster has re-
turned TO this city At the hotel il vas
learned that the difficulty between her
self aud Colonel MapIeson had been
pitched up and she consented 10 fulfill
her engagements for ths remainder OF
the season. She will sing in Chicago
and Cincinnati as announced. Her
agent here refused To make p1blic any
details Of the affair.
The Railroad Disagreement.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-The Burlington
road announced its uitanatum to the
other railroad managers this afternoon
upon the proposition TO pool rates on
missouri river business, and upon its
rejection qaitted the conference and
the session was adjourned. This was
the odtcoms of long pending neSotia-
tons which have been pursued By the
Union Pacific and the other four
Omaha roads TO induce tbs Burlington
t. join the tri-partite alliance or to
agree to form another distinct pool,
With the Burlington on one side and
the Union Pacific and its new allies on
other. Al the conference the Bar
lington announced its readiness TO Or
RaniZe a new pool, but on terms which
would leave matters in about the
condition they were prior to
tho signing Of the tri-partite
s2rsement between the Union Pacific,
Rock Island and st. Paul roads.
The vors Of arranging percentages for
the new pool was referred To a sub
committee, which labored during
Wednesday and Thursday, and some
progress was made on business west Of
the Missouri river, in which the Union
Pacific and Burlington we're interest d
In common. fhis morning. when the
question as TO the division Of business
at Omaha was raised, the Burlington
declared that 1t must have its full pro
rata of all business originating at local
points on Me Union Pacific road and
carried by tn t road into Omaha; IN
other words. its Omaha line was To be
placed on even terms with the other
Iowa roads, and no discrimination WAS
to be made against it BY reason of the
fact that the company had other lines
reaching out into Nebraska and
Colorado. This left the situation
the same as it was prior to
the dissolution OF the Iowa pool
namely, that the Burlington was
willing to negotiate with the Union Pa
cific at that rate only for a division of
the business beyond the river and with
the Iowa roads for business east of the
river. This meant the abandonment Of
the avowsd purposes of the new alli-
ance, and tue stand taken by the Bur-
lington was that the interests Of the
road were irreconcilable to the extent
of An agreement to pool Western bust
ness. The statement vas made to Off
Gals of the Burlington road that no
such concessions could be made, and
that the Burlington would have to re-
oOgniZs the Union Pacific, Chicago and
Northwestern, Wabash, Rock Island
and st. Panl Railroads a. prac-
tically one system In handling
competitive trans Missouri business,
and there could be no other basis
for negotiation. The Burlin. ton said
u would not proceed on any such basis
and that ita answer WAS tinal. It's rep
resentatives withdrew and the sub
committee adjourned sine die. 1t is &C.
knowiedged on all sides that the period
for negotiations Is past. One Of the
officials said that the apparent strength
of the contestants would have to DO
tested by a show Of ability in securing
business on the agreed basis of rates or
by open war. He Thought it certain
that rates would be maintained to Feb
ruary LIST, when all old pooling arrange
ments would expire by Limitation or no.
tioes.
The Trouble settled.
CHICAGO, Jan. pa private confer.
ence was held tonight between Potter Of
Burlington, Cable Of the Rock Island,
Merrill of st. Paul, and Kimball Of the
Union Pacific, lasting till a late hour.
Kimball states that the matters in dis
pnte between Burlington aud the tri-
partite roads Was talked over, and that
an agreement was practically reached,
SO that there il little doubt the trouble
will be amicably adjusted and war of
rates avoided. They declined to state
the terms agreed upon, but il WAS
learned that private dispatch arrived
from Denver this evening saying that
the war IN freight rates on Utah bust
nass had been settled, and that all in
terested lines will restore rates on Mon
day. Ii IL also asserted that the trou-
BILE in Utah in the passenger pool is
practically adjusted.