The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-05-13
THE LITTLE CONNOTTON.
A Sharp, Fierce Flight Bstwaen the Blood
and Parlln Factions
For the Possession OF tho Little Narrow
Guags Held Here To-day wo
Sets Of Directors Elected.

AT III o'clock TO day at the iileea Of the
company In Canton the stockholders Of
tba Cleveland u Canton road held their
annual election. Unlike most 0ccagiOna
OF thi kind II was not formal cut and
dried affair, but contest between two
factions that have been striving for the
control OF the property for months. Mr..
A. N Parlln and party, OF Boston, who
represent the Corbin Interest, have been
In Cleveland since Monday. President
Blood aud hla frlenda arrived there
Tuesday evening. This morning q
special train conveyed them all TO Can
ton. The contest for the control of the
preferred stock to which the voting
power 10 limited has been very warm
and interesting. There are 10000 shares
held by l,l00 stockholders, most OF whom
sre residents Of Bo1ton, Mass., and ylcln,
ity. Austin Corbln had been buying stock
for some time before II was known 10
the present management thai the pur'
chaae had more than o speculative sig
nihOAnce. When Mr.. Corb,n announced
that he was seeking control OF the prop,
erty he wSs already reputed TO have In
control majority Of the stock, and o
little later II was stated that $4,000
ahares had been pledged TO his support.
The aght was not yet yielded, however,
by President Blood. and he remained In
conference with inqniring stockholders
until Monday evening. member OF
the COrbln party stated Tuesday his set
tied conviction that Austin Corbin would
be the next president Of the Cleveland
q Canton road. A friend OF the present
management made an equally atr0lg
pre- tdi ilion In behalf Of Pr dent BlOod's
continuance IN OIL o. Each, howeye"
conceded the possibility ofa mistake.
THE MEETING.
The annual meeting o. tho stockhold-
ora and prox'el at the general Office az
the c0mpary y Ia this city this morning
was Il y'fy amusing, and 40 times OK
cltable AiIilr. Both tie Blood and Par
lin factions VerA well represented,
pr mlnent gnn lemen Of TO h sides fr IN
Boaton and New York being pres mt.
The meeting was called To 0'ie by II
A. Bl' o., president Of the road, and I'm
medlately an exciting uprofr rntuei
Pie Parlin faction refu oil 70 reco nlza
the authtr,'y NJ Blood to PIE lie At the
meeting, aud G. W. Fairbanks, OF Indi'
annapolis, cou So and proxy of Austin
C0rbi ;, who was not pretent, p0mi,
mated Joseph FsPJole, of New Yo k. fbr
chai man Of the meeting. The motion
was seconded by William A, Lylch,
Esq, OF this city, and tho vote resulted
In the election OF Mr.. Pole. Then the
ful began. Both the chairmen, Blood
aud Poole, began declalming and put.
ting n0"Ols AZ once In the midst
OF the uprOar Austin Lynch and II II,
Trump, OF this city, we're elected judges
OF electlOn by the Parlin faction, and
Charles II, Blood, n. k. stevens and W.
II. II wins by the Blood faction.
MIR. Lynch protested against the action
OF the Blood faction on the ground that
their proceeding was Illegal, and that
he and others representing over A 00C
uharea were prevented from voting. lie
also demanded Of President Blood that
the stock reglsttr be produced, but the
presiden6 refused TO accede to his do
mand.
President Blood announced that q
temporary Injunction had been granted
by Judge Mckinney, Of Cleveland, on
application OF Benjamin Cook, restrain.
Ing the holders OF common stock from
voting with the preferred stockholders.
An election for directors for the on.
auing year was then hold by both fac
ti)ns, resulting In tRe following two
boards being elected:
Patlin directors - Austin Co-bln,
Francis Bartlett, Joseph Il. Thomas
Albert N. Parlln, Nathan l. Eaton, Jos
eph Pool, George b. Olapp, W. A. Lynch
II, E. Cole, John W. Brown, W. s. Walk
or, |. IL. Bnrgoon, j. II, Holloway, II, A,
Axllne, W. NJ Day.
Blood dlrectors-W. j, Rotcb, II. A.
Blood, W. 0, Chapman, William Rotch,
George 8. Smalley, Nathaniel Freeman,
John W, Wardwell, s. II. Taylor, A,
Emery, w. II, Beebe, Seth Il. Payne,
Samuel Allen, John Q. Allen, Henry
Ranney and II. I. Rlnney. Both fac
tlons then adjourned,
AN ATTEMPTED INJUNCTION.
Last evening W, A. Ly ch, Esq, ap-
piled TO Judge Day for an iujunctlon 70.
straining the holding OF the annual
meeting to-day, Judge Day denied the
application on the ground that the law
would not wtrrant him In granting
such Injunction.
THE RESULT.
The probable outco ne o. The muddle
Will DO that the Parlin pope will take
tho matter In the courts, where the
question as TO which set OF directors
were legllly elected will be decided.
Mr.. 0, W. Falrbat k who represented
Mr.. C0rbin, IL the general COUNSEL OF the
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