Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-05
LET THEM FIGHT.
The Rock Island Driving
the %" to the Wall.
CORPORATIONS LOCK HORNS
The Boycott Against Burlington
Freight Raised and New Tao
tics Begun.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.


CHICAGO, April 4.-The managers
of the Rock Island road boldly main.
tanned in court this morning that not.
withstanding the denials OF the Bur
lington officials, the Rock Island
charges were true that the Burlington
were trying by rate wars and strikes
to force the formation of great West
ern railway trust. The Rock Island
entered a motion that while the mat
ter would be referred to a master before
whom testimony should be taken to
establish the truth of the charges,
voluntary affidavits would not be OBJ
tainable from some of the witnesses.
The Rock Island asserts in its papers
accompanying the motion for reference
OF the case to q master to put wit.
nesses upon the rack OF examination
and cross-examination, that leave
was asked from the court to get affida-
Wits from some proposed witnesses
who have
SUDDENLY LEFT
The immediate jurisdiction OF the
court. Among these are Charles E.
Perkins, President of the @. B. & @
road, P. M. Arthur, Chief of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers,
aud j. w. Midgley, Chairman OF the
South western Railway Association.
The Rock Island makes rejoinder in
conclusion that yesterdays affidavit
of Henry B. Stone, General Manage,
OF the Burlington, displays temper
and recklessness iL assertion and de-
NAL which renders it eminently proper
that he be subjected to cross-examina-
ton under circumstances which will
compel him to frame his own answers
instead of having them prepared for
him by counsel, and in which he will
have
AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN
How he can deny, without qualifica-
ton even, the information, belief or
averment that the Burlington COM
municated to one or more managers
of railways its purpose to prosecute a
rate war until the officers OF the west
era railways should consent to abdi-
cate the powers placed in their hands
by their stockholders, to an unlawful
trust, when such communications
were made by other officers of the
Burlington Company, and not in the
presence OF the said Henry B. Stone.
And the Rock Island says further il
can, by the cross-examipation oi
the said Henry B. SSohe, and
by testimony Of other witnesses,
whom it proposes to examine,
sustain each and every allegation the
Rock Island has made, and establish
the falsehood OF every contrary allega-
,ion made in the affidavit OF the said
Henry B. Stone. The reiteration Of
the Rock Island charges, and the
motion for reference to a Master,
caused hot
INTERCHANGE OF DENUNCIATION
Between the attorneys of the two
corporations. Writ Dexter, for the
Burlington, warmly declared that the
Rock island officials were attempting
boycott against the Burlington, and
that boycott was a criminal, indict.
able offense in Illinois. Judge Gres-
ham interposed at this point by adj
journing until the afternoon.
NO INJUNCTION GRANTED.
When the court re-convened the ar
guments were resumed. At the con-
clusion, Judge Gresham said, even il
tho tr1st a1Iapatious m9da nv the
Rock Island were true, it did not re.
lieve that road from its duty as COM
mon carrier. Again, he did not think
the Rock Island had refused to do it's
duty. The Burlington did not need
petor and lU as the there 'S was no danger
OF injury accruing to the 20" road, nc
injunction would be issued just now.
Future developments, he said, might
a tor thic Drf9or