Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-06
IT'S DOG EAT DOG.
One Combine Fighting Another-Warner
Miller and Steve Dorsey Fighting the
Chicago Meat Trust-A New Deal on

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One Combine Fighting Another-WarneI
Miller and Steve Dorsey Fighting the
Chicago Meat Trust-A New Deal on
Foot.
A gentleman just returned from New
York is authority for the statement that
Warner Miller is relied upon to help boom
the American Meat Company, which re-
Gently felt called upon to withdraw its stock
from the market shortly after the subscrip-
tion books had been opened. The ex-Sena-
tor has been elected President of the COM
pany, to take the place Of John H. Flagler,
of the Standard Oil Company, whose re-
tirement few weeks ago so seriously inter
ferred with the plans of ex-senator 8. w.
Dorsey and the other promoters of the big
beef scheme.
Miller is apparently clothed with consid-
erable authority, as it has been announced
at the Office of the meat company that the
two vice-presidents who are to be elected at
Tuesdays meeting of the directors would be
such as he should pick out. One of these
new officers will succeed Mr. j. o. Moss.
who is also treasurer of the Cottonseed Oil
Trust, of which Mr.. Flagler is president.
While the latter is 20 remain in the direc-
tory of the meat company, it is limited that
Mr.. Moss will be asked to get out. There
seems to be a good deal of feeling against
Mr.. Moss, and it is intimated that he was
more or less responsible for the hitch in
launching the big scheme.
The New York Herald of yesterday con-
tanned an interview with an officer Of the
combine, who said:
We might as well let the public into the Sc
cret of the complication now. Phil Armour
n q To- in
cago were afraid Of us and they set out to
squeeze u.s. This they did by frightening Mr..
Flagler and Mr.. Moss The combine uses S.,
lard, and they threatened that if these two off,
GERS of the trust had anything to do with our
company they would establish works and no
longer use their cottonseed oil. Armour bought
up lot OF the certificates of the trust and got
control and was then in position to dictate to
Mr.. Flagler and Mr.. Moss. TEey were virtual
ly forced to resign from the meat company.
But we have things in excellent shape now,
and in a week or so our books will be opened
for subscriptions again in Boston, New York.
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Pittsburg, with the
same bankers as before. We mean business
now and are certain of making the company
success. The Chicago combine are frightened
at competition because they have had things
their own way. There is good reason for them
to fear US, because we propose to sell beef at
retail at the same price that they Wholesale it.
Congressman James j. Belden is one of
The whole scheme seemed to be managed by
Republican politicians who have at one
time or another been more or less conspicu-
GUS. Ex-senator Dorsey is supposed to
have manipulated the deal which in the
first place amounted to consolidation of
some of the best herds of cattle and finest
ranches and ranges in New Mexico. Then
the combine bought an abbatoir in
Kansas City and plant in Baltimore,
where the beef, pork and mutton will be
distributed to the agencies of the company,
which will be established in the principal
Eastern cities. For all this the ranchmen
and owners of the plant are to get So, ,0DO,-
900 Of the $25, ,000, 900 of stock at which the
company is capitalized. It is claimed that
before the trouble caused by the secession of
Messrs. Flagler and Moss 81, ,00O, 900 of
stock had already been subscribed, but the
money was afterward returned. In few
days the same amount of stock will again be
offered to the public.