The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-01-10


Chairman Cavener Of the brotherhood
committee was seen by an Associated
Press reporter soon after the confer
enee mad closed. He said that the
agreement with the Burlington road
had been laid before Chief Arthur and
that it was approved by him, although
this was not At all requisite. The ar
ranRement WAS complete without
his sanction. Mr.. Arthur, he re-
business entirely unc0nnected with
this matter and had only stopped in
Chicago at his tCavener's) request.
As to the time when terms of settle
ment would be made public Mr.. Cav
ener said he did not believe it could
be arranged before Tuesday morning
though possibly they would be given
to the press on Monday night next.
4 Windy War.
New YORK, Jan. A. The Post in
commenting on the decline in Missouri
Pacific says: The repeated and posi-
tive assertions and fat denials between
the officials of the Rock Island and the
Missouri Pacific in regard to who began
the rate cutting show that the most
Interchangeable element in the whole of
the rate cutting at the west is the
feeling of personal enmity between the
officials. This is not confined to the
two roads above mentioned but in
some degree extends to all lines west
of Chicago. The same officials
have come in rasping contact
with each other for SO many
years that they all have old grudges to
settle by throwing discredit upon each
other. and so bringing the officials into
bad odor with their stockholders. 1t
is the fashion to make the Interstate
law the scape goat for all these irregu-
larities, but it is apparent that some of
the most prominent officials of the
granger roads don't want to keep the
peace, and it is to be doubted whether
anything but a decided movement of
stockholders to make some sweeping
properties will put the granger
roads in position where they can ne
gotiate successfully for a maintenance
of rates.
A reporter of the Commercial Adver-
tiser this morning shO Led George
Gould the charge made against the
Missouri Pacific by PRESIDENT Cable,
of the Rock Island. Mr.. Gould said:
'tAs soon as heard of the cutting. l
LclcSTdpHOU GuO RcncIo1 pdooOHSCI
agent Of the Missouri Pacific road and
this morning I received the following
dispatch from him:
CHICAGO. Jan. 4; 1889.-To George
Gould, No. East 47th street, New
York. The article in this Mornings
Herald was telegraphed from here by Il
reporter of the Chicago Tribune and
was furnished him by officials of the
Rock Island Route. The first and only
| information we have had
was that contained in this
mornings paper, and up to this evening
no complaint has reached us at st.
Louis, Kansas City or Chicago, from
the Rock Island officials. If any rep
resentatiYe of ours is at fault the rem-
edy will be applied, but the matter has
been advertised for purposes other
than appear. The general manager OF
the Santa Fe route has advised me that
he has given instructions not to make
any changes in rates and thinks other
lines from Kansas City west Will ISSUE
the same instructions.
(Signed,l s. II. II. CLARK"
The Chicago, Rock Island and Paci
fic people are doing all the hollerine
and you will find the man who does
the most crying is the one you want tt
watch'' continued Mr.. Gould. ''TherC
is no rate cutting going on on our lines
and 1 am aStonished that MIR. Gable
should countenance any cut after tht
agreement he made. Further thar
this know nothing"
Russell Sage says he is confident thu
Missouri Pacific is not cutting rates
and so is Samuel Sloan. The Roci
Island officials in this city refuse tt
say word.