New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-14
poDD, MEAD & COMPANY.
GOULD'S HAND APPARENT.
A SURPRISE FOR HE ADVISORY BOARD.
CHARGES OF RATE-CUTTING AGAINST THE BUR.
LINGroN, THE ATCHIsON AND THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.

LINGION, THE ATCHISON AND THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
When, in May last Traffic Manager J. s. Leeds. Oh
the Missouri Pacific was discharged for cutting mites
on sugar, Jay Gould stood as 4 culprt before the
Advisory Board o: the Western Trafhc Association.
lie discIamed all responsibility for the cuts and 70
erated his professions OF loyaltey TO the association
wdc has been the substantial il not altogether salts
factory outcome OF his exer,ions He prevented
split by promptly consIgning Mr.. Leeds to the ofcia
guillotine. Yesterday the tables turned. Mr..
Gould the accscr and three OF the roads that had
in Judgment upon the Missouri Pacific were them
selves arragned. II may not have been, and prob
ably was not, a OF revenge, although Mr. Leeds
had been considered one of Mr.. Gond's most valued
executive aids Undoubtedly the Boards action
In the Missouri Pacific was a source OF annoyance
10 Mr. Could. but the charges made yesterday were
probably the outcome Of his determination to have the
agreement OF the association lived up TO by all men,
bers alike.
The roads against which the charges OF rate cutting
were made were the Chicago burlington and Quincy
in one case. and the Atchson. Topeka and Santa 70
and the southern Pacific In another. The charges were
brought against the corporations, and not against peci
fed officials. in the Leeds though II was said
by some that the discharge Of Thomas Miller. general
freight agent OF the Burlington had been demanded.
The roads may have relsed this administration OF
of their own medicine At any rate they took
advantage OF the clause in the agreement which gives
them ninety days to prepare their defence. There
will therefore be action in either case until the next
meeting OF the association. which VIII be held Id
Chicago In April.
Apparently II had been the plan OF the members to
keep the matter OF the charges quiet and strangely
enough they became known first through representa-
tive OF one OF the roads implicated Then
Roswell Miller. the chairman OF the Board. made this
statement: There were two wherein the Com.
,.f.r ~ sI,a
agreement, namely. against the Chicago, Bur-
Iington and Quincy. and agans; the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe and the southern Pacific In
both Of these appeared that the finding of the
Commissioners had not been communicated, with the
therefor 10 the parties against whom II was
directed until the Board came together. The MEM
bcis of the Board representing The companies charged
With the violations. while expressing their desire TO
conform 70 ,e final action OF the Board in their cases,
desired time T. prepare their defence, which ws
granted. The case was different from that OF tho
Missouri Pacific. That road had notice, the record
having been printed and distributed. 1t prepared
It's defence, and Mr. Leeds present before the
Board and admitted the charge"
There no strife over the situation yesterday.
The precedent had been thoroughly established and
the wording of the agreement was plain. Yet that
The movement unexpected and important
indicated by the way the members lowered about the
corridors OF the hotel after Tie meeting was over. Jay
Gould and Russell sage sat In earnest conversation IN
The main corridor for an hour and half Near them
sidney Dillon and s II. II. Clark while Marvin
IIushitt, Il. r. Gable, Stuyvesant Fish and a dozen
others grouped in other portions Of tie hotel Mr.
.age was the first to leave, and he walked calmly
down Fii.h-ave toward his home though such
things dynamite bombs and railroad wrangles did
not exist.
Mr.. Gould. when asked about the details OF the
charges OF ratccuttlng. sad dandy What chargcsf
know nothing Of any charges
No changes were made In the execuiory fece Of the
association. Roswell Miller succeeds himself chair
man, and the Board 0. Commissioners, with Aldace F.
Walker ut lis hend. reelected
The question of the establishment OF Joint agencies
was no; taken mp.
4 meeting of the Trans Continental Association.
which is 4 division of the Western Tame Association
will be held at The Windsor Hotel this morning.