The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-08
ERIE SYSTEM SOLD
ENORMOUS TRANSACTION TAKES
PLACE IN SECRET.
Reorganization Committee Takes Charge
at Something Over the Bonded Indebt-
edness-It is Proposed to Put Fresh Life
into the Road and Make 1t Go, and Pay
as it Goes-Atchison Withdraws its Con-
tention for a Local California Associa-
ton but the Illinois Central Remains
Firm Great Northern Strike.


Ffrm-Great Northern Strike.
Cleveland. O., Nov IAN evening
paper says: In the quiet town of
| Ramipo, n. Y, a stupendous railway
transaction was affected yesterday. The
| vast Erie system was sold 10 c. II. Cos
| ter, Louis A. Fitzgerald and Anthony
| J. Thomas, the reorganization commit
tee for $4,000 over and above the bond
ed indebtedness of the road. The mat
ter was kept a secret and none but the
| high officials knew the time and place
! of sale.
For many months the Erie has just
managed to struggle along under a
| debt of nearly SIS, 900 900. Reasonably
bonded, it would be money maker. To
/ effect this, the services Of j. P. Morgan
were enlisted. and yesterdays sale was
| the result The reorganization scheme
/ embraces a thorough rejuvenation OF
! the entire line from New York to Chica-
| go. The property just sold is the d.
visions from New York to Salamanca
and from Marion to Chicago.
WESTERN LINES.
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 7-General mana
gers of the western lines met today to
consider the portions of the proposed
agreement of the Western Passenger
association upon which the general pas
senger agents OF the various lines were
unable to agree The AtchiSon had
declared in favor of a local passenger
association in the state of California
and was in no way disposed 10 accept
any agreement that did not provide for
this. 1t was. however, finally induced
to withdraw its objections and the
agreement was adopted as drawn up by
the general passenger agents, with one
exception. This was the attitude of
the Illinois Central on its Iowa business
1t demanded that all its business from
that state going to points south of the
Ohio river should be exempted from
the agreement. 1t, in particular. de,
manded that it should be allowed to
run homeseekers' excursions from its
territory without securing the consent
of the other roads, as provided in the
association agreement. Its request
was denied and its representative at
the meeting requested more time TO con-
fer with the high officials of his road. If
they agree with the stand taken by the
meeting. the agreement will be put into
full effect on Nov. Is.
The meeting will be continued tomor-
row and the question of Colorado bust
ness will be taken up.
TURBS SUCCEEDS TOWNE.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. THE va
cancy in the directorate of the South
ern Pacific company, caused by the
death of A. y. Towme, was filled today
by the election of Alfred F. Tubbs, who
has not been heretofore connected with
the road, but who is personal friend
of the railroad directors. No action
was taken regarding the vacant vice
presidency.
Washington, Nov. 7-Ex-Senator
Henderson. of Nebraska. general solicit
tor fer the Burlington lines west of the
Missouri river. arrived in Washington
tonight to attend the hearing of the
case of the Commercial club of Omaha
against certain railroads centering in
Omaha and Council Bluffs. which will
take place tomorrow morning.
While here Senator Henderson will
present his argument on appeal to the
secretary of the treasury from the beet
sugar growers of the country against
the decision Of the comptroller of the
currency in the sugar bounty cases.
GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Walla Walla, Wash, Nov. limited
States District Judge Hanford has is
sued an order restraining strikers on
the great Northern railroad from in
terfering with the operation of the road. |
Devils Lake, n. D.. Nov. THE back
bone Of the Great Northern strike was
broken this morning by the arrival Of
a train with seventy special policemen. |
Deputies are patrolling the yards and |
trains that were hung up have been
started out with crews made Up of old |
men willing to work. and new men.
st Paul, Mimi. Nov. THE North |
western strike does not seem TO be grow
ing very rapidly. Today new men
reached Devils Lake. the one point |
where there was something OF freight |
blockade, and on their arrival some of |
the men who had gone out Joined with |
these new men and all is now going on
as usual at that point. though some |
American Railway union men claim to |
trouble about to break out at other |
points, but nothing is known of il here |
and large number of men have come |
here from the east in charge of detec-
tives TO fill the places Of the men who |
might go out. The officials of the road |
continue to insist that there is no trou- |
BILE but the men who favor a strike |
claim to he in no wise discouraged. but |
hopeful of winning in the end.
OTHER ROADS WILL AID.
Chicago. Nov. An railroads hav- |
ing headquarters in Chicago have given |
positive assurances TO President Hill |
of the Great Northern that as far as |
lies in their power they will Cooperate |
with him in defeating the American |
Railway union strike now threatened |
upon his road. The information came /
today from officials of the Chicago. Mil !
w1ilkee and st. Paul. the Burlington. |
the Illinois Central and the Chicago and |
East Illinois system. This support of |
the Great Northern is an outgrowth Of /
the plan pursued by the general mana
gers of the different roads Of Chicago /
when they were dealing with the strike |
Of last year. Mr.. Hill has engaged a |
detective agency to furnish him armed |
guards. and advised the Chicago rail-
road managers that his road will en-
ploy any railroad man out OF work who /
had not committed an act OF violence
in Chicago or elsewhere against a rail- /
road duTSng the strike OF 1894. There |
are some 1000 OF these men in Chicago /
at the present time whose Names were
on the pay relis up TO July. 1884. They /
include engineers. fremsn. bTake-nen |
and fiagnen- While they have been
'blscklisted" for nearly eighteen month
no charge has rested against them bur
of having simply quit work khen the
strike began. At 175 Monroe street,
these men were being engaged today
and furnished transportation TO ST
Paul
BOYS DRUNK ON GASOLINE.