The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-20
DIxIE's RAILROAD FIGHT.
The seabOard Bound 10 Have StnhI-
man Ousted.

New York, June l9.-The Morning Jour
nal prints the following: The subcommlr-
tee in the rules and agreement. appointed
by the Southern Railway and Steamship
Association. adjourned yesterday. havins
completed IFS work in the new agreement.
Il viii report TO the general convention
Of the association this morning. Since
last Wednesday the committee has been
at work talking over changes in the agrees
ment. which the southern lines propose
to put into effect on Aug. /. The other
members OF the association have been pa
tiently waiting for the report, for on il
rests the main work Of the convention.
The agreement OF last year several lines,
notably the SeabOard Air Line, did not
sign. The committee has worked it over,
changing some sections, leaving other a.
they were taking no action on a few,
which will be left for the convention.
This agreement will be presented to-day
for the convention to ratify, change at
its Will, or reject entirely. The signatures
Of the representatives of the various lines
will be asked. The indications point 10
trouble when this point is reached. for
very few Of the sections Of the agree
ment have been unanimously adopted IN
committee. The lines that have received
the worst of il are bound to object, ana
several have made themselves heard on
that point already. The SeabOard Air
Line in particular has renewed its OBJ
jectiOns Of last year, when IL refused 10
sign the agreement This year the line
is more strongly opposed to Commissioner
Stahlman than ever before, and its repre-
sentatives have been quietly ordered not
to vote for him and 10 induce other lines
not TO.
Considerable quiet work has been done.
and, as a request. one representative de-
clared yesterday that Commissioner Stahl-
man would not be reelected. 1t is un-
derstood that if he is slated for re-elec-
ton the Seaboard Air Line will positively
refuse to come into the association.
When the question of officers came up
in the committee Vice President St. John
Of the Seaboard Air Line was asked how
his people were disposed along that line.
Mr.. ST. John replied that the Seaboard
Air Line was not committing itself at
that stage of the proceedings. All this
may result in Mr.. Stahlman's defeat, for
the Seaboard Air Line IS badly wanted.
1t can make things hot for its Compel
itors, and being an outsider, can prac-
tically render null and void any agree
ment signed by the roads which are near
it. If an agreement is reached by the
convention then a rate committee will
be appointed II may be three months
yet before new rates can be arrived at,
no matter what the outcome is Every
one is agreed that to-day's meeting will
be hot one, with the conflicting inter-
ests of a dozen lines at stake.
A meeting in secret OF the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association was
held at the Waldorf hotel this morning.
The committee which was appointed last
week to revise the traffic agreement
made its report. But few changes APP
peared in the proposed agreement and the
report was ordered filed and printed.
Copies of the report will be distributed
among the members of the as
sociation, and final action will be
taken upon it at the next meeting,
which will be held July 16 at Asheville,
N. c. The association will probably
adopt a continuous contract allowing the
roads interested the right of withdrawal.
If the agreement reported by the revision
committee is adopted it will go into effect
on Aug. l next, and continue to July 81,