The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-19
WILL FIGHT FOR LIFE
THE sCALPING FRATERNITY WILL
PRESENT A BOLD FRONT.
Engineers ON the n, h. s. It. May
strike-The Pennsylvania Will Put
On Long-Dfstance Telephones.

Charles Webb, a ticket broker OF this city,
who was last week elected enc Of the vice
presidents. of the American Ticket Brokers
Association. has returned from the annual
meeting held In Buffalo. He says the
brokers are not alarmed over the attempts
making TO drive s~calpers out of business. and
that the recent decision OF the Supreme
Court of Illinois declaring the anti-scalper
law constitutional was no surprise to them.
In speaking Of the decision. Chairman Nc
Kenzie, of the executive committee of the
American Ticket Brokers Association, said:
I'VE nave fought that Illinois law for eight
cen years. In 1888 three of the circuit
judges in Chicago, sitting in bank, in the
hearing of a case brought on a writ of ba-
beas corpus, In which the Illinois statute
was involved. the court. by unanimous opin-
ion. discharged the accused, holding the stat
ute to be void. In May, 1895. the ticket
brokers were startled by a notice in the
public press declaring that the Supreme
Court OF Illinois had declared the act TO be
constitutional. in a case appealed by a man
named Burdick. Our association employed
counsel who presented to the Supreme Court
a petition to expunge the record in this case
on the ground OF collision and fraud. This
position was clearly maintained by the af-
hdavits on file, and there was but little OPP
position to the proposition that the case was
both prosecuted and defended by counsel en-
ployed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul and the Illinois Central. The opinion
OF the court has not yet been received. but
information has come to the effect that not
w~ithstanding the case may have been COL
fusion. the ticket brokers whose counsel filed
the petition are not proper parties to the
same. because no one of them was a de-
PENDANT In the original case. The court
ignores the proof that it was imposed upon
through a mythical person TO procure an
opinion. The ticket brokers of Illinois will
confidence in trial by jury, and that the peo-
pie will take into consideration these prop
ositions: First. that the business Is in their
interest, and through which they procure
transportation at a less price than 1t can be
had from railway companies; second, that
all rates made by railway companies are not
on the basis or competition, but through the
operation OF pools, under severe penalties. in
which the people are deprived absolutely of
competition; third. should prosecutions be
made under this statute, the people will be
fully advised as to the methods adopted by
great railway corporations to deprive the
people of their natural rights"
indianapolis now has nine ticket scalping
offices. Four OF the number are members
of the American Ticket Brokers Associa-
ton, three OF the Guarantee Brokers Asso-
citation, and two are independent of all as
sociations.
Trouble Brewing ON the M, X. & T.
The Engineers Brotherhood threatens to
strike on the M, K. & T. unless engineer
VIII Lanam. who was discharged owing TO
an accident. Is reinstated. Mr.. Lanam is one
of the oldest and most popular engineers on
the road. A committee of the brotherhood
went to st. Louis and laid the case before
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas officials.
After the conference the company refused
to reinstate Lanam. The grievance commit
tee has authorized the following for pubiica-
ton:
You can state officially that unless en-
gineer Lanam Is reinstated inside of five
days there Will not be a wheel moving on
any part Of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
system. We are organized for the fight, and
every order of railway hremen IS bound
with US that every wheel shall stop within
five days If Mr.. Lanam is not put back 10
work. We are always for fairness: that is
one of the principles of our order; and when
there is any cause for the discharge Of any
man ON the road we never say a word; but
this case is entirely different, and a great
injustice has been done, both to- Mr.. Lanam
and our order. and we are determined that
it shall be .righted." The uitimatum was
sent to the proper officials on Sunday.