The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-17
TROUBLE PiLgNG UP.
Union Pacific's Action Disturbs West
ern P~asserger Association.

70
CHICAGO, June 16.-The executive
officers of the Western roads held an
informal conference this afternoon to
discuss the withdrawal of the Union
Pacific from the Western. Passenger
association Nothing was done at the
meeting. but it is undeniable that the
roads view the situation with consid-
cradle apprehension. The refusal of
the Union Pacific to cooperate with
any Of the association roads in any
way cannot but have the effect CT de-
moralizing the rates of all the roads.
VINO have business passing through the
Ogden gateway. The opinion Of the
meeting today was that nothing can be
lone in the matter until it is seen what
the Union Pacific is going to do.
There is no hope Of peace in the mat
ter unless the Union Pacific should
back down from the position it has as
sumed. It asserted in the meeting yes
terday that the other roads had no
right to make any arrangement for
divisions with the Oregon Short Line
without the consent of the Union Pa
cifc. The other roads contend that
they have the right to make any ar
rangernent they choose and at least
three of them have announced that
they will not consent that the Union
Pacific shall dictate what terms hey
shall make with the Oregon short line
or any other line.
Some Of the members of the Western
Passenger association are disturbed
over the prospects of the association.
1t is generally admitted that any
further decentralization in rates will
have a bad effect on the association
and they fear that the detection of the
Union Pacific is almost certain to
cause such trouble as will seriously
compromise the future of the ~asSocia-
ton.
The Chicago-St. Paul rates have
been in a state of decentralization ever
since the association was organized
and now when there seems to be a
chance of strengthening out that mud
die the rates Of the West become
shaky. There is no fear that the as
ISOLATION will be disrupted for several of
the roads will see that it is KEPT afoot
no matter what happens, but the ex-
ecutive committee looks for compli-
Gated situations for a time at least.
Active work was going on today
toward clearing the market of the Mil
waukee & ST. Paul tickets that caused
so much trouble two days ago. 1t was
found hat the number of tickets on
the market in the city was very CLOSE.
to 260, and the majority of them had
been gathered in by the middle Of the
afternoon. The officials Of the Mil
Waukee & st. Paul claim that good will
come Of the affair after a while, as the
500 line will be brought to see that 1t
cannot do just as it pleases in the mat
ter of making rates n will hereafter
be more conservative in cutting the
tariffs of the Western roads.
Late this afternoon the Alton and North
western roads announced that they would
side with the Union Pacific. The lines have
not. withdrawn from the Western Passenger
association, but their action amounts to
practically the same thing. A meeting of
the executive officials will be held tomorrow
and an attempt made to patch UP a peace,
but if it is not successful it is difficult to
see how a war in passenger yates, covering
ali the territory between Chicago and Og-
den, can be avoided.