The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-10-06
VICTORY FOR HOFFM MAN
The SeahOard Air Lines Present Manage
ment Retains Control.
ANNUAL MEETING WAS SENSATIONAL
Three IDjunctions Delayed tho Meet
ing ana CnImc Near Preventing mn
Election of Oiticcrp-PrCscnt Man.
ngemcnt Sustaincd-Rynn's Plans
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Air Line, held in rortsntouth vestrr
day. was marh,,l nv !, s,rlcs of srnsn.
lions Three iniuu,,;iuns rr,utrd IA,
sGate and Federal Clrtr,s nlavr1 I'm,
pcltant pauts i'm The contest for con,ro,
between nhn u,.ns,nt ms,nr.n,,,,
headed by preslJ.mt X t,urx,.n ;lurr
man. and tho Nrw Y,rt svndir,an
headed by Thomas l.. Evln Who own.
a rond hlCcJ, Of Sc,,,a,rJ e,i,,l,
The light was for control of one thou
Siilu ,i'i'ss oi r'lW'lE. 1T was Il most
noi'piiehted hSNt, htrt thc result JUST
ilel the boasts OF ;hc present manage
lhGi9l Nhnt ht would remain i'm charge
fCr u long while 1t looked as Though
uhere would be no election of officers,
rsr AN an)unctiun restraining the Ryan
SFhuicate from voting It's stock haj
hceh secured some weeks ago by the
present managcmeW, and the syndi.
tate hau fcta.Eaicd AZ the last moment
by securing from Judge S.mCnton. o,
tne United States Court, sitting at Flat
it"rk' ~. -" Nwo 1njunH'lons restraining
Ihe Eg%i from vcaing The stock held III
HruSt ny IL as II unit, ana another or
der appointing j. Austin l'abball IL Spc.
c.al master to examine into the book:
Oh the company, something that thc
S.ckh"luers themselves are not per
nHFu'"a 40 u2. except Through an audit.
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IH'S SITUATION was a delicate one fol
! ,he committee on proxies Ito handle, bnt
Ia'c an Ehc afternoon when ihcy made
1heiF REPORT Hhey decided that 1000
nmiitS Si STOCK were ircc 20 he VOTED
lnt SiecWoli was phen held, and it re-
Su'ieu in ihe reelection of the entire
u'retNor! hsaucd by MI. HOFFMAN as
Plrsiucnt' anu MI. ~. John rs vice
piriuTN''
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President Hoffman co,Ina t,,r stock.
holders mesitinE TO order at 10 o'cl,,n,,
and. Judge Lsln.,i,- of baltimore ,vue.
called to the chair
Immediately thereafter Sheriff VIII
l.amsGn appeared and served u COPY o,
,,,riD, n'D"''"n,"'' ,,, rccs'"'y granted re-
voting lis storI, ,Ip,Is r.ns 1"nI,oa 80,
and no cxctt,,mnn. ,y,,, o,,,osi,,,,.,, -.
tIhc lo,-a, ,,rncnn,;r,r H., n 80. ,;, ~
later Dnnr,,y IT,,i:"l 81, ,,',',
t~css onnr,rnd ,rd s,r,,,I -, ,i',
inv ,,ontn,ttton ,rn va t!re 'nol
Simrntn,, ,.a,,.,,,:,;,, ,,,,. w "u"Sc
,h =; ,,,. ,,,n ~ ','i' rom N"'H'S
r ,mS.' no.ulIss' inns aG'ioh came as
M, a.. - ~
T., pa a,a,o,. ~. "! ",iet WIS h'ru ErS'sroa!
80 -! Fr'''t ne! d. W. 'iutchln-
~ 49, ,'i'S w. h' W. iituNey, Jr.,
'7nilHt nc 'e.nHhth ana ltGanGkc
iatiM"!' "o ehJo1h me Vrtins or 2.O0G
:.''i . !ietu III trust lof EHc knlcigh ana
'aStoh.
JUDGE S.momonS second Injunction
WIS Ilicu yesterday In Richmond by
.SNtorhey ienry Crawford. 1t cnj1ined
Ill hch;iil III Mr.. Ryan, the vCting of 'thG
Eollnan pool stock and declared The
| pool agreement invalid.
The order appointing Il special master
WAS vcritablc bombshcll. for hereto
| fore the by-lIwS forb!dding cxamina
| 'tion OF the books by lhn stockholders
save through Ehc!I. auditing conmIldor
The roll was then callcd and tht
proxy committee was given an hour i,
which ITO report and meantime fhe
meeting adjourned
y BIG SENSATION.
The stockholders gathered in the cor
rIdors ana discussed the sensational
aflidavits upon which the Ryan intunc-
| lion was granted The syndicare's effort
was 10 show that the revenues or the
! road had been unduly diverted to prcsi-
| dent IlOfrman's ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
profit
| The most damaging charge was the
| affidavit of c. w. Walker, of this city.
| who. on oath, affirmed that from 1870
to 1882 he was an engineer on the Sea
| board road From 1852 to 1887 he was
| foreman of the roads machine shops IN
| Portsmouth; was then appointed master
mechanic in the shops, a position which
he held until 1921.
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