The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
l CALM BEFORE. .. 4 | BIC j. STORM. } ]. 1. ij.' N O VI N ;A V ANLIA Commissioner Clunie Pre-.
 pares to Assail lnsur- : < !. ance Men. :.... =.
They Are All Ready. to De-.
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The Bonds Of One Non-Board Come
 E.. :. pany: Were Renewed Yes :.-: : terday. ..s, i ~.r

There is a temporary Hull in the in surance war: existing between: Insur-. ance. Commissioner A. J. Clunie and the companies which he. claims have an illegal compact Those companies have. politely declined to furnish: new: bonds, and they. are proceeding to ; transact business the same as usual in total dis. regard of the orders Of the Commis-. sioner that they renew. the bonds at once. In order. that the. distinction be-: tween the non board companies and. those belonging to what: he calls the compact and foreign companies may be more. marked he has renewed the bond of the Continental Fire Insurance Com pa1ly of New ' ork,= and he says..he will. renew. those: of the other non-board companies as soon as the apply for the: same: With the Board of lind erWriters the situation is practically uncha nged, and the mana gers seem to be waiting the Commissioners s attack: .se...,.@ 5:: Tn :: discugsfng the situation Mr.. CIunie :. safds -:<..ssAll these companies. whose: bonds | revoked, ;, and which h. have not been renewed, are operating contrary to la w.. The compact seems determined to totally disregar the law. and ignore the : Commissioners. The. managers: seem to think the combine. is SC powerful they can: run things to suit themselves: We'll, Isi will make: things interesting for: them. before we. are. through with this fight:'': .. sss: :: <: = Commissioner: CEunie states: that he has not yet determined upon: the plan of: action as: to how he.*-will proceed with the contest. When: he. does I. he: says his brother, T. J. .Clunie,: and. E. F. Bert will assist in the case. :: ...:'
 s:1~ xl. fl0r, companies not only drew: up the cornz plafnt in the injunction matter now pending, but they drew up the restrain ing order of the Judge, which was signed by the Judge. @' :. T was simply paralyzed when I read that order, g: said Clunfe. 'It was broad enough to have nullified all! of: the State laws and tied my hands be-: hind me. This is how It read:
 And it is further ordered that, in the meantime, and until further order Of this court. the defendant be and he hereby IS enjoined and restrained from doing any of the acts or things mentioned in the said bill of complaint and: threatened by the defendant. and from reveking: any of the certificates of authority heretofore issued by. t4ie Insurance Commissioner of the. State of California to. the complain interfering with or oostructing @<e conn plainants, or any of them, or hinder their agents in the transaction of fire insurance business in the State of California. 4
 T showed it to the Judge, and he at once modified it by Striking out all after the words Or any of them It looked rather as though the people who drew up that order intended to cripple this office as much as possible. There will not be anything done for the next few days, but the fight will begin
 fn earnest; before the end of the week