The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-29
THE APPLICATION GRANTED
RAILROADS RESTRAINED FROM
BOYCOTTING THE PEEGEE.
Which Defendants Are to Fight
Permanent Injunction.

st. Louis, August 2S.--On application Of
Samuel w. Fordyce and Webster withers,
receivers of the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf railroad, United States Circuit
Judge Thayer in chambers this afternoon
issued an order against the following rail-
roads, restraining them from boycotting
the compliments line:
Missouri Pacific, Hannibal and st. 10
seph, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council
Bluffs, St. Louis and San Francisco. Wa
bash, st. Louis. Keokuk and Northwestern,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Burlng-
ton and Missouri River, Chicago, Rock Is
land and Pacific, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, Missouri, Kansas and Texas and
the Kansas City and Northwestern rail-
road.
September Il was set as the day on
which defendants shall show cause why
the Injunction should not be granted.
Judge Thayers order is as follows: On
presentation to me of the bill of complaint
in the above cause and upon due consid-
Grafton of the allegations therein con-
tdluGu, IL Is hat the duONo
named defendants and each of them show
cause before me, at my chambers in the
city of st. Louis, Mo-, on the 21st day
of September, A. D. 1899, at the hour or
| 10 a. m, or as soon thereafter as counsel
can ne heard why the injunction prayed
for in said bill of complaint should not be
granted And that in the meantime and
until further order said defendants and
each of them and their representative
agents, servants and employees. be and
they are hereby enjoined and restrained
from doing or attempting to do any of the
following acts, that is to say
From entering into any combination
agreement or conspiracy between them
selves or with other persons or corpora
lions to cancel the joint tariffs for the
| transportation of freight which existed on
| August 16. 1893, as between the said de-
PENDANTS and complalnants hereing acting
in the capacity of receivers of the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
company and from carrying such existing
combination, conspiracy or agreement into
effect.
That said defendants and each of them
be respectively enjoined and restrained
from canceling the joint tariffs and divi-
sions of rates for the transportation of
freights which existed between said COM
plainants and either of the defendant rail-
ROAD companies on Sdlh August 10, 1917
and from refusing to receive, deliver and
transport freight according to the joint
tariffs, arrangements and agreements for
the transaction of business and divisions
of rates which existed at said last men
toned dates
And that said defendants and their re-
spective servants, agents and employees be
further enjoined and restrained from en-
tering into any combination, conspiracy
or agreement either between themselves
or with other corporations or with corpo-
rations to discriminate against said re-
ceivers or to obstruct them in the man
agement, control and operation of the
property committed to their charge as they
may deem best for the public interests and
from refusing TO do for said receivers in
the matter of transportation what is done
by them for other connecting carriers OF
from refusing to afford them like~acili-
ties.
1t is further ordered that copy of the
bill Of complaint in the above entitled
cause be served on each of the defendants
above named at least ten days before
September 81 1899.