The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-16
RYAN SCORED BY WILLIAMS,
sEABOARD's PRESIDENT TALKS OF
THE INJUNCTION SUITS.

Georgia and Alabama Directors
Meeting Brought Mr.. John SHELTON
williams Here-He Tells of the Eff
forts Made to Prevent the Console
dalton of the Three Lines of which
lie Is at the Head-The Connection
between Messrs. Ryan and Dady,
MIR. williams Is COnfdCn6 the Case
in Judge speer's Court VIII Go
Against the CompIainant-New
Friends for the seabOard-Other
Railroad News.
A meeting of the directors of the Geor-
gia and Alabama Railroad was held yes
terday morning at the general offices The
following members of the board were pres
ent: President John SHELTON Williams,
Cecil Gabbett, John D. Stetson of Macon,
J. b. Hoist of Columbus, j. w. Sheffield
of Americas, Frederick B. Fisk of Mont
gomery, c. d. Baldwin, John Elan
merry, W. W. Williamson and w. w.
Mackall.
During the afternoon the visiting direc-
tors were taken across the river to OBJ
serve the terminal work on Hutchinson's
pleased A trip up the river to see the
new bridge in course of erection was also
taken in the launch the officials of the
company employ for their water excur-
sions.
President Williams was seen last night
at the De Soto for an expression regarding
recent developments in the fight that has
been undertaken against the consumma-
ton of the plan of consolidation of the
Sea board Air Line, the Georgia and Ala
bama and the Florida Central and Pc
ninsular He has no very fiattering opin-
ion of those who have sought to prevent
the consolidation, as is evinced by the
following statement:
1.-THE decision handed down to-day by
Judge Waddill of the United States Court
in Virginia" said Mr.. Williams was
simply what I confidently expected. This
decision is a severe rebuke to Thomas F.
Ryan of New York and 1 think he will
find it difficult matter hereafter TO de-
ceive the Southern people into thinking
that the suits which he is bringing him
self and causing to be brought by his dunn
mics here and there are for any honest
purpose.
His sinister and evil ways are illus
trated by the false statements which he
has been publishing in the papers in New
York city and in the South, sometimes sue
ceeding in getting his false reports sent
out as news items and sometimes paying
for them as advertisements.
His newspaper work is being managed
by Lemuel E. Quigg of New York. whom
he appears to have hired for this purpose,
and who, at the injunction trial in Raj
eigh, masquerade under an assumed
name, being registered at the hotel as
Rufus N. Morrow of Jersey City" A
few days later, at the injunction trial at
Richmond, the same Lemuel E. Quigg
called, I am informed. on the Associated
Press correspondent at a newspaper Of
flee there and came very near being
thrown down the back stairs for impu-
dence and audacity.
"Lemuel e. Quigg I am informed Is
an intimate friend of Michael j. Dady,
who recently brought the injunction suit
in Judge Speer's court in Macon, alleging
to be the owner of 400 shares of Geor-
gia and Alabama stock, and Dady is a fire.
quenter of Quiggs office a No. 100 Broad
same building with Thomas f. Ryan.
Ryan has now been turned out of doors
by the United States Court in North
Carolina and by the United States Court
in Virginia, and l am perfectly confident
that when the true facts of the case are
brought out in the United States Court al
Macon he will have a similar fate The al
legations in the-bill of complaint filed in
the Dady case, and which Ryans press
bureau has succeeded in having published
in many newspapers, for the obvious pur-
pose of creating false impressions on the
public mind. are gross fabrications, and
will be shown to be such when our answer
is filed.
"Our plans of consolidation are pro-
crossing most satisfactorily. Everything
is being carried out according to pro-
gramme and the infamous and three
pr0nged conspiracy which has been got
ten up AGAINST the Seaboard Air Line by
Thomas f. Ryan in collision with certain
prominent competing railways will fail.
Work on our connecting links is being
rapidly pushed to completion and the only
thing which may delay the opening of the
new line for short while may be the steel
bridges. which are, however, being got
ten in shape with all expedition possible
under the circumstances. This, however
can only be matter of very few weeks.
The recent unjust attacks upon the
Seaboard have won it new friends on all
sides and our position, in my judgment,
| is stronger and more impregnable than
ever"