Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-21
TICKET SCALPERS
ARE UP IN ARMS
War to the Knife Among Brokers
In Salt Lake.
ARE AFTER BLACK SHEEP.
Sensational Letter From ST. Louis
Causes Rig FIutier Among Pra-
terniiy Here and Elsewhere.

There is war to the knife among the
local ticket scalpers, II is not confined
to Salt Lake city. however. but bids far
TO become general throughout the
country, While It Is not considered
novelty for the ticket brokers % lau
out, at the same time this threatens
to become an occasion when close upon
400 Of the fraternity are piued against
half dozen others who cunlcmi laie
farming themselves into a Dig tokei
brokers trust 20 the exicrminaudn q!
the majority comprising ihe A1oI.SA-
Ticket Brokers' association.
The circumstances leadiRg ~ n .Ais
fight, as related by a promipcri rti'
road official this morning are Say
the least intrresting The mclha1t psft
by some ticket scalpers also ~ ~.
posed are certainly food Pen tDoagfi ph
the part Of the general pubic.
Il appears that tor some tiuf luise
the brokers on the Pa0h, uOAs htct
been fun Of sorrow and RfHih fr0u Dc
fact that invariably thcif sonlped aisi
cts have betn taken ~ hf The COR
mers have either befa c0ugttlle6 iU pHf
their full fare or be pW oa the oars ll
goes without sayiac ihai those Iigr
chasers % scalped tickets Wh3 ware
thus treated waxed tXceesiAC V-rnh
and successfully demanded rtauhu's,c-
meni at the hands o. the man who salt
them their tickets Finally The lifgitrs
put out some spoilers utfA me resl1
that they found a traitor IN thtif fAnNs.
This traitor, Il Is said. has an 0ect iN
Salt Lake, and his methods were
unique
His plan OF action was Whenever
man came into his ONCE with q South
ern Pacific ticket be would proceed 70
offer him a ridlculously low price for
the transportation. IL was ten chances
TO one that the men would spurn the Of
fer and walk out OF the office TO later
dispose Of his ticket with a rival brok-
er. In the meantime the first scalper
had secured the number and descrlp-
ton OF the ticket and accordingly bull
letined the same with the railroad com.
pany, with the result the conductors
were notified and the unfortunate man
who imagined that he was saving a
few dollars by purchasing scalped
ticket, would have to nay his full fare
or get on and walk.
AS soon as the perfdity OF their rival
became known, according to the rail-
road man mentioned above. the brok-
ers put their heads together and pro-
ceeded 20 turn the tables upon their
erring brother. In Portland, Il Is said
they had spoilers watching the spotter
and whenever he sold a ticket II was
treated In a similar manner. Taken all
around there was lots OF fun until this
broker in despair, closed down his office
In Portland.
But the matter was not allowed 20
rest there. The gauntlet had been
thrown down and taken up by the ma.
jority with the result that they probed
deeper into the matter with startling
developments.
The result is best told In the follow
ing typewriter letter. dated from ST.
Louis. which has been received yester-
day and today by all the ticket brok-
ers OF Salt Lake with the exception OF
the erring member OF the fraternity.
WARNING"
"--- --------, who controls the Pa
clhc coast (spotter and SPY for the
Southern Pacific, and Mr. u. O. Nc
Cormick) has about cOnsumated SIM
liar deal with the new combination OF
which Mr.. Stubs and Mr., Miller are
general traffic managers, He guaran-
tees this combination OF capital that
there will be no brokers In the United
States inside OF a few years and that
memberships IN the association, both
American and Guarantee will beworth-
less within three months.
His proposition IL this. He IL now
forming a stock company, capitalized
at 5000 900 and will issue shares same
10 be called ------- Association Offices
lie proposes TO bulletin every ticket
whether same be mileage. editorials or
any kind of transportation-tha Is, II
he Is unable to purchase same at his
own price (use same methods as he Is
now doing on the COAST and this conf
bination OF capital viii protect him.
Cities where he has no Offices, such
as Chicago, Kansas City and New
York, he win open one providing he
cannot get some Of the brokers 10 come
into his deal" (liere follows n list OF
brokers In Chicago, Denver. ST. Louis
and Portland who are said 20 be
pledged 10 the scheme). ITO corrobor-
ate this statement he has offered all
his memberships in the American as
ISOLATION for sale, so as not 10 be
handicapped In this nefarious scheme.
There Is only one outcome, II we stand
together, both American and Guaran-
tee. we can throttle his little scheme
and save our business against this trail
tor. We do not know our strength
400 honorable men against one black
sheep. We have fought the railroads
for years and have always come out
successfully, as we are In the right
Give this your earnest consideration.
A word 10 the wise Is sufficient