Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-14
FIGHT ON FOR
CHICAGO { ALTON.
,oog, Now as Though the Rock
leland Had Played a Win
ming Game
An IMPORTANT ITEM OF NEWS.
r,,io BavIcy Succeeds Ia Wrestling
Control From Aagnate
Hartman,

-.., fight for the control Of the
..o and Alton road Is going ON,
..9 known. Il has been given out
On, Union Pacific had already So
W" control. but there seems to be
'a, . do,b, about IT, The Cincinnati
r',olrer of recent date has special
'1,,ob from New York which, If true,
.W indicate that the Rock Island
,.l paycd tine winning hand II saysi
.gitb such apparent ease has Edwin
y.rleg accomplished the task on
,.bpr control Of the chicago ana
,,oe r0ed from J., II, Hartman thal
1H.sI1 .trert was skeptical today as 10
U",rn,l success Of the coup and de-
WAX no. wait until the annual meeting
,be Alton board In Octoner belofe
,...nthg the announcement as true,
"V.t,bsr e. II. Hartman, John w.
.',.. nor any OF the men who are SAID
'ss,s been concerned IN the coup
WIJ discuss the AFFAIR today. Mr.
g.1ley smiled Whon questioned about
"arbls adds one more achievement to
r.oord ms "a successful railroad
msrlpuIHtor." was suggested To NM
"What Is the secret oi your success
~ bave stuck to business he ~
UeI IF have never permitted the
,s,s 10 grow under my feet ! have
'5, n ID prlnclple an my life TO be
,o,ough and keep eyerlastlngly at IT,
atiov did YOU accomplish this one big
,ber of Wrestling the Alton from Mr..
hartmann he was asked.
Il have nothing TO say about that
Mr. HaWley replied .o. mn
srset that the Alton has been secured
N ibe interests of the Rock Island
-ad Although Hawley is In control
M iopr small western roads, none
rrses on the Alton, and II Is believed
Asfths move either marks the branch
~ out OF Mr. Hawley on larger lines
IA railroad man. or that he has taken
Ds Alton over from Hartman to AID
he Rock Island and thus even up ola
sores between himself and ~ H. Har-
fman. .,r
Inst what the coup means will not be
atyeoped until after the annual meet
MOT the Alton In October
uls known, however that bad blood
has existed between Hartman ana
usVley since June last, when Hartman
nrtei Hawley out Of the Pacific roads,
gblth are under the control OF the for
rr Hawley was 4 favorite of the
hpC r. Huntington. Under the latter
b. WAS for 10 years one Of the contrOll'
In, actors I'm the Pacific roads. II was
rgi the advice Of Hawley that Mrs.
HiHngt0n consented 10 sell the con-
n.ng interests IN her husbands roads
chairman. For some time after that
an HaWley continued as one OF the
nlbthand men OF Hartman In the
MANAGEMENT of the vast interests,
What caused the break In the friend
nIp has never been learned, though II
Oatama apparent some time betorc
NaWley resigned from the Pacific roads
that he was al odds with Hartman.
"Hlrimans agents learned mat
Hawlty was buying up big blocks OF
Alton stock, and when one Of the Hat'
imam brokers went to Hawley for an
HpaHatIon the interview was so un-
satisfactory that the open break was
ot long in coming The view was adj
5nced In Wall street today that prob,
ity Hartman was content to lose con-
MOI OF the Alton, else he would have
hken prompt action 90 prevent tho
Ravley coup but Hawleys friends as
grt that the latter manouvered so suc-
0sstuIly m "a quiet way that Hartman
Ind no lntlmation that his control or
Alton was in danger until his Zoe had
rallied the victory