The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-20
Jerome Edwards Brooklyn, and Charles
Wac, New York,
~ Wpg'T pFgIgS.

shortly lcfOrc ( O'Clock lio was 10 y l'
Office in the Equitable Building. I'"
minutes after ( a tr,p. one message was
received from man "Nu -1,i hr was ID
member of tNe committee and MIR lf''
sent ack word that boz wou.i 500 the COM
mittee any time before 3 O'Clock.
Then Mr. Hyde summoned t"o OF 'lN
counsol, Samuc UuiprmyeT ana "i"ta.h -
Gulliyer. Win-'ow s. Pi'rco, i. H. Harm
man +, private counsel a-p J"'n'" III l''
conference, in Mr.. Hydr's private ONO.
The lawyers remained with Mr. hyuo
until SIS O'Clock when as none oil JAe com
mittee had appeared, t"cy cpaT'ed.
A few minutes later Mr.. Hyde himself
appeared before the crowd OF reporters
in his outer Offices Said he:
Gentlemen. ! haven't seen the, com
mittee and / haven't seen tne fesolullQp b
j regard the action Of the agents as I'M
rertinent extraordinary, insulting i'oT'
preposterous. | have no intention Oh IT,
fhera was a small army Of photographer
camping IN front Of the Equitable Bul!dlhg
for the committee which never came anu
they trained their machines on MI hHuv
and his friend a. Q ey drove away aiu19'
blocking Broadway for few seconds.
Afterward the arrangement was mace ~
which the committee will see MI. hyue
this morning.
WARN TIME AT THE SAVOY.
The meeting at which the communication
was drawn up WAS a most eNcl'el oHS'
Fully half Of the agents present ma tr
sreeches in which the incidents OF te
present fractional strife were gone over.
Al times the clamor could lie heard u"""
in the corridors Of the hotel. ,..
Before the meeting a stir wa cretteH py
the arrival Of Mr. Tarbell He was angry
about an alleged interview win II. IL
Knowles. formerly a superintendent Oh
agencies. who was described a. aging that
the whole fight was plot on MT. laTptu
mart TO become president Of the eoclely
under a compact with Mr.. Alexander. MT
Tarbell, when asked about TINS, drew
crowd around him from all over the coF'l-
sWho is this man Knowle-?' he cried.
SNhy he il nothing He Is not even IN the
company now. II Is all lies. MI Alexander
rs every one knows, can remain preHlleIJ
as long a. he lives. His intention j. 10 hol1
the Office until he dies. lie i the SOU OF
honor and would cut of hi right hand II
he could prevent this scandal.
Most OF the agents noddei their head7
In approval In the meeting tn" Alexander
men had complete control S,eeCh alter
sueech was made demanding radical ACTON,
10. W, Cobb Of Kansas told If a trip he had
made to this city three years ago lot inc
purpose Of seeing Mr.. Hyde.
Nh. COBB HAS INTERVIEW ~ Mr. hyde
1T il not the time" said Mr.. Cobb,
TO 90 into Nj. Hyda'S dealinss very eN-
tensively. ! live in kansas, however, ana
Mr.. Hyde's fantastic actions don 90 with
my people. I've been an insurance agent
oVertwenty years and have given nv word
and the circulars Of the society had also
stated that the surplus of the Equitable
belohfed to the pOliCyhOlter, and that II
was q mutual company. Three year. ago
/ could not stand Il any longer and decided
to come on to New York and ask Mr.. Hyde
this one question: Does the surplus belong
TO the policyholders or to you as stock
HOLDER Gentlemen this was hi, answer
and from it you can Judge for yourselves
of his capacity as vice president. He
smiled in a languid tired way and YEARLY
replied: I'm not an attorney repeated
the question three times and each time that
h what he said
TtAre was laughter at this and when Mr..
Cobb sat down after advocating that Mr..
Hyde be asked to resign he was cheered,
by all except the HYDE agents.
We IL to the Prick committee to find
out VINO is guilty, If any one mas been, and
don't make yourselves ridiculous, said
one OF these.
In reply some Of the agents said that they
had had personal requests from the policy
holders asking them TO use their influence
70 get Mr.. Hyde to resign and that the SEN
timent Of the policy holders could not lie
disregarded by them, if they were to hope
for any new business.
When the agents filed downstairs none
Of them would say n word about what had
been done, and all SAID they had been
pledged to secrecy.
II leaked out very quickly. Secretary
McNaHnee met Mr.. Knowles in the corridor
and accused him Of being the cause of the
leakage,
YOU'RE traitor, shouted Mr.. McNameo
advancing on Mr.. Knowles, who disappeared
into the dining room.
The agents are 70 meet again at n O'Clock
and hear the report Of the committee that
u TO see Mr.. Hyde.
MR.. ALEXANDER MADE SPEECH
That the meeting had been absJl utely
dominated by the Alexander side wa.
shown at the afternoon session. when ON,
Of the first things done was the appoint
ment Of a committee Of agents 10 invite
Mr.. Alexander and Mr.. Tarbeil to attend a,
guests. Mr.. Alexander and Mr.. 1arDei
appeared in a very few minutes.
The object in sending for them, il wa
stated, was TO thank them for the hospi
tality received at their hands" When uey
appeared at the doors Of TIE ballroOm when
tho meeting was held many Of the ag' MT
got up on their feet and cheered Tn,
women agents got excited, too, and clappeC
the ir hands.
Mr.. Alexander thanked the agents fo
the confidence they had expressed in hin
by their resolution OF the Gay before.
He said that he was B5 years Of age, tina
he had always been true 20 the best int n u
Of the society and as long as he lived would
qua rd It's int rests and tie interests Of IN
pOlcyhollers and mana g r.. He said tia
IL was his fight Pc rsonally and that. MI
Tarbell had nnAhing N do with il, o.,
Il believe he said that we shah ~
our troubles settled in manner satisfacto r.
10 the polcyhol de n, TO you ana 10 me. 90
EoUITABLE not PAYING THE BILLS.
The same applause greeted Mr.. Tartel
who also thanked the meeting for it's ote o
confidence ia him.
Not dollar OF the many eXTenses in
CURED In connection with U is fight for g.
proper naturalization of the oorF any,
sail Mr.. Tar ell, is con ing ont OF U
treasury Of the Equital le. The cost i
Icing lome ly NJ. AleNanC er anG u yseL.
After the re- er tion 10 Mr.. AleNanC or an
Mr. FHrheil thp = Getting adopted ills reso
hutton unaui. 'uslv.
"RCsolrCd, That we, the general gents q
the society IN convention assembled, hereJ
dechre that we do not ask, nor will vi
seek for ourselves any, part of the contrc
Of the Equitable, hui do demand that
through the policyholders this shall lee s
vested az 10 hest conserve their Interests
without the confidence Of whom We canine
exist in this business 800
coMMIrTHR or y oorSd TO ArnTNY
After this had been adopted u CCmUltc