Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-15
Western Passenger Association
Invades Utah and viii Ask
For an Injunction.
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE CITY.
Has Been Here For Several Days
Viewing the Situation and
Preparing Papers.
Ticket Brokers Greatly harmed for
Fear They VIII be Forced ont
OF Business.

The fight against the ticket scalpers,
or brokers, as they prefer 10 be called.
is to be transferred TO Utah, and II
present plans are perfected the West
ern Passenger association win endeavor
to drive every one of them out Of bust
ness.
AS a preliminary to this step, T. A.
Harrington of Chicago the prosecuting
agent for the passenger association, ar
rived in Salt Lake on Nov. and regis
tered at the Wilson. Since that time
until yesterday he has made the Will
son and the Commercial club his head
quarters here. Incidentally he has in
tervlewed local railroad officials ana
legal firms that represent the railroads
here.
The outcome OF his visit, It is said,
will be the asking OF the courts for an
injunction restraining the ticket brok-
ers from dealing In transportation pur-
chased from tourists and selling the re-
turn halves TO the public.
This move was made In Denver re-
Gently on the occasion of the q, A. X,
encampment there, To be more cor
rect, however, no Judge could be found
by Mr., Harrington and his associates
IN Arapaho county TO do the work, SO
Judge Dixon of Pueblo was sought. and
he issued the famous injunction which
had the effect Of driving out of busl-
ness every broker in DenSNr, Pueblo,
Colorado Springs and Cripple Greek,
Today there Is not a broker doing bust
ness in the cities named.
After leaving Denver, MT. Harring-
ton went to Leadville Glenwood Springs
and Grand Junction. His efforts in
these cities were not apparently
crowned with success as nothing has
been heard of any lntunctions following
In his wake.
.A.-aa'igsi PAPERS DRAWN UP.
Since coming to salt Lake, Mr.. Har-
rington has had the necessary papers
drawn up by a local prominent legal
firm, and the ticket brokers here are
expecting for the matter To break loose
any day,
Just why an injunction should be
asked is puzzle to the local men, as
only this course is taken In case Of
emergency There Is no emergency
prevalent here at this time, and cam
vass Of the ticket brokers Offices IN
Salt Lake today showed there We're not
more than 40 scalped tickets IN the
market,
AS one prominent broker said this
morning; "If the ticket brokerage bust
ness is unlawful, why do not the rail-
roads bring a civil suit and let the
matter be decided by the courts in the
regular manner. An injunction would
be the height Of absurdity at this time
1
make office expenses. | do not believe
that there are from % TO 40 tickets In
stock in the five brokers officers to-
day. In the summer time this number
would be disposed of by one office in a
single day. There Is no call for an
injunction. There is no emergency. The
honleseekers tickets expired on Oct. 81,
aud the oldest of the Portland fair tick
cts will expire inside Of two weeks
SHOT TO PIECES"
As 1t is the ticket brokers are an
"shot TO pieces to use a phrase Of
the street and are fearing treachery
in their ranks. This morning, for in
stance. an anonymous letter was re-
ceived from Elgin. H.. warning all
brokers to look out for certain named
broker who Is alleged to have sold out
have no faith IN the president OF their
association and hint that II is to his
interest to sell them out and break up
the business.
The few remaining assert that they
will fight TO the last ditch. Those To-
cally assert that II an injunction or any
other action is brought against them
I'm the courts that they will appeal and
eventually carry their case into the SUI
preme court OF the United States, II
necessary.
The Ave ticket brokers doing busl-
ness In this city and who will be af-
fected by the proposed move to smash
them on the part OF the Western Pas
senger association are 4. II. Groshel,
A. Ottinger. I. Kahn, o. Englehart and
+. F.. Darling.
Two of these brokers already have a
bet up that they will be forced out OF
the business by Nov. 30.