The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-14
|ED|TOR DODD IN TROUBLE
Minority Stockholders Control
Pend|et0n Tribune.
LIGHTNING CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT
FIRST DoDD IN CONTROL, THEN
EMPLoYEs-coURTs WILL
PROBABLY INTERFERE.
LIGHTNING CHANGES IN MANAGEMENT

| PENDLETON Or, Feb 14.-Serious
/ trouble has arisen among the owners
| of the Pendleton Tribune within a few
| days, and since Saturday changes in
| the management have followed one an
other with lightning like rapidity.
| According to employees of the paper,
the most of whom are minority stock
holders, the trouble is due to the fail
ure of E. p Dodd, majority stock
| owner and publisher, to account prop
| er'y for the affairs of the company
| The corporation was formed a year
| ago and was capitalized at $4,000,
valued at 50 cents on the dollar. one
| third of the total shares were taken
| by employees of the paper, consisting
| of c. w. Myers, city editor; c. E.
Baker, w. S. Brown, D. c. Brown and
A. o. Cardin, mechanical men.
Learned Mortgage Was cjven.
However, the men declare that after
purchasing the stock in the company
they learned that at the time $4,000
mortgage was held on the plant by W.
Stewart, of Springfield. They say they
have not been furnished proper
showing of the financial affairs of the
company.
The five employees named and Mr..
Dodd met Saturday and C. w. Myers
was chosen secretary and authorized
to take charge of the business. A. D.
Stillman was retained as attorney.
Monday morning Mr.. Myers and the
directors took charge and at once dis
missed two office employees. In the af-
ternoon, after Dodd had tried in vain
to have another meeting of the stock
holders, proceedings were started to
foreclose the mortgage held by Stew
art and the sheriff was in charge for
time. Mr.. Stillman, attorney for the
directors, took action and control was
again assumed by Myers and the di-
rectors.
The minority stockholders say they
are ready to settle whenever Dodd is
willing to pay a fair price for their
stock.
Lightning Changes.
There is still war in the ranks of
those owning the Pendleton Tribune
and at present there SENS to be no
show for the dove of peace to perch
within the walls of the troublous print
shop. Since yesterday noon events
have followed one another with light
ning-like rapidity and the end is not
yet. During the latter part of the af-
ternoon the management of the paper
was regained by Mr.. Dodd and held
for an hour or more However, at the
end of that time ne was again deposed,
and the plant is now again in the
hands of the insurgent employees.
Early Morning Fight.
So far the most sensational feature
is a personal fight which occurred yes
terday morning between E. P. Dodd
and w. S. Brown, the latter foreman
of the paper and one of the minority
stockholders. The affair happened in |
the Tribune building before breakfast,
and, according to those present. the
foreman was attacked by Mr. Dodd |
during quarrel between the two men
in which Mr.. Brown used certain
printer-like expressions upon his for
mer employer. No serious injuries |
were inflicted on either side, but that
victory was with the foreman is indi-
Gated by the appearance of the two
men, Mr.. Dodd receiving two black
eyes.