The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-18
FISH SEEMS VICTOR
OVER HARTMAN
Fight for Control of Illinois
Central Road Wakes
Very Warm.
HARTMAN MEN ARE
CLAIMING SECOND MOVE
Clash Over Voting of Proxies
Develops a Very Interest
ing Situation.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE fight for
The control of the Illinois Central Rail
road company waXed hot today. Stny-
rssant Fish, president of the road, and
william Nelson Cromwell, representing
z. H. Hartman. president of the
Southern. clashed openly before go
stockholders who had come from var
ious parts of the country to attend the
meeting. On the face Of the record
M1. Fish appears to have been the
victor but that the victory IS not a
6nal one IS insinuated by Mr.. Crom-
man said 10 the Associated Press:
"Of directory OF thirteen people
there are still seven members who have
nlaced themselves on record in opposi-
tion TO Mr.. Fish in this contest. There
will be meeting of the board prob
sbly in November. This board will
elect officers of the railroad You can
draw your own conclusions. -
The clash between Messrs. Harrima n
and Fish was waged over an agreement
dated July p. 1906, and signed by
Stuvvesant Fish. Charles A. Peabody
and j.. Fl. Hartman. In June, Mr..
Fish had begun the collection of prox-
les for use at the meeting held today.
BY Hartman TO get proxies through
Kuhn, Loeb and company. On July
Ilsth, Mr.. Peabody introduced reso-
luton at a meeting of the board of
directors that committee Of the di-
rectorate be appointed to collect proX-
les. However, on July 9TH Messrs.
Fish, Peabody and Hartman entered
An agreement as follows:
Text of Agreement,
"Three outgoing directors to be re
Nectcd. Mr., Grinnell S successor to
be selected by majority of the several
directors acting; Mr. Peabody s resolu-
tion of July 10Th to he Withdrawn and
NOT 10 be revived this year; Mr.. Har-
rInan will ask that the Hartman Kuhn,
Loeb proxies be given to Mr.. Fish. -
c. W, Morton Grinpell, a member or
The board of directors, had died dur.
Ing the year. Mr.. Fish claims that
lhe Hartman faction agreed that Mr..
whose presence IN the directorate
would not be ipimical TO the independ-
ence of the Illinois Ceptral, and would
be acceptable 20 Mr.. Fish. Henry De
Forest. a director of the Southern Pa,
lGfc, Of which Mr., Hartman Is presi.
l'eni, and of counsel for Mr.. Hartman
yss named in a petition signed by Mr..
hartman and six other directors 10
Mcceed Mr., Griunell. By reason of his
spatheru Pacific Affiliations, Mr.. -Le
fUes1 was not acceptable 10 Mr.. Fish.
Mr. Cromwell declares that under the
Igeemens Mr.. Fish was bound TO ac-
npt Mr., De Forest, and TO cast both
bis own and the Hartman proxies for
him
Al todays meeting Mr.. Fish after
Formally being called upon by Mr..
l(ronwelI 10 cast the proxies in favor
.li Dc Forest. arose and declared with
lUeat emphasis:
III Il Will never under snv clrcum.
luaoces vote for Mr. De Forest ="
Il NJ Fish thercupou placed James
+. lDeNItt Cutting Of New York in nomius.
: lhon, He then csst q total Of 613, 3,5o5
lhsres for Cutting,
. Cutting Easily Elected.
= M, Cromwell, as matter of record,
Y roied 200 snsZes against Cutting, and
--latsy cast them for De Forest. whom he
l.id placed in nomina tiop> Mr.. Cuttipg G
i Fas 1hcreupnr declared formally elected
IL sll ont the unexpiyed time Of M,
-lspERell. which is tn'o years. Charles
-lR- Bsach, ], T. Ha-ahau and Cornelius
arderh!lf, whose terms had expired,
ts-e reelected without opposition. Mr.,
H.
ch EspItf the facf that the latter had
,csEned the Hartman petition in favor
tyE De Forest lust before the meeting,
-. Al 10 clock this morning a per
/ 'lretorv meeting OF tine board of d.
rth 'stors was held. al which il was stated
thslslg routine business was transacted,
,kc lAt noon the stockholders meeting was
INHALED to order hv Nj Fish amidst eX'
Ioilsctsni silence. Nh. Fish stated his
iysi lfle Of the controversy in prepared
ond Es'emeui. which was in part, ~ FOL
p.l For the first time I an called upor
thsI hehslf of the stockholders TO with
Gig Esnd foycihle and organized effort re
lid iianee the policy 81 the company
coz fM In the interest of 10 Is pc!
ao Eh' NJ rhe stock ~ turn u over -
,jee 19se VINO control another railroad svs
hichl ~ For year or more past it has
.so matter of public notoriety that
our cur l,oss connected with the management
Tr 'se Union Pacific system of railroads
uild' s Ens been purchasing shares Of the
naolS Central company III large
oetc pnoDats.
puring the month of Juno, last
e. l' ont as has been my custom toI
-lny years past, notices 10 each arc
,E s;ockholdeT Of record of tho tlmt
II place of the annual meeting, WIZ
request for proxy, from whicf
Psnml.m PAM O proxy I this wear, foT. tho rea
"" II, above stated, ommitted tho nansf
,e,ipsl T. Il. Hartman, president of th'
oy sl,ea Pacific Railroad company.
e.hI ne business Of the meeting hayini
Ge Sfa Transacted, IL was declared ad
w ~ Fish left for New York this even
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