The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-18
FISH WINS FIRST BLOOD
 IN FIGHT WITH HARTMAN
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Pacific to turn the control of Illinois Central over to those controlling the former company. As is well known the directors of the Illinois Central company who are also directors of the Union Pa chc company are: E. H. Hartman,
 Charles A. Peabody and R. w. Goelet. each of whom was present at said meet ing. the total attendance of which con sisted of several directors including my self. In view of the lack of notice and the smallness of the attendance 1 then stated to the board that l saw through | the proposition plainly and being unwil l ling to be party to it, would leave the
 meeting and break the quorum, which l then did
 Mr. Fish then pointed to his auditors the meeting of July 6, at which he was | assured by MT. Hartman and MT. Pea body that there was no intention to turn over the control of Illinois Central to any other corporation and that success
 sor to Mir Grfnnell would be chosen in one who would be man of character.
 representing all of the stockholders. and be personally satisfactory to MT. Fish.
 Relying upon these representations, MT. Fish on the next day, after another con
 ference, signed the agreement before men, l toned MT. Fish continued:
 Bare Quorum Present. A gust and September there was a bare | quorum present. seven members. On Octo- Der 10 1906, a special meeting of the board 1 having been called, at which there were present eight directors realizing that this
 would be the last occasion on which 1t would be possible to get any considerable ! number of them together for the purpose l of carrying out the understanding reached
 on July 26 and 27, 1 asked the directors | present to remain in the room after the 1 adjournment of the board. which all of 1 them did. There were then present Messrs. l Welling, Harahan, Hartman, LuttSen,
 Beach, Astor, Vanderbilt and myself l then took up with them the question of
 successor to MT. Grinnell Before any de- cision was had by the directors on this
 matter I was surprised at being present. cd by MT. Hartman with written com
 mitments previously procured by him for
 certain directors without notice to me and others, to the selection of Mir. H. w. 1 DeForest. a director of the Southern Pa cihc company a subsidiary corporation of of the Union Pacific. this in contraVention and utter violation of the understanding and agreement that an independent man not affiliated with Union Pacific interests
 should be brought into the board. I promptly stated that this was not in ac- cordance with the agreement and that | it was violation of the assurances given
 me, and that 1 would not cast any proxies that l had for Mir. DeForest reputed to be one of MT. Harriman's private coun- sel inasmuch as this would be doing the very thing which the agreementfwas in- l tended to prevent"
 MT. Fish. continuing, said:
 The Issue Presented. The issue thus presented is whether
 l shall vote as proxy for the stockhold- CTS of the Illinois Central railroad In fla of haf In of feet, to the control of another company. when such proxies have been entrusted to me with the full knowledge that l would
 oppose any such action. l notified MT Hartman and his associates that l would
 not vote any of their proxies in opposi- ton to their expressed wishes, but at the
 same time I would not become party
 to their scheme nor vote for the proxies confded in me.
 "As the teller's report shows. I hold proxies entitling me to vote upwards of two thirds of the entire capital stock of | the company. and as in this matter am acting solely in the interests of the shares 1 I represent, I now make the following | nominations:
 | MT Fish then nominated the gentlemen already named, who were ater elected. At ] this point MT. Cromwell addressed Mir. | Fish. saying:
 "I will have something to say on this
 matter that may strike home"
 You can say anything you want to- snapped MT Fish.
 Mir Cromwell thereupon read the follow 1 ing letter, which he had privately pre- l scented to Mir Fish earlier in the day: Cromwell Submits Letter. Chicago, October II, 1906. | MT. Stuyvesant Fish, Esq:
 "Sir-Prlor to the 18th day of July last you had issued and were soliciting proxies | for use at the annual meeting of the IT. l linois Central Railroad company to be | held October r, 1906. for the election Of three directors to fill the places of thrse l retiring directors, and also successor Ia | Mir. Grinnell. Your action was taken with ] out conference with. or the approval or, your fellow directors, and some of them, | including Messrs. Hartman and Peanody, l dixssnted from your course. MT. Peaboox