The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-10-15
FISH SCORES
A PARTIAL
VICTORY
Secures Injunction
to Shut Out Votes
for Hartman
Illinois Central Fight
Is Carried Into Courts
Domination by the
u. P. Receives
One Setback \
Scheme TO Control All
Commerce Is Checked

CHICAGO, Oct. l4.-Stuy-
vesant Fish Of New York has
scored a partial victory in his
battle 70 prevent E. II. Hartman
from dominating control of the
Illinois Central railroad in the in
terests of the Union Pacific. For
months Fish has been fighting to
secure proxies of stock holders
for use at the annual meeting OF
the Illinois Central Arriving in Chi
caeo Saturday night he lost no time in
carrying the fight into the courts
Fish today through his attorneys Sc
cured a temporary injunction If made
permanent this injunction viii prevent
the voting at the Illinois Central meet
ing Of 2se.73I shares Of stock Of the
Illinois Central railway company which
would otherwise be voted in the inter
est Of z. II. Hartman. The writ is
airected against the Union Pacific rail-
way. company, the Railroad securities
-oonanv Of New Jersey. and the Mu-
tual life insurance company of New
york. which combined hold 2Ss,7St
shares OF stock
SCHEME TO GAIN CONTROL
Particularly interesting in the petit
zion for the Injunction are facts re-
,7esled In the recent report Of the in
+.-s+ate commerce commission showing
che transactions of the Union Pacific
and Hartman In short, the petition
obsrpes an unlawful scheme on the
mart Of Hartman and the Union Pacific
"a control the commerce of the United
states by purchasing big blocks of
S+ock in transportation companies,
thereby dominating competing parallel
lines.
The petition signed by Ex-Governor
and ex-senator George F. hdmunds
% Vermont. John A. Kasson of
4ow. stuyvesant Fish OF New
vork and William H. Emerich OF
chicago. stock holders Of the Illinois
Central. is against the corporation, its
directors and stockholders, the Union
Pacific company, the Railroad securi-
ties company. the Mutual life insurance
co,onanv. and q large number Of indi-
,,s5psls ia whose names, il is claimed
tbe Union Pacific railroad has placed
.ll of the stock which it holds in the
Illinois Central
Aside from the temporary injunction
sought. a final decree was asked de-
clar,ne that the Union Pacific railroad
,oor,nanv and the Railroad securities
comnany have no power. under the law:
of Illinois, to own stock in the Illinois
Central. II was also asked that these
co,nnanies be directed to sell their stocl
:, .be Illinois Central within a reason.
able time.
AFTER COMPETING LINES
-rbe petition sets forth the names o
cornorations whose stock it is claimed
the Union Pacific has bought, among
them the Chicago and Alton, Illinois
central. Chicago. Milwaukee, and st
r.ul and the Chicago and Northwest
ern. It charges that these four com
NAMES own and operate parallel an'
con,neting lines. both in and outside o
the state Of Illinois. and that it is un
lawful for the Union Pacific compan,
10 own and vote stock in such parable
and competing lines. II is also charged
that the acquisition Of the illipeis Cen
tral bv the Union Pacific. which tool
place in July, 1906, was concealed from
the public and the stock holders of tn
Illinois Central and was first brough
to light by the Investigations of the in
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