The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-10-10
HARTMAN HAS
THE BEST HAND
IN FIGHT WITH FlSH--HOLDS III
PER CENT or !. {.
PROXIES.
LOOK FOR BIG CONTEST
Stormy Meeting OF Directors October
.H 18th Expected---Great Canvas
Z, Under Way Rounding Up
Stockholders.

/ New York, Oct 9.-Out OF q total IL
i950,f50 shares on Illinois Central stock
yntable at the annual meeting on Oc..
ti6 next, 1t is estimated that approx.
nately cT5,ooo shares. or II per cent
lof the total nMfnher OF votes Misl be
voted by e. II! Hartman, and that
stlyvesant Fish will not be able to
vote more than $4,000 shares Or abrut
l1o per cent. Unless there In some
decided change. therefore, the final
vote should be somewhat as follows:
Shares votahle, $50 $50. pledged To
Hartman. $4,000: pledged to Fi-h.
$4,000: not voting, tS0040
A year ago President Fish con-
trclled G90.G95 shares out OF total
|of Ge2.546 share voting. 1t Is quite
probable that as result Oh the
strenuous canvass that Is now being
made by both parties. a larger vyte
will be polled than that indicated BY
the above figures In that case the
Hartman vote may exceed 100000
shares, and the fish vote may exceed
100000 shares However, in any case
the relative lineup of the two factiunz
is likely to be alcng the above ratles.
N Important ais bearing upon the cut.
come of tlfis meeting are the reparis
that Mr.. Fish will endeavor to obtain
an Injunction to restrain the Uni RI
Pacific frem voting its PSI .2sf shares
Of Illinois Central stock. of which
$4,000 shares are owned
By the Rniiread Securities company
Already Hartman mas transferred
10000 shares of this stock To his
own name and 1t lis probable that the
balance viii be transferred into the
names OF individuals.
Similar steps were taken by the
fSAiqp ispclfIc IN 1903 at tho tissle Rf !.
tie ffafriulai B Z SzssIs X N u
Pacific
II is usually not very difficult to
Lbtain an Injunction In some court
and Ii Mr.. Fish were successful In Sc
curing an Injunction few hours be-
fore the meeting he might be able 10
tie up the entire Union Pacific vote
before steps could be taken to have
the meeting postponed until the qsies-
tion of the legality OF the Unkn Paci-
fic holdings could be determined.
However. Mr.. Hartman Is not like
ly to be caught mapping II any such
move is attempted. and while he may
now prepare for II by having Union
racific's Illinois Central transferred
nto the names Of individuals tenn
DCrarily, at the last moment some en-
.irely new plan might be decided upon
r. order to forestall any eleventh hour
naneuver by the Fish party.
At this meeting on Oct. iG directors
IRE to be elected to succeed Messrs.
Fish. Hartman and Astor. Normally.
iEder the cumulative system OF yot-
ng In Illinois. Mr.. Fish by eoncen,
rating all his strength upon enc
director might be able 10 elect him
self. but II is understood that under
he charter OF the Illinois Central this
cumulative system of voting does not
,btain. and that II MIR Fish wishes TO
'e elect himself he must obtain a ma
ority of the votes.
No such canvass to control an an
lnal meeting has been made in recent
history as that to control the ne't
Illinois Central meeting. and the
world is being secured for stock