The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-10-18
FISH IS A FIGHTER
Opens Batteries on Hartman
and His Policies.
CHARGES CONSPIRACY TO GET VOTES
Writ Against Union Pacific and Mu-
tunI Life Insurance Directors Claims
Unlawful Combination Go Dom
inate AnnunI Meeting.


CHICAGO. oct. -. - Stuyvesani
Fish. through his attorneys, H. w
Leman and Frank IL. Culver Of Chi
cago and Edgar II. Farrar of New
Orleans. has secured a temporary in-
junction which will, If made perma-
nent, restrain the voting at the Hi
nois Central meeting here tomorrow
Of 2sG.73i shares Of stock Of the ILL
nois Central Railroad company which
would otherwise be voted in the inter
ests Of Il. II. Hartman.
The writ IS directed against the Tn
ION Pacific Railway company, the
Railroads Securities company Of New
Jersey and the Mutual Life Insurance
company Of New York, which, combln'
ed. hold the above shares Of stock.
1t Is set forth In the petition that
the object and purpose Of the Union
Pacific is to perfect and perpetuate Its
control Of the directory OF the Illinois
Central, in which by law all the cor
porate powers Of the Illinois Central
are vested. so as TO have the Illinois
Central operated TO its irreparable In
fury and damage as a mere feeder to
the Union Pacific through its connec-
tions at Council Bluffs. Ia. and at New
Orleans by means Of the Southern PA.
cifc company. which, the petition de-
clares. the Union Pacific controls alb
sOlutely.
II is claimed that under the laws
and public policy Of Illinois neither the
Union Pacific nor the Railroads Sc
curities company nor the Mutual Life
Insurance company can own and vote
stock in the Illinois Central
The amount Of stock Of the Illinois
Central TO which the application for
the Injunction is directed is made MP
OF 1sG.281 shares bought by the Union
Pacific from B II. Hartman, II. IL.
Rogers, James Stnlman and Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. I'm July. 1906; $4,000 shares
belonging TO the Railroads Securities
company. all Of which stock, the petit
ton declares. IS owned by the Union
Pacific. and $500 shares owned by
the Mutual Life Insurance company
the whole aggregating 2SG,73l shares
out Of total Of 0JO.40O outstanding
shares In the Illinois Central. or lit
tie over 30 per cent Of the stock.
Mr.. Fish. accompanied by his attor-
neys. personally made the application.
The petition charges an unlawful
scheme Of the Union Pacific Railroad
company TO control the commerce of
the United States by buying large
blocks Of stock In the principal trans
pOrtation companies. It also sets forth
the facts stated in a recent report of
the interstate commerce commission
in regard to the transactions Of the
Union Pacific Railroad company and
f. II. Hartman.
The bill declares that Directors lIar-
riman. Peabody and Goelet Of the Ill
nols Central are also directors Of the
Union Pacific and alleges that L. ii.
Hartman dominates all the Union Pa
cihc and all the Illinois Central direct
ors except Messrs. Fish, Cutting and
Beach.
II Is claimed that Mr. Hartman de-
posed Mr.. Fish as president Of the Ill
nois Central because he defeated last
year the election Of one Deforest a
Union Pacific man. as director Of the
Illinois Central and because he refused
20 let the Illinois Central be controlled
I'm the interests Of the Union Pacific.