Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-15
Hartman and Fish Both
in Chicago for |. c.
Meeting.
ATTORNEYS WITH THEM
Former President Secures Tenn
porary Injunction to Pre-
vent Voting of Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-E. H. Hartman
arrived in this city early today to take
active part in the fight for control 't
the Illinois Central He declined 70
make statement.
Mr.. Fish is present with his attor-
neys to fight to make permanent the
injunction taking away 2S6,7S1 voting
shares of stock from Hartman.
Gets an Injunction.
Chicago. Oct 15.-Stuyvesant Fish,
through his attorneys, yesterday secur-
ed a temporary injunction which will,
if made permanent, restrain the voting
at the Illinois Central meeting Wednes-
day of 2S6,751 shares of stock of the
Illinois Central which would otherwise
be voted in the interest of e. H. Harri-
man.
Against Many Parties.
The writ is directed against the Union
Pacific railroad the Securities COM
pany of New York and the Mutual Life
Insurance company of New York, which
combined hold the above shares of
stock The petition was filed by ex-
Senator George F. Edmunds of Yer
mont, John A. Kasson of Iowa, Stuy-
vesant Fish of New York, and Will
liam Fl. Enrich of Chicago, as stock
holders of the Illinois Central, against
that corporation, its directors and stock
holders, the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany, the Railroad Securities company,
the Mutual Life Insurance company,
and a large number of individuals i'll
whose names it is claimed the Union
Pacific has placed all the stock which
it holds in the Illinois Central, and in
whose names the Railroad Securities
company has placed $4,000 shares of
stock in the district. In addition to the
temporary injunction sought, a final de-
cree was asked declaring that the
Union Pacific and the Securities have
no power under the laws of Illinois to
own stock in the Illinois Central. 1t
was also asked that these companies
be directed to sell their stock in the
Illinois Central within reasonable time.
Petition Speaks Plainly.
The petition charges unlawful schemes
of the Union Pacific to control of com
merce of the United States by buying
large blocks of stock in the principal
transportation companies. 1t also sets
forth the facts stated in the recent re
port of the interstate commerce com
mission in regard to the transactions OF
the Union Pacific and the said Harri
man.
1t sets forth the names of the corpor
ations whose stock it is claimed the
Union Pacific has bought, among then
the Alton, the Illinois Central, the Mil
waukee and the Northwestern. 1
charges that the four companies cal
and do operate parallel and competing
lines both in and outside of Illinois
and that it is unlawful for the Uniol
Pacific company to own and vote stool
in such parallel and competing lines
1t is further charged that in the effor
to get as large "a percentage of stool
of the Illinois Central as possible tn
Union Pacific violated its charter il
buying stock of the Railroad Securitie
company of New Jersey which held tn
only asset of 25,000 shares of Illinoi
Central stock.
Charge COnspiracies.
IS The charge is made that $4,000 share
of Illinois Central stock belonging
the Securities company was transferre
few days before the Illinois Centr:
books were closed by a sham transa
ton to z. H. Hartman and Is official
of the Union Pacific and Illinois Centr;
who are under control of Hartman
The bill declares that Directors Pc
body, Auchinloss, the Vanderbilts {
the Illinois Central and trustees of I'll
Mutual Life have combined and co
spired with Hartman and the Unio
Pacific to aid the latter in getting CO
troll of the Illinois Central and to TIL
end it is declared that they proposed
vote $500 shares of stock owned by ii
insurance company at the coming ele
ton. 1t is claimed that the insuran,
company under the laws of Illinoi
cannot vote stock in the Illinois Ce
trail.
The bill declares that Directors Hs
riman, Peabody and Goelet of the II
nois Central are also directors of t
Union Pacific, and alleges that Har
man controls all the Union Pacific al
Illinois Central directors except Fis
Cutting and Beach.
why Fish Was Deposed.
1t is claimed that Hartman depos