Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-17
FISH HOPES
TO DEFEAT
HARTMAN
ILL TEMPER DISPLAYED BY
STOCKHOLDERS
ELECTION OF NEW DIRECTORATE
POSTPONED
Millionaire Financlers Assemble in
Chicago for Battle Over Illinois
centraI--outcome Is
Doubtful
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
CHICAGO. Oct. 16-The meeting of the
Illinois Central stockholders which WAS
called at noon today was finally adjourned
late In the afternoon until o'clock to-
morrow morning. No vote on the election
of directors was taken. and it Is possible
that none will be reached before a late
hour tomorrow.
1t is generally expected, however, that
the early session will see the new direc-
torate established. The delay was caused
by the inability Of three election inspee-
tors who were appointed to act COM
mittee on credentials in considering the
proxies to finish their work.
The adjournment was taken after a
lively tilt between William Nelson Crom-
well, Mr.. Harriman's leading counsel, and
James A. Patten, prominent member of
the Chicago board Of trade. Mr.. Crom-
well desired that the meeting be ad-
Journed until $3.50 tonight, while Mr.. Pat
ten was set on having it delayed until .
o'clock tomorrow morning. 1t was stipu-
lated yesterday by Judge Ball that COM
mittee of three shoul~l be appointed to
pass upon the eligibility of the proxies.
For this committee Mr.. Fish, who was
to select member, chose his private Sec
retary, Charles H. Wenman- Mr.. Harri-
man selected Louis Fritch, assistant TO
the president of the Illinois Central.
These two were to select third, but the
choice of the additional member was left
to Judge Farrar, acting for Mr.. Fish, and
Mr.. Cromwell for Mr.. Hartman.
Spend Day in Arguing
| These two men argued for the greater
part of the day and discussed many
| names, but were unable to agree upon
| the third man. Finally a motion, made
| originally by Judge Farrar, that Judge
I1o1I r. - ~ .f-l
was adopted. The judge named z. s.
Conway, prominent manufacturer of this
city.
The meeting of the stockholders was
called to order at II o'clock by President
Harahan of the Illinois Central. About
400 persons were in attendance.
Mr.. Fish was greeted with applause
when he entered, but the smaller stature
Of Mr.. Hartman allowed him to enter
upobserved. Soon after he arrived Mr..
Fish walked over to where President Har-
ahan was seated, and placing his hand
upon Harahan's shoulder bent over and
said few words TO him which were evil
IDENTIFY of pleasant character. President
Harahan. however, was not in the mood
for social greetings, and threw of Mr..
Fish's hand with manner of much i'm
patience Mr.. Fish merely smiled and re-
turned to his seat. He occupied a seat
at the left of President Harahan, being
surrounded by his attorneys and adj
visers.
Mr.. Hartman, who left the conduct of
nis affairs entirely to Mr. Cromwell, &C.
cupied a chair in the front row of the
stockholders seats, sitting next to Gov
ernor Deneen of Illinois, with whom he
conversed cheerfully throughout the
greater part of the day. Next beyond
Governor Deneen sat the son of Stuy-
vesant Fish, with whom Mr.. Hartman
IL 1r OF no oh.
served him.
The actual proceedings of the meeting
were opened by the collection of names
of stockholders present personally, and
then Mr.. Cromwell, who to all intents and
purposes was the presiding officer de-
clared the three inspectors would receive
the proxies in an adjoining ROOM He also
moved that the meeting take an adjourn
ment until $3.50 in the afternoon. The
motion was adopted.
Dispute Starts
Immediately after President Hara-
han had called the meeting to order at
3:45 p. M, Mr. Cromwell arose and
said: II am informed by the members
of the committee on proxies that they
have been unable to finish their work
and are not prepared to report for sew
eral hours. I therefore move that an
adjournment be taken until $3.50 to-
night"
Instantly James Patten was on his
feet. Mr.. Patten is a large man whose
appearance and manner suggest that
he is entirely capable of caring for
himself in any kind of fight. He
objected strongly to the suggestion,
saying: IT move to amend the motion
by making the hour 8 o'clock tomor
row morning.
There are many stockholders who
live outside the city. and for whom 1t
meeting. want to transact the busi-
ness of this meeting, and I intend to
do so. but want to sleep tonight" he
said.
Mr.. Cromwell arose, courteous in
the extreme. II would call the atten-
tion of the stockholders" he said. ito
the fact that this is a business meet
ing for the conduct of important af-
fairs I regret If any stockholders
should be put to Inconvenience, but
this is a case where we should attend
to business without considering our
comfort too closely. therefore insist
upon the adoption OF my motion"
Patten Aggressive
'I DESIRE" said Mr.. Patten, with an
aggressive manner and In warlike
tones, Ito call the attention OF the
meeting to the fact that when the
night session is over the lawyers can
take a cab and reach their homes In
FIVE minutes, while the stockholders
who live out OF town cannot do Il
without taking much longer time.
This meeting is meeting Of Ilii-
nois Central stockholders. and iG being
II" ID.