The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-24
FISH CONFIDENT
 OF FINAL VICTORY
Proxies Are Being Won from
 Hartman Side
INJUNCTION IS ARGUED
Attorney For Hartman Declares That Fish Will Be Cuss.d as Director. Amendment Filed to lnjunc-
 tion Bill.

Chicago, December 23.-An announce ment that was confidently interpreted as an indication of the turning of the tide against E. H. Hartman in the Illinois Central fight was given out by the Fish camp yesterday.
 It was that proxies for large blocks of stocks have been received by Fish from three Wall street firms of brokers who hitherto have been counted as among the Hartman alliances. The firms are John A. Davis x Co., Clark & Dodge and Van Hoffman & Co. MT Fish was informed in letter from one of these firms that other interests linked with Hartman are about to desert to the Fish faction.
 cts a case of Wall street turning against Harriman," said Maxwell kd- gar, one of Fish's local representatives, in giving out the announcement. 'The brokers are beginning to blame Harri- man for the financial condition now pre- vailing. They regard him as an in- cubns on the market. whose tactics have resulted in unsettling stocks and keeping prices down. They are beginning to desert the ship"
 
 his fight, he will reorganize the Illinois Central on a basis of home rule and come to Chicago to reside. In addition he an- nounces programme for divorcing the management of the road from New York. He would elect three Chicago men directors at once and three more next year.
 Proceedings in Suit.
 Attorney John J. Herrick, representing the interests of F. H. Hartman in the Illinois Central injunction proceedings. concluded his argument late this after noon. Judge Ball complimented the at- torneys of both parties to the suit on the courteous manner in which they had con- ducted their cases and announced that he would render his decision on or about February 20.
 In summing up his argument, Attorney Herrick said.
 "We say that we are going to vote for three directors who served the com pany all these years We are not go- ing to vote for MT Fish for the req sons that are stated and which are con- firmed by the statements of eight of his fellow directors as to his unftness for the position We say that we are going TO vote for an independent man, who is not connected with the Union Pacific; that is all we have threatened Both of these companies (the Union Pacific railway and the Railway Securities company, have put themselves on record as to that proposition How is MT. Fish? He does not deny that this bill is brought as alleged in the affidavits, in pursuance of a purpose to promote his reelection, not only as director, but as presi- dent And he does not deny that it is his intention in getting these proxies to vote them, not only for his own re-elec- ton. but for the election of three other persons to be named by him, unknown to this court, in place of these directors who have served all these years and who were elected and reelected by his own vote"
 Attorney Herrick denied that Mir. Har- riman was dominating the policy of the Illinois Central Railroad company. He de- elared that the Union Pacific railway was a connecting line and said that MT. Fish was a director in line competing with the Illinois Central railroad.
 Amendment to Bill.
 The attorneys for StIyvesant Fish filed an amendment to the original bill of com plaint, intended to eliminate any possibiI- ity of dissolution of the injunction on the ground that 1t was not brought in proper manner. J. M. Dickinson, at- torney for the Illinois Central. had ar gued that the suit should have been brought in the name of the individual stockholders. In the amendment it was set forth that to have applied to the