The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-25
ANSWER MADE ID
 STUYVESANT FISH Opposition Files DemurrerS and
 Bills of Exception CHARGES AGAINST MIR. FISH Hartman Faction Makes Most of the Situation and Comes Back at
 Fish With Counter Stroke
 in the Fight.
CHARGES AGAINST MIR. FISH

1 Chicago, November 24.-Answers, de- murrers and bills of exceptions to the ! injunctions brought by Stuyvesant Fish and others in the Illinois Central im- broiglio were filed in the superior court of Cook county late yesterday afternoon. So many diversified interests were in- volved that the defense was compelled to separate theanswers
 The answer of John Jacob Astor, A. G, Hackstaff, John w. Auchincoss, Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. T. Harahan, which is made joint, is the most im- portant of the documents. Numerous ! charges regarding Mir. Fishs acts as { president of the railroad are contained
 in it and in addition it Is claimed that inasmuch that he, acting as proxy, has in times past often voted the stock held by the railroad securities company at meetings of the Illinois Central Railroad company. He is therefore stopped from now objectng to the ownership by the Railroad Securities company of Illinois Central shares.
 In another section of their answer these five directors of the Illinois Central ad init the connection of Hartman, Goelet and Peabody with the Union racific rail- road but they point out in return that Stuyvesant Fish is a director and mem Der of the executive committee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company, which, they assert, lis a direct competi- tor of the Illinois Central railroad" in much of the latter's territory, while nei- ther the Union Pacific nor the Southern Pacific is in any sense of the word a competitor of the Illinois Central rail road.
 The defendants give their stock owner ship as follows: J. J. Astor, 70OO shares; A. G. Hackstaff 137 shares; J. W. Au- chincloss 600 shares; Cornelius Wander bit, ASA shares; J. T. Harahan, 234 shares The defendants deny that they voted for J. T. Harahan against Stuy- vesant Fish in the election for president O. the Illinois Central railroad at the behest of F. II. Hartman, asserting that their action was taken because 'the said Fish had mlsused the funds of the H. linos Central Railroad company; had used his power to further his personal interest to the great peril and financial injury" of the railroad, and had "en- deavored to run said corporation With ou+ consulting its board of directors, or Wnlcn the ueIeHuaHlS were anu diS hiSih- bers"
 They also assert that MT. Fish made unprofitable contracts" involving large sums without the sanction of the board of directors In addition to this answer tO the charges of MT. Fish demurrers were filed by the Mutual Life Insurance company and the Railroad Securities company the former asking that the suit be dismissed so far as 1t Is con cerned.
 Edward H. Hartman, Robert W. Goe- let. Charles A Peabody and the Union Pacific Railroad company filed bill Of exceptions.
 Most of the objections were made to excerpts from the interstate commerce commissions report which MT. f1sh m cluded in his bill of complaint A joint answer was also fieu by J. B. Lord, Frederick Winston, Ralph M. Shaw and other defendants, who deny that any stock registered in their names IS the property of the Union Pacihc raliroad or controlled by that company.