The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-12
FISH STILL CUNNING
MOI SATISFIED WITH AN
SWER OF HARAHAN.
RaAlutions which Caused the Fight IN
which I. C. President was Floored
Comes to Light

NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-At the meeting
~ the directors of the Illinois Central yes
taydav President Harahar answered in per-
son the charges against the Hartman
management of the road which were con-
tanned in the resolution Stuyvesant Fish,
the deposed president. presented to the d.
~rectors' meeting two weeks ago, when Mr.
Fish got 80 incensed at the summary adj
iournment of the meeting while he was
reading the resolutions. that he knocked
Mr. Harahan down. The resolutions were
presented again at the meeting the fol-
lowing week and passed in a slightly mod
flied form.
Though the taxi Of the answer prese iled
by Mr.. Harahan was not made public, it
is understood that 1t is as unsatisfactory
to Mr.. Fish as 1.-The answer to charges of
a slightly different character which he
made at a meeting on July "a, when a
committee composed entirely OF Hartman
men was appointed to consider MS resoih-
tions. No report has ever been made. ana
it>only developed yesterday that the pre-
liminary charges were pade.
The resolutions presented by Mr.. Fish
at the meeting on July "A are preceded by
n lengthy preamble, in which sections of
the charter and bylaws Of the company
are quoted with regard to- the elecuon OF
directors, the filling Of vacancies and the
dismissal and appointment of employees.
The preamble then goes on to accuse
President Harahan and Vice-President
Hackstaff of carrying on correspondence
over the private wire of the Union Pacific
Railroad relating 10 intimate affairs of
the Illinois Central, addressed among
others to E. II. Hartman, the president
of the Union Pacific, and says:
Whereas, A. G. Hackstaff. receiving such
reports through the office OF the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, has for some
TING past been in the habit of sending out
reports to the directors of this company,
inserting in them names of division super
intendents and other officers, which are
not In the kilograms as sent by Mr.. Hara.
ham, through E. "A. Hartman, president OF
the Union Pacific Railroad Company, 20
MI. Hackstans thereby .Iadisal SarI,g ta rs
mislead the. directors as to business Of the
company; therefore,
Resolved. fnat those members Of this
board who will certify on honor that they
are not. and have not been at anytime
within twelve months, interested in the
Union Pacific Railroad Company as stock
mittee to inquire Into these matters and
report whether or not ]. 7. Harahan should
be dismissed from his office as president,
be DISMISSED from his office as vice-presI-
dent and as secretary. Said committee to
submit with their report In writing copies
of and details as to the manner In which
and the channels through which informs='
tion has passed between the officers of this
company in New York and in Chicago, to-
gether with copies of all correspondence
which has passed between-J. T.. Harahaa
and A. G.. Hackstaff OH the one hand, aid
any Of the officers of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company or corporation affiliated
herewith within the last twelve months.
Charles A. Peabody moved that these
resolutions be referred to a committee APP
pointed by President Harahar. This was
not quite lhe way Mr.. Hartman wanted
1t. and he jumped up and appointed the
committee himself. consisting of Cornelius
Vanderbilt. J.. W.. Auchincloss and Walter
Luttgen. He offered the appointments as
an amendment TO the motion offered by
Mr. Peabody, who promptly accepted 1t.
Mr.. Peabody Is one of Mr.. Harriman's
most loyal supporters.
| Mr.. Fish was the only one voting against
the motion. his only supporter at the
meeting. Charles N. Beach. not voting.
His other supporters. J. de w. Cutting
and Governor Deneen. Of Illinois,. were not
present. ]. j. Astor, who is understood to
be open to persuasion by either side, was
absent.
Nothing further develeaei after that I'M
til the meeting of August %. at which the
fight occurred.