Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
FISH-HARRIMAN
AGREEMENT MADE
Is That Illinois Stockholders
Meeting be Adjourned Till
December 10.
LEGAL QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
Believed Proxy Committee VIII Report
25O. 1000 Tor Mr.. Fish aud 2tO,-
600 for MIR Hartman.

Chicago. oct u.-Stuyvesant Fish
carly today secured a postponement OF
the Illinois Central stockholders meet
ing until Dec. U.s. The Hartman peo-
pie agreed TO the adjournment. al
though they had previously been anNi-
GUS to push matters as rapidly as pos
sibIc
The decision Goo adjourn the meeting
was the result of a conference held at
3 o'clock this morning between VIII
liam Nelson Cromwell for Mr.. Harri-
man. and judge g. n. Farrar. for Mr.
Fish. The oveIures came from Mr.
Cromwell. who sought out the Fish pco-
pie and declared that he wished e.
come TO some sort of an agreement He
was Informed by Judge Farrar that the
only agreement that could be reached
was to accept the terms OF MI Fish
which would Dee the adjournment uutl
Dec. us. and a decision of court &c the
Hartman people $50 decided, 10 deter
mine thc righ- t1 vote the 2s6, GS shares
of stock against which a temporary I'm
junction was issued by Judge Ball. one
week ago. After am extended confer
cnce Mr.. Cromwell asscuted
The following agreement was sign-
ed by Mr.. Cromwell and Judge farrar.
I'VE recognize that the numerous and
complicated legal questions az issue
VIII inevitably prolong the meeting for
"a considerable period ana that no ofii-
cial determination by the inspectors or
tellers, as to the shares of stock rep
resented IN person and by proxy az
said meeting, has yet been reached.
I'm the interest OF the company and
IFS stockholders al large We cons der
30 best a. postpone the meeting 10 Dee.
Is. and We agree IN behalf Of the In
tcrcsts we respectively represent mat
they shall vote for such adjournment
when the meeting convenes ON the 22nd
inst. without any reports being received
or other business being transacted or
any determination OF the inspectors
The proXy committee has nearly fin
lshcd lts work 10 is believed that the
total number of votes 90 be reported
win De- not far from 600. OF these
Mr. Fish. according 20 excellent au-
thOrity. controls about 100000 and MI
Hartman 100000. and IL was evident
that Mr.. Hartman is beaten unless h.
can bring into the contest some Dor
ton of the Za6.IM shares now tempo
rarily enioined from voting.
Nh. Fish sat upon table I'm MS
Y0ous az the Auditorium Annex swing
lng his feet like boy, and evidently
in the highest good humor. He de-
clincd TO talk for publication, but sald
he had secured everything he wanted
Neither he nor his attorneys would
make any statement as To- the original
propositions advanced boy MT. Crom-
well. although they declared that they
were different from the agreement fin
ally signed.
judge Farrir said.
"Tha situation Do now entirely up tc
Mr. Hartman and his attorneys
Whether they wil nght the temporary
Injunction Iu the courts is for them 90
decide. / have not the most remote
ilea regarding their Intentions. How
ever III they DO not take action and
tight the thing 0ut ip the courts before
Dec lN the injunction VIII stand, and
boo portion of tle 2s6l3l shares can De-
Noted.'
HARTMAN IN NEW YORK.
New York. Oct. PIE. n. Hartman
with John Vs. AuchinclOss and chas A.
Peabody $50 Df his counsel who have
boon representing his Interest," lon the
counting If proxies iu the Illinois Gone
UlI election iu Chicago, have returned
tH Sew York. an. Hartman announced
through lla secretary that De- ala not
uHIO tu HIg Goo reporters GA any SUBJ
I..f WhHtsocfer The Union Pacific
offices 200 l21 Broadway were open Sum
lHE ana small staff OF clerks AMI
.um. OI t1U railroad officials wore there.
hu. mono OFF them cared 90 tDlI whether
UU mot Mr. Hartman had been there.
Alexander MilIHr secretary of Che
ln.au Pacific. said chat there was poo
special a.auItC. urH lu inc fact that The
office bad boon open lII SUNDAY follow