The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-15
FISH PURPOSES TO
FIGHT UNION
PACIFIC.
Opens Batteries on Hartman
and Ms Policies.
CONSPIRACY TO GET VOTES
Writ Against Union Pacific and Mu-
tual Life Insurance Directors Claim
Unlawful Combination.

bibh, tnLouBh HIS uttoAhVy"' So W
Lamar and Frank II. Culver OF chi
, cago and Edgar H. Farrar Of New
Orleans, has secured 4 temporary In
Junction which will. II made perma-
neat, restrain the voting at the I'LL
nois Central meeting here tomorrow
Of 2S0. 781 shares Of stock Of the I'LL
aois Central Railroad company which
would otherwise DO voted In the inter
ssts Of z. II. Hartman.
The writ Il directed against the Un-
lon Pacific Railway company. the
Railroads Securities company Of New
Jersey and the Mutual Life Insurance
company Of New York, which, eombin-
a. hold the above shares Of stock.
II IL set forth In the petition that
the object and purpose Of the Union
Pacific u to perfect and psrpetuate Its
control Of the directory Of the Illinois
Central. In which BY law all the cor
porNte powers Of the Illinois Central
are vested, 90 a. to have the Illinois
Central operated to IT. irreparable In
jury and damage a. mere feeder to
the Union Pacific through its cOnnec
tisns at Council Bluffs. L.. and at New
OrlsaAs by means Of the Southern Pa
ciAc company. which, the petition de-
elarUs. ths Union Pacific controls alb
sOlutely.
It u claimed that under the laws
and public policy Of Illinois neither the
| OAion Pacific nor the Railroads Sc
surtties company nos the Mutual Life
Insurance company can own and vote
stock In the Illtpsis Central
The. amOSnf Of stock Of the Illinois
Central to which the application for
the injunction Ii directed Is made up
Il lOa.2sl sharss bought by the Union
paciAc from r. II. Hartman, H. HI.
Rogers, James etillman and Kuhn.
Loeb 4 Co. In July. 1903; 5000 shares
belonging to the Railroads Securities
company, all Of which stock, the pett
tion declares. II owned by the Union
Pacific, and $500 shares owned by
the Mutual Life Insurance company
the whole aggrsgating 2S8, 73l shares
out Of q total Of $50. 400 outstanding
shares IN the Illinois Central, or a 1T
To over 30 pr cent Of the stock
Mr.. Fish, accompanied by his after
Asys. personally made the application.
Ths netition was Sled by ex-senator
0eotoe =. Ddmunds Of Vermont, John
4. Kasson of Iowa. stuyvssant Fish Of
New Yosk and William H. Enrich Of
Chicago q stockholders Of the Illinois
Csatral Railroad company against that
cooperation, its directors and stock.
holAsss, the UAion Pacific Railway
company, the Railroads Securities com.
paAy, the Mutual Life Insurance com.
pany aAd a large number of individ.
uals In Whose names It u claimed the
UaisA Paciac Railroad company has
placed all Of the stock which II holds
IN the Illinois Central and In whose
names the Railroads Securities cOmpa.
ny Aas placed 10, 900 shares Of its stock
In The Illinois Central. In addition to
the temporary injunction sought a
6Aal decree was asked declaring that
the Union Pacific Railroad company
and the Railroads Securities company
have NO power under the laws Of I'LL
nois to own stock In the Illinois Cen
trail. 1t was also asked that these
companies be directed to sell their
stock In the Illinois Central within q
reasonable time.
The petition charges an unlawful
scheme Of the Union Pacific Railroad
company to control the commerce Of
the United States by buying large
blocks Of stock In the principal trans
portation companies. II also sets forth
thA facts stated In Z recent report Of
the interstate commerce commission
In regard to the transactions Of the
Union Pacific Railroad company and
n. H. Hartman.