Omaha daily bee., 1907-10-22
FISH WINNER AT CHICAGO
Hartman Accepts POstpOnement of
Illinois Central Meeting.
VOTES TOO MANY AGAINST HIM
Settlement of Proxy Fight Necessary
Before Exact strength OF Each
of the Factions VIII
he known.


! CHICAGO, oct. Z.-stuyvesant Fish early
today secured postponement Of the Illinois
Central stockholders meeting until Decem-
Der Is. The Hartman people agreed to the
adjournment, although they had previously
! been anxious to push matters as rapidly
as possible.
The decision to adjourn the meeting was
the result Of conference held at o'clock
this morning between William Nelson
/ Cromwell for Mr. Hartman and Judge r.
Farrar for Mr.. Fish The overtures came
from Mr.. Cromwell. who sought out the
Fish people and declared that he wished
TO 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 Mr.. Fish which
would be the adjournment until December
is. and decision of court, II the Harri-
man people so desired. to determine the
right to vote the 2s6,7Sl shares OF stock
against which a temporary Injunction was
issued by Judge Ball one week ago. After
An extensive conference, Mr.. Cromwell
assented.
The following agreement was signed by
Mr. Cromwell and Judge Farrar:
eve recognize that the numerous and
evitably prolong the meeting for consid-
erable period and that no official deter
mination by the inspectors. or teliers, as 70
the shares of stock represented in person
and by proxy at said meeting has been
reached.
"In the interest of the company and its
stockholders at large we consider It best TO
postpone the meeting to December IS and
we agree in behalf of the interests we
respectively represent that they shall vote
for such adjournment when the meeting
convenes. october % without any reports
being received or other business being
transacted or any determination OF the
inspectors"
Proxy Committee Nearly Finished.
The proxy committee has nearly finished
its work 1t is believed that the total num-
J., ber of votes to be represented will be not
far from 100000. or these Mr.. Fish, accord
ing to excellent authority. controls about
$4,000 and Mr.. Hartman 10000, and it is
evident that Mr.. Hartman is beaten un-
less he can bring into the contest some
portion of the 2s67Si shares now tempo
rarily enjoined from voting
Mr.. Fish sat upon table in his rooms
at the Auditorium Annex. swinging his
feet like a boy and evidently in the highest
good humor. He declined to talk for pub
lcation, but said he had secured everything
he wanted. Neither he nor his attorneys
would make any statement as to the orig
inal propositions advanced lby Mr.. Crom-
we'll although they declared that they
were very different from the agreement
finally signed.
7 Judge Faffar said:
'srhe situation Is now entirely up to Mr..
Hartman and his attorneys. Whether they
will tight the temporary injunction in the
courts is for them to decide. have not
the most remote idea regarding their in
tentions. However IL they do not take
action and fight the thing out in the courts
before December IS the injunction will
stand and no portion of the 2s6.7Sl shares
can be voted"
Fish Claims Victory.
Mr.. Fish gave out a statement tonight
in which he claims to have a majority
of from $1,000 to $1,000 when the count of
, proxies was abandoned The statement
says:
Our victory is most gratifying and real.
The best we could have hoped for under
Judge Balls modified order was to prevent
an election Of directors at this time. This
has not only been accomplished, but we
have also secured a definite adjournment
until December IS. When on Saturday it
beonms apparent TO the Union Pacific party
that our majority was so large that they
could not win even IL they secured every
: remaining proxy their tactics for prolong-
ing the session Of the stockholders meeting
from day TO day became apparent. Late
Saturday night, realizing that the best
interests of the Illinois Central railroad
demanded that the present session should
3 be closed 1 authorized the making of an
/ agreement between counsel which speaks
| for itself. The agreement TO adjournment
| gives me all that / could have gained by
r using the preponderance Of my votes and
) constitutes an acknowledgment by the
! Hartman party OF their failure TO now
( elect directors. for II they held more
q proxies than they would not have made
such agreement.
e The oficial count has been about four
r fifths completed. and being now closed. I
. can say with regard that my information
q justihes the statement that so far as made
y It leaves me with clear and certain ma
= jority of somewhere between 10000 and
: $1,000 votes. which. In view Of the Union
q Pacific party having hunted for proxies
a for two months before 1 mailed nv arst
I circular Of September 81 is most satisfac-
l tory.
s From now on I shall pursue my quest
q for proxies with greater vigor and far
better information than ever before. feel
ing sure OF the support of the investors
] who are interested in preserving the inde-
pendence Of the Illinois Central railroad. %