Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-22
FISH rs
HARTMAN
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS IS
POSTPONED
Battle for Control Of Illinois Central
Delayed Until December 1s.
Union Pacific Chief
Faces Defeat
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Stuyvesant Fish
early today secured a postponement of
the Illinois Central stockholders meeting
until December 18. The Hartman forces
agreed to the adjournment although they
had previously been anxious to push mat
ters as rapidly as POSSIBLE.
The decision to adjourn the meeting
was the result of conference held at
5 o'clock this morning between William
| Nelson Cromwell for Mr.. Hartman and
t Judge E. H. Farrar for Mr. Fish. The
overtures came from Mr.. Cromwell, who
sought out Fish's attorney 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 a
decision of court If the Hartman forces
SO decided, to determine the right to vote
the ,71S shares of stock against which
temporary injunction was issued by
Judge Ball one week ago. After an ex-
tended conference Mr.. Cromwell assented
The following agreement was signed by
Mr.. Cromwell and Judge Farrar:
1--WE recognize that the numerous and
complicated legal questions at issue will
inevitably prolong the meeting for con-
siderable period and that no official de-
Termination by the inspectors or tellers
as to the shares of stock represented In
person and by proxy at Saturdays meet-
ing has yet been reached.
Agree to Delay
'Tn the interests of the company and
its stockholders at large we consider IL
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 continues on the 22nd inst, with
out any reports being received or other
business being transacted or any deter
mination of the inspectors"
The proxy committee has nearly mn
ished its work. 1t is believed that the
total number of votes to be reported will
be not far from 100000. OF these Mr..
Fish, according to excellent authority,
controls about 25O000 and Mr.. Hartman
10000, and 1t was evident that Mr.. Har-
riman is beaten unless he can bring into
the contest some portion of the 2S6.731
shares now temporarily enjoined from
voting.
Mr. Fish sat upon a table in his rooms
at the Auditorium annex, swinging his
feet like boy and evidently in the Nigh
est good humor.
He declined to talk for publication, but
said he had secured everything he want
ed Neither he nor his attorneys would
make any statement as to the original
propositions advanced by Mr.. Cromwell,
although they declared that they We're
different from the agreement finally
signed. nN
Judge Farrar said: 1.-THE situation is
now entirely up to Mr.. Hartman and
his attorneys Whether they will fight
the temporary injunction in the courts
is for them to decide. I have not the
most remote idea regarding their fnten-
tions. However, if 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"