Show itailroad Racket l Chicago 20A war on rates both passenger and freight to the north I west is thought to be imminent This moraine a meeting of pas senger agents of the Chicago and North Western Milana St Paul Chicago < Burlington and Quincy and Chicago Rock Island and PacY tic held an agreement for pooling the passenger traffic between Ch cago and St Paul and Minneapolis was represented The Northwest ern and St Paul roads demanded j the insertion of a clause forbidding 1 payment of commissions to other w roads having longer routes Re fusing to accede the demand the meeting adjourned without reach ing any arrangement In the afternoon the general man ages and freight agents of the same I line met to consider a freight pool Mr Merrjll of the Milwaukee g and St Paul declined to enter into any f arrangement in regard to freight z traffic till the passenger traffic was settled and the meeting adjourned t without doing anything Unless an agreement is at once reached it is believed a war will break out throughout Minnesota and Iowa and as far west as Omaha |