Show Want a OuoWarranto HARRISBURG January 26Today a a committee of Knights of Labor appeared ap-peared beloro the Attorney General and asked thai a quo warrantobe issued against the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company with a view to the forfeiture of its charter Tt ey saythey came to lay before the department facts to prove tbat the railroad company com-pany has violated the State Contitu tion by engaging in the business of mining coal They were asked ifTthey had any petition or affidavit ana replied I re-plied in the negative but said thaithey would at one mat one to the effect that they have posiHve knowledge I that the Reading Railroad Company I and Reading Coal and Iron Company are the same and the debts of one are paid by the other It being expljiined by the AttorneyGeneral that it2s a rule of the department to hear both sides befero granting a writ of quo ufar ranto it was decided to hold the argument argu-ment next Thursday In the meanwhile mean-while the petitioners were Instructed to serve notice on as many of the com panys officers as possible |