Show PASSENGER RATES SLASHED the western roads drawn into the fight reductions TO THE COAST the first cut makes a 20 rate bats from the river to california points pointe and for the th round trip tho The rook iland isian cra nato eato win will necessitate another cut tho association lines to moot today to day omaha feb 26 the union and burlington roads today to day decided to accept the tender of the southern pt cinc of the rate offered yesterday by that road to meet the cut made by the santa fe general passenger agents lomax and francis francala held a conference this morning and agreed to make the round trip rate from the missouri river to san francisco 35 50 and the one way rate 20 0 to go into effect march this will have the effect of throwing throw lne down the bars that ha have so tar prevented a ble big transcontinental passenger rate war it if the union and burlington had refused to tar accept the rate the southern pacific could only meet the santa re fe cut by way of r ri 11 i paso THE TABLES TURNED tho union restrained from reducing salaries cheyenne feb 26 george ai L hodges counsel for the union pacific railway employees appeared before judas ritter of 0 tho the united states circuit court today to day and obtained an order that the schedule pay and rules and regulations affecting the employees in force when the united states slates receivers took charge be continued in force oreo until further orders of the court the court directs the receivers to cause notice of this order to bo be distributed among the employees c judge riner will make the same order lit in colorado as wyoming this action was taken because the union pacific receivers were notifying the employees that the new be schedule would bo be enforced regardless of the tact fact that judges hallett and Rine rhad had refused to anler ter judge dendys order in in their jurisdictions all AH association MEETING tho the unto ento situation to be B discussed at chicago ChiC chicago feb ag 26 A meeting of the western raz menger neer association will be held tomorrow to morrow to discuss tho the trana continental rale situation some of the lines ure disposed to criticize the action of 0 the atchison in reducing tho the rate before securing the unanimous assent of 0 the association these complain they will now lose revenue because compelled to rate to to intermediates intermediate a the atchison replied I 1 it t has haa used every effort to keep the reduced rates out of tile the association territory and it the association continues talking it will mill have to leave the association entirely th the southern pacific today to day notified d its ha connections that they anay rn a 1 r meet through ogden and ul el paso tho th e cuts recently made in california business by b Y the atchison this shows the southern Is ready to light the atchison ROCK BOOK ISLAND IS IN IT the atchison Atch lion will bo forced to make 0 another cut cansas city feb 23 26 A A yr moffatt general southwest Sou thweat passenger agent of the rock laland island wired the local office nines today to day to make a one way rate of 29 20 from kansas city to all southam california fornia points by way of 0 fort worth and el paso 35 tor for round trip tickets good tor for itty days and to be ba placed on sale sae march tho the same rato rate applies to san francisco by way of 0 tho the rock bock island to denver denver deliver rio grande and rio grande western to ogden and southern from ogden to san francisco vi VIA L sa sacramento era this Is really an add additional Illonal cut and ill force the santa sant F fe a to cut the rute rate from kansas city to los LOB angelon angeles 13 3 in order to permit tho the san francisco passengers to reach that city for tho the same bamo price the rook rock island ortere offers tho the cut at denver denver feb SS 29 the rate rat war to california opened in earnest this morning nihon ft hen the santa pe announced rates of 0 to all points on its Sou system and from denver to angeles mid and return this Is the birst cut and that it bealla business burtness lii is known from the tact fact that the tha regular fular round trip rate up to today to day from rom doll or to san Fralic francisco isco has been 60 the railroad officials expect a till still further reduction before toe the trouble la Is interstate Co comarco Com law void chicago Clil caKo feb IS 26 judge jude Grus GrUe of the united states court today to day dis charged the railroad offic lall who refused to answer questions in the federal grand erand jury investigation of the th working work liiK 0 of the interstate commerce law this practically renders the lw jaw pleatory tho the union pacific debt washington feb n 6 chairman of the house committee on oil pa cilia railroads will call it a meeting of the committee for thursday to take up the problem of the union pacific indea to the government A groat great northern sal deal new new york feb 26 A rumor to Is current curent r that it a dral deal has been made by which the great northern to la to obtain the in e use of the wisconsin central from st paul to chicago |