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Show P END Tl) TROUBLE. i The Eailroads Have Brought About Ad-j Ad-j ditional Tribulatious and Worry Tor Their Respective Selves. A COMBINE AGAINST THEM. ! State University Convocation A Competitive Com-petitive Drill-Lumber Firms ia Session -Canip Meeting. Cliii Auo. July 9. .Special. The railroads have another small war on their hands, w hich, though not expensive, expen-sive, promises to be very annoying to them. Iu accordance with tho agreement agree-ment entered into some time ago, w hie I provides that there shall be only one city ticket ollico besides the depot oflieo iu each city, tho railroads today withdrew with-drew their tickets from the hotels and other places whoro they had been on sale. Tho men w ho have been running the hotel offices have combined, and have made it known that they will nflt consent to the destruction of their bus-ness. bus-ness. In fact they propose lighting the roads with all the means at their command. com-mand. The hotel men have offered to continue the business on commission, or on the payment of a reasonable salary. sal-ary. If these propositions are not accepted ac-cepted thou they propose engaging in the scalping business. They allege that so lierce has been tho competition bo-tvveen bo-tvveen the various lines that they were given longer commissions than they had ever expected. |