Show FINANCE ANDL A m RAilROAD CHIEF DIES Stuyvesant Fish Former President of Illinois CenI Central Central Cen Cen- I Collapses at Meeting I of Bank Directors Directors' BATTLES STIRRED I BUSINESS WORLD WORL Struggle With Harriman Harrim I I Fifteen Fifteen Years Ago Is I Among Classics Classic of In In- Industrial l Combats II I I NEW YORK April 10 S sant Fish banker and former J 5 i ident dent of the Illinois Central railroad ad died suddenly tod today i Fish who was senior enior director of the National Park bank collapsed as he entered the bank bk to attend a directors' directors meeting this this morning He lie died almost instantly of heart tr trou tru- u- u ble Fish whose f financial n ba hatIes many times Umes attracted the keenest attention of the business world had his last big con controversy over control of or the Illinois Central railroad about fifteen en years ago At that time timet he was president o othe of the road and locked horns with Ed Edward ward H H. Harriman as to whose In Interest interest interest in- in terest should hold sway The contest contest contest con con- test resulted in the retirement of ofFish ofFish Fish as head of the Illinois Central but it was understood that he continued continued con con- tinned to maintain a large stock stockholding stockholding holding in that corporation Of recent years Fish has been re residing residing re- re siding in Garrison N N. Y where he has a large estate Fish was born here January January- 24 1851 son of Hamilton Fish who served In President rats Grants cabinet as ass secretary a of stat sta state He began begay his lb I I career career- r in as ra in Iii the offices e es o of the C Central I becoming a director of the the- road in 1877 and president in 1887 1881 i After his fight with he centered most of ot his attention on ort ori 1 banking and Insurance I At the time of his death Fish was wasa a a. director of the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad National Park bank of New Nev York Park Union Foreign Foreign For For- eign sign Banking corporation and Union bank o of Canada |