Show INJUNCTION GIVEN IN COLORADO FUEL TROUBLE DENVER Au Aug 21 1 Judge John I. I Mul- Mul ilna of the thc District court I Issued sued an Injunction in In In- junction unction yesterday which caused a postponement of oC the annual election of or orthe the ho theol ol Colorado Fuel Iud Iron company comp which was to have taken place at 3 o'clock In tho the afternoon The rho Injunction was vas obtained by In A. A M. M 1 Stevenson attorney attorney attorney ney for tor George ore of F F. Bartlett a stockholder In n tho the corporation The application nl- nl that th tho present t contro controversy rs was doln doing vast harm to the tho shareholders and asked that the tho property bo blo protected b by topping stopping the fight until such time as a hearing could be had In court All these lieso things were ero Included In Judge JIul- JIul Ins's linss order Gt George org J. J F. F Bartlett is secretary of tho the Victor Fuel company compan Although he avers his move mo Is made e of oC hl his own volition It Its Is s understood ho Is nevertheless acting In inthe ho tho Interests of oC John C. C Osgood who Iss is s said ld to be without sufficient stock to elect lect a a. hoard board and wants the matter postponed post post- until such uch time as h he can acquire It t. t Os Osgood Is la also more moro than thou anxious to toK ho bo K relieved relle from Crom John W W. Gates's threat to o ke kelp p ti up lit litigation until a compromise compromises Is s effected d. d Tho 1111 Gates people disavow any iny connection with Bartlett or knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of or his Ills move mo Tho The statement was handed to th the l representative c of tho the Associated Associated As As- Press who called on ott Mr Gates at the tho Brown Palace hotel at 11 ii o o'clock clock last night pursuant ot Invitation l Ie Mitchell Gates Blair and lambert I who ho are conducting the pending light on behalf of oC the tho owners of four- four fIfths of or tho the capital stock of the tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company to secure control con con- trot of their property announce that they ha have 13 tendered their resignations as di directors directors directors di- di rectors of that company and that the same samo became operative toda today They are taking active measures s to indicate tho thorl rl rights ns as shareholders pos possessed ess 1 b by themselves themselves them them- fI selves and they represent t nl Thy will also aiM within a few Cew days present a report to their principals The Injunction procured today was upon th the application of one B Bartlett B tho the holder of or ten shares of or preferred and five shares of common stock a confederate erate of the present chairman Mr Iro Osgood Osgood Os- Os good upon the ground In part of or tho the deliberate deliberato suppression by the iho existing management ment of oC the Ic legal al notice of or the tha annual meeting minded Fair men must appreciate and will N be eo assure assured l that the effort to perpetuate perpetu perpetu- ate ato control through such means must necessarily necessarily ne ne- ne- ne cessa rl b fall fail |