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Show FIGHT IS ON FOR RAILROAD CHICAGO, Oct.-17.Leaders in the contest for the control of the Illinois Central railroad arrived in Chicago today to-day for the annual meeting of the corporation. cor-poration. President Stuyvesant Fish and his counsel, J. B. Dill of New York, were in a conference last night which continued until early today. Mr. Dill said two hours before the time for the meeting of the stockholders: ''There will be a fight. TVe expect trouble, but we are reaay and prepared to meet anything that mav come up." William Kelson Cromwell, who is understood un-derstood to represent Mr. Harriman in the latter '8 effort to control the road, arrived today. When asked as to the prospects of the meeting, be sajd: "There will be no fight thatI know of. There is nothing to fight about. " "It is generally understood, Mr. Cromwell, that you represent Mr. Harriman Har-riman in his efforts to secure control of the Illinois Central." "Ah," said Mr. Cromwell, "that is entirely a different matter and I must decline to talk about it." The fight for the control of the road, it was said, would center around the election of three directors to Bucceed that number who retire, and a fourth to take the place of the late W. Morton CrTinnell. The retiring directors are J. T. Harahan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Charles M. Beach. |