Show I i BITTER FIGHT IS ON I IN LITTLE FLORENCE Deposed by Directors Manager Manager Manager Man Man- ager Keelyn Struggles to Remain CHICAGO INTERESTS SPLIT Charges to Be e Aired at Annual Meeting in Phoenix Phoenix- January 4 4 Jan 2 Instead Instead of or at Chicago Chi Chi- cago as originally reported the annual annual an an- nual meeting of ot tho the Little Florence Mining company compau will wi bo be hold at Phoenix Phoe- Phoe nix AvIs Ariz lIT on tho the afternoon of ot January Januar 4 at which whelm time and place the fight for rOI rOII control will wi be waged to the thc limit It I appears that the tIme Chicago parties partes I deeply Interested In time the Little Florence properties have themselves split up Into two factions one favoring tho the retention as manager of or James 13 L' and tho the other Intending to vote voto oto for tor the Ald- Ald Horton rich Interests which seek to dethrone Keelyn Two different notices of ot tho the annual meeting havo hlo been re received ro- ro ed cel by local stockholders ono one signed b by John C. C Williams tho time regular secretary secre secre- tary and amid tho the other by Iy C. C G. G Strieder assistant secretary Keelyn Keehn has notified his bis friends that ho he will make a complete reply to the time attacks upon his management manage ment by tho Horton Aldrich clement clement In his ils letter leter ho he says that the tho day coro his ils arrival In Chicago last week George George Vickers O. O II 11 I. I Horton C. C II 11 I. I Aldrich and the tho latter's former partner called cled at nt my office ofie surprised and overpowered o Mr h Cone and against his protest forcibly for for- entered m my vaults like Ilko Iko highway highway- non mn and burglars removing remo all ni records rec roe orts anti and papers so that I havo been boon unable un- un ablo able so o far to obtain access to thorn them them Mr Ir Keelyn continued that ers Horton Torton and AldrIch aro not the tho moro more disinterested protectors of ot your our Interests interests In- In orests as they claim caim TIme The Little Lite Florence lease on the tho fraction was recent recently closed down owIn owing ow- ow In ing ng to tho the trouble but Mr 11 leolyn got Jot bus busy by hy wire and Tom Torn Murphy answered answered an un- him that he hc ha had granted an ex- ex tensIon of ot sixteen days but that Mr Ir Keelyn had better beter comply with wih Muir and anti Masons telegram regarding money muney In n tho the bank Cho e J In a letter leter to the stockholders holders calling call call- cl- cl ing ng for proxies to vote otc their stock Aldrich Al- Al representing tho tim faction In big ng writes In part as Col follows O Wo We 0 sent you OU some time a ago o printed charges barges showing that 1 Mr M. James E. E Ceely Keely as aR treasurer and manager of ot th the Little Litto Florence Mining company has haa assumed to deduct from tho moneys In his Is hands without authority of or tho the board oard or of directors the tho following sums Bums For property which he deeded to us and which we did not want for services s for less than thal Cou 15 for personal at at tho rato of ot 85 UZ 15 per da day 1905 90 for tor sil- sil Jec 1 development work wore on No o. o 22 which he deed deeded d to tho the company In Feb Fob and which proved worthless 4 7 2 TIme Tho board of 01 directors has do- do posed him him from rom tho the manag management ment and ho hos Is s fighting for Cor obvious reasons reason to ro- ro 10 tam lIn control control |