Show A 1 secret NEW sopt 5 an evening paper published a secret petition paler wh which h it stated ia is being circulated among the stockholders of the illinois central urging them to rise ia in rebellion against the present ma manase a meat merit the petition elates states th that at the company are practically on the verge of rain ruia through mismanagement mie management the petition is especially directed against president fiah fish and vice I 1 president dent harriman who are not practical railroad men and who have practical Erac been een unable to secure the friendship of 0 the people along ite its line who look on it as an alien corporation contrast is made between the prosperous tate of the company in pm 1833 and in to 1888 after five years of fish harriman management it la Is shown that with an increase in the debt and the stock of 0 there has been a decrease of in net earnings from the operations opera tiona of the road when the results from 1883 are co compared ed with those of the fiscal year e andini jane june 30 1890 the latter a year of heavy beavy traffic owing to the prolific yield of grain in 1838 1889 and 1889 the dividends have fallen from 8 per cent in 1883 to 6 per cent in la 1839 and the market value of f hold logs la n the same period has haa 0 fallen from to the petition further states that it is believed alfice the report of 1888 was published the debt of the company las has been increased by several m millions 0 n a of dollar dollars and that debt and at stock are approximately and there are strong reasons for believing that at this time the compan also has his a floating debt deb of from to 4 2 11 wo it must be apparent that after paying annual charges the margin tor for 6 per cent dividends ia is now very narrow and a farther leaah of of stock as recently proposed i by th the 0 present management or any confide considerable r able increase in the debt and interest account I 1 will force a reduction of the dividends and a serious decline in the market value of ff bare neither mr harriman nor mr fiah fish were in la the city today to day |