The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1899-11-02
b9NS II The AlyES.

Mr.. Jno. b. Atkinson made bust
ness trip to Chicago this week.
The miners at Duck mines i'm Ten
nesse, are again out on strike.
Weigher Fegan says the orders for
both coal and coke greatly exceed the
supply or production.
Quite number of miners from this
county attended the meeting of the
a. q. L. w. held at Evansville last
week.
Rumor says that the Sebree miners
are again on strike, but thus far
the cause of trouble has not been
heard.
Foreman Toombs says tho new
slack bins are now in use and that
work on the additional ones will be
pushed to completion.
1t is the opinion of many that Agi-
tator Wood will ask Governor Brad
ley no more questions since he got
such pointed answers TO the last ones.
Secretary Bailey, Of the Reinecke
Coal Company, says his company
has beep n loser on account of scar
city of cars for the past week or two.
Some of the miners who are be-
coming interested in the approach
ing state election are ready to back
up their favorite with money bets on
the result.
The advance in the price of coal,
which seems TO be general, is an in
dication that miners hereafter have
no need to fear reduction in wages,
one of the results accompanying the
placing of cheap coal on the market.
Mr.. Pat Blair, of the st. Bernard
Company at South Diamond, is now
laboring under difficulties, rs the
loss of his barn causes him to face
severest weather without shelter,
while preparing the mules for the
mine.
Strange indeed it is that some men
who work in the mines can not see
why or where the loss of one
hundred thousand dollars or more to
the mine operators can affect their
salary, and so they will vote for Goe-
be.
An agent for q Danville, NIl.) coal
h..
in search OF cOlored men who are
willing to go to said mine and take
the place of disconnected miners
there. AS that mine is under the con-
troll of the L. NJ. w, the darkeys
stand a poor show of working in
peace, and we would advise them to
stay in Kentucky.
The many friends of Ben w. Robi-
son, who has for several years past
been manager of the Whitley Coal
Company, are pleased to learn that
he will again take up his residence
at Darlington, and will assist Mr.. ].
b. Atkinson in the management of
the business of the st. Bernard Coal
Company, but will occasionally visit
the mine i'm Eastern Kentucky which
is still under his supervision.
An Oakhill writer to the United
Mine Workers Journal says in a re-
cent letter, THAT when man in the
employ of the St. Bernard Coal Com
pany becomes crippled, they bestow
charity upon him by giving him his
time Now, the writer only lives a
short distance from here and i'm JUS
tice to himself and all parties con-
cerned, he should come and better |
inform himself before making such |
false statements. Here he will find
several men who were so unfortunate |
as to get hurt in the mines tenderly |
cared for and given such work as
they can do.
The Nashville American says of
the Tenn essee coal business:
Maj. f. X. Hugher, Superintend-
ent of Knoxville Division of the
southern Railway system, was i'm
Nashville yesterday.
During the past few weeks Mai. |
Hugher has experienced n great deal
of trouble on his division on account
of the scarcity of coal cars. The
of coal from that district
have been great, but he has man.
aged to handle the black diamondsi
with but short delay.
"We are now handling at least $50
to 275 cars of coal day on the Knox
vile DIVISION he said. This coal
is mined in the Coal Creek and Jel-
leo and other smaller mines i'm East
Tennessee. The coal business i'm
East Tennessee this year is at least
80 per cent. better than ] have ever
known. 1t is away ahead of the
least years business
Low WATER BENEFITS TENNESSEE.
Maj. Hugher stated that the min
ing companies at Coal Creek have
closed big contract with the Gin
cinnatl Southern Railway and par
ties in Cincinnati for coal. We are
from Coal Creek this week
1000 tons of coal to Cincinnati in adj
ditiOn to our regular business. The
coal goes to the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, and the heavy shipment
Is due to the low stage of water in
the Ohio River. This is something
very unusual for us.
This coal consists OF rGl-of-mines,
and is sold TO the road al 81 per ton.