The bee., 1901-05-30

COihplH WIFI IL SOltluu COIilibCO -
going to put a sprag in the farm
work of the county? The rumor is
out that only short distance from
Barnsley Il farmer has had to sus-
pend work on account of the failure
of the U. NJ. w. to furnish the neces-
saries of life, promised him with
membership in that order.
We understand the applications
for work from those who sometime
ago threw up their jobs in order to
have their names placed upon the
roll of idleness are coming in thick
and fast. They now plainly recOg-
nize the handwriting on the WALL"
and as they have no means to pay
their expenses away from here, it is
either work or starve on the small
pittance given them by the u. NJ. w.
Weigher Fred Filler was called to
Madisonville to act as one of the
petit jurors.
Col. f.. G.. Sebree and i. B. Arnold,
as representatives of the st. Bernard
Coal Compan =, made trip to Green
vile the past week and outside of a
warning to look out, nothing unusual
occurred. the toughs who recently
assaulted some st. Bernard men
while passing through there enroute
home from visit, now recognize the
fact that they have laid themselves
liable in the sight of the law, and
will therefore be more careful here
after.
The Sebree Coal Company is
shipping considerable coal to Howell
and other points north. In fact,
business with them seems to be
good indeed for this season of the
year. Perhaps they can account for
the boom by citing as reason that
sometime ago, Pickett, who has for
the last year or two made that his
home, left for some point where he
could render valuable service in
working up boycott on coal mined
at Sebree. 1t looks strange that such
acts generally increase the demand
for the article thus attacked.
SO scant has become the supply of
food distributed at Barnsley and
elsewhere by the L. NJ. w. that there
has of late been u great howl
among the faithful, some going as
far as to say that unless more is
and while they are both hungry and
disappointed they should bear in
mind that the little they do get is
taken from the needy at other places.
Purcell one of the chief trouble
makers, made MadisOnville visit
last week and true to his teaching
lie took up his stand in front of or
in a saloon where he could through
the power of spirits the more loudly
deliver himself.
1t has long ago become an estab-
lished fact that some men are SO
trifling that they care not where or
how they live. So long rs they can
get that little without labor. So it
is with II Barnsley man who says he
will live in a stable if he can con-
tinue to lay idle and draw his food
from the commissary.
TO show the distressed condition
that some of the members of the
Mine Workers organization are in
as regards the supply of food at
hand we call attention to case
lately reported wherein n busy miner
was called upon for little corn
meal to help make out meal. 1t is
no pleasure to us to thus cite case
of poverty, but we do SO that others
may take warning and shun the pow
erty producers.
Reports going the rounds indicate
n purpose on the part of the coal op-
orators of Illinois and Indiana to
consolidate their business for mu-
tual protection.
One poor boy who had through his
own carelessness lost one of his feet
while stealing ride on a train and
whom the st. Bernard G )al Company
supplied with just such n job as he
could attend to, has lately allowed
himself to be persuaded into joining
those who now occupy the boxes not
in the theatres but on the street
corners.
Threats of violence against coal
operators still continue. A leading
operator of Madisonville says he not
long ago was warned that il he came
down town after night, he was likely
to be found dead some morning. This
is only one of many threats reported.
Weigher James b. Head of the