The bee., 1901-06-13

speech made in behalf of the perse-
cuted men now in jail, because they
dared to defend themselves against
a mob.
Much interest is now being mani
tested in this state over the discov.
cry of oil in many counties, and
some of our county people are won
dering whether the Sand Lick Oh
and Gas Company wont go to work
soon and push their efforts towards
the discovery of paying well.
Reports at hand indicate the or
ganization of agigantic coal combine
in Illinois and Indiana of ninety Goa
operators controlling over one hun.
dred mines in those states. 1t IL
understood that the failure to con.
duct a profitable business the last
few years, has led to this step. Over
there the mines heretofore, and we
might say now, are practically un.
der the control of the U. M. W., who
only allow the operators to have
word in the management of affairs,
when that expression will in no way
interfere or attempt to take away
from them the complete control OF
affairs. The operators here spoken
of do not clearly express themselves
as being tired of such dictatlon and
assumed ownership of their prop
erty, but the failure to reap a profit
from their investments, no doubt
lead them to believe that the en-
croachment upon their rights by the
U. NJ. w. is the chief cause of loss
on an outlay of about so, ,000,0 900, and
ere long they will feel justified in
taking the reins in their own hands.
True to their instincts, the L. NJ.
WIS at Sebree and other points are
circulating the report among their
followers that the injunction
lately dissolved by the court
was issued to prohibit mer-
chants from selling their goods to
that organization, and that the same
also applied to the saloons. AS to
the latter, it would indeed prove a
blessing to the suffering families of
U. NJ. WIS if law prohibiting the
sale of intoXicants to them could be
made and enforced.
Last Sunday party of young men
of Sebree concluded to explore the
mine at that place, in search of some
shells often found in mines, when
they came near meeting with fatal
accident. 1t seems that one of the
boys, contrary to the advice of a
ventured into an old, aban-
doned room, and with a pick pro-
ceeded to pick out the shells from
the slate above his head, with the
result that large body of the slate
fell upon three of them, inflicting
serious if not fatal injuries. One of
the party is now lying in preca-
rious condition, several ribs being
broken, and section of one of them
being driven into his lung. But lit
tie hope of his recovery is enter
tanned. 1t is thought the others,
who were not so seriously hurt, will
soon recover, but it is an evident
fact that the boys have all the expe-
rience they want hunting mine relics.
If called upon for an expressi On
1000 miners of this county would
rise and say that the so-called con-
viction of the deputies in the Car
bondale shooting affairs an outrage
and places in jeopardy in Hopkins
county the right of self-defense.
Dead as door nail" is the con-
clusion one arrives at when he looks
around him here and sees the con-
1ition of the U. M. w. With their
cash pay cut off and their rations
cut down almost to the vanishing
point, they are indeed in deplora-
bic condition.
w. A. Toombs has been unable to
walk around without the aid of q
cane the past week. Overwork and
worry are the cause of his trouble.
f. b. Harris, of South Diamond,
was much disappointed one day last
week that he failed to see Mr..
Lindle when he made trip for that
purpose.
The present lull in business is
highly appreciated by the miners
lere who have not had much time
20 rest for the past four years.
j. w. Thomasson, who had an arm
INJURED in the mine, is still unable
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