The bee., 1901-12-26
DOWN IN THE MINES.

People generally think that ex-
treme cold weather is what is de-
sired by the coal ators, such
weather naturally creating a strong
demand for coal, Just what coal pro-
ducers like. A coal operator, in re-
gard to the cold weather, said /:
"'Cold, snowy weather, such as we
have had the past week, creates ad-
ditional expense in operating mines (;
in fact, so heavy is the increase that
the business is profltless. In places
double the force on the outside of
the mines must be employed IN or
der. to make reasonable progress
with the mining and loading of cars,
and the result is loss to the pro-
ducer."
An old and true saying is that sit
is a long lane that has no turn" so
can it be said as regards the U. M.
W., and most especially the leaders,
who for over year have been con-
stantly at work fomenting trouble
In Hopkins county. But if reports
are true, the suffering public will
soon see these law defiers brought
to justice. This gang, who have
been, as they thought, securely pro-
tected and who the prime movers in
the plots of murder and destruction,
are being found out, and already one
of the chiefs is in jail, while many
warrants are out for others equally
guilty.
Agitator Kit Barnaby, whom it is
said the Webster county grand jury
indicted for being an accessory to
the crime of murder and who is now
in Jail at Dixon, awaiting action of
court, was one of the principal ad-
Visers of the U, M. w. and also one
or those apparently silent members
whose activity was shown when he
said to the dupes under his influ-
ence, "Go and do certain piece of
WOIhe anu IL WdS QOnts
Supt. Harris feels justly proud of
the good record made at South Dia-
mond mine the past week. Although
the severest weather, for the same
season of the year, that has been
experienced for years was stum-
bling block in his way, over 100 cars
of coal were loaded during the week.
Mr.. Harris challenges any other
mine of the same capacity to show a
like record. He claims to have the
best force of men in the county to
depend upon for such work.
The Barnesley force was assisted
last week by the timely help and ad-
vice of Supt. Harris, who spent a
couple of days there aiding as best
he could the men who were operat-
ing the new machinery lately set in
motion there.
Chicago is threatened with coal
famine. Adjacent to that city is a
large coal field which is principally
operated by union labor, who during
the year engage in many strikes, and
probably one of the results is that a
sufficient amount of coal Is not
stocked for extreme cold weather.
A coal dealer of Henderson, in
talking over the situation last week,
said the people of that place, in
many instances, were really suffer
ing for coal, and that so far as his
pecunIary benefit derived from the
sale thereof was concerned, he would
be willing to donate it if that would
prevent his customers from suffer
ing, but love nor money could afford
the needed relief.
One hundred and seventy five
thousand bushels of coal went to the
bottom of the Ohio river by recent
sinking of barges; above Louisville
An informant states that the lacl
of cars alone will prevent the st
Bernard Mining Company from dis
posing of their stock of surplus coke
this month.
The president of the st. Bernard
Mining Company returned from
Louisville last Friday, where he hao
been attending to business of I'm,
portance to his company.
Although the Hanson Coal Com
pany went to the expense of sinking
a shaft down to and through five