The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-08-22
ANOTHER VERSION
Of the Imprisonment of G..
H. c. & |. Officials.

When The G.. & III. G.. u L. Com
pany leased the tract of coal land
near Buchtel to The Y. G.. & M.
Co., couple of years ago, they
reserved their right to re-ta Ike
possession at any time when the
terms of the lease were not lived
up to. The terms of the lease
were broken by The York Clay
& Mining Company, and in ad.
dition to this The G. d. HI. G.. q L.
Co.'S engineers reported that The
York Clay q Mining Co. had been
mining The G. u FL. G. d l. Co.'S
coal in territory outside of the
lease. The G. u. III. G. d /. Co.'S
representatives repeatedly warned
the York Clay d Mining Company
that they must stop taking out
coal to which they had no right.
To these warnings the lessees paid
no attention. Finally the Legal
Department of The G. & H. /. Co.
instructed the Company's represen-
tative to take peaceable posse ssion
of the properly in accordance with
their right under the lease. This
was done last Sunday. No
violence was offered, nor was any
resistance made when the sheriff
appeared on the ground and
placed The G. & HI. G. & l. Com
pany's men under arrest without
warrant. The c. q HI. C. & 1. Co.
had simply taken advantage of
their legal right to take back the
proI erty from people who had
broken their contract. After The
G. d III. G. d L. Co. men had been
placed In jail at Athens, one of
The Y. G. d. M. Co. men swore out
warrants of arrest on his atiidavit
to the effect that The G. d c. d
L. Co. men, led by their President,
had rioted and attacked other
peoples property, etc. and on the
strength of this affidavit, warrants
for everybody, including the
President, were issued by
Justice of the Peace.
The absurdlty of this charge is
best proven by the fact that Presi-
dent Kachelmacher was at no time
near Buchtel, and that all the in
structions regarding taking
possession under the terms of the
lease were issued by the Legal De-
partment, who instructed the men
to take possession only in case it
could be done in peaceable
manner, and to offer no resistance
in case any officers of the law ap-
peared.
1t will be easily seen from the
above, who it was that committed
unlawful acts. These matters
will soon be thoroughly gone into
by the courts, and the truth of
the above statements will then
be proven. Such ction as taken
against the officers of corpora
tion that has done go much for
the various localities as The @. II.
O.. d. |. Co. has ever since the
present management assumed con
troll, is very regretable. Presi-
dent Kachelmacher has made New |
Straitsyille one of the most pros
porous towns in the Hooking Val
ley, through the many new enter
prises and projects which he has
carried through successfully. He
is now about completing one of
the greatest enterprises in the
country, at Kachelmacher named
in his honor). where immence clay
and brick works will soon be in
operation. His latest plans were
for the deyelopement of Buchtel,
where several important enter.
prises, such as brick plant, etc.,
were to be started. 1t is doubt
ful ii any single man has done as
much for Hooking Valley IN recent
years as President Kachslmacher.