The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
MINING EXPERIMENT
 IS A FAILURE CO-Operative Venture In France
 Is Not a Success PRISONERS PLOT REVOLT Remarkable Poisoning Trial Comes to Close at Anlens-crme Leaks Out When Participants Fall
 Out and Quarrel.
PRISONERS PLOT REVOLT
By PAUL VlLLIERS.

Paris, November 21.-The interesting ex- pertinent of miners running mine in the St. Etienne district has ended in dis sstrous failure. The Mine for Miners, q cooperative society of production, was started in 1890. A grand festival marked the inauguration ceremony, which was at tended by many members of the Cham Der. who spoke of the intelligence of the miners who had emancipated themselves
 Three years later the managers of the mines quarreled among themselves. Then 1 litigation began. It ended in several of the founders being evicted from their positions, and the rest terminated their connection with the miners union of the Loire, which had co-operated in starting the mine. Afterwards the mine was car ried on by shareholders and workmen who were described as auxillaries. Now 1t is announced that the mine has failed There Is no money to carry it on, and no more financial assistance to be had. The miners were told that they would
 be responsible for finding their own wages. In spite of this announcement DO miners descended the pit, though they have no guarantee they will be paid for their work.
 A plot organized by prisoners has just been discovered in the central jail at lieve that mischief was brewing was the disappearance of a number of knives and other implements from the shoemaking d.. af 4l, posed to have been concealed by the pris- oners to be used in case of rebellion. The authorities at once took precautions 10 stfle the revolt. The director was ab- sent at the time Of the discovery. A tel- egram was sent to him explaining the situation, and he arrived at Mines last night. Everything is quiet in the prison, the prisoners being ignorant of the strict surveillance to which they are being sub jected.
 A remarkable poison trial has just been brought to a close at Amiens. In some respects the case recalled the realism of Zola so Eordid was the story unfolded to the jury. In the village of Ignancourt resided family of six persons-Virgile Gense, the father, the mother, three daughters, and a lover of one of the lat ter. Of the daughters Helene and Or phee had Virgile Gense for father; the other, Anita, was the offspring of the mothers former union. Virgile Gense was a bad tempered man. He made things unpleasant for the women, so unpleasant that they resolved to get rid of him.
 They accordingly conceived a plan for his destruction. The girl Helene started for a neighboring town and bought half a francs worth of arsenic, saying she wanted to poison a fox. The poison was given to Anita who had to mix 1t in the soup. The mother left before the crime was committed.
 When Virgile Gense returned from his work in the fields the soup was ready for him. Anita put three spoonfuls of arsenic into the soup and Helene stirred 1t. The man was ravenously hungry and ate the soup greediy. Meanwhile the poisoners retired to rest and Virgile Gense followed their example.
 In the midle of the night he was seized with a violent fit of vomiting, but he did