Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-28
CENTRAL WILL NOT
PUSH CASES AGAINST
DISCHARGED MEN.
VIOLATION OF LAW
WAS ONLY TECHNICAL
Cars CarIessly UnIoaded and Train
Crews Switched Them to Siding
and SaIvaged Fuel Left Therein<-
Tons Left in Some Cars-Peeved
Woman Turns Informant.

Waterloo, Oct <2S-No criminal
prosecutions viii follow the exposure
of alleged stealing of coal from the
illinois Central railway Yards and
the discharge of ten switchmen, two
engineers and two firemcn Implicated
in the removal of the fuel from cars.
According - the men dismissed.
and the statement has the corrobor-
alton of railway officials. the en-
ploNes did not steal coal belonging
to the railway company but mere,A
converted to their own use coal which
vas salvaged from empty, coal cars,
en- route back to the mines
The OBTAINING of there ears in the
Yards here. while being cleared of
small quantities of coal left in them.
md the unauthorized use of engines
to moe them about Is the real Of
scnse charged AGAINST the men i'm
he order for dismissal from the
'ompany's service. Among the num-
er DISCHARGED are some of the old
est employees OF the company here
Only men work fnc in the yards were
included in the ai'eeed conspiracy on
in taking tho coal in the
j. systematic way in which it was
sandled
Careless ualcar':--.
s TIE MARINER or satva.ins the Goa,
nd conrcrire II to their re spectivo
k21es was detailed tn the officials
hen tho so-ealled thefts were PROV
IN against them. The ct,;,l cars nov
must generally used are Of ia type
.Saped unaert,Unp cnrs -Four trap
1'oors IN the lotion of tho car. when
apeaed. perm. Of the coal hoiag nm
'cf,dod or dr'npna automatiralls
Each trap. hewevers far,>,s a pocket
rhere coal 'ns"o>s and it must be
brown out by hand with shovel.
Evidently 1t is the practice of many
bic coal consn-ners to leave this coal
A7a'ua = q as Il is. renain In the car
and when the traps are closed one
to two tons may be left to go back
to the mines. ~
1t is aasd list Individuals hav.
aeen taEitg this eoa! for months in.
4 smell way Tiss invast cation which
ed to the eXpoSrre dssclOses that a
'arse number of vardmen conceived
the idea of gettne their winters
upp.v of fuel Nv s;alvaging this resi-
Tue OF coalsin the cars in a systella-
ic Wy. Swifchnnen spotted the
.sars with. coal p them ard the enoine
rev har!ea z to the lower end of
I've Ec"aq., u,hcro the men removed
be coat. Tr7aT,rar wa"ons were EN-.
ployed to distribute it to the var
ious horaos. No 81. picia,1 was aroused
n the ri',('s of to drcVr,en as they
supposed the. coal was legitimate]y
".cnuired.
"7cevcd'' ,'-,,-- Informant.
Railroad oHf'ria's we.n led to max.
he inveati"atinn by the. receipt Of
IN a.on.1,1c1rs lr+tei- about six weeks
30, following tho arrest of Roy
7Nelch for stea ling merchandise from
sreieht GERS. The letter was in FEM
nine handwriting and snsaested there
we're others equally Guilty with
Welch. The division superintendent
tarted an investigation with the re-
su't that r,uch coal not purchased
rom local dealers was fond in Gel
Sars of reveral ward workers. When
accused of stealirp the coal. the en-
oloyes admitted acquiring it as stat
cd
The largest amount of coal found
IS said to be nine tons and the total
located approximately 100
tons. After getting as nearly to the
bottom of the deal as possible. il
employees We're ordered discharged<nn
the grounds stated Whether any
will he reinstated is n matter fol-
higher officials toVdetermine.
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