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MEN REACH ANThe miners might have handled the 'fslate that falls in the Linton mines if j the company had cleaned it up before the men started to work, but the fallen slate amounted to probably a ear to each room, and the miners would not clean it up without pay. The !.MINERS AXI) OPERATORS TO slate in any one room was not great,HOLD A CONFERENCE ON i but in the whole mine several bund-THURSDAY NIGHT. | red tons would have had to be cleaned! up’before the miners could load coal.1200 MEN ARE IDLE AT LINTONTHE TRAIN WAS LATE.For the first time in many weeks:ithe Evansville Terre Haute north;Several Mines in Sullivan County Aim* hound tiain which lea\es heie at o.lO Closed Down as a Result of the P* 111 * ;is katuidav afteinoon,Disagreement—dCaeh Side Accuses 11 pulling out ot heie -4 0 minutes the Other of Rad Faith. behind the scheduled time. The occasion for the delay was special ex-- cursion rates from Evansville to Jn-P reside id Wellington O'Connor and dianapolis. the fare being $2.50 for Hoard Member Rollins of the miners' ,hp ro,infl W*’- :ln(] tfrkWsbeing validwere in eonferonee with the secretaryuntil Monday. Almost 500 people*» %rook advantage of the rate, and the ol tire operators association in the jrajn carried five extra coaches outlatter s office Monday in an effort to Gj- Evansville. At Terre Haute the settle the trouble existing at sex et al ; (»Xcursion ist s were transferred to theof the mines near Linton, where 1yan(]:ljjn 2oo miners are idle. Some of themines are in Sullivan county. Mr. SUFFOCATED IN WELL.O'Connor announced that it would, After having fired off a dvnamitenot be possible to tell the extent of 1 blast in a new well which he was dig-the benefit, if any, that had been ac- ging, John Fiscus, a well to do farmercomplished in tlie conference. A living five miles northeast of Coal board meeting of the two organ iza- City, met dealb by suffocation because ;lions has been called for Thursday he entered the pit before the fumes night, at which it is expected the.und smoke from the explosion hadtrouble will hi* straightened out. cleared a wav.The case is a complicated affair. Fiscus descended into the well a ‘Each side contends that the other |Vw minutes after the charge of deltas violated the Terre llauie agree- nmnite had exploded, and as a. re-men!. The miners contend that a suit of inhaling the noxious fumes car of slate amounting from 2.nun to he jn a short; time after he wasa.uuo pounds is more than a reason- removed from the well by persons ;|able amount. The company contends who wero~close at band and heardthat the miners ought to handle cars fils cries. Fiscus had a wife and font free of charge, also that: the miners children.are violating the agreement in tryingto change what the company claims MRS. (HAS. KENNEDY DEAD.%is an established condition. Shelburn, Ind.. duly Ifi.—Mrs.Clause for Argument. -Charles Kennedy, living at Keller’sThe clause of the Torre Haute mine, near here, died Saturday night agreement, referring to the subject aft er an illness of only six weeks’dur-whieh caused the strike at Linton, ation with consumption. She was reads; only 17 years of age and leaves oneThe question of slate in or ovfvthe child. She was quite well known and coal shall he and is regarded a local highly respected in the communityquestion to be taken up and adjusted in which she lived. The funeral set*-1hr the methods provided in the an- vices were held Sunday and the re-uuai Terre Hattie agreement for the mains were taken to Palmer’s Prairiesettlement of disputes. Provided, for burial, however, that established usages andprevailing conditions shall not be SURVEYING WASHINGTON STREE changed, except in new mines where, Richard Bailey and his corps ofthey have not been considered and surveyors were at work Monday and adjusted.” Tuesday surveying East Washingtoncr'Die latter part of this clause is the street in preparation for begfrfninibasis of the argument of the com- work on the paving of the street. Thepany. paving will be commenced at once.
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Sullivan Daily Times
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Tue, Jul 17, 1906
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