Chapter I: Front Matter

The Bee, No. 30, Thursday, July 25, 1901

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TWELFTH YEAR

EARLINGTON, HOPKINS COUNTY, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1901

NO. 30

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KENTUCKY PRESS ASSOCIATION

Entertained Here by the St. Bernard Coal Company in June, 1878.

COMING AGAIN THIS YEAR.

Emmett G. Logan, Then a Courier-Journal Reporter, Wrote Up the Trip.

Novel and Elegant Entertainment in the Mines Reported by Pencil Pushers.

Way back in 1878, when the editor of THE BEE was a small devil in a Madisonville printing office, and before THE BEE “angels” were, the Kentucky Press Association held its annual meeting at Hopkinsville, and after the “business” and a large part of the pleasure had been transacted, they accepted the invitation of the management of the St. Bernard and Hecla coal companies, and came to Earlington for a day of very novel experience in the green-clad hills and the rich coal mines of Earlington, that were then growing from their early infancy to the great magnitude and almost world-wide fame they have now attained.

The output of the St. Bernard mines in 1878, eight years after the first pick was struck in the coal, was 4,407,600 bushels; last year the output of this group of mines reached the enormous figure of 21,825,496 bushels. Then the St. Bernard and Hecla mines were the only ones in operation. Now there are numerous other large mines, and the total output of coal from Hopkins county in 1900 was 33,843,500 bushels, or nearly one-fourth the total output of the vast coal fields of the entire State.

This record of the early visit of the Kentucky newspaper men to the rich coal fields of Hopkins county is a matter affecting local history, and has been treasured in the memory of many Earlington people, as it was preserved in the writings of many an able journalist, while the memory of the experience was fresh. One writer spoke of it as “a most novel and magnificent affair.” This occurrence transpired years prior to the establishment of THE BEE, and now it is timely that THE BEE should reproduce somewhat of the record of that event.

Col. E. G. Sebree, Sr., was then President of the St. Bernard Coal Company, and Mr. John B. Atkinson was Vice President and General Superintendent. Col. Jo. F. Foard was President of the Hecla Company.

Gen. James H. Wilson was Superintendent of the old St. Louis and Southeastern, now the St. Louis and Henderson Divisions of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Conductors E. H. Mann, John C. Loomis, W. M. Brady and A. S. Batch were subjects of especial thanks at the hands of the press boys.

W. J. Lampton, E. Polk Johnson, George W. Bain, Urey Woodson, J. Stoddard Johnston, I. B. Nall and E. G. Logan were among the representatives present who have attained prominence in press and public circles.

Emmett G. Logan, the orator of that meeting, now editor of the Louisville Times, wrote thus in part in the Courier-Journal about the Earlington part of the entertainment:

AN UNDERGROUND BANQUET.

Down in the Hecla the air is filled with noisome vapors, and
upon emerging we were advised to take an antidote in the shape
of distilled water, from a spring on which the moon had never
shown, made palatable by a judicious admixture of saccharine
matter and flavored with sprigs of an aromatic plant of the
genus Mentha—a piece of advice that was taken with a good deal
of unction. Then came the announcement that dinner would be
served in the St. Bernard mine, one mile from the entrance. I
acknowledge that I received this announcement with an action
approximating a shudder, but as I was in a strait between two
shudders—one at the thought of going to the end of a hole a
mile long to get my dinner, and the other at the appalling
prospect of getting no dinner at all—I determined to face the
lesser shudder and went in the hole. However, as is frequently
the case, proximity did not mean similarity. Though the two
holes were near neighbors, there was an infinity of preference
in favor of the upper one—the St. Bernard, which is located on
a much higher plain and cut into an entirely different vein
of coal. It is seven feet thick, and forms a segment of a
hill; while the Hecla is but five feet thick and lies far down
under the valleys. Here were large, clean cars, provided with
clean seats for six persons, and the trains drawn over smooth,
dry tracks by two large mules in tandem. There were a number
of trains of six cars each, and the lights of the miners,
glimmering in the distance like fireflies, made, what was to
me at least, a novel and interesting spectacle. Near the point
of destination the entry had been closed by a large sheet, or
drop curtain, and as the train approached it was drawn aside,
and disclosed to the astonished view of the upper land-lubbers
a truly wonderful spectacle for such a place. There was a
magnificent gallery, thee hundred yards long, some twenty feet
wide and ten or twelve high, lit up by more than a thousand
candles, a band of music filling these living catacombs with
softest symphonies, and two long tables loaded with delicacies
and presided over by fair women, spread out before that hungry
crowd. It was a time for admiration and for appetite.

It was my good fortune to fall early into the hands of Mr.
Robinson, General Foreman of the mines. Eight years ago the
3d of last May he and one companion stuck the first pick into
what is now the Great St. Bernard, with its capital stock of
one million dollars, with a fee simple to mineral privileges in
thirteen thousand acres of land, and has driven thirteen and
a half miles of entries, and has five miles of iron railroad
underground and a mining capacity of 25,000 bushels, or 1,000
tons per day. Its total output to date is 22,500,000 bushels
or 900,000 tons. Output for the year ending April 1, 1878,
4,407,500 bushels, or 173,304 tons.

Even while the guests of that festive occasion were enjoying
the good things so lavishly set before them, there would reach
their ears the distant rumble of blasts fired off far away in
the depths of the hill. There is no end to the coal there and
there is no limit to the St. Bernard’s facilities for getting
it out. Many interesting facts and statistics were furnished me
but the loss of a memorandum book will save them for another
visit and another letter. Mr. Robinson was born on the Isle of
Man, and is now about forty-five years old. He has lived in
mines since he was ten and is better satisfied in the earth
than on it. He has three brothers, foremen in the mines, and
one of his sons is a member of the mine band that furnished
music for the occasion.

No one in that party will ever forget the day spent at St.
Bernard and Hecla, or the many courtesies or goodly cheer
received at their hands. Col. Sebree, Mr. Atkinson and others
were especially attentive to the wants and wishes of the party.
Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Williams and Miss Lina Judson,
who presided over the subterranean feast, were embalmed in a
resolution of thanks, as well as in the memories of the press.

Mrs. Nannie Houston Banks, who is since known as an accomplished author and a brilliant newspaper correspondent, was of the party with her husband, Mr. James N. Banks, representing the Henderson Reporter.

Mrs. Banks was, it will be remembered, shut up in one of the besieged South African cities—probably Kimberly—during the Boer war, while acting in the capacity of special correspondent to a leading daily of New York or London.

The following from the Reporter sounds like the writing of a woman and we attribute it to Mrs. Banks:

After they had partaken of the refreshments so bountifully
furnished on the surface of the earth, they were invited by
the proprietors of the mines to a feast under the earth that
rivalled in splendor the dreams of Aladdin. They were conducted
to the main entrance of No. 11 vein of coal, where cars drawn
by mules, had been provided in which to take the journey; and
taking their seats, each one having provided himself with a
little tin miner’s lamp, they were whirled into the bosom
of mother earth through a solid vein of coal eight feet in
thickness, around curves and up grades for at least a mile—the
miners blasting in the vein beneath, (No. 9,) sounded like
a salute of welcome from distant canon. Approaching their
destination, away off through the dark cavern could be seen
twinkling lights, like stars on the brow of night, which, on
a nearer approach, were discovered to be a thousand candles
lighting up a magnificent chamber or Hall. The contrast between
the narrow and dark tunnel through which they had been conveyed
and the lighted chamber was grand and inspiring; but when
on approaching nearer, the car was greeted by the notes of
the “Red, White and Blue” from a brass band stationed at the
extreme end, it became overwhelming, and the souls that had
been hushed into awe and silence by the wonders of the journey
and the grandeur of the scene broke forth into loud huzzahs
that made the hallways ring. It brought to memory the tale of
some robber chieftain returning with his booty to his home in
the cave. Getting out of the cars they found themselves in a
large and spacious room cut out of solid coal, with chandeliers
of candles pending from the roof and jetting out from the
sides; two long rows of tables, capable of seating two hundred
persons, covered with white cloth and laden with the fat of the
land—mutton, hams, the nicest of butter, bread and cakes, the
purest old Java and the richest of cream to give it flavor and
color. Attentive waiters under the direction of the proprietors
were busy in making each guest whet his appetite.

Several ladies added to the scene their presence, (each editor
should have had a wife and had her with him,) among the number
Mrs. John B. Atkinson, the wife of the superintendent of the
St. Bernard mines, a lady whose noble face and pleasant and
graceful manners marked her at once as the person who had
planned, executed and carried into effect this most delightful
denouement to a most elegant entertainment. Col. Sebree,
President of the mines noted for his indomitable energy
and perseverance and jolly disposition—accompanied by his
gentlemanly and effective aids, Mr. John B. Atkinson and Maj.
M. M. Kimmell, the superintendents respectfully of the St.
Bernard and St. Charles mines, were everywhere present, adding
to the pleasure of the day and the comfort of their guests.

The occasion will be long remembered, and the trip into the
mines with its pleasant contrasts and surprises will be
recounted time and time again around the fireside and in
the business circles. Very few of the editors had by ocular
demonstration any idea of the vast coal resource of Southern
Kentucky until this trip. A vein of coal in which the tallest
man may walk upright extending for miles in inexhaustible
quantities, was something they had read of but never seen.
There are others beneath the one they entered averaging from
four and a half to five feet in thickness, and these are
underlaid by the finest block coal—all of which when fully
developed will make this section the richest on the globe.

It is to be hoped that attention may be called more frequently
by the press to our magnificent resources that immigration may
be induced and they fully developed.

H. C. Batts said in the Clarksville Chronicle:

Thursday, at 9 o’clock, a.m., we got aboard the special train,
provided by the St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad Company and
in an hour found ourselves

AT THE COAL MINES,

whither we went on the invitation of the Hecla and St. Bernard
Mining Companies. About 150 persons composed the excursion
party. After refreshing the spiritual liquidiam we were put in
charge of Col. Foard, who gracefully did the Furguson for us
in showing us through the mines. We were “loaded up” in little
cars, pushed upon the platform and let down the shaft 90 feet
into Cimmerian darkness.

There mines employ 175 men, and produce annually 2,226,000
bushels of coal. After exploring the mines, seeing the miners
“dig” and “blast” we got in our cars and were drawn back to
the foot of the shaft, and again drawn up into daylight. We
“refreshed” again, (the refreshment consisted of lemonade and
cigars). We were then escorted up to the mouth of the St.
Bernard mines, where several trains of cars stood ready to
receive up. We were in blissful ignorance of the very

GREAT SURPRISE

that awaited us. We were placed in the little coal cars, nine
in each car, (however, Riley had a special car, for obvious
reasons), an escort of miners was provided to accompany us, and
we started on our delightful journey into the ground. For the
distance of a mile and a half with a clang and a clatter, on
the track and off, we went at a rattling speed. Finally at a
turn in the chute, a scene suddenly burst upon our vision that
cannot be described nor forgotten. A quarter of a mile distant
we beheld the materialized

GROTTO OF CALYPSO,

an underground paradise of more than oriental splendor and
magnificence. It was simply beyond description and above
comparison. Imagine, if you can, a hall 400 feet long and 50
feet wide lighted with 1,000 wax candles, placed in clusters
at regular distances along both sides and suspended from the
ceiling 40 feet overhead; the walls literally covered with
festoons of flowers and evergreens; the floor carpeted with
moss and strewn with flowers; hundreds of bouquets on the two
tables which ran the whole length of the hall, and hanging
baskets of flowers overhead, while the liberal tables were
weighted down with a dinner that would have pleased Epicurus
himself. We were struck dumb with astonishment at this
unexpected sight of fairyland and unanimously decided to stop
our trains that we might admire the beautiful scene. Then the
whole mountain shook with the most deafening cannonade; again
and again the terrible thunder rolled through the caverns,
until the whole mountain to her center shook. On inquiring, we
were told that it was the miners blasting 80 feet below us,
saluting the party. The cannonade ceased, the band began to
play, and our senses were absolutely intoxicated with delight.
When we proceeded to demolish the dinner, and after two or
three hours of unadulterated happiness we reluctantly left the
enchanted grotto. After listening to a very palatable paper
by Judge McHenry, of St. Louis, (whose humor, by the way, is
much like that of our lamented Humphreys, elevated, dignified,
chaste), we started for Hopkinsville, and at 8:30 p.m.,
attended the reception by Dr. and Mrs. Rodman, at the Asylum,
which was a most elegant affair.

This visit to Earlington was made June 6, 1878. One week from tomorrow, Friday, August 2, 1901, the Kentucky Press Association comes to Earlington again and will be entertained at luncheon, details of which will be given later.

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INJUNCTION CAME JUST IN TIME.

Striking Machinists at Ansonia, Conn., Had Become Violent—Some of Their Acts.

Ansonia, Conn., July 18.—The effect of the sweeping injunction granted by Judge E. B. Gager, restraining the striking machinists, their unions and their sympathizers from interfering with non-union men at the Farrell foundry, has been to check what promised to be a serious outbreak here. The history of the strike situation in Derby, Steelton and Ansonia, three small manufacturing communities, aggregating possibly 25,000 inhabitants, shows that there has been little temporizing on either side. Four concerns, employing probably 400 machinists, were affected by this strike, the Ferrell Foundry and Machine Company of this place, the Driggs-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company and the Birmingham Iron Foundry of Derby and the Whitlock Printing Press Manufacturing Company of Steelton. Demands exactly like those made by machinists all over the country were made and refused and the strike began on May 20.

The Farrell Foundry was the first to begin running its shop with non-union help. Men from New York were brought here about June 15, were placed in the shop and have been doing good work, so the company officials say. The arrival of the new men was the signal for the striking employees to begin a series of actions which resulted in the injunction. Every day and night the shop was surrounded by pickets but the presence of Sheriff Dunham’s deputies prevented any pickets reaching the new men or anything being done to annoy them until the early morning of July 4. Then, to show more thoroughly than ever that the union men think that not every man in this free land is entitled to earn his daily bread unmolested, strikers or their sympathizers bombarded the sleeping apartments of the new men with skyrockets and Roman candles, frightening them, endangering property of the company.

Several days later one of the new men left the shop and went to his home. Returning on Sunday evening, he was not recognized by the guard at the shop door, and admittance was refused. He fell into the hands of the pickets and was persuaded to leave town. Five men boarded an electric car with him to show him the way to Bridgeport. Reaching Derby, he insisted that two men were enough, unless the strikers wanted to “do him up.” The last Ridgeport car having left, two men started to show him the road to Bridgeport. The new man having declared his willingness to walk.

When the outskirts of Shelton were reached the electric lights went out. What happened there only three men know. The striking machinists say that the man, without warning or cause, sprang on them and slashed them fearfully with a razor. The man says the strikers, after kicking and pounding him, tried to throw him into the river, and he used his razor in self defence. He returned to Shelton, was arrested, released on bonds, and is back at work.

On Monday last David Smith, one of the striking employees, and A. M. Valentine, another, returned to work. At 6 o’clock Smith was followed home and made a promise not to return to work. He is old and promised because, he said, he was too old to stand the nervous strain. Valentine is colored and was in church when the crowd gathered around his house. The noise broke up the meeting and Valentine met a committee in the church vestry and there made his promise.

These acts were followed by the injunction. This injunction not only prohibits such demonstrations, but upsets the scheme on foot to boycott merchants who sell to the company, and if any merchant refuses to sell to the foundry or its employees he becomes a party to the illegal conspiracy and subject to the penalties of such disobedience.

The pickets have all been called in and one of the head officials of the machinists who has been here has gone to Washington to consult about the situation. The strike is practically broken. The Whitlock Company’s men have all returned, except such as were discharged, without gaining a point. The Birmingham Iron Foundry started its roll department on Wednesday with new men and no demonstration occurred. The Driggs-Seabury concern is shut down indefinitely. The Farrells have gradually increased their working force.

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UNION STRIKERS MUST PAY COSTS.

Metal Polishers of Dayton, Ohio, Assessed $586 in an Injunction Suit.

Dayton, Ohio, July 18.—The metal polishers, as a union or individuals, will have to pay $586 as costs in the injunction suit brought against them by the Manufacturers’ Association. Execution was issued this afternoon by County Clerk C. W. Biser against the Metal Polishers’ Local Union No. 5, and the several hundred defendants who were permanently enjoined at the instance of the Dayton Manufacturing Company from in any way interfering with its business, directing and commanding Sheriff Keshner to levy upon any of the goods and chattels of the defendants or upon any of the lands or tenements of the defendants to satisfy the claim for costs.

The costs were incurred in the hearing of the injunction suit, and were in favor of the clerk, the Sheriff and witnesses. The fees of the witnesses alone amount to about $102. The costs stand as a judgement against the union and the defendants who were enjoined by Judge Kumler. The costs are a lien upon property, and building associations will not lend money upon property so encumbered.

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INJUNCTION AGAINST MACHINISTS.

Restrained From Interfering With Men Employed by the Holly Co. of Lockport.

Buffalo, July 18.—In Special Term today Justice White granted an injunction order restraining 160 machinists, now on strike at the Holly Manufacturing Company’s plant in Lockport, from interfering with men now at work or about to go to work there. It is directed against the lodge of the National Association of Machinists “and others.” The application was made by Judge Potter, a partner of Senator Ellsworth. The Holly company has just secured an $800,000 contract for pumps for the Water Department of Cincinnati and means to employ non-union men for the work.

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NEW $10 SILVER CERTIFICATE.

It Has Been Christened the “Buffalo Bill” as it Bears on its Face the Figure of a Buffalo.

Washington, July 18.—The fourth in the series of new silver certificates, which will be known as the American series, will soon be issued from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where the plates are nearly finished. It will be a ten-dollar bill and has already been christened the “Buffalo Bill,” not after Col. Cody, but because its distinctive character will be the figure of a gigantic buffalo. On the note the buffalo is headed westward, his shaggy head well down for a charge, his tail in a pugnacious attitude and his matted mane sweeping the ground.

In this note, as in others of this series, it is intended to leave as much open work as possible with a handsome design, the silk threads in the paper forming one of the greatest safeguards against counterfeiting. In many of the older notes the threads were almost entirely obscured by scroll-work. The subjects for this series will be confined to American life, hence the “American series.” On the one-dollar bill is the eagle, on the two, George Washington, and on the five the handsome head of the Indian chief, Onepapa. It was suggested that a picture of the battleship Maine be used on the ten-dollar notes and the suggestion was at first adopted. Later it was rejected as not distinctively American and not to be distinguished from any other battleship. The department is still searching for suitable subjects for the twenty and fifty-dollar bills.

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Nisbett-Laffoon.

Madisonville, Ky., July 20.—Mr. P. Watt Nisbett and Miss Emma Laffoon went to Henderson this morning and were married this afternoon. The wedding was a surprise to their friends here. The bride is the daughter of ex-Congressman Polk Laffoon.

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JULY CLEARANCE SALE

We have arranged stock and made prices to close every vestige of Summer Goods in our house. Those who have been and are our customers know that we do in our store what we advertise in the papers.

CLOTHING.

=On Table No. 1= We have put all of our Men’s $4.50, $5 and $5.50 Suits on one Table, and they all go in this July sale at one uniform price =$3.98=

=On Table No. 2= all of our $6.50, $7.00 and $7.50 Men’s Suits—your choice of the table =$5.00=

=On Table No. 3= All of our $8, $8.50, $9 and $10 Suits—your choice of the Table =$7.25=

=On Table No. 4= All of our $12.50, $15, $16.50 and $18 Suits: in fact, everything in our house, nothing reserved: nothing held back except our Finest Black Granites and $20 Fancies. IF YOU WANT A FINE SUIT DON’T DELAY =$11.50=

=Pants= We have selected over 100 pairs of Pants left from Suits and put in our big show window at about half price. EVERY PAIR A BARGAIN.

Straw Hats.

Choice of any Straw Hat in the house, Men’s or Boys’ for 25c., except our $2 and $2.50 Towns & Grace Hats.

Collars.

We have culled from our stock about forty dozen Men’s 15c. Linen and Celluloid Collars, slightly soiled, put in this sale three for 10c.

Men’s Shirt Waists.

Just opened a new lot of Men’s Shirt Waists.

Ribbons.

We have put in this July sale some twenty-five bolts Fancy Ribbon, worth 20c. to 30c. per yard, at 10c. Some thirty pieces fancy at half price.

Boys’ and Children’s Suits all go in this July sale at one-fourth off our regular price.

WASH GOODS.

We have put on our =3½C. TABLE= about three thousand yards of 5c. Dimities and Lawns

7½c. Table.

We have selected and put on this Table:

10 pieces 10c. Percale
6 pieces 10c. Bedford Cord
15 pieces 15c. Fancy Pique
25 pieces 8½c. and 10c. Lawn
15 pieces 10c. Dimity

10c. Table.

6 pieces 25c. French Cheviots
5 pieces 20c. French Gingham
3 pieces 25c. Organdy
25 pieces 12½c. and 15c. Lawn
2 pieces 25c. Crinkle Cloth
5 pieces 15. Fancy Pique
6 pieces 15c. Bedford Cord
5 pieces 25c. Half-wool Challie

12½c. Table.

25 pieces 25c. Organdy
15 pieces 15c. Dimity

15c. Table

6 pieces 50c. Silk Striped Challie
10 pieces 50c. Silk Madras Cloth

THESE PRICES ARE FOR THE REMAINING DAYS OF JULY ONLY.

DULIN & M’LEOD || Madisonville, Kentucky]

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DOWN IN THE MINES.

That Jim Wood and his gang hope to succeed by practicing deception is an evident fact. When they first came to this county they came claiming that only peaceable means would be employed in accomplishing their purpose, but people had but a short time to wait until they became fully convinced that their intention was the use of force, if necessary. Next we hear of the U.M.W. secretly at work trying to fill up the mines as far as possible with union men, under the guise of being non-union, another form of deception. Then they employed colored preachers to go among their race and deceive them by lying. But up to this time the operators have always been aware of their evil intentions and acts and have thus far been able to thwart their evil purposes. And Agitator Wood need not think for a moment that his slick scheme to get union men in large numbers into this county on July 27th, by advertising a free barbecue, is unknown to the operators of our coal mines. His movements and plots are well known and will be met.

The diabolical plot to thus bring in a large crowd of thugs from other States to capture and shut down the mines of this county has been unearthed, and unless steps are taken to prevent any attempt by force on that day to accomplish their purpose, bloodshed will follow, as there are now, at a moment’s notice, thousands of brave men in this county who will risk their lives in defense of the miners and operators of this county who are willing and ready to work and have no grievance to settle.

Naturally, the closing down of many large steel plants will cut the demand for coke and coal and the miners as well as every other industry will suffer during the strike.

The scarcity of U.M.W.’s at mining points the last week or two is quite noticeable. With the exception of Madisonville, where they can be found around the saloons building air castles, very few are seen.

Cols. Dick Salmon and Artemus Ward were over last week. They complained of a scarcity of coal cars at the Crabtree mines for a few days.

A former employe at the Barnsley mine, a young Mr. Harris, was one of the victims of the late railroad wreck near there last Thursday night.

So extremely warm has been the weather that the miners dread the trip to and from work. The mine is the place sought by them at present.

Henry Jones has joined the mechanical force of the St. Bernard Coal Co., and as he has been in the Philippines, where the thermometer often registers 120 in the shade, he is able to stand the weather here first rate.

Some new slack washers to replace old ones are now being put in at the coke ovens during the lull in business.

The severe drouth in this county will have a serious effect on all business outside of coal mining, an industry of vast importance to the county, but, strange to say, one that many people are now in a conspiracy to ruin, if possible.

As is usually the case during the heated season, the stock of coke accumulates, and many car loads can be seen stacked up ready for the big winter demand. On account of the falling off of orders in the summer, the St. Bernard never decreases its production, but has a big winter supply on which to begin.

A big coal miners’ strike has been averted in Missouri by both sides in the controversy conceding some minor points.

Like it is with the mine operators in this county, the steel magnates claim there is nothing to arbitrate. It is simply a question of who shall operate the works, a gang of agitators or men of sense and means who have investments trusted to their care.

The idle U.M.W. boys now employ a portion of their time jumping freight trains and stealing rides. They have ceased to work in the mines and have become violators of the law, another proof that idleness always begets crime.

Secretary Hall, of the Oakhill Coal Co., made a business trip north last week. He is out after business and is determined to show the poverty producers that his mine will continue to run in spite of threats and intimidation.

Agitator Wood certainly underestimates the intelligence of our Hopkins county miners, when he thinks that a sop thrown out to them in the shape of a free barbecue will entice them to join the ranks of the U.M.W., who have nothing but misery and poverty to promise them in return for servile obedience.

An eastern judge has the proper conception of what constitutes abusive and offensive language, as will be shown by his decision here given:

“The scabs have come to town.” He was promptly arrested, although he had not spoken in a loud voice or to any crowd. Davis was fined $50 and costs—$62.50 in all—by Judge Bryant in the city court.

“And I want to add,” continued the judge in imposing the fine, “that if any one else comes before me on the charge, I will not only fine him fifty dollars, but send him to jail for six months.” Davis’ fine was paid by subscription.

One William Blakely, a member of the U.M.W., who is evidently paid to write articles which will place that organization always in the front regardless of the facts in the case, has lately written to a labor journal an account of the trouble between Gabe Stokes and Agitator Rooney, wherein he shows his usual love for prevarication. The statement made that Gabe Stokes and Roy Blanks showed the white feather by quickly leaving is entirely false. The writer was present and can testify so far as he saw that they beat no hasty retreat, but stood their ground like men when they were outnumbered two to one. It seems that the only fact stated by Blakely is that Rooney shot Stokes in the face when Stokes was some distance away from him and not going towards him. If cowardice was shown it was when a party of U.M.W.s implicated in the trouble ran and shut themselves up in a house when they were heavily armed, and begged to be allowed to surrender.

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Success—Worth Knowing.

Forty years success in the South proves Hughes’ Tonic a great remedy for Chills and all Malarial Fevers. Better than Calomel and Quinine. Contains no Arsenic. Guaranteed, try it. At Druggists. 50c. and $1.00 bottles.

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MRS. BUCKNER,

An Aged and Respected Lady, Dies Thursday at Her Home Near Earlington.

The Widow Buckner, aged about eighty-seven, died last Thursday at her home near Earlington, after an illness of several weeks, brought on by old age. She leaves four sons, two daughters and many friends to mourn her death. The remains were laid to rest Friday at the Flat Creek burying ground.

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QUEER CASE.

Man Reported to be Growing His Third Set of Teeth.

ITEMS FROM WEBSTER AND UNION.

BORDLEY, KY., JULY 23.

Sam Arnold, who recently had all his teeth extracted, furnishes one of the most remarkable cases known to the dental profession. He was preparing to make an order for false teeth the other day, when, much to his satisfaction, he discovered that a third set was making its appearance.

A new shaft is in process of construction at Clay. The work is being rapidly pushed and not much time will elapse until its completion.

Miss Nannie Hammock, a charming young lady, is very ill of typhoid fever.

Nance Ringo, who was severely lacerated while sharpening the circular saw at Runnion’s saw mill near here by an accidental starting of the engine is getting along nicely under care of physicians at his home in Marion. His many friends will be pleased to learn that he will be able to resume work in a few weeks.

Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Prof. W. B. Davis, of Sturgis, and Miss Charline Wilson, of Crider, on the 24th inst., at the home of the bride. Prof. Davis is principal of the O.V. College at Sturgis and is a very promising young man. Miss Wilson is a most charming young lady and a leader in society.

Thomas Talbott, who received a part of the Tyson estate in Australia, valued at forty millions, has been arrested on charge of operating a gambling establishment at Blackford.

Several attended Gordon’s lecture at Marion Monday night.

Webster merchants declare that their trade has doubled since the railroad building commenced.

Miss Anna Thomas is very ill with typhoid fever.

The Dekoven baseball team played Russellville, Elkton, and neighboring towns last week. The boys are determined to retrieve their “honor” they lost in their games with the Nashville club.

Crops are withstanding the dry weather even better than was first expected.

A large amount of the choicest oak is being shipped to Evansville by local contractors.

Oats threshing has commenced and a good yield is reported which will lessen the effects of the drought.

The cost of the trial of Dr. N. E. Clark will in the end aggregate several thousand dollars.

Mrs. Bettie Hearin, of Hearin, continues her lingering illness, with little prospect of recovery.

Miles Cannon, who is in the employ of the L. & N. at Earlington, is an old Bordley boy. We are glad to learn of the cordial relations existing between him and the road.

Mrs. Louisa E. Clift has been on the sick list the past week.

Win. Reaser is visiting at Edna, Kan., where he will spend several weeks.

L. L. Hill, who has just returned from the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, is well pleased with his visit.

Coal mines of Webster and Union are beginning to prepare for the rush this fall. Large shipments of coal are expected especially in Webster where the union labor is not so large a factor.

C. W. C.

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THE HEADLIGHTS.

The conductors and brakemen are allowed ten pounds of ice between Earlington and Nashville and the engineers are also allowed a supply of ice. This is certainly appreciated during the extremely hot weather.