Show COAL SEIZURE railroad Comin inies cost col cur tied over oner their lines t chicago july P 10 the railroad com coin panics cn isu issued etl orders ti confiscate nil all coal being carried over thear I 1 line t ties the order carried con contusion fusion with its it execution and local companies chic expected to receive special ship shipment ta shimmeal meal to meet tile the demands were thrown OB their own resources rees to overcome th d difficulty fh 1 t y the price of 0 comm common on soft cost coal jump ed 10 40 cents a ton while soft screenings were rated j just double their custom aut nry ary value 1 fully carloads from tile the mines in in southern illinois were confiscated by the railroad companies the seizure seizure 1 ia 9 made because of it a recent supreme court decision which says saye that in case ol of strikes the railroad companies have the right to confiscate a any ny co coal n I 1 on their property r regardless of their cou consignee signee tile the railroad ad companies claim they are arc executing their just rights right as they maintain that their contracts with tile the coal companies call for so many thousand tons a year and when strikes prevail they are simply taking their balance due on the contract instead of waiting until the ilia bins are nearly empty as heretofore |