Show 1 TORCH H APPLIED i iTO h TO F Fight on Tobacco Trust in Ken Kentucky tucky Results in Wild L S Work by Mob FARMERS ARE ORGANIZED INSURANCE COMPANIES COMPANIE COMPANI WILL REFUSE TO PAY LE Louisville Ky Kr Dec Dee 1 A special frem from Princeton Ky says nys the tobacco stem merles of fr John Stager and John C Orr the latter controlled by the Imperial To Tobacco Tobacco bacco company of oC New Now York were de destroyed destroyed 4 troyed early today by bya a fire firt kindled by bya a mob of masked men The loss is esti estimated estiS S mated at The mob which num numbered numbered i bored about 3 m Princeton III between 1 and 3 seized the night town marshal and disarmed him They Ther I th n went to the factory and quickly ap applied apu u plied d the torch The masked men stood on guard permitting nobody to come near until the buildings were completed en enveloped enveloped eloped in flames and help helD was useless I A squad quad of the mob took toole charge of the 1 telephone office and no word of the affair was ivas as permitted to go SO out L Fired Farewell Shots S When the mob saw that tile the th fire was be beyond beI I yond control l they the left the town going In n the direction of Hopkinsville discharging I leg ing revolvers and rifles as they departed depart When the lire department arrived it could do nothing more m re than prevent the fire from destroying buildings in the vicinity a yo The Steger Sieger st was located lo on the i I i Fouth routh side of town on the Illinois Central I and the Orr building in the northern part of the town k The Steger factory facto y is controlled by the American Snuff company and Mr Steger t Is the Princeton agent for that concern Mr r Orr is l the representative of the Im Tm Imperial ImperIal S I penal company There Was Vas as about I pounds of tobacco to acco In h each warehouse and andall andall andL L all of oC it was burned burn d 4 Fight on Tobacco Trust I The mob in addition to disarming the night policeman took charge of the po police police U lice station and the waterworks Even had the fire firc company responded they I would have been unable to obtain a sup supply ply phi of or water The work of the mob is be believed II to be only a furtherance of the ag agnation agitation nation by the tobacco raisers against the tobacco trust tru t The organization of farm farmers farmers ers is as the Dark Tobacco Grow Growers ers PM Protective association but it is not known that any member of that organ organIzation organIzation was vas in last nights mob |