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Show STARTLING EVIDENCE IS GIVEN PENNSY RAILROAD AND COAL MINE CASES PHILADELPHIA. June 6. The Interstate In-terstate Commerce commission today continued its investigation of the relations rela-tions of the Pennsylvania railroad offi-cia offi-cia and employees to various mining companies in the bituminous coal district. dis-trict. The first witness vs Joseph Boyer of Altoona, chief clerk In the office of A. W. Glbbs, superintendent of In favor of Blythe & Co., and replied that he did discriminate, as the money came to him without solicitation solicita-tion or any effort on his part. He believed that the money had been paid In the same manner to his predecessors prede-cessors In office and believed that he was only following the custom of the department. motive power. Mr. Boyer said he had 200 shares of stock in the Jamison Coal company, given to him for bis one-third interest In the MacLaren Coal company. The MacLaren stock was given to him by Mr. Jamison. He also bad ten shares In the Valley Coal company and fifteen In the Edri Coal company which were presented to him by Capt. Alfred Hicks. Ten shares of the Preston Oil company com-pany stock were sent to him in an envelope. en-velope. He was not certain who sent it, hut thought it must have come from Joseph Aiken, a railroad man, or E. A. Xuhn, an operator. All of these stocks paid dividends. Mr. Boyer said also that he holds an Interest amounting to JS000 in undeveloped undevel-oped coal lands on the west Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania division. He paid for this stock. In Its entirety Mr. Borer's testimony was of a startling character. His stockholding was only a small portion of the gifts he admitted receiving re-ceiving from coal-mining companies. In his capacity as purchaser of fuel, he testified that he had received from five companies an allowance of from 3 to 5 cents a ton on coal used by the railroad for fuel purposes. During the period from the latter part of 1903 to date, ne has received a total of more than $46,000. The money was first sent to him in cash, but later cashier's checks were sent to Cashier Hastings of the Second National bank of Altoona, and placed on deposit for Boyer. The companies which made him the allowance were the Graff Coal company, the Clearfield and Granton Coal company, the Dunkirk Dun-kirk Coal company, ana Thomas Blytha & Co. . Tho Graff Ccal company allowed him 5 cents a ton and the Cteai field & Granton Gran-ton couipany gave hlni a share in the profits which amounted to not less than 4 cents a ton. Blythe & Co., gave him 3 cents a ton. He was asked why he discriminated . " . , |