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Show SECURING EVIDENCE 1 ' .. . . ;: ' Grand Jury Getting: at Facts in Chicago's Coal ' Shortage. ' . . CHICAGO, Jan. 13. The most tangible tangi-ble evidence secured by the , special grand Jury in the coal shortage inquiry up to the present time is that which relates re-lates to an' alleged agreement drawn in March last year, and which is said to govern a dozen mine operators in the Clinton, Ind., district, with Walter S. Bogle and the Crescent Coal and Mining company as the Chicago factor. It is said that these mines were compelled to pool their outputs, to be disposed of by the Chicago factor. W. II. Abrams of the Building Managers' Man-agers' association, is said to have given valuable information concerning the maintenance of a room by the coal deal- i era association where secret conferences were held at regular intervals prior to the starting of the present investigation. He also declared that his association found that dealers delayed delivery of coal in good weatiier and then pleaded that they were unable to deliver In rough weather, thus compelling building build-ing managers to consume their entire Etock of coal on hand. " r |