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Show CRAFT OF COAL STEALING, flow the Railroads Are Victimized by Thone In That Industry. Coal stealing from railroads, common com-mon along the lines of all coal-carrying roads, has been reduced to a system sys-tem In Syracuse, the Post-Standard of that city says. The thieves work hard and take many risks, not only of detection, de-tection, but of bodily injury. Their methods would be called clever if employed em-ployed In an honest business. The heaviest thieving is done by men with sacltB, who climb up between the cars of a slow-moving train with two or more bushtl sacks concealed under their clothing. As opportunity offers they fill a tack and throw it from the train, to be picked up by accomplices. Another trick is adopted by men who, dressed like tramps, hoard trains as if with the intention of stealing a rida These men travel along from one car to another, apparently seeking a comfortable com-fortable place in which to lie down, but in their progress they manage to dislodge a large amount of coal, which is subsequently picked up by the women and children who are employed in the "Industry." Large quantities of coal are stolen by these and other methods, the plunder being disposed of to unscrupulous dealers, who subsequently subse-quently rob the honest poor by dishonest dishon-est measure. |