Show coal jumped davs tl tre a mt alt Plea pleasant sait pyramid the coal mine belong ng to lusen latsen chris of thia this c ty and which the mt alt pleasant coal company had arranged to buy is now in possess posses nn sim of three other men charles and hy hyde the third be ng who have taken posses sion while the owners were absent and ret ref ise iso no now to vacate the ground or al low the others to go to the mine no one from this city had been to the mine for several weeks until wed when peter llrsen went up with to commence mining when he arrived he found the place occupied by the others who warned him as they do all others who approach to keep away as the property was in their possession later a second demand was made with a I 1 ke result and when pre sed a covert threat accompanied the warning As we I 1 it these men claim the mine under the original location made by an ly smith and george day smith alleges that this location holds good as is he be has worked there and that he ha I 1 I 1 a e man at the mine when james lament lamont took it and that the latter drove thia this man away it has been un der stood apie all the time that smith had forfeited all right 0 to the mine by reason of his having neglected to do the necessary work to hold it no one has a title to the ground as it was only re bently surveyed and smiths smith s location is the only one on record if he be has for f feite eito I 1 his liht then the present owners larsen su christensen can hold it as hey they have performed the requisite amelm amount t of labor every year since bu buying ving it from lamont it ie is not certain yet what will be done to bung about a set some favoring an ejectment by force while others say that the courts should be called upon for a settlement fuday friday coining a posse of seven men went up with the intention of de man in g possession of thamine the mine and if this was refused of pre sing their case until the opposition would resort to force to exclude them then the law would ty ile ivok d to oust the umers and the mt alt pleasant party would step in again and take possession after leaving here for hia his home yes berd herdly ay iy morning smith was persuaded to write a noceto note to the avdes in which he rel albright allright all right to the mine and adv sed that it be given up peacefully ally it is impossible to say baat effect this note will have when presented pi resented by the poser posse which has it the mt pleasant coal company is as yet in no way concerned in the matter as thare has been no formal transfer of the property made to them |