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Show BEAT8 THE STEEL TRUST. i Independent Concern Secures Valuable Valu-able Lands In Pennsylvania. Pittsburg. Beating the United States Steel corporation, which, It Is said, had been Intending to secure the property, a deal was closed on' Thursday Thurs-day by independent steol concents for 100,000 across of Pittsburg coal lands, lying in Green, Fayctto and Washington counties, Pennsylvania, at a cost of $50,000,000." Tho property purchased Ttnd on which tho first payment pay-ment was mndo, was held by J. V, Thompson of Unlontown, Pa., hnd associates. as-sociates. Tho salo was mado to a holding company, representing, It is snid, every Important Independent steel company In tho country except ths Jones & McLaughlin company of Pittsburg, who nro .sold to bo not Interested In-terested In tho deal. |