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Show , CftAFT OF COAL STCALIn i How Ihe II.IIto.U Are Yletlml. fcj finite In Tlial Indmlry. Coal Healing from railroads . mon along tho lines of all coal j,T. Ing roads, has been reduced to aj-t. tcm In Syracuse, the Post-Standss; o( that city says. The thieves work, a and take many risks, not only ojje. tectlon. but of bodily Injury. Tf methods would bo called clever l!w. ployed In an honest business , heaviest thieving Is done by men nh sacks, who climb up between tlie tra of a slow-moving train with twior more biuhil sacks concealed U30r their clothing. As opportunity on they fill a lack and throw It fronj,, train, to be picked up by accompteg. Another trick Is adopted by men 0i ' dressed like tramps, board trains tit with the Intention of stealing ", Thcie men travel along from oni,r to another, apparently seeking a ej,. fortable place In which to lie, daD( but In their progress they mnnitil0 dislodge a largo amount of coal, u Is subseqmntly picked up by a0 women and children who are emplj In the "Industry." Large quantltla0f coal aro stolen by these nnd oVr methods, the plunder being tllspoiUnf to unscruprloiis dealers, who inv-quently inv-quently rob the honest poor by dlitg. est measure. |
