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Abilene Weekly Reflector
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas
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Chicago attorney Follett W. Bull announces immediate legal actions by Southern Illinois Coal Co. against United Mine Workers of America and Williamson County for damages from Herrin mine riots and destruction of strip mine, including for families of dead employees. First suit under Coronado decision; filings in Indianapolis federal court and Marion, Ill.
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Proceedings To Be Instituted In Illinois.
Chicago, June 26.-Legal action for the recovery of damages sustained by the Southern Illinois Coal Co., as the result of the mine riots at Herrin and the destruction of the company's strip mine there will be started immediately against the United Mine Workers of America and the county of Williamson, in behalf of the company and the families of its dead employes, Follett W. Bull, attorney for the coal company, announced.
The suit against the United Mine Workers, the attorney pointed out, will be the first suit under the recent Coronado decision by the United States supreme court, holding labor organizations liable for damages. The suit against the United Mine Workers will probably be filed in the federal court at Indianapolis and that against Williamson county at Marion, Ill., the county seat.
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Herrin, Illinois; Williamson County, Illinois; Chicago; Marion, Ill.; Indianapolis
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June 26
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Legal suits to recover damages from mine riots at Herrin, targeting United Mine Workers under Coronado decision and Williamson County, filed on behalf of coal company and families of dead employees.