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Subject: [KYBELL] Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - Dec., 16, 1920
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:17:42 EDT

FROM MARY HUDSON

Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - Dec., 16, 1920

Little Jack Gilley Dies Early Today
Jack Gilley, the 19 month old son of Mr. and Mrs.. Marvin Gilley, died at
3:30 o'clock this morning from a complication of diseases. The burial service
will be held in the Colson cemetery Friday afternoon. The little boy was ill
about 21 days.

Dixie Gem Mine Shut Down When Miners Quit Work
Reduction In Wages Because Of Slump In Coal Market Cause Of Workers Action --
Other Mines Nearby Not Affected.
The Dixie Gem mines, owned by John Reese were closed down yesterday.
Twenty five to forty men employed in the mines quit work when a reduction in wages
was announced. It is said the operator announced a cut of $1.00 in the daily
wage of each miner, on account of cheaper prices for coal.
The Dixie Gem mines are near the city and contain the highest grad of
domestic coal in this section. Mines near the Dixie Gem are shipping under old
contracts and for the present are not affected by market fluctuations. But
nearly all previous contracts expire the first of January and all operators of
this field may then announce reductions of wages.
The men that were in the Dixie Gem have mostly gone to work at nearby
mines.

Local Man's Alleged Slayer Is Acquitted
Detroit. Dec. 16 -- Frank Dohany was acquitted today of the murder of
August Dwyer, who came here from Middlesboro, Ky., shortly before he was killed.
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As related in the News of yesterday, Dwyer had been out of Middlesboro but
some three or four days when the press report came from Detroit saying he had
been slain in that city. As further related in the Daily news of Wednesday,
Mr. Dwyer was connected with the auditing department of the United Mine
Workers of America, and as such was in the habit of going to all parts of the United
States. His last night here was spent in the R....way Inn.

Constable Is Fatally Shot
Hazard. Dec. 16 -- Constable Jas. Duff is in a hospital mortally wounded,
according to surgeons. He was shot when Sheriff J.R. Combs attempted to take
a pistol, which it is said Duff was handling recklessly from him.

Minister At Danville Shot
Danville, Ky. Dec. 16 -- Rev. J.J. Greer, Christian Church pastor, is
wounded, he says by a pistol bullet, following an argument in a store when the
Minister, George Lawhorn, railroad man, declares, refused to take off his hat in
an elevator in which Mrs. Lawhorn was a passenger.



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