Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — TRUST REACHES OUT. [ARTICLE]

TRUST REACHES OUT.

WILL ESTABLISH GREAT INDUSTRIES IN ALABAMA. Great Mills to Be Built Near Birmingham - Illinois Central Would Enter the Alabama Coal Fields—Cornell University Receives a Gift. Operations of Steel Trust. A Joliet, Chicago and Cleveland steel syndicate, of which John W. Gates, president of the Illinois Steel Company, is said to be the head, has finally closed a contract with the Alabama Steel Ship-build-ing Company to erect at Ensley City, near Birmingham, Ala., steel and wire nail and rod mills. The new syndicate is thought to be in control of the Federal Steel Company, and it is believed the output for the Ensley plant will be shipped abroad. The proposed plants will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. Another step has been taken by the Illinois Central in its effort to enter the Alabama coal fields. First Vice President John C. Welling, General Manager T. Harahan and Engineer G. B. Fitzhugh of the Illinois Central have been authorized by the Secretary of State to secure subscriptions to the Canton, Aberdeen and Ashville Railroad. Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing 'of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 80 42Pittsburg ... .63 62 Cincinnati ..70 47Philadelphia. 59 59 P>sltimore .. .73 46Louisville ...53 73 Cleveland ...70 51 Brooklyn ....46 70 Chicago . ... .69 57 Washington. 41 82 New Y0rk...66 56St. Louis 34 88 Fallowing is the standing of the dubs in the Western League: W. L, W. L. Kansas City.B2 48 St. Paul 72 58 Indianapolis. SO 4S Detroit 48 80 Milwaukee ..79 54 Minneapolis. 45 89 Columbus .. .70 50 St. Joseph... .40 88 Train Goes Through a Bridge. A passenger train on the Texas and Par cific Railroad, consisting of an engine and four coaches, plunged through a bridge twelve miles south of. Texarkana. Four persons are reported killed outright and a number of others more or less seriously wounded. The accident was due to high water. A bridge had been weakened by the heavy rains. When the train struck the bridge the structure collapsed, precipitating the engine and four cars into the waters beneath.