Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1915 — Balky Mule Causes Suit. [ARTICLE]

Balky Mule Causes Suit.

A balky mule in a mine is a defendant in a suit filed in the district court. Joe Dimarco of Franklin insists that a coal company pay him $4,053 because of Injuries received in a mine when the mule refused to do his duty. Three cars coal were being hauled. When the mule stopped a timber was put under the wheels 7t the car. Finally the driver got the mule in the notion of going and told Dimarco to pull out the timber. Dimarco did so, and was crushed so badly by the car that he cannot work an> more—Pittsburgh Dispatch Kansas City 1 Star.