Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — Coal Mines Reopened. [ARTICLE]

Coal Mines Reopened.

Petersburg, May 24. —Every coal mine along the Evansville & Indianapolis railroad resumed operation, after having been idle for eight weeks. A dispute over freight rates, which caused the shutdown, recently was settled by the federal government. Reopening of the mines will mean an increase of about 25,000 tons of coal a week in Indiana. The various shafts employ a total of about 1,000 men. Cars now are being supplied by the railroad.