People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — Indiana Coal Mines Close. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Coal Mines Close.

Brazil, Ind., Feb. 19. —The mining business here at present is very dull. The Block Coal company has closed down one of its mines and the Zeller Coal company has likewise closed its American Beauty mine, throwing altogether about 300 men oat of employment. The operators claim the demand for coal is extremely meager, necessitating the closing down of some of the mines.