COAL: Herrin: R. I. P.

The last chapter of the Herrin coal massacre of a year ago appears to have been written.

As a result of the massacre, W. J. Lester, owner of the Lester strip mine, planned damage suits against the Illinois Mine Workers' Union. The union settled the entire matter by buying the Lester strip mineĀ— at the price of $726,000.

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