NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 43, Issue 4

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Tue May 5 07:02:59 EDT 2009

Gordon - you think those things weren't a gamble?

EdKing
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I hate to be a spoil sport to the gamblers among us, but I suspect that the "slot machines" were penny-operated gum and candy dispensing machines.

Gordon Hamilton
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Did I see robbed "slot machines" mentioned as in gambling around the railroad?



Al Kresse


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1. N&W in 1909--Robbery (NW Mailing List)
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
August 24, 1909

RICHLANDS AND CEDAR BLUFF STATIONS ROBBED
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Robbers Got a Dozen Bottles of Beer at Latter Place But Found No Money

The Norfolk and Western stations were entered Sunday night at both Richlands and Cedar Bluff, but in each instance the robbery was insignificant. At Cedar Bluff the robbers got a dozen bottles of beer. They went through the cash drawer but found no money.
Detectives have been put on the trail of the men who did the jobs, but so far no arrests have been made. It is believed that it is the same band which has been committing depredations of this kind through the coal fields for some time. Several stations have been broken into, and sundry weighing and slot machines around the stations have been robbed, but nothing of any consequence has been taken in any case. The local authorities have come to the conclusion that there is an organized band devoting its attention to railroad stations.
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[I wonder how the agent at Cedar Bluff make it through the next day without his liquid refreshment!]

Gordon Hamilton
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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 20:35:08 -0400
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
August 24, 1909

ALL OPERATIONS BUSY
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Saturday Biggest Payday in History of Pocahontas Field

Saturday was one of the biggest paydays in the history of the Pocahontas coalfield. August so far has been a big month at the various operations, and most of them are running full time with a full force of men. At several of the operations there is a shortage of men reported, and the operators are anxious to secure additional workers. Orders are piling up and the coal and coke business is rapidly getting to its old high water mark.
It would be difficult to estimate the amount of pay roll for the entire field, but it is known that $200,000 was sent out on the early train to the field Saturday morning, and it is probable that the entire amount was double this sum.
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