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1. Used locomotive purchased by Lester for the mine, photo taken morning of June 22nd. Railroad company wrote a letter to all the papers explaining that they had nothing to do with shipping scab loaded coal, that Lester should have removed their logo from the side of the engine..

2. Inside view of shop and what was left after mob stole shop equipment from Lester mine.

3.This was the powerhouse that supplied power for the electric railroad that ran from Carterville to Marion. About 100 yards behind this buildng was a narrow strip of woods where most of the murders took place on June 22nd 1922. Notice tractor in foreground.

4. Rear view of steamshovel blown up at strip pit. Notice the men standing in the cut.

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