Fostoria,  Ohio,  is  the  home  of  the  president  of  the  princi-
pal natural-gas  company  in  Ohio  controlled  by  the  oil  trust
and  leader  in  the  vendetta  against  Toledo.  A  wealthy  miller
erected  in  Fostoria  in  18S6  a  flonring-mill,  with  a  capacity  of
1000  barrels  a  day.  One  of  the  inducements  was  a  contract
made  with  this  manufacturer  by  the  gas  company,  by  which  it
bonnd  itself  to  supply  him  with  natural  gas  at  a  price  which
wonld  be  one-fifth  what  coal  would  cost  him,  and  to  continae
to  supply  him  as  long  as  it  supplied  any  one.  The  mann&et-
nrer  carried  out  his  agreement  by  the  expenditure  of  $150,000
for  the  erection  of  the  mill,  and  by  running  it  contiuoally  to


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its  fall  capacity.  His  bills  for  gas  he  paid  promptly  every
month.  Belying  upon  the  contract  with  the  gas  company,  the
mill  was  built  for  natural  gas,  and  could  use  no  other  fuel.  In
February,  1890,  the  gas  company,  dissatisfied  with  the  bar-
gain it  had  made,  demanded  better  terms.  The  milling  com-
pany  refused.  On  a  Sunday  morning  in  June,  '^wben,  if
ever,  come  perfect  days,"  a  gang  of  men  appeared,  led  by
ao  ofiioer  of  the  gas  company,  and  dug  up  and  tore  out  the
pipes  supplying  the  mill  with  gas.
