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Marinette, Il ls., Feb. 17. The bridge 1
war between Marinette and Menomi
nee assumed a hostile attitude yester-1
day morning when Mayor Andrews of j
Marinette, at the head of a crew of
men, armed with axes and saws, com- j
.noticed tearing down the high fence j
erected by Menominee across the!
bridge. Fifteen men were set at work
on it and the barriers to traffic wore
removed in a few hours. Menominee
had also torn up the planking and this
was replaced.
.Menominee blocked up the bridge
Thursday and travel was stopped for
twenty-four hours, it was thought
that Men ml nee would resist the at
tempt to open the bridge and Mar'-;
nette had prepared for a legal light.
The question now is, Will Menominee
erect another barrier on the bridge?j
If it does it Will be surely torn down.
The latter city was threatened Friday
with a suit for heavy damages by a I
wholesale grocery house and other|
firms of that city which have big busi
ness interests in Marinette, so that the
structure will probably now remain
open.
There has been a dispute for some
weeks about this bridge, the origin of
it being In the uncertainty of the
boundary line, in the Menominee river,
between the states of Wisconsin and
Michigan. I
THE BARER MILLS DEAL.
The English Syndicate May Not Take
Them After All.
