BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, SEPT. 21, 1900 Washington, Ind., Sept. 14. – Because one man in the crowd had not been asked to drink with the others, seven coal miners got into a free-for-all-fight in James Conroy's saloon at Montgomery, a mining town, seven miles east of here, late last night. Lawrence Allen was struck in the face during the fight and he fell to the floor with a broken neck. Death resulted instantly. Tine Cole is in jail, charged with having delivered the fatal blow.