The hook-headed spike case ... of Mr. BURDEN'S patent upon the machine for the manufacture of railroad spikes, has at length been finally adjudicated, View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Authorities say arrested one suspect at the scene, and that suspect confessed to stealing railroad spikes and hooks. That suspect led authorities to the other two suspects in the 2900 Block of Hwy-177 ...

(AP) -- A conservation group predicted that ambitious Asian export plans by U.S. coal mining companies could lead to a more than tenfold spike in ... on the hook for costly rail crossing ...