Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-12-08
PRODUCTION GROWING.
West Virginia Holds Second
Place Among Coal States.

Place Among Coal States.
The Record is a sasoud Uue-Froduc.
ton Is Rapidly Increasing Fairmont
Mine Owners to Fight Labor 0rgani.
zations Other News Notes From up
the River.
FAIRMoNT, W. Va. Dee. Z. West
Nirginia's coal production has grown
to be something wonderful. 1t is
said she holds now second place
among the other producing States
OF the Union, and in few months
will be in the lead Strong efforts
are being made to bring the miners
OF the State and especially those in
this region into the United Mine
Workers association, and in re
cent issue of II Pennsylvania news
paper an extract of an article on the
subject is as follows: THE organi-
zation of West Virginia, IL success
fully completed, will mean that
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois operators with whom there
has been bitter competition, will be
benefited The operators of Penn
sylvania and other districts that
are now organized have been urging
this move for some time, claiming
that they deserve 1t for the recogni-
tion they had given To union labor"
Chris Evans, labor organizer, and
formerly editor of the journal,
newspaper published at Indianapo.
lis in the interest of the United
Mine Workers, is at the Tavern ia
this city and was accompanied here
by other members OF the associa
ton. Mr.. Evans was here in 1897
for the purpose of advising the
miners to 'seome OUT but met with
no success in this respect, and his
coming this time is not TO have the
miners strike, but to organize them,
so that in case a general strike oc
ours, West Virginia miners will be
implicated. We will predict in
advance that he or any other mem
Der OF the association will meet with
but little it any success, from the
fact that the miners of this region
are given steady employment the
year round, with the price for min
ing and the accommodation given
by operators fair. Forty nine miners
ont of every fifty employed in this
region do not have single objection
to offer and that simply accounts
for the little interest being taken on
the part OF the miners in becoming
members of this or any other organ
ization. There is possibility, had
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and IL
linois the same sort OF coal as that
of West Observation-Disclosures coal
and West Virginia their coal
anthracite-that deaf ear would
be turned on West Virginia, as she
now turns on other States.
WHOLESALE HARDWARE ESTABLISH
ment.
j. M. Jacobs, who has conducted
hardware store ON Main street,
has practically disposed of his
stock and formed a company to be
known as the Jacobs Hutchinson
Hardware Company, and will do an
exclusive wholesale hardware bust
ness in this city. A lot has been
purchased by the new company adj
joining the Free Press building, "a
feet front by so back Plans and
specifications are being made by an
architect and the building, which
will be four stories in height, and
built of stone and brick, will be
erected at once. They expect to be
doing business in their new quar-
tiers by the 18th of February, 1901.
DEPOT WILL SOON BE ERECTED.
The Baltimore and Ohio depot
here will be ready tor occupancy at
least BY the 18th of the month. The
carpenter work is about all complet.
ed and in some parts it is receiving
the finishing touches. The tele-
graph office will likely be moved in
to its permanent quarters this week.