New-York tribune., 1908-08-31
BUSY IN COAL FIELDS
RAILWAYS ADD TO CREWS.
General Resumption Of Industries u
Vest Tirginia and Maryland.

Cumberland Md Aug. 30 (speciaD-The coal in
dustry of West Virginia and Maryland IS rapidly
assuming It's oldtime vlgor practically all the mines
of both states being In operation. The mines OF tue
Consolidation Coal Company on full time. as
we'll as nearly all the mines OF the Georges creek
region. A leading coal operator said last nisnt'
Business Is very good and the prospects % Ks te
manning excellent"
The railroads have added extra crews TO nandle
the increased traffic. Freight tonnage IN the Far-
yards is double what 1t was IN june ano eariy
in July. The only drawback In the Falrnont neu
the scarcity of cars. The lake trade has opened
in FULL and there Is demand for all the coal tnat
can be mined Could the railroads get the enapties
back the mines would full and for an indennlte
period.
The firing Of ono hundred coke ovens at Monon-
xah, w. Va. has brought back number OF coke
workers who went to other fields when the depres-
sion came. Reports tell OF the general resumption
in the coke fields of the Connellsville district 1ho
Independent mine operators In West virginia arc
sharing in the resumption The independents nave
had no complaint about the scarcity OF cars. Ihe
Murray and Beechwood mines OF the Fairmont Coal
Company are now running five days week, conf
pared with and two days a few weeks ago.
The merchants are feeling the oenent OF the
larger payrols in the Fairmont and C!arksourS
fields The Clarksburg Fuel Companys last
monthly payroll amounted to $1350oo while the far
mont Coal Company paid IN the falfmoht ois.i,e'
an additional amount to bring the aggregate OF tho
two companies up to the nelghborhood OF $zooo0
rbe aggregate paid out by the several other COM
panies was 500 900 more, making totai paSro'i
in the two fields of fully SooO0o
The Federal Coal and Coke Company, six miles
from Farmont is preparing to increase greatly the
output Of its mines Tie New England Gas Coal
Company of Boston, recently purchased the major
part of the holdings Of this company ana me en-
tire product will be sent to Boston Tor conversion
into gas and coke at the large Everett pan' - '
Massachusetts concern.
GLASS FACTORIES RESUME
ofV West Vir0in
had been stagnated was glass making in its various
forms Practically all the factories In the state
have resumed in the last ten days. Before the
middle of September 1t Is thought that not one mill
will be idle Those that have not areaoy s'aEteo up
are preparing to do SO by that time The resump-
tion of the Grafton Window Glass Company on
September 10 means that $50 persons VIII be en-
ployed including $50 skilled men. The payroh
amounts to $4,000 monthly On september tne
Farmont Window Glass Company Will also pesin
onerations This is one of the largest factories OF
the kind in the country. On the same GATE the
Farmont Bottling Works will resume This
factory furnishes bottles for the big milk nrms OF
New York Philadelphia and Boston.
The fact that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad mas
n,aced in service IN the last two weeks five
thousand additional freight cars proves conclu
siyely that business has revived The shipment, OF
reaches from this centre is very heavy. Ihe
Baltimore Ohio Railroad expects to use six hun
1re,1 freight cars from this belt alone.
One of the most significant assumptions Il that
of the Cherry River Lumber Company, at Rich-
wood W. Va. the plant having been idle Tor some
weeks About twenty-five hundred men nave oeen
put to work. The company has one order for 2ooo,-
900 feet of hemlock alone. In the neighborhood OF
six hundred workers employed at wheeling
and vicinity in one day the result OF the re-
sumption OF several plants The Sabration plant
OF the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company has
resumed operations with full force at Morgantown
W. Va. The Morgantown & Dunkard Railroad has
begun the construction Of trolley line between
Morgantown, W. Va, and Warrington. W. va
The United States Steel Corporation has Just COM
pleted the opening and improvements at It's coal
mines at Gary w Va. at the expense of $1,000
900. This plant will supply the Western mills OF
the corporation with their fuel The Smith mines,
at Blaine w. Va, which were shut down several
months ago, throwing large force out of en-
ployment have started up with a full complement
EIkns Mine No 5, the Morgantown & King
wood Railroad. Bretz. W. Va, has started up
in full after long shutdown. and one hundred men
have been put to work.