The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-04-15
Alarm About Saloon Licenses
Seems to be all L1nc01led For
COAL COMPANIES SEEK
TO ENJOIN RAIL ROADS

of their petition, are miners in No. s.
district In Ohio and in the Pittsburs
district. At present there is a differ
entail in favor Of the Ohio No. 8 ,oper-
ators OF IL IA cents and in. favor OF
the Pittsburg operators of 3-4 cents.
This alone is unreasonable and unfair,
they allege, and with the new rate
will give the Ohio No. 8 operators a
differential OF IL cents and the Pitts
burg operators of IL cents.
Pennsy In Conspiracy.
|, They further allege that the in
crease Is Illegal in the ditferential and,
go on to make this sensational
charge: TIL
Your Gators aver that there is. o
conspiracy between said b. & o. rail-
road and q certain other corporation.
to-wit, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. which owns large amount
OF stock OF the said 3. & @. railroad
land in Pursuance of which under.
staining. agreement or conspiracy, the
b. & O. Railroad Company Is about
to file, as aforesaid, or publish nm!
put into effect this Increased rate on
shipments from the Fairmont distric.
to ports on Lake Erie; that this nm
Outstanding. agreement or conspiracy
results from desire on the part Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to discriminate against the various
miners and shippers of coal in the
state Of West Virginia. and to Greats
and induce an unreasonable prefer
'ence in favor of the miners and ship
'pers of coal IN districts outside. the
state Of West yirginfas against said
miners and shippers: OF coal within
the state Of West Virginia: and III
furtherance OF this desire. your ora
tors are Informed and therefore
charge, that the said Pennsylvania
company is using its influence to
cause the rates from the various dis
tricts in the state of West Virginia
as we'll as the Fairmont district. for
the shipment of coal to ports on Lake
Erie to be increased and tina, the
3. & o. Railroad Company has lent
itself to the furtherance of this gem
eraI plan OF determination against
the mines in the. state of West .Vir-
GINA"
Lake Ports the Market.
The charges have created intense
interest. The case promises to be
one that will attract wide attention
and will mean much for the future of
the Fairmont district and the COAL
fields Of northern West Virginia
Should the new rate have gone into
effect 1t is alleged that the West yir-
GINA operators would be unable to
compete in the market at all and the
trade and coal business In northern
West Virginia would be destroyed.
This they aver Isl the4 object of; the
railroads. The principal market. for
all the coal from this district is to the
lake ports. There 1t is widely dis
tributed over the northwest. Very
little coal from the district is shipped
to any other market. The case IL one
that will be watched closely by the
operators of three states.
HUNTINGTON, April 10.-A sen.
sation was sprung last evening in thu
United States court. now In session
here. by the application to Judge
Keller for an Injunction, prohibiting
the Chesapeake & Ohio, Kanawha ~
Michigan and Norfolk and Western
railways from putting into effect Al
proposed new freight rate on coal 10
the lake region. The application was
made on behalf OF n number OF West
Virginia coal companies by Attorneys
-. II. vinson, of Huntington, and 4
b. Hayes. Of Washington, The. pa
pers presented contain number of
startling statements. and, among 9TH
err charges. allege that the West vir
GINA railroads have been ,coerced by+
the Penntylvania railroad interests in
the raising the lake rates in the in-
teresfs of the Ohio and Pennsylvania
coal operators. ana that the proposed
increase in rates viii absolutely shut
out West Virginia from the lake mar
kets. A number Of men prominent
in the coal interests throughout the
state are here, and intense Interest
is manifested In the outcome of the
Ia.
WELL spr,prS orr,