The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-19

Webster Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Buziska
ard child returned from a visit
with friends at Morgantown.
Mrs. Mark Hall, OF Shinnston.
ard Mss Mary Lowe. Of this city.
have returned IRON Il visit Of a
few days in i'ittsburr.
Mr.. Sam Mortified spent Sun
1ay in Clarksburg the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. j.. c. Clutter.
Miss Sa1Iie Morgan has been
fnite sick the past week with
grippc.
land complete Investigation Of the
case and to have such legislation
|cnactcl as would remedy the COM
plaints and the wrongs that the
shippers OF West Virginia are
%snftering by the dominating inflr-
ence that is being exerted by thu:
over the Baltimore and OHIO Rail-
IIroad Company.
President Thorn addressed the
meeting. lie was i'll favor Of hav.
ling Congressional action Oil the
matter. The shippers had been
sleeping on their rights TOP long:
it is time for them to wake up and
get busy. Fer twenty-five years
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has not built a mile of
rad III West Virginia. 7 he con
'lpnny will not make any conces-
%lsions' for fnctories in this region
Iwhile its great competitor which
dominates tn: policy of the l3alti-
mere and Ohio Company goes to
manufacturers and asks, what it
can do for them. lie showed the
difference in the policics Of, the
1.-TWO roads. lie argued that Pres!-
dent Willard could do nothing il
The directors IT the road were in
cl;ned to be hostile to the move
mcnt that Ill" Shippers Associa-
iiDn had started. President Will
Hard was 1. creature Of the directo-
rate nf tile baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company and as suel.
had to carry ont the policy Of the
directors. He said that the prob
lem hclnrc the West Virginia
Shippers Association was n col,-
crete proposition that. must DO
solved by Congress. IIc vas in
favor of an investigation by the
Secretary Of Commerce and La
hor, or BY the, Interstate Com
ntercc Commission and Congress,
cinHal Legislation OH the report
THAT the investigation disclcses.
Colonel Mc(itaw emphasized
the points raised in his former
isncccl, that congress was not the
place to 20 Tor redress. lIc sail
that the only places that effective
Legislation could be had was 4:
Charleston and at Annapolis. Ha
further pointed ont the necessity
OF going to President Willard and
Exhaust every means that the as.
|scciation hcG in getting relief
from the company and then If
there was NO relief other mea
could he rcsorteG to. Colonel Me-
Irnw persuaded the committee to
his way of thinking and S:ccre-
,nry Robert T. Cunningham was
INSTRUCTED to send 4 telegram ilt-
|tiatcty TO President Willard ask
ling that official to Indicate M
early date when the committee
could confer with him is. directed
b. Il, resolution passed by the
Clippers. Association at Clnrks-
burg January u:
Secretary Cunningham sent the
Telegram last evening.
The committee that will 20 to
Baltimore to confer with President
Willard is composed Of the follow
ing men,: a. K. Thorn, Daniel
Howard, Virgil Highland, 6. IT.
It;ar,ling. Of (,larl;slnrg; A. 3.
r'lcming, O. S. Mckinney. NJ. r..
Hutchinson. George II. Watson,
r.. Al. Kite, Of Fnirmont c. y.
Frisco, Of Morgaptown: John t..
AfcGraw. of Grafton:
President AL X. Thorn, cx-Gcv-
crnor A.. r. Fleming and Colonel
John r. McGraW will do the talk
ing when the committee meets
M.-. Willard.
The committee ut its meeting
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