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

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Miss Sallie Morgan has been
quite sick the past week with
grippc.
and complete Investigation Of the
ease and to have such legislation
Ecnactcl as would remedy tue CON-
plaintS and the wrongs that the
shippers OF West Virginia are
suffering by the dominating inflc-
fence that is being exrrted by thu:
over the Baltimore and OHIO Rail
broad Company.
President Thorn addressed the
meeting. lie was i'll favor Of hav.
ling Congressional action oil the
matter. The shippers had been
sleeping OH their rights too long:
it is time for them to wake up and
get busy. For twenty-five year.
1.-THE Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has rot. built a mile Of
road III West Virginia. The COM
lpnn,' will not make any ;conces-
Isions' Tor factories in this region
while its great. competitor which
dominates the policy of the Balti-
mere and Ohio Company goes to
manufacturers and asks. what it
can do for them. lie showed the
J difference in the policies III. tin.
two roads. IL. argued that %l'resi-
dent Willard could do nothing il
The directors II the road were i'll
cI:ned TO be hostile to The move
mcnt that I'll" Shippers Associn-
tinn had started. President Will
Hard was & creature Of the directo-
rate "f the baltimore and Ohio
ifai!rnad Company and as sucl.
Ind to carry ont the policy Of the
directors. lit said that the prob
lem 1efnrc the West Virginia
Shippers Association was a cot,
crctr proposition that, must be
solved by Congress. IIc waS in
favor Of an investigation by the
Secretary IF Gnmmcrcc and La
hor, or hv the Interstate Com
mcrcc Commission and Cunrrcs.
cional LEGISLATION OH the report
that the investigation Diseases.
Colonel Mc(itAw emphasized
the points raised in his former
|snccch that congress was not the
place to go Tor redress. tGc said
that the only places that effective
Legislation could BIZ had was Il:
Charleston and ut Annapolis. lie
further pointed out the necessity
OF going to President Willard and
exhaust every means that the as.
srciat:on hcG in getting relief
from the company and then il
there was no relirf other means
could he rcsortc! to. Colonel Me-
5iruw persuaded the committee to
his way Of thinking and Sccre.
tary Robert r.. Cunningham was
Instructed 10 send IL telegram im,-
tlatcly To President Willard ask
lin: that official to indicate an
carlv date when the committee
cnuld confer with him as directed
BY n resolution passed by the
Ghippcrs. Association at Clarks-
burg January Il.
Secretary Cunningham sent the
Telegram last evening.
The committee that will 20 to
Baltimore to confer with President
Willard is composed of the follow
in. men: A. K. Thorn, Daniel
Howard. Virgil Highland, e. II:
Harding. of Clarislmrg; a.. y.
Fleming, @. S. Mckinney. NJ. RI.
Hutchinson. George IT,. Watson,
L.. Al. Hitc, Of FMrmont C. n.
Frisco, Of Morgaptown; John I.
McGrnw. of Grafton:
President a. X. Thorn, cx-Gov.
crnor A. r. Fleming and Colonel
John 7. McCraw will do the; talk
ing when the committee meets;
NJ. Willard.
The committee at its meeting
yesterday expressed its apprecia-
itiGn OF the assistance that the
fETiiil:ss s !: :Iiiii i IL. the shippers in the
lpr,.at n ttsriat n&hhttnr5t Ia chinnif,.r