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At the opening session OF the West
Virginia Mining Institute held yestefs
day afternoon a warning was sound
ed to West Virginia coal operatora
that the Pennsylvania railroad Inter
ests are fighting West virginia coal
operators, with a view Of completely
annihilating the coal industry In this
section. TheTwarning was sounded
by Vice President George a. Watson
and was supplemented by ex: Governor
a. b. Fleming and Neil Robinson.
These statements caused consider
able agitation among the coal opera
tors present and was the main topic
OF discussion during the evening, The
statements made were the result Of
an Investigation Of the suit sot John
Wv. Boileu against the Lake carrying
railroads, now pending before the In
ter.state Commerce Commission. This
case is familiar to coal operators. In
speaking oftjtlls matter Governor
Fleming reviewed some Of the history
Of the development In the Falrmont
region and told how r. T. Lowndes
OF Clarksburg, tried.ii In vain to Inter
est the officials Of the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad In this region. He also told
how the late Senator Johnson n, Cans;
den few years later, took gp the mat
ter and tried TO Interest this same
corporation in West Virginia coal
fields and was told that the State was
trying to advance tooirapldly and that
fifty years In the future would he
plenty of time to interest gtheniselyes
In this territory. n Il
1t Is expected that some definite ac.t
tlon will be taken by the Institute In
regard to this natter
Afternoon. Session
After the opening address gwen by
the president aof. the Institute, Frank
Haas. yesterday afternoon, which nd.
dress was published In! csterdays
issue OF this paper, fne fosrahme tors
the day was: taken up, Mr. Haas zIns
.troduced Judge w 8; Raymond who
In a few words welcomed the coal men
to this city. Responses to this adj
dress of welcome were made by Nell
Robinson, OF Charleston, who Is Sec
retary Of the West Virginia Coal ope;i
rators' Association; Vice President
George T. Watson, District Mine In.
spector Karl Schoew, Sof. this district Z
Daniel Howard. of clarksburg;: c for
mer President j. B. Hanford, OF Nor.
gantown. and Gov. Fleming.
1t was during these responses that
the warning above outlined was
sprung. Following this discussion F.
C. Albrechet, OF the Westinghouse
Electric Company, Of Pittsburg, adj
dressed the Institute In an Interest,".
ing manner on the subject, The Re-;
lationship OF Manufacturer to Opera
tor" f. B. Day, OF Plttsburg. secre.
tary of the Mining Institute, talked,
briefly and to the point concerning
the matter OF exhibits and talked de.
preciatlngly concerning the fact that
these statesmen We're too often Sniore
anxious to take orders for their wares
than to exhibit them Dean III.
Crane. of the School OF Mines OF Penn.
sylvania. talked in an Interesting man.
ner relative to the proper Method OF
Testing for Black Damp: g He gave
the results of many experiments and
illustrated his talk with some d the
tests. Following this talk the sInstt.
tute adjourned until the evening sess
sion. III 4
Evening Session.
President Thomas L. Hodges ,of the
West Virginia University addressed
the Institute at the evening session
OF the subject Technical Education
With Special Reference 10 Mining. In.
stltutes." DIR. Hodges stated Id the
beginning OF his address that he was
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