Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-01-02
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Accident insurance for Miners.

ACCtuGHI lHSurdnCe TOT MIneFS.
In the past two or three years the
miners Of Ohio and especially in the
six-foot vein have come to realize the
ever present need Of some sort Of pro
lection for themselves and families in
case of injuries or death to them
selves.
At present a large number of mine
accident and sick funds have been
started and have made out with a
good showing A death fund also has
been started at different places by
THE miners, which have helped many
burden to be made lighter on the
shoulders. of some one. The foreign
element in the mines is heartily in
favor of anything that spells aid for
The worker, and even if some are
poorly educated, anyone who thinks
that they are not alive to what is good
and what is bad for them has another
think scoming.i.K
-, Open DID coat Mine.
A report which, has been circulated
for the past year that the old Wegee
coal mine Just above Diiles Bottom
on the @. & p branch Of the PennsyE
~vania line, was to be opened is Still
persistently being made use of. !
It was first reported that the Fair
mont Coal Company of West Virginia
/ had purchased this mine and intend
I'd to open it and load coal on the
river when the lock system is COM
pleted by the government.
The Wegee. which is one OF the old
est mines in this part OF, the country,
is at prk bent filled with water from
the "a 1sSSn, Which flooded it and it
was never pumped out, with the re-
suit that the mine has been idle for
large number of years.
New entries would likely have to
be opened, as the old ones have prob.
ably fallen in by this time.
'. '1'L Large Railroad Yard
What will probably be one of. the
largest railroad yards on : the Penn
sylvania system IS being worked on
daily at Shadyside, just opposite
Glendale, W. Va.
The yard has been in course of con
struction for the past four or five
years and it is here. where all coal
trains, from the Wegee coal fields
win be made up. AT the present a
large number Of switches and side
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the empty flats which are filled at
the mines both above and below that
point, and it relieves. congestion in
the Be1laire yards.
It is undoubtedly certain that Bel
laire in ;. the near. future when the
Jones Coal CO. get all OF. their mining
property developed at Alledonia on
tthe o. r. & W, which has been
made standard width, will be one of
THE largest coal centers if not the
largest, in this part Of the country.
The coal out there is reported to be
of al very fine grade and in some
cases better than the average coal of
some Of the river front mines.
A, small strike, was in progress at
the. / Thomas Long Coal works at
South Bellaire last week but it is not
known whether it has been settled
yet or not, This mine loads coal
trade and small cars on the o. R. &
W..
No mine accidents of any conse-
,auenee have beer, reported SO far this
week, except for a couple who were
injured. slightly at different mines.
A good holiday trade was enjoyed
in this city by the merchants despite
the fact that a large number Of Bel
laire people do their shopping in
Wheeling. Patronize Bellaire rner-
chants who patronize the Majority. .