The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-20
financial leaders of State
Hear Discussion of
Problems.
.g0AL !!SIGHIE.E I0PIG.
j. G. Nc inley, j. w. Daw-
sonsands Stanley H. Rose
Make Addresses.


subjects pertaining to the coal indus
try,ofS Vest Virginia featured the State
Board OF Trade banquet in Masonic
hall. The big room on the fourth
floor Of the building was filled to ca.
pacity with coal mine operators, man:
ufacturers,s attorneys. merchants and
other business men from all parts OF
thesstate.
The banquet. hall was the meeting
place Of the financial leaders in the
business enterprises of West Wiz.
ginia, and the addresses were weighty.
carefully prepared discussions OF the
problems now Sperplexing the coal
operators. The dinner was served
by the women OF the Methodist Epis-
copal$ church, South.
THE Coal Crisis" was the subject
of two very able addresses by ]. c.
Mckinley president OF the West Vir.
gina Mining Institute, and by J. w.
Dawson; OF Charleston, member OF
the executive committee OF the Coal
Operators, Association OF West Viz.
ginia. An address by Stanley Fl. Rose,
Of the Department Of Commerce at
Washington, ID SC., was devoted for the
most part to IA discussion OF the pros
pect forsmarketing West Virginia coal
in South America. That it will take
some time for. West Virginia operators
to build up IA profitable market in
South America was the conclusion ar
rived at by Mr.. Rose. J. Walter
=. Barnes, member Of the City Board of
Affairs was POSTMASTER.
In speaking OF the agreement re.
garding wage and working conditions
made In 1895 in Chicago between the
coal operators and the United Mine
Workers OF America, Mr.. Mckinley
said:
30 YOU know that that agreement
aas1goyerned and controlled the wages,
hours and Conditions OF employment
gilmore than half a million of men for
the past 4 7yyears, and It continually
hassliad more orsless influence In West
Virginia. and is today the primary
cause of the crisis we are facing"
ThOsespresent at the banquet were:
AZ Bi White, G. w. Lutz. l. C. White.
H.H. Rove, q IT.. Unison. Lewis Bennett.
n. G.. Mckinley. J. c. Hurley. W. J. tlar-
rir, Gov AS B. z Fleming. W. B. Irvine.
n. III MAYOR, j. Walter Barnes: g. C..
Mcintoshss John B. Stevenson. Thomas ".
Fleming e.. A.. Phillinser, a. l.. Peters.
NJ, E.{ Miller, C.J. Jenkins. {. G. Glass
.ock, IL 81. Minor, r.. r. lsner. J. ". Daw-
SON J.S u. Dawson, D. II. Land. N. L
Hptehinson: y. I'M. Hartley. c. c. Mere.
dith. e. u. MusgraYe, W. E. Arnett. Ed
win Robinson; MA. Fletcher. W. R. Dou-
gan. Sam r. 1seman, r. NJ. Courtney C.
g. Good win, Clarence p. Mitchell, French
McCrays n. IA. Johnston. J. NJ. Taylor,
Il m ~ n q
MeNhorter. Robt. L. Archer, H. W.
Chad oek. d. R. Lawson. T. I. Brett. J.
Nj Finley; Henry H. Archer. A. f. Ken
ney. W. 81. Mayors, F. r. Pryor. f. F.
Hartley, sHssiJ. Hartley. Or. W. F. Boy
err. Nj r. Frantz, r. Gilkeson. Andrew
Allen, {! 8. Smith. ". l.. Shafer. r, j..
Foley, Paul F, Galnor. Charles G. Hood.
Smith Hoo, / G. NJ. Alexander, N. E. ASH
craft, WIS. Black, o. F. Tough. D. N.
Joseph Roster. c. j. Ryan. C. D. Kra-
mer; Walter Miller, C. S. Sutton. ". II.
Cunning CHAM, C. II. jenkins. H. A. Eel
Ter. Al b. Scott j.. L. Hall, j. N. Me-
Govern. Paul Raymond e. L. Speaker,
A Is White w E! Locke, w. E. Watson,
Jt.. ". .! eBollard. lobe Blumenthal, Il.
Eeigk Fleming. & F., r. Kelley. ". !. LydIc.
q. q Hal, sA!.ElM. Knight, c. L, Horror.
Fred $HeImi lex, III. II. Marsh. G. W. Dud-
WAN tSusht IsNhSs
Fred Howard, 10! Howard, c. B. Highland.
jas. Is Meredith, C. .R.1ones. r. l.. Bur-
chinal. Jerry Dingess, Charles Evans. {,
s. smoots Samuel, Brady. Geo. HProbst
Ernest Sherwood. C. A. Polling. John N.
Hsner. Carl Riggs, ". H. Roush, Bert
3. LEOPOLD. Sw.FA.t Hersch, H. S. carpen-
ter. cl3 II. Ice. W.. M, Kennedy, J.. W..
Hoover DR.. Z Earl McCray, Frank c. Nc
Cray, W.. c. EDeYault. J. F, Dye, F. J..
Smith, Geo. E. Miller. J. NJ. Jacobs. a.
G. Beeson. c. e. Hutchinson, G. c. Pow
en-, q. ss.& Neptune. NJ. ". Ogden, J, F.
Cole, 81 u Probst. Joseph Lehman. !.
Frank Ritchie, r. "A. shurtlett. Jas. C..
Welton. az. D. wiliiams. Howard suther-
land Bruce Bailey. a. B. Cole. Ellis
A. yost. c. Ii Riggs. Anthony Bowen.
Alhert . 81 Kern Frank a. Lloyd. W. NJ.
McCray. r. IL Cunningham, J. FL Rownd,
j. q, Prichard II; F. Smith. John Mar
shall w. HI Sands. ]. w, Mcdonald.
Charles Syingerter,S l.. N. Yost. c. o. Hen
IA. a. II Lehman, Ira L. Smith. H J..
Ross. II. III. Lanham, L, g. Boggs. J. N,
Boyer, WI yyiegeiSJ. M Miller, ". D.
Roberts, w Weld busch, Ed. II. Tay-
ior. G! r. Halt M. q. Jamison. U. A.
clayton, Nv. n Hartman s. Ray Holbert.
q. 81, Grant e. {. Jones. Otis G. Wilson.
Treyey Nutter, ID. IF. Evans, F. P. Hall,
Wilbur Graffius.IJ ~. H. Barrett.