The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-14
OPERATORS ARE
MEETING HERE
THIS AFTERNOON
Many Apply for Member.
ship in Central West
Virginia Association.
--LATEST MINING News
Representative of American
Mining Congress Meeting
Local Men Today.

The Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association is holding a
meeting at the Chamber of Commerce
this afternoon and the attendance is
very large and the interest at very
high pitch.
c. H. Jenkins, the president, is
presiding and among the features of
the meeting are addresses by ].
waiter Barnes, State fuel admins
traitor and William M. Conrad, one
OF the secretaries OF the American
Mining Congress, Of Washington, D.
G.
Applications of, nine new members
were acted upon favorably: Morris
Fork Gas Coal Co.. Of Rockefeller
Coal Co. /. Cleveland. Ohio; Gabe Fork
Coal Co., of Weston. D.. D. Britt,
president Clarksburg; Gilmer-Pitts-
sburgh Coal Co.. j. c. Roane, man
ager. Weston. W. Va; Fairmont Gas
Coal Co.. y. R. Steele. general man
ager; May q Hardesty. shinnston,
w. Na.; Gage Coal & Coke Co.. Jun
ior. va, and Pittsburgh, Pa. J;
]. B. Jenkins Coal Co., ,Mabie. W.
VA and Buffalo. N. Y. (
Among the more prominent, OF those
present from out of town are: D.
Howard and j. NJ. Orr. of .clarks-
burg. Everett brennan, of Elkins, H.
NJ. Crawford and Lee cambridge, of
Philiippi.
William M. Conrad. who is in Fair.
mont to urge the cooperation of Fair.
mont Clarksburg oprators in national
coal work, is one of the secretaries
OF the American Mining Congress,
which Is an operators association
embracing 1000 members, represen.
ting 100000 Of mining capital. 1t
is working along the same lines as
the National Coal Association and ].
D. a. Morrow, secretary OF the lat
ter organization, sitting with the
board Of directors on invitation.
President C. H. jenkins. and Dan
lei Howard, John NJ. Wolfe, Rolfe
NJ. Hite and Harry B. Clark, of the
executive committee Of the Central
West Virginia Coal Operators As.
sociation, now belong to the Mining
Congress and George T. Wilson, vice
president of the Consolidation Coal
Co.. has been q member for ten
years being one of the committee
which prepared a report on mine &C.
cidents-a work taking years to &C
complish. other more recent mem.
bers rae Samuel D. Brady, Alex R.
Watson. r. A. Johnston. C. D. Rob.
inson. F. NJ. Kirk, j. A. Clark, and
J. "A. Clark. Jr.
The American Mining Congress has
been honored by President Wilson
expressig his confidence in 1t. and
Is resposible for the establishment
of the United States bureau OF mines,
the changes In the income tax law
OF 1913 and its report on prevention
of Mine Accidents" which has been
recognized as being of international
importance.
I. Coal Notes
Expert and foreign bunker coal
prices were fixed by the national fuel
administration at 81 .35 a ton higher
than the domestic sale price. The
increase was allowed to give Ameri.
can producers profits that have been
taken by foreign dealers.
The meeting OF Guyan Valley coal
Operators and railroad men at Cincin.
natl Is believed to have resulted in
great good. ]. NJ. Vest. who headed
the coal men. insist that there was
plenty of coal II they could Just get
scars 20 haul It. E,e
Most OF the retail dealers IN Con.
nellsville. Pa, are practically out Of
coal and that city faces a coal short.
age as well as gas shortage.
The Fayette county (Pennsylvan.
sial. fuel administrator got after a
Uniontown dealer who formerly
charged an unusually high price for
coal.
A Connellsville company headed by
John ]. Buttermore and George s.
Cpnpell, will develop about the only
free tract Of Pittsburgh coal on the
Monongahela. between here and Point
Marion. It is the Wilfong.Loar coal
in Grant district Of Monongalia coun.
ty. Buttermore has been operating in
the Eairmont rarion for twelve