The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-26
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Be HOLIDAY At
MINES. OF REGION
Two Red Cross Nurses Ar
rive to Fight Flu Situa-
ton.
ARE AT JAMESON NOS
Fuel Administrator Barnes
and Engineer Rlghtnire
in Pittsburgh.

After a strenuous speed up PRO-
gram to win the war miners In the
Fairmont region will generally re-
ceiVe a holiday on Thursday, which is
Thanksgiving Day. For more than a
lyear as the working force decreased
in numbers the p: Oduction increased
to far greater figures than ever,
eclipsi1g records of other years de-
spite handicaps.
With the strenuous work cone the
majority of the big corporations Will
knock orr for the day and the IOen
will have a chance 20 spend the day
with their families.
Full Run Today.
Keeping up the steady flow Of emp
ties, the B. & o. has 1888 cars In the
Fairmont region today. The place
ment at Z O'Clock this morning was
1,$5S. which means a full run. The
cars today are classed as follows:
Open, 1895; team track, IS; ebke,
Yester US Loading
Figures of yesterday show that the
loading totalIed 1:071 cars in the re-
gion. or this number $50 cars were
loaded east and 1S2 were loaded west.
There were 915 coal and "a coke cars
loaded east and 113 coal and IS coke
cars lo"ded west.
Nurses. Arrive.
Today two nurses sent tothe Fair
mont region ~ the Potomac division
Of the American Red Cross society.
Washington, D. c., are doing splendid
work in relieving the miners employ
ed by TIL jamie Coal and Coke
company at Nine No. 9, near Far
mfnEton, who are down with the
Gu They are Misses Pierce and
Murray and they were brought" here
from Philadelphia. The number OF
cases Of ''flu" at Mine No. are not OF
such a number to cause any alarm.
United Mine Workers.
Robert Peters, organizer, is at Cecil
Mine, near Grafton, today.
81. T.. Wilson organizer, Is at Mea-
dow Brook mine, near Ciarskburg.
Joe Angelo, organizer. Is in Ohio
I0 Isaac Scott and E: S. Mccullough.
organizers, are In the MorgantoWn
section today.
81. e. Peters, organizer, was at
Monongah yesterday.
A wire was received today at the
local Office of.the United Nine WoFk-
ers to the effect that c. F. Keeney.
president of District No II, United
Nine Workers, would leave Charles
ton Thursday and probably arrive
here on Thursday night.
M. Days Father Dead.
Franklin K. Day, assistant man
lager the production division OF the
Fairmont region, has been called to
Pottsyille, Pa, because OF the death
Of his father. -
Good Car Movement.
Drawing 9O9 loads east Of Grafton
ON Sunday the B. & o. handled a bet
ter car movement than it has done
Tor probably three weeks OF more.
with the coke cars 1872, this means
a total Of 1,O11 loads east last Sun
Expect Good Supply.
Expecting steady flow Of empties
into the region. o. b. Williams, local
represtative Of. the Railroad admin
fsfartion, feels that Fairmopt region
operators Will have an adequate sup
My OF cars this week. With the
Thanksgiving holiday intervening the
supply should be good.
''StenOG. y Resigns.
Miss Mary L. Alleman, Stenogra-
phef at the production olV1Stonr mas
resigned her position to accept 4 sim
liar one at local industrial plant.
Arc In Pittsburgh.
J. Walter Barnes. Federal Fuel
Administrators for West Virginia, and
Robert Z. RiEhtmtre, Administrative
Engineer. are attending today a meet.
ing at Pittsburgh where the matter OF
fuel conservation Is being discussed
The plans and requests Of the IA
conservation department Of the rIel
administration have been 80 cordiallS
and thoroughly carried out by the
public that the policy Of the admin
iStrat ton heneeforth viii be gradually
to eliminate restrictive orders aud tc
{ rry ON neceeSa-v voluntary conser4
walton through educational means
and this conference was in line With
Goal Notes.
,eTodays' report shows the follow
Ing: Mines re1orting. 17S; mines
down. O; men Idle, 10; lost produe
a. J. Patton. seeretary Of the
lIorEhGEn West Virginia Goal Opera
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