The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-30
FUEL OFFICE MEN
DIEE0UTGOINGAND
INCOMING CHEFS
Organized Fight Being
Made Against the Flu
in Mine Towns.
T0AlJUST DIFFERENCES
Representatives of Miners
and Operators to Have
Conference Soon.
T0ADJUST DIFFERENCES

at The Fairmont last evening at
O'Clock the male force OF the district
Office of the United States Fuel adj
r'inistartion OF this city rendered a
farewell dinner TO Dan r. Lawson,
the outgoing district representative,
and at the same time a welcome to
his successor, R. D. Isner. the inccm-
ing district representative.
H. E. Field. assistant district repre-
sentative, acted as toastmaster, and
he held the job down just fine. Those
who are ina position to know say he
had shade on Joe Blackburn.
Mr.. Lawson spoke on The Fuel
Administration as It Has Been" and
Mr.. Isner spoke on The Fuel Admin
istration as%It VIII Be"
The participants were: Charles z.
Ice, chief coal inspector; Clyde II.
Kimmel, n. e. Fields, E. D. Holden.
J.B. Clements, Dan r. Lawson. r. B.
Isner and John Mckay. After the
affair Mfr. Isner entertained the diuers
at a theatre party at the Grand. the
play being 1.-The Dark Town FolItes.
Fighting the Flu.
Breaking out anew the nj cpl
demfc while not of an alarming ma
ture is causing the operators OF the
Fairmont region to take time by the
foreIoek and provide precautionary
measures
The .'fu'' has broken outat a num-
Der of the Clark mines in Harrison
county, although not in serious way:
at the Tucker mine OF the Orr Coal
company today it was reported that
half of the men weer OF on account
Of Illness, largely due to the FLU
Not little trouble is being expert
enced by the Jarnison Coal comapny,
but this firm, which has made health
condi1ions among their miners q par
amount issue, is coping with the dis
ease and making a strong effort TO
eradicate It Physicians were on the
lob yesterday, and John N. WoIfe,
the general manager Of the company
in Fairmont, stated today that 20
men were innocuIated at Jamison No.
9, James Fork, and Is at JamiSon NO.
8, Harrington Ten cases OF the du
have developed at No. and ten at
No. s. at the latter place two deaths
have occurred, but today the 1ndlca-
lions were that the situation was un-
der control and all Of the patients
we're improving The Jamison Com
pany has nurse ar No. and an"th-
er at No. 9, and they are both doing
splendid work. The company pnysl-
clan DR.. E. P. Smith, who Is tSatton-
ed at the United tSates Base hospital
at Tuxedo, n. J., returned to shat
MACE after having been on the jos at
mines No. Z, s, 9 and 10 to assist In
handling the situation. DR.. Carter
Fleming was at work in the field. AID
DR.. C.. O. Henry. OF FaiTmont, has
also done good work in the mining
towns. DIR. Henry is at Huntington
today treating cases at a temporary
hospital which has been established.
The company also had four cases at
Nine No. z, Barrackville, but these
cases have ben cured.
To Adjust Matter.
.eDead work. in the mines in the
Fairmont region is subject which
the Representatives of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators asso-
CATION and United Nine Workers will
adjust at a conference to be held at
The Fafrmont on December IL, While
neither side has anything to say on
the subject, It is understood that the
idea is to stadardfze the price OF
dead work" IN the mines all over the
IFairnont region. This implies work
other than actual loading Of coal. The
matter was taken up at a preliminary
meeting at The Fairmont between
representative OF the Operators as
ISOLATION and the United Nine Work
ers which was held alst evening.
Those present at the meeting last
evening were c. p. Keeney president
Of district No. II of the United Mine
Worekrs; Fred Mooney, secretary.
and Robert Harlan. OF Indiananniis,
tsatisticfan for the United Nine
Workers Of America, and A C. Zee
son, C. A.. Tarleton, L. J. Sandridge.
|C. J. Ryan, ]. A. Clark, John NJ.
wolfe. members of the operating
committee of the Northern West Vir-
ginia Coal Operators association
There viii be meeting OF the
directors of the Northern West Tir-
ginia oCal Operators association at
The Fairmoat on December TO- There
viii be meeting Of the members of
the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators association December IA,
(when the entire matter that calls for
I'D VIII be taken up and dis
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