The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-13
ALL OPERATORS N
FA|RMONTD|ST.TO
WORK TOGETHER
Important Results Obtained
at Meeting Held Here
Yesterday.

The temporary board OF directors of
the West Virginia Northern Coal
Operators Association which was or.
ganized here yesterday and which will
be the largest in the United States II
present plans to absorb four existing
coal operators associations into one
association embracing twelve and
half counties OF West Virginia 20
through. held a meeting and name0
an organization committee consisting
OF G. H. jenkins. c. II. Tarleton, +.
bremen. d. Howard and $. ID. Brady,
which is holding a meeting when this
Is written. This committee was en-
powered by the temporary board Of di.
rectors TO prepare the petition for
charter Of the new organization ana
TO draft bylaws. The temporary board
OF directors and the districts repre-
scented are as follows:
Fairmont subdistricts. mines on the
Baltimore and Ohio and Western
Maryland bctgeen Fairmont and
Clarksburg. on the Baltimore and Ohio
between Grafton and Downs and on
the Baltimore and Ohio between Fair
mont and the Pennsylvania line-five
directors: A. b. Fleming. Jr.. A. C..
Beeson. John 4. Clark, Jr., George f.
PeddicOrd and c. II. Jenkins.
Clarksburg sub-district. mines on
the Baltimore and Ohio between
Clarksburg and Buckhannon, between
Weston and Redwood. and including
mines between Clarksburg and Hart
2el-five directors: A Lis!e White. ID.
Howard. J. NJ. Orr. c. J. Ryan and V.
Il. GOecke.
Elkins sub-district. mines south OF
Grafton on the Baltimore and Ohio, on
the Pickens branch and on the West
ern Maryland and Coal and Coke in
Randolph county-five directors: L.
ID. Baker. OF Adrian; A. G. Waddell. OF
Philippi; W. J. Williams, of Buckhan-
non; A. r. Miller. Of Dundon, and r.
b. lsner OF Elkins.
Mogantown sub-district. mines on
the Morgantown and Wheeling and
Monongahela railroads-two directors:
5. ID. Brady. OF Fairmont. and c. W.
Chapman. OF Morgantown.
Kingwood sub-district. mines on the
Morgantown and Kingwood and West
Virginia Northern-twO directors. who
have not yet been named.
Grafton sub.district. mines on the
Baltimore and Ohio between Bridge
port and the Maryland state line-two
irectors who have not yet been named.
THE Grafton and KingwOod sub
districts participated in the meetings
but there was some hesitancy about
selecting temporary directors until
some operators not represented at the
meeting at the Fairmont Country club
could be advised with.
Three directors at large were named,
John NJ. Wolfe. Of Fairomnt: J. A. Jen-
kins. OF Clarksburg. and +. Drennen.
OF Elkins.
The meeting held at the Fairmont
Country club Friday afternoon was
probably one OF the most important
gatherings that has been held by coal
men and was certainly the most i'm
portant ever held in West Virginia.
The meeting was important because
A. W. Galloway. Director OF Bitumi-
nous Distribution. stated that mo
where in the United States have we
(Fuel administrator met with body
OF coal men who worked so earnestly
and willingly as in northern West Vir-
ginia." adding that this was a clean
cut honest statement Of facts. not
camouilage. ]. d. A. Morrow said he
was glad that Mr.. Galloway had ex-
pressed this appreciation OF the Fair
mont district operators and concluded
a like tribute by saying: I'VE certain
~ appreciate the complete co'opera-
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