The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20
GOAL OPERATORS
ARE JOINING THE
OPERATORS ASSD.
Under Uncle Dan Howard's
Shepherding They Are
Coming In
100 PER Gent soon
Wheeling Attorney Here to
Consult About Price
Dispute.
100 PER CENT soon

Attorney Joseph Handlan, of Wheel
ing, visited the office OF ]. Waiter
Banes. state fuel administrator, IN
this city yesterday afternoon to con
sult about continuous contract Tor
coal which was drawn some years ago.
mr. Handlan represents the Elm Grove
Coal Mining company, of Ohio comfy
which had contract with the Wheel
ing Traction company to furnish coal
at ninety cents ton with the proVtso
that should the cost Of mining increase
the price should be fixed by agree
at the point the coal company de-
posts the coal for the traction COM
pany's power plant no freight or dray-
age IS necessary. With the raise IN
the mining rates the parties failed TO
agree and State Fuel Administrator
Barnes ruled that the company would
have to furnish the coal and that the
dispute as to the price would have TO
be threshed out by the usual legal pro-
ceedure. The case eventually got into
the federal court and Judge Dayton
landed down an opinion enforcing me
order made by State Fuel Admintstra-
Tor Barnes last December, which vas
eGore the bureau OF transportation
rms created This Is. the first case In
which any OF the state fuel admirfs-
traitor orders were tested in the court
and Il was sustained.
Or. Smith Returns.
DR.. z p Smith, chief physician OF
the Jamison Coal and Coke company
returned to his home at BarrackVtIle
on Wednesday night from Raritan
base hospital, Metuchen, n. J., where
he had been stationed for some
months. DIR. Smith has done good
work for the company and the miners
are glad to have him back again
Slump in the Cars.
The slump in the cars Is sttn on
and today there were I'll In the re-
zion. The placement was only 81 at
I classified as follows: Open, 63S;
coke, 81; team track, IS.
Western Cars Coming.
No Immediately relief in the Cal
shortage was promised today by q. B.
Williams, local representative OF the
United States Railroad administers
tion. Mr.. Williams does believe, how
ever, by the beginning OF next week
more empties will flow into the re-
zion. Today he received information
that probably 800 to 400 empties would
start east today from Columbus, o.,
and Elyria, o. They probably will ar
f1He 1oc MONDAY. 4uSSe cars SuOO4u
stimulate the supply in conjunction
with those from the east.
No cause is assigned for the car
shortage by Mr.. Williams, who says
that since the government pooling sys-
tenn Of cars started it is a difficult
matter to keep an accurate line on
them.
More Railroad Fuel.
Business in the coal trade locally
appears to be right fair following the
speed up" war program OF produc'
ton and for the re-adjustment period,
which Is now taking place. Yesterday
$50 cars of coal were requisitioned by
b B. Isner, district representative OF
the United States Fuel administrator.
This goes to the Reading and other
eastern roads, which appear to need
coal.
q number of the coal companies
here appear to have orders for their
product This Is usually true Of the
bigger companies and those who have
"A No. I coal, which appears to be in
demand. Some local companies even
have rush" orders for the latter.
YeEterday's Loading.
There were 767 coal cars loaded in
the Fairmont region yesterday. The
totals were: East, $50; west, Il. There
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