The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-21

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CIosor. co-operatiSu OF rsNroads and
coal opeTItors Is meaning much for
THE FairmOnt coal district. There is
a. question about it. II is evidenced
On every hand The extra effort De
lag made ~ take FairmOnt coal TO
.Curtis Bay is one OF the evidences Of
the profit Of cooperation for With 500
,or 9e9 cars in service between the
.MononEan division'OS the Baltimore &
Ohio and CuTtic Bay the cars can be
used twice TO once that was possible
when shipping coal via the Ru,hcr
ford gateway. II is possible to make
the direct haul to Curtis Bay empty
Tie cars andlget them back here ana
,i5laise a second SroGhd trip while cars
make the journey eastward via Ruth
;eFtOre The coal operators Of this
Region do not want TO pass up the
Rutherford gateway, which is the nat.
.lfsai outlet 10 market, but at tines
like the rapid return OF cars which is
Possibie from Curtis Bay is a great
factor.
OF one hundred and sevenly.hve
mines reporting in this region today
eleven are not working because OF no
ca supply. Two thousand two hun.
dred and seven employees Of the eleV.
er mines are idle with a loss OF H..
las tons Of caol. Just 1925 cars were
rsGGySd, including 1853 coal cars. 51i
coke cars aAd ia privately owned
Mines on the MOnOngGfela road had
mo cars.
"MOthSr" Jones steps AZ Strike.
Mother" Jones is crCdit1l witt ap-
pearine in a Now role. that Of a
stTike.eIdsE The t0k in coal circles
is that The eiEhty- eight-year-old wom-
an orator. whose fame extends to AN
parts % the United States and Cana.
da. was responsible for the sudden
termination Of a strike Of coal miners
at Seropts, near Morgantown, this
week.
Mother" Jones who was In Clarks-
burg Thursday night. modestly declin.
ed TO take the hOnOrs which current
talk has set uDon her head.
"Of course we don't want the min.
ers to strike in war times" she said
at vas all a Misunderstanding
Mother" Jones went on TO talk
about the danger of PrO-Germans
starting such trouble in the mines and
this led to an investigation which de.
velopcd that there was some idea that
there was such a connection at the
strike at the Serepta mine for a time.
The impression was set deeply enough
for the matter to have been taken up
with Stuart L. Walker who stood
ready 10 swear out warrant had thai
developed to have been the case. Il
is now believed that Mother" JoneA
has the right dope and that It was
simply q Misunderstanding
James Diana, a member OF the
board OF directors Of the organiZat ION
in the seyenteeuth district, accompa.
MED Mother" Jones Nhen seen at
Clarksburg and the two were waiting
for an auto 10 take them to I'LL a
speaking engagement. When quss!
toned regarding the strike he spoke
OF q similar trouble at the mines OF
The, Bertha Coal company, near Nor.
gantOTn, s9'Ve days ago, which was
a different affair. There is said to
have been a third strike dcwn that
way at the mines Of the Quality Ce-
ment company. None OF the strikes
lasted for any length Of time.
There is some trouble at WhsOnbVrg
where it is reported that the miners
union was not organized properly, and
that the dollars taken for membership
are being returned W. NJ Rogers
spent Thursday afternoon at Clarks.
,buFg but was not there in that con-
nectiOR having. another engagement.
c6al Notes.
Sixteen wagon mines in the vicinity
OF Phllipgl complain that they have
had a lits suBply Of bsK cars recent.
VI and IL is Rllzzling to students OF
the Ecoal situGtl5a % i other wagon
.mlhes 10 tie FSiEInOAt r6Ei6n have
Soan having a Rif supply. The com
ll6int 'sPel ifieS that the rai3TOad he's
been I'D box .OaTsN riglt by Phil.
ippi to. dokhaahOl Whole the cars
were often permit led, To-Day idle a day
% 50. TA6SWkg0n mines OF ,the dds.
tri6t,' WtidS iS3 ~ lye and a han Icoun-
tles rQf &coTtFI 10 ftlleFn West V1l|GtRias,
are d6tSg wellfand have been shipping