The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-06

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InIted me . ofIEelss
q Ssott ana Robert ReEeras. OF.
agnI1srs, were a& EsFerspn yesterClay
morning. Last evening they attend.
ed meeting OF the union at KilDrm
Joe Angelic. ogantzer. was at Beth,
lehem yesterday afternoon Las
evening = new union was Organized
at Hughes mine. near Gypsy. These
officers were elected: President, a r
Marlborough: recording secretary,
W 81 HAWKINS; financial secretary,
Howard Holman; treasurer. John R
Jones; mine committee, Dick Satter-
field, Nike Boden and C. R Rush.
Every miner In the Hughes mine join
ed the union, there being IS In mum
her
W. N. Rogers, Of Fairmont, presi-
dent Of the State Federation Of Ia
Dor, and James Diana, organizer. at
tended a meeting OF the union at Star
City last evening
W. F. Ray. organizer. who had
been located here, Is at organization
work in the Big Sandy river district
IN Kentucky.
c. F -Keeney, president Of district
| II, OF Charleston. VIII return to.Fair-
mons on December II.
Fred Mooney. secretay and treas
urer Of district II, of Charleston. viii
arrive In Fairmont on December IS
or DC.
Sam 5aIlantyne. an international
man. vas able to be out doors yester-
daJ. He had been III at The Fair
mont.
2. 7. Wilson, organizer, has re-
timed from Charleston.
James Diana, organizer. Is at the
Owens mines, near Shinnston-
Joe Angelo, organizer, is at Baxter
B. A Scott. organizer, is at Mea-
doWbruok today.
Robert Peters. organizer. is at
Meadowbrook today
A. T. Wilson, organizer, is at Hep
zibah tCttay.
e. 5. Mccullough. is in the Morgan
town district today
A meeting of miners viii be held
at star City on December 10. The
mass meeting will be addressed by
iC. F. Keeney, president Of disttct II.
Charleston
c. w. Van Horn, of Grafton, super
lntendent of the Monongah division
tof the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company, was in Fafrmont yesterday.
9Tcn Arc Stiu Out.
Miners at four of the mines Of the
West Virginia Coal and Coke COM
.pany near Elkins were still out last
night. The trouble Is said OF be over
the Freeport scale.
Car Supply Today-
There are 1892 coal cars IN the re-
gion today. The placement Is LISP.
The cars are classified as follows In
the region today: Open, 1,243: team
track, 80: coke. So
Today'S Report.
OF the III mines reporting today.
mo mines are down. Sixty men are
idle and 900 tons have been lost in
r.oGuctoIn.
Production Division.
Production Inspector George n.
Richardson Is at Marshall mine to-
day
Miss Madge Barnes. stenographer
OF the production division, IS In Nor
gantown today.
Coal Notes.
NJ. L. ONeal, Of Morgantown, su-
per1ntendent or the ConnetISSllle 6a-
sin Coke company. has accepted
position as mine and mill superin-
tendent of the New York PyTftes COM
pany in New York state.
A charter has been granted at
Charleston to the wiimoth Coal COM
pany Of Connellsville, Pa. Its opera
tons will be in Monongalia and Pres
ton counties The fncorporarors are:
&C. S. Pore. J. C. afcClennen. Emanuel
Horvets, S. W. Metz and S R. Cold
smith, ali OF ConneIIsrille.
In regards to the Increase Of the
FLU" the Clarksburg Exponent prints
the following:
Reports from coal operators indi-
cate loss OF from thirty to fifty per
cent In work done at the mines which
is directly chargeable to absence OF
miners on account of influenza Many
of the families are unable to obtain
the necessary help for the care Of
their sick, and men-folks have thus
felt constrained to stay at home"
Alexander Fedeli, contractor on
the Indian Creek and Northern rail-