The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-02
Committee is Named to
Thresh Out Situation
Friday M t.

Eastern railroads oppose doing away
with assigned cars for railroad tuei
and pretend that they are alarmed lest
they might not get sufficient coal
under such an arrangement and. in
the event Of getting enough fuel. fear
that it would not be OF the proper quail
ity.
Coal operators and the Federal Fuel
Administration guarantee railroads
that with the adoption of the new pol
icy sufficient fuel Of the proper quail
ity Will be provided for the railroads
It is believed that the railroads are
hiding the real purpose OF their oppo-
sition to the plan suggested by the
directors OF the National Coal Assoct-
alton and endorsed by the Central
west Virginia Coal Operators Associ-
alton and other local organizations in
an effort TO secure coal below the gov
ernnent price. using assigned cars as
the club with which to force operators
in line.
It was charged at the conference
held in Washington yesterday that eli
forts we're being made by the Baiti-
more & Ohio and possibly BIZ other
railroads to make contracts for fuel
below the government price and that
coal operators we're e1deavoriug to Sc
cure contracts at less than the gov
eminent price
Yesterdays Conference.
The conference held in Washington
yesterday in which representatives of
eastern railroads met with represen-
tatives OF coal operators from the va
rious fields in West Virginia, Mary
land and Pennsylvania in an effort to
assist the government in the handling
Of the coal situation brought no direct
results.
A committee was appointed, which
consists OF representative Of every
railroad concerned and a representa-
tive operator from each coal field,
which will meet next Friday morning
at ten o'clock - Washington in an
effort to get together on some sug-
gestion to the National Fuel Admins
tratfon regarding railroad fuel.
This committee includes three Fair
mont men among the operators. not
10 count F. ". Wiltshire, Of the Con-
solidation. who might be Included in
the list. Northern West Virginia has
other representatives on this COM
nittee, having better represented IN
the conference yesterday than any
other coal region. having about TWEEN
~ leading operators at the meeting.
The committee:
Fai-mont- c. H. jenkins.
CIarksburg-T. Z. Goecke.
Coal & Coke-R. B. Isner.
Preston county,: H. Gilbert.
SCOTS Runs: D. Brady.
MaryIand-F. W. Wiltshire.
Irwin & Guyana. Lee Hutchinson.
Kanawha-W. NJ Pickett.
X. & M.-Robert Buka.
SmokeIess-T. F. Farrell.
Tilacker-Kuper Hood
The meeting was called to order by
J. D. a. Morrow. distributor for the
fuel administrator and secretary Of
the National Coal Association. DR.. II.
A. Garfield. Federal Fuel administra-
tor, was introduced and among other
things stated that he has been a dt-
rector Of a coal company for fifteen
years and that this company had min
ed $780, 900 tons OF coal annually, which
is taken as a reply to the charges
OF Senator Lodge that the fuel situa-
ton was being handled by anna
tours" Mr. Morrow has recently
been given assistant distributors. one
representing coal operators and the
other railroads, both OF which we're In
troduced- a. ". Galloway. of the Da-
Wis Goa! & Coke Company. a West Viz
ginia enterprise. IS the coal man and
F. n. Whitaker. Tice-president OF the
c. & o. railroad IS the railroad man.
F. NJ Field. president Of the Pitts
burSh Coal Company. was named IS
chairman OF the meeting and Gee ( :
c. Macintosh. West Nir5inian, " as
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