The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-04
alals as well as those of other rail-
cnaI MoYement Here

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Coal Movement Here.
On the M. R. branch of the B. & o.
on Tuesday and Wednesday there were
965 cars of coal handled. On Tuesday
there were 525 cars and yesterday
there were $40.
United Mine Workers.
] L. Ballard, international organi-
ger, is today in the Elkins field.
c. F. Keney, Charleston president
of district II, and Nick Aiell, district
board member, are in Century today.
John Custalac, district organizer,
81 in Bingamon today.
/ Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer, is today in Morgantown.
H. E. Peters, district organizer, Is
in Rivesville today.
Mr.. Snyder Going.
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer of the United Mine Workers,
will leave Fairmont tomorrow evening
for Athens O., where he will visit
hsi home. Later he will attend the
national meeting of the United Mine
Workers at Cleveland. He goes as an
international organizer from sub-dis-
trict /, of district 6, o. NJ. W., which
has its headquarters in Columbus, o.
Lake Situation.
Coal receipts during August were
cut to pieces due to the labor trou-
bles at the head of Lake Superior,
which greatly reduces the gain made
during the early part of the season. II
is reported that the Tomlinson COM
many docks at Duluth handled but ST.
100 tons of anthracite in August COM
pared with 219,60O tons last season,
The fleet only delivered 520,5OO tons
of bituminous last month and in Au-
gust, 1918, the two ports received l.
$4,000 tons.
Duluth and Superior up to Septem-
Der / received 662,700 tons Of anthra-
cite, which is a decrease Of III. 900
compared with the same time last
season, when the docks handled 1885,
700 tons. Receipts of soft coal up to
September were 100000 tons. That
is an increase OF 43O,5O0 tons over the
same time in 1918, when the two ports
received 4,571,50O tons. There has
been big let-up in the movement, and
unless the dock trouble is settled soon
the increase will be wiped out this
month.
Ore carriers will be delayed several
days as receipts we're heavy on Sun
day and Monday. There was a large
number of vessels on the waiting list
when activities were resumed on Tues
day. Grain movements are light and
will not require much capacity until
about ten days hence.
1t is understood that II the former
dock hands do not soon come to work
that effort will be made to secure new
help and effort will be made to unload
the coal boats.
Screened to Slack.
Miners have no fixed plan for ma
tionalization but seek to have mines
"democratically managed" states the
American Coal Journal.
Thousands OF ducks flying sou'h
over Central Kansas has been inter-
preted as meaning that this Country
will be visited by winter early this
year.
One of the largest companies formed
in Southern West Virginia recently
is the Barnsdall Coal company, capt.
talized at one million dollars. New
smokeless fields will be opened up. 1t
is Pittsburgh capital.
ID afna CobVYalftoo Fn=Ultn0 IN
West Virginia during July, six OF whom
were killed in the explosion at Cars
we'll mine Of the Houston company in
Mcdowell county.
James McSherry, assistent general
superintendent Of the Equitable Coal
and Coke company, DuQuoin, ILL.,, re-
Gently made a trip from that place to
johnson City by airplane 20 transact
business.