The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
Production Records in
Fairmont Region Brok-
en- in October.
ALMQST 2,0OO,0O0 IlNS
Miners Generally Kept at
Work All Day Yes
terday.

Strike talk ana every ehVlt Oh .AS
part Of coal users to be well supplied
before the big strike took effect slim
ulated business in the Fairmont fields
during October with the result that
! production records were slashed to
pieces-October producing more coal
than any month in the current year.
The regional production was 1,S4l,
400 tons Of coal and 122 cars OF coke
This is 1850 tons heavier than the
regional production of the Fairmont
region for the month of September
Records on the Monongah division o.
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were
shattered-the production having been
1,4S4, $50 tons of coal and 122 cars OF
! coke. This is 14S,S50 tons more of coal
than was produced by the mines along
this division in September Coke pro-
ductlon last month was 29 cars shy OF
that Of September.
+ Coal production on the Monongan
division Of the B. e o. railroad was
lAo,6oa9 tens yhssgle her ~ e.
IN 0ctbber, t9l when there We're ,lj1;
! d t5ns: Coke production In oc-
tober 1918, was 961 cars, which is SSs
cars heavier than last month.
Last month the lMorongahela Rail-
way produced S56,550 tons Of coal o.
t62,se0 tons more than in September,
1919.
Yesterdays Production.
with the strike oVershadowing the
coal fields the production was Cut
somewhat yesterday, but as whole
the miners remained rather faithfully
and the mines along the Monongah d.
vision Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road produced 1,O56 loads. OF this
nine cars were coke.
For the five days OFFS the present
week there were 6,337 carloads OF coal
mined on the Monongah division,
which is but GA cars shy Of the heayi7
est weekly loading Of the year, that
being last week. The five days OF this
week saw a production that was heay-
Ter than the six days ending October
IS. ~,
There were S4S cars Of coal loaded
east and 202 loaded west on Friday on
the B. & o. railroad. Nine cars gof
coke were loaded, eight cars for the
east and one for the west. &.
Yesterdays Shipments.
Shipments over the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Friday were as fol-
lows. Curtis Bay, 1853 cars; st,
| Georges, 12 cars; Lakes, So cars
Michigan points, II cars; Ohio points,
so cars; miscellaneous points, IS cars.
There weer three cars unconsigned2 ON
the division this morning. Two cars
of coal we're loaded by wagon mines
yesterday.
Daily Car Supply.
Although the strike Is on the B. q
o. railroad today has 1,645 cars in the
region the mines having ordered L.
Q25. The cars are classified as fol-
lows: Open, 1,640; coke, 5. The
placement IS t,471, Cars left over
from yesterday we're 77s.
Government Prices.
The former government prices have
again 4 been clamped on according to q
telegr I'M received late Friday after
noon by G. H. Jenkins, resident Of the
MOI hetu West Virginia coal opera
IIitois Association from J.D. A. Nor
r0w, executive vice president Of the
National Coal Association. This will
apply to present deliveries on all con-
tracts made since February l..
The governments figures for the
Fairmpnt region are as follows: Mine
run, $3.50; slack, $2.25; lump, $2.75.
= Embargoes Lifted.
With the coal strike now on the en1-
bargoes have been lifted on all of the
piers. 4 =
on the Monenaahela.
ON the MonongaheIa Railway today
there, were 70 cars placed by q o'clock
this morning. There IS a 100fper. cent,
licar supply. There were 2s1 cars Of
coal loaded there yesterday. None viii
be place dior Monday, until It is seen
itContinned on page four,
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