The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-14
BIZ 0. OFFICIALS
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visit the individual mines to investi-
gate complaints about movement.
Today's Cars,

Today's Cars.
Production will be cut down today
with but $50 cars in the region and OF
this number As were left over from the
previous day. Today's cars on the B
& o. are classified as follows: Open,
672; coke, IL. There were 1,51f cars
ordered by the mines on the division
for today.
On the Monongahela railway today
there is q fifty per cent. car supply.
None of the mines have been forced
to be shut down because OF lack OF
cars. AS yet nothing new has been
learned of the coal cars which the p
& L. e. road is to secure from the
Railroad administration. This morn
ing at z o'clock there were 17S cars
placed. There are 70 cars in Sight for
tomorrow with q 20 per cent. place.
ment for tomorrow's loading.
Assigned Car Dope.
Rumors are stirring today that the
railroads will go back to assigned car
methods Nothing definite has been
announced, but the rumors are to the
effect that the railroads are thinking
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cure cheap coal.
Operators say they will resist. ons
prominent operator said today, They
had chance to secure coal at fair
prices months ago, but tried to beat
the price down by failure to order.
Now that the car supply is short they
hope to secure cheap coal by the as
signment plan"
Operators feel generally that IL the
railroads cannot get the coal they
have contracted for they should resort
to confiscation which would mean tina!
the railroads would have to come
across with the market price.
Coal Production.
Coal and coke production in the
Fairmont region yesterday was 999
loads. Actual coal produced was 9S7
cars OF coal and 6 cars of coke. On
! Wednesday the B. & o. railroad pro-
duced SsS cars of coal and cars OF
coke. On the Monongahela railway
yesterday 179 cars of coal were pro-
duced.
Coal loaded east on the B. & o. yes
terday was 761 cars and west IS. Six
cars of coke loaded all went west yes
terday. One car of coal was loaded
by wagon mine.
Curtis Bay Better.
Curtis Bay shipments on Wednes-
day arose to the IT'S car mark. Ex-
port business would be a very big
proposition in this region II adequate
cars could be secured operators say
Other shipments on Wednesday
were as follows: st. Georges, Is
cars; lakes, 80 cars; Michigan points
ia cars; Ohio points, 2 cars; miscel.
laneous points, II cars.
unconsiened Cars.
Today there are unconsigned carr
on the B. &. o. This is one less thar
yesterday.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loaded yesterday to-
IA 1874 loads. Nothing very new hal
b. I. e'iGeuced in this end of the bust
re: 80 IT that the New York, New
Haven & Hartford has been ordering
quit, .e.T tlrlng the past few days
In three a..j I mad 191 cars shipped
to it.
III. jenkins Home.
G. H. jenkins, st cretary and treas
urer of the Hutchinson Coal company
returned today from business trip Il
Philadelphia. He reports that expor
trade is brisk. -
United Mine Workers.
Sanford Snyder, international or
ganizer today is at Mount Clare.
Joo Angelic, international organi
ger, is at Rivesville on business today
]. L. Ballard, international orEanl
ger, will visit mines in the Rivesvill
section today.
Morgan L. Lewis, international or
ganizer, will address mass meeting
at Philippi tonight.
John w. Brown, international or
ganizer, is at Masontown today.
Isaac Scott, international travelling
auditor, today is at Downs.
John Custalac, district organizer, /
In the Clarksburg fields today.
Illinois Miners Strike.
At Belleville, ILL.,, yesterday after
noon delegates reported to represen
$4,000 striking Illinois coal miner
met and decided to formulate plans 70
carrying on unified statewide strike
The gathering was held in defiance o
the state union officials and has sprea
all over the state. The strike bega
in the Bellevllle region.
Strike leaders say that 1t will lea
to a reorganization OF the Unite
Mine Workers of Illinois. The strik
ers demand a higher wage scale, op
position having been brought abou
when Frank Harrington, president G
district IL, Springfield, Instructed tn
miners 10 return to work under tn
wartime agreement and take up tn
wage demands later. Mines in tn
Belleyille district were reported i'd
today although four locals have vote
to return to work.
Elkhorn Dividends.
Directors Of the Elk Horn Coal Cor
poration have declared the regula
quarterly dividends Of III per cen
on both the common and preferre
stocks. Both are payable Septembe
IL to>stock of record September q
, The regular quarterly dividend Of
per cent. has been declared on Ii
; stock Of the wayland OIL land Ga
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