The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-26
TO !.
PAYPRICE FOR
GOAL RECEIVED.
Forms Issued to Which OPP
orators Swear to Price
and Tonnage. !.
NO PAYMENT DATE GIVEN
Only Thirty-Five Per Cent
Of Miners at Work
Today.
NO PAYMENT DATE Given

Railroads are showing q fairer
disposition to settle for the coal that
was confscated during the coal strike
recently and today a series of forms
we're received by a number Of COM
panies including the Philadelphia and
Reading, Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania railroad companies.
The form must be sworn today, set
ting forth the. exact tonnage and the
price.
For some weeks the railroads, or
at least a number of them. endeavor-
ed to pay no more Than the govern
ment price Of the region-$2.5e for
mine run and $2.75 for lump coal.
Some of the coal that was confiscated
was export fuel, and the amount due
the operators above the government
price ranges anywhere form ninety
cents to $1.25 ton.
The tie-up on the part of the rail-
roads has statred to work hardship
on the coal operators Of this section,
and already many Of the small com
panies have been thrown up against
il, resorting to the local banks to
bridge them over until the railroads
make payments. The complaints have
been so numerous against the "pooS
pay" tactics Of the railroads that ap-
aprently effort will be made to try
and pay the claims, although the rail-
roads gave no assurance or indication
as to what date they will do this.
Men Scarce Today.
! Probably only thirty-fve per cent
of the miners are at work today at
| the mines in the Fairmont district.
THE miners are taking the day on US
| a follow upof Christmas. Naturally
the production in the region today
will be very light, probably not reach
ing the $50 car mark.
| Cars More Plentiful.
With Christmas day allowing extra
| time to bolster up the car supply the
Monongah division Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad today has 1885 cars
in the region. The Racement early
this morning was 1,235. Cars ordered
/ by the mines along the division totaled
/ 1864 today Cars left over from the
previous day are u.
Today cars on the B. & o. railroad
are classified as follows Open, 1880;
coke, S.
Cars in the West Virginia district OF
the Monongahela railway today ran
twenty-five per cent. There were 146
placed N Wet Virginia by O'Clock
! this mor:GIzg while 267 cars were
placed in the Pennsylvania districS:
Wednesdays Production.
! Production in the Fatrmont region
on Wednesday fell to Al. cars OF coal
| and coke-414 cars of coal and'1 car Of
coke.
Mines along the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
| Wednesday loaded 269 cars of coal and
coke-266 cars Of coal and one car ol
coke.
Operations on tie Monongahela rail.
way in West Virginia on "wednesday
produced 179 cars Of coal in the West
Virginia district and 60 cars in the
Pennsylvania district.
No coal was produced on Christ
mas day on either the B. & o. or Mo.
nongahela railroads.
Daily consianmeuts.
On Wednesday these consignmentt
we're made OF the Monongah division
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad;
Coal loaded east, 22S loatls coal load
I'd west, 40 loads; coke loaded west
| cat 4cGded by wagon mines, 3 cars;
Csurtls Bay shipments, q cars; Ohio
points, 6 cars; Michigan points, Il
cars; miscellaneous points, % cars.
Railroad Fuel,
Railroad fuel shipments on We'd
nesday OF the Monongah division o.
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were
5S cars. The largest consignment was
received by the Boston and Maine
railroad, which was q cars. All otheI
consignments were greatly reduced.