The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-14
jumped up II cars on Saturday
The Car Supu;y

me Car Supply
cars on the Monongah division to-
usy totaled 1887 which is sIS cars
mort OF last Mondays supply. The
cars are classified as follows: Coal,
1881; coke, Z. The placement at 7
CLOCK this morning was 1890 Cars
lei, ,aI over from the previous day were
a car shortage will probably hit the
region within the next day or two.
Working Conditions
Mines on The Monongah division are
WORKING strong today and there are
cut ~ idle mines the lowest number
since the early winter No mines are
aown because OF car shortage
Will Affect Region.
II the marine strike continues IN
New York city it will insure shipment
rom the Fairmont region to ST.
TeoLge s. the B. & o. pier in New
1ofS city, the Port Reading pier, the
q H. pier in New York city and
PROBABLY other piers in New York and
New Jersey to which the Fairmont op.
orators are shipping.
Rates Reduced.
! Inc public service commission OF
I west Virginia have entered an order
allowing ali interstate railroads in the
state not under the federal control to
reduce their demurrage rates to SO a
Jay at.er the expectation of the As
hours free time for the first four
Gays and So day for each day there.
aIter. The demurrage rate had been
," a day. Railroads under federal
control began lowering the demurrage
on June 20 last.
~, Returning Empties.
| The Baltimore and Ohio railroad ia
returning emptfes from Curtis Bay
inoret rapidly than previously nv run
nlng several long trains of them direct
Grafton. lay ~
While 1t will not affect the empty
car supply materially in the Fairn1ont
region 1t will assist somewhat in aid.
ing the supply. On Saturday night
Two such trains were drawn into Graf.
ton. = '-NO - ~
Legal Opinion on Coal
IN the Monongslia county court
JuaSe Sturgiss has handed down an
cpln:on in the case of Harry Fisher
vs. John w. Polling, trustee. Marcellus
A: Jolliffe, Seymour McIntire, John
w. Polling and the South Pittsburgh
Coal Co. The court holds that the
plaintiff permitted the railroad to build
other than on his land and as he en-.
tered no objection at the time he
waived his rights; that the coal was
Delrg properly mined despite what
the plaintiff claimed; and those oper-
at ng the mine were solvent but that
2 blacksmith shop erected on q road
vas en- obstruction and had to be re-
moved in accordance with the agree
mont with Fisher that 1t would not be
obstructed. Glasscock & Glassock OF
Morsantown and NJ. w. Ogden of Fair.
mont, represented Polling ct al. 1t is
forty acre tract of Pittsburgh coal at
Almina, Monongalia county.
United Mine Workers
Sanford Snyder, information organic
er is in Grant Town today.
Yesterday afternoon Sanford Snyder
international organized addressed 300
miners at rGant Town.
John W. Brown. international or
eanizer will tonight address a meet
ing Of miners at Mt. Clare, Harrison
county.
Joe Angelic. international organizer
is today at his home in Bridgeport,
10.
Isaac Scott, international travelling
auditor today in Montana Mines.
Ira Marks. district board member is
in Charleston today attending a meet.
ing of the district board.
c. F. Keeney, Charleston. president
of district II, United Mine Workers
will arrive in Fairmont Tuesday or
Wednesday and start a membership
campaign to sign upIthe coal operators
along SCOTS Run, Elkins, Kingwood,
and ygart's Valley Fields.
Must Increase Output
| T. L. Lewis. secretary of the New
River Coal Operators Association
says that the United States will have
to produce one and one half million
tons of coal week above the normal
to meet the fuel demands OF the
world.
Lake Situation.
Reports from Cleveland, Ohio. indl-
cate that there will be a rather heavy
buying along the Great Lakes by Au-
gust 1. During the past week a num-
Der Of inquiries have been made and
small orders have been placed. A
let UP in the coal movement last week
was felt on the lakes. 1t is expected
that the grain movement on the lakes