The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-29
MINERS HERE WILL
CELEBRATE LABOR.
DAY GENERALLY.
Five Distinct Observances
in the Region on
Monday.
CAR SUPPLY IS POOR
nr. c.1
Miners Have Strike on in
splint Coal Section of
the State.

Labor Day celebrations will be
quite general in the Fairmont region
next Monday, among the United Mine
Workers of America. Celebrations
will take place in Grant Town, Mo-
nongah, Pennington, Junior and Elk
ins Speakers from the Fairmont Of
flee of the United Mine Workers will
deliver addresses. Work will be sus-
pended in the mines during the day.
Car Supply Oft.
Only 500 cars are on the Monongah
division of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad today The placement has
sunk down to the $50 mark with but
II cars left over from Thursday. To-
days loading on the division will not
total more than 700 cars. AS result
of shortage on the division thirty one
mines are closed down today. Today's
cars on the B. G o. are classified as
follows: Open, 790; coke, 10.
The car supply on the Monongahela
railway today is running but 30 per
cent. The placement at o'clock was
124. There are so cars in sight today
for Saturdays loading. No mines are
idle today because of car shortage, but
the percentage going to the mines Is
very much limited as the figures indiv
cate. The probabilities are that the
car supply on the Monongahela rail-
way on Saturday will run only from 10
to 20 per cent.
Regional Production.
In the Fairmont region yesterday the
production was 1,133 cars of coal and
coke. The coal totaled 1,127 cars and
the coke cars.
Along the B. & o. 944 cars of coal
and coke were loaded. Coal produced
was 93S cars while coke was cars.
On the Monongahela railway on Thurs
day there were 1S9 cars Of coal pro-
duced.
On the B. & o. yesterday S74 cars
of coal were loaded east and 64 west
The entire six cars of coke loaded on
the division were to the west.
Thursdays Shipments.
Shipments to Curtis Bay yesterday
were 94 cars. st. Georges shipments
yesterday totaled 90 cars. picking up
seven cars over the previous day.
Lake shipments have dwindled to al
most nothing during the present week.
Three cars were sent to the lakes yes
terday. The total for the four days
to the lakes is 8 cars.
Other shipments were: Michigan
points, 1S cars; Ohio points, is cars;
miscellaneous points, 33 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
On Thursday there were 254 car
loads of railroad fuel shipped off the
Monongah division. The daily total 1s
keeping up fairly well when compared
with the other days of the week. B.
& o., P. & R. and G. of N. j. shipments
ran slight bit heavier yesterday than
on Wednesday.
Lone Uneonslgned carA
A lone unconsigned car of coal is on
the Monongah division today. The
division was free of unconsigned cars
for more than week. With the de-
mand OF coal on unconsigned cars are
almost a thing of the past.
N. & w. Miners Strike.
In Charleston yesterday there were
fourteen committees at the office of
district II, United Mine Workers, from
the Cattaroy section of the coal fields
along the Norfolk and Western rail-
road In an effort to bring about a set
tlement Of the labor troubles in that
section. G. F. Keeney states that a
policy of reconciliation is being resort
ed to between the operators and min
ers.
According to H. E. Peters, district
organizer, who is in charge of the
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