The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-07
PROGRESS MADE
ON FUEL QUESTION
AT WASHINGTON
Hines Still Tied Up With
Conferences Over Fate
of Railroads.

While no definite details have beer
announced in regard to the raflroad
rue! situation 1t is apparent that CIV.
|erytn1ng is progressing nicely. Accord.
ing TO a wire received in Fairnoon,
Yesterday from j. D. A. Morrow. sec
., sary OF the National Coal Associa
uon; washington. D. c., the ass6Sia
Ions SUB committee yesterday met
n. 3. Spencer, chairman OF the mr..
enasing department OF the limited
states railroad administrator. and
very satisfactory results have hear u
oDtaned although several points are
Eyet to be cleared up.
Yesterday was the time set for ~.
sub committee to confer with W.,,- ns
-. Hines, director general Of rail
aoaos, but Mr.. Hines was again tied
~ win senatorial business and conld
NOT meet the committee. Homes are
entertained that Hines NAV no reach.
80 tomorrow. A number Of membere
Oh the sub committee are ATTENDING
a. meeting in Columbus, O., today and
no conference is therefore expected
De1ore saturday or probably later.
Yesterdays Loading.
ihere were Sic cars loaded IN tbe
Fatrmont region yesterday. hut ~ tho,
totai 81 loads were unconsigned The
coal loaded yesterday was 4s4 loads
ana the coke l. The total eastward
movement was 451 and the westward
movement "a. The traffic east CON
sisted of $50 coal and / coke and west
81 coal, and no coke. Yesterday one
zone wagon mine was working. Iavins
loaded a car. This makes four for
the week thus far. -
! Working Conditions.
A total of 1863 mines are idle ia.
oay; The unccnsigned cars loaded yes.
terday numbered 81. The total nnm.
ner OF cars unconsigned along the
Monongah division Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad are 5e5
Today's Cars.
There are 1881 cars in the region
today. OF this number 2,506 are coal
and Is coke. The B. G o. for weeks
nave furnished cars galore. but lack
81 orders have kept down the produc.
non 70 such an extent that all of the
cars furnished were not needed.
TO Ship Records Soon.
y: waiter Barnes, state fuel adj
mfntstrator fol West Virginia, TODAY
received wire from the United states
fuel administration. Washington d
O., stating that bills OF ladine have
been sent. These are to be used in
returning certain reports to Washing.
ton, where permanent files will be
kept. It Is expected that the office will
cease to function about March /.
| United Mine Workers
9. +. Keeney, of Charleston, presi.
dent OF district II, United Mine
Workers, will so Il Clarksburg to-
might.
j. L. Ballard, international organ
ger will accompany Mr.. Keeney this
evening to Clarksburg.
Sam Ballantyne, an international
board member, is at Helen's Run to.
day.
John Custalac, district organizer, is
at Enterprise today.
Nick eAiell, district board member,
Is at Meadowbrook today.
The Fairmont office of the United
Mine Worker today received letter
from Joe Angelic. anorganizer, who is
Mt his home in Bridgeport, o., where
all of the members of his family are
down with the "flu." Mr.. Angelic
states that all OF the patients are i'm.
proved.
Sundays Meeting.
Four meetings are scheduled for
Sunday by the United Mine Workers
President G. F. Keeney, OF Charles.
ton, president OF district IL, will adj
idress meeting at Roaring Creel,
Junction Sunday afternoon at one
o'clock.
Mother" Jones will address mass
meeting Of miners at Philippi on
Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mother
Jones left Charleston this morning
and is expected to arrive in Fairmon,
tonight. She will leave Eairmont for
Philippi on Sunday morning at 6:35
O'Clock.
H. e. Peters. who Is in charge OF
the Fairmont office Of the United
Mine Workers, and Sam Ballantyne,
an international board member. will
address a mass meeting at Junior
mine, near Rflington on Sunday after
noon at / o'clock.
A third mass meeting Of miners will
be held at SCOTS Run on Sunday at
ternoon at 2 o'clock. John Custalac
district organizer, will deliyer an ad-
dress.
East Of Grafton.
East Of Grafton on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad yesterday there
were 705 loads drawn Of which zoe
were coal.
Local Company Chartered.
| The Rosebud Coal Mining Com.
pany has been chartered at Charles
ton with a capital stock Of $4,000,
The incorporators are Jacob F.
Straight, 'Trevy Nutter, w. Morgan
Chambers, Edward F. Holbert, anc
| Rosa Kelley. all-o this city.
Directors Chosen.
AT the annual meeting in Baltimor.
yesterday these directors were chosel
| by the stockholders OF the Simpson
Creek Coal company: L. w. Gallo
way, OF New York and Baltimore
Il John II. Manson of New Havan Conn