The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-06
TALK WITH HINES
DUE TO CONE OIL
THIS AFTERNOON
Director General Promises
That Final Decision
Will Be Made.
RAILROADS NEED COAL
Have Been Confiscating
Coal on Their Lines
Lately.


problem will be made today when the
subcommittee Of the National Coal
association will meet Walker d.
Hines, director general OF railroads,
at Washington, d. c. For several
weeks the members of the sub-com-
mtttee have been in Washington
awaiting an opportunity TO confer
with Mr.. Hines but there was just
one interruption after another to In
terfere. 1t is understood that Mr..
Hines has promised the operators
that the decision arrived at at this
conference would be final. The meet
ing will be held at 4 o'clock this at
ternoon and probably will continue
over until Friday.
No noticeable change has beer no.
ticed In the Fairmont region, while
practically no sales were made ie-
cetnly, what were made held UP to
the government figures. The average
loading day is about 500 loads and
probably half Of that is going out as
railroad guel. It Is the general i'm
preston that railroads are short on
fuel because quite frequently recently
they have been confiscating cars Of
ocal.
Today's Cars.
There are 2,719 cars in the Fair
mont region today. or this number
1914 are coal and five coke cars. The
placement at o'clock this morning
was 1,341.
Working Conditions.
Today there are 1853 mines idle
along the Monongah division of fhe
Baltimore and Quo railroad. There
are 534 unconsigned cars on the di-
vision TODAY. The number Of uncol-
signed loads yesterday were a..
To Hav- .'stion.
Furniture OF tl' of the district
GFm0I H..shrdluppupu
representative -6i United States
Fuel administration in the Jacobs
building will be sold on Friday. Feb.
ruary IA.
East Of Grafton.
Fest Of Grafton on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad yesterday 637 loads
were drawn Of which 44o were coal.
on Tuesday 400 loads were drawn OF
which number 261 we're coal.
In Charleston.
q. B. Williams, local representative
Of the United States Railroad admin.
istration, Is, on business trip to
Charleston.
United Mine Workers.
4 w. F. Ray, district board member, is
at Bretz today.
Sam Ballantyne, International board
bebzer, is at Reynoldsville today.
Yesterdays Loading.
"A total OF 496 cars were loaded yes
terday. There were 419 cars east and
80 west. The total coal was 451 and
coke 1. Tie eastward traffic was 41S
coal and / coke and westward 80 coal
and no coke Thirty four Of the loads
were unconsigned.
Railroad Quits.
Operators on the Twin Mountain
and Potomac railroad, between Key.
ser and Burlington, has suspended be-
cause Of the reduction in the output
O1 eI4Co,i VlOpSS palh d11u lttMUSA. Ell
ten years the railroad had been in
operation and it Is reported that the
stockholders have dropped $4,000
in losses. E. A. Russell, who had been
manager OF the road has come to
Fairmont and is now secretary Of the
Fairmont and Cleveland Coal COM
pany.
j. L. Bsllard, international organ
izer, is at A)mina. near Morgantown
today.
Nick,Aiell, district board member, is
at Nutter fort, near Clarksburg.
John Custalac, district organizer, is.
in the Clarksburg section.
James Diana. district board member.
was at Ioa May last evening.
At Shtnnston Opera House last
night $50 United Mine Workers at
tended 4 mass meeting. G. F. Keeney
Of Charleston, president Of district II.
United Mine Workers, delivered stir
ring addressin which he urged the
miners to adhere to their contract.
Nine miners unions were represented.