The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-07
Change Date for Next
Meeting of Operators
AssO. Directors.
BUREAUS ALL WORKING
Unconsigned Cars on Mon
ongah Division Show
Increase.


ing Railroad company had placed a
contract for $4,000 tons of Fairmont
coal at low prices were ascertained to
be untrue today. According to the ri.
mors Philadelphia jobbers had re-
CeiVed the contracts and had placed
them here.
AS matter of fact the letting OF
contracts for railroad fuel has been
held up by Director General OF Rail.
roads Walker D. Hines until more
definite detailed policy can be estab.
lished.
From what can be learned there are
no low priced bids from operators in
the Fairmont field.
Directors Meeting.
It was announced today that the
monthly meeting of the directors OF
the Northern West Virginia Coal Oper.
ators' Association would be deferred
from Tuesday, March IL, to either
March Is or 18th. George K Bell, the
new executive vice president, will at
tend the meeting.
Bureaus Working.
Various bureaus Of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators Asso-
citation are in full operation. Many OF
the details Of the work will be perfect.
ed later, but everything is progressing
nicely as starter.
Today's Cars.
The total number of cars in the re.
giOn today are 2,S12. They consist of
2,S01 coal and II coke cars. Cars left
over from the previous day are 7S5.
The placement at Z o'clock this morn
ing was 1884.
Working Conditions.
Mines in the Fairmont region con.
tinue to work two to three days
week. Today there are 1856 mines idle,
Last Friday and>the Friday the week
before there were 155 mines down.
While for the two weeks prior to that
the total down were 1863.
Yesterdays Loading.
Yesterday there were 5SS cars load
ed. The total number Of unconsigned
cars on the Monongah division of the
B, & o. was 1868. Yesterday Sc addt.
ttonal unconsigned cars were added to
the total of Wednesday.
The movement in coal yesterday
was 500 loads of which 463 went east
and 81 west. Two cars of coke went
eastward.
Railroad Fuel.
Cars Of fuel sent to railroads yester.
day were 246 loads. OF this the B. C
o. secured IS, the N. Y. N. H. & H.,
"a and the P. C R., as, these being the
principal consignees.
In Washington.
H. e. Field, of the legal division Of
the United States Fuel administration,
is on business trip to Washington,
D. G.
United Mine Workers.
Joe Angelic, international organi.
ger, and ]. L. Ballard, international
organizer, are visiting three of our
mines along Scott's run today.
Nick Aiell, district board member,
is at Middleton today.
James Diana, district board mem.
Der, is at Meadowbrook where he will
deliver an address tonight to the local
union at that place.
John Custalac, district organizer, is
at Wilsonburg, today.
Tonight Nick Aiell, district board
member, will leave for Charleston.
H. E, Peters, district organizer, is
expected to arrive today from Charles
ton.
The Re-Adjustment.
Commenting on industrial Read.
justment" The Mutual Monthly Maya.
zine, the publication of the Console.
dation Coal company, in part states
the following; MANY industries arc
suffering temporarily because Of over
stocked markets. Markets, which
we're barely equal to the demands of
the war program, because overstocked
markets under peace conditions. Such
industries must Of necessity curtail
their output until the abnormal stock
on the market is absorbed. This means
financial loss to the industry and re.
duced incomes Of employees. Incomes
reduced not by lowering wage scales,
but by part time idleness, If both EN-.
ployer and employee, can, and will,
stand this loss temporarily, and while
so doing remain loyal to the industry
by keeping the organization intact
that industry will be the first to profit
when conditions return to normal, by
reason of being in physical condition
to Immediately resume full production
of high grade product.
when this normal point Of trade is
reached, it is possible that the mar.
ket price of the product may be below
the wartime cost of production, and
to meet the market, certain adjust
ments will have to be made. Now II
labor, in all industries and callings,
becomes more efficient, II 1t gives a
full and honest eight hours to each
working day, the cost Of raw materials
and supplies will dropf the cost OF
operating will materially decrease and
a corresponding reduction In cost OF
production will follow.
"But we must go even farther than
this. We must correct our wasteful,
careless, extravagant habits. We
must save everything which has any
value at all, present or prospective.
We must guard carefully every avenue
of waste Of material, time and energy.
We must give our whole selves to our
work and practice every economy con.
sistent with turning out q perfect
product. X