The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-18
RGl. ROAD NEElS.
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the outcome OF the threading strike,
Some operators believe that the post
fponement OF the conference with Sec
Rotary OF Labor Wilson until next
Tuesday has an optimistic tone. Some
operators believe that granting a
twenty per cent. increase to the miners
win bridge over strike without con.
eeeding anything on working hours.
Quite a few operators believe that
the demands as a whole will be turned
down. United Mine Workers believe
that Tuesdays conference may affect
a settlement at least they have that
hope retained.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties en- the Monpngah division
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to-
day number zoos and the placement
today is down to 75S. Today's cars
are classified as. follows: Open, 999;
coke, 8. Cars left over from the pre-
vious day number 81. The mines to-
day ordered 1856 cars.
There Is an eighty per cent car
supply on the Monongahela Railway
today with the prospects of an
Eighty per cent car supply on Mon
day. There was a placement OF 2S2
at Z o'clock this morning. There are
25O cars in sight today for Mondays
loading.
Regional Production.
On Friday there was a production
of 1,149 cars OF coal and coke In the
Fairmont region. OF this liza cars.
were coal and cars were coke.
Mines along the Monongah division
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Friday loaded 902 cars Of coal and
coke. There were 1877 cars Of coal and
S cars of coke. There were 6S7 cars
of coal loaded east and 140 cars OF
coal west, while cars Of coke was
loaded west.
There we're 247 cars Of coal loaded
on Friday by the Monongahela Rail-
way.
Fridays Shipments.
Shipments. made over the b. & o..
railroad on Friday were as follows:
Curtis Bay shipments jumped to
165 cars On Friday, which with the
exception of Monday was the heaviest
of the present week. The weekly to-
tai Of Curtis Bay shipments this week
will run close to the 700 mark. which
will be almost double that of last
week.
other shipments were: St. Georges,
"A cars; lakes, Al cars; Michigan
points, 81 cars; Ohio points, 80 cars;
points, 20 ears.
EmbaN>2es Are On.
Embargoes are clamped tight to-
day on Port Reading, Port Richmond,
Greenwich and South Perth Amboy
today on both the B. & o, and Mon
cngahela roads and no coal will be
bound that way appScantly for some
time.
Railroad Fuel
Railroad fuel loads off the B. & o.
on Friday totaled 179 cars.
B., & o. shipments were down to SO
cars. Central of New Jersey slumped
from "a cars on Thursday to IL cars
on Friday, p. & r. shipments dwin-
died from 4S cars on Thursday to SO
cars on Friday. Washington &
Southern secured 4 cars Of railroad
fuel, which is the heaviest Of the
week, which so far aggregate nine
cars The biggest decrease this week
has been noted in the, New York, New
Haven & Hartford shipments, which
to 2 cars yesterday. The
total for tho five days is but IS cars,
which usually is a slim daily showing
for N. Y. N. II. & H. shipments.
Elected rePsldent
Quin Morton, Charleston, was elect
I'd president of the Kanawha Coal OPP
orators Association at meeting held
1t Charleston on Friday.
Miners Convention.
At the biennial convention of the
United Mine Workers of district II,
which closed at Charleston on FRI
lay evening the 400 delegates una1i.
nously voted to adopt the report OF
he scale committee.