The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-05


boats arc generally having no diff
Guilty IN getting coal carroes. Loading
y heavy and the docks on Saturday
dumped 1850 cars; which is the rec
ord for the season.
Boats lined. up on Tuesday II is ess
dmated would take l,os5 cars. The
railroads had 1874 cars Of coal in
port and 1880 cars in port on Monday,
making 20r614 cars In sight. The coal
movement is on to Duluth, 500 and
Montreal.
Wreck suspends Work.
A wreck along the Morgantown and
Wheeling railroad on Tuesday night
IN which the engine and several
freight cars were detaiied tied up
operations along SCOTS Run yester-
day.
Other Shipments.
Yesterday there were 81 loads sent
on the division for Curtis Bay. This
was only four shy OF Tuesdays load
ing for Curtis Bay, which totaled 90
loads, and was the heaviest loading
to that point since May Is, when 1853
loads were loaded.
Among the other shipments were
the following: st. Georges, 2s cars,
which was the largest since May IS,
when 30 cars were loaded for that
point; Michigan points,,6 cars; Ohio
points, 3 cars; miscellaneous points,
z cars.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties on the Monongah division
today are 3.1o1. Cars left over from
the previous day number 846. The
cars today are classified as follows:
Coal, 2,975; coke. 1; surplus NJ. v. T.,
125. The placement at o'clock this
morning was 1907.
Working Conditions.
Today there are 1874 mines idle on
the division, which Is four more idle
than yesterday. Last Thursday there
were 1913 idle; two weeks ago, 1873;
three weeks ago. 127; four weeks ago,
14s.
Keeney In City Today.
c. F. Keeney, Charleston, presi-
dent of District IL, United Mine Work.
ers, is In Fairmont today. having ar
rived this morning from Cincinnati,
o. Mr.. Keeney did not confer yester.
day with Rembrandt Peale, New York
city, who represents the labor matters
for the United States fuel administra.
ton in regard to cheap railroad fuel
and its danger OF cutting the miners
wages, because Mr.. Peale was unable
to be in Cincinnati.
While in that city Mr.. Keeney con.
ferred with. ]. L. Lewis. Indianapolis,
vice president of the United Mine
Workers, and the pair were success
full in having the Solvay Galleries
company sign up the contract to rec
ognize the United Mine Workers. This
is the last of the large companies
along Paint creek in the Kanawha
fields to sign up the contract and as
matter OF fact all operations along
Paint creek are signed up so that this
section is under 100 per cent. The,
Solvay Galleries company has opera.
tons at Kington and Keeferton.
New Operations at Page.
Shipments have started from the
operattons/of the LoDp Creek Collier.
les company at Page. w. Va, which
are located on Boards Fork of the
Virginian. railroad. There are 1000
acres Of Kanawha coal accessible to
the two mines opened.
United Mine Workers.
Morgan L. Lewis, International or
ganizer, and Lawrence Bramlet, inter-
national board member, are in Philip
pi today.
Joe Angelic, international organizer.
is at zeising today.
John custolac, district organizer, is
along the Clarksburg line today.
j. L. Ballard, International organi.
ger, is at Monon today.
Government Coal Bids.
Bids for coal needed By the United
States Navy to cover its needs for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, were
submitted May 20, but there were not
a sufficient number to cover the ton