The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-16
Shortage Likely TO Hit Fair
mont Region Wednes-
day.
SPECIAL PAY
Miners Receiving Their IA
Per Cent Separately
Today.

Car supply today held up fairly
we'll on both the Monongah division
Of the Baltimore and Ohio and Mo
nongahela Railroad. Or the B. & O..
railroad there are 1920 cars in the
region, with the placement cut down
to 1.119. While some OF the mines
couid use more. cars, none of them
we're totally down because OF made
Quate cars. Today's cars on the B. q
10. are classified as follows: Open,
1884, coke, eight. Cars left over
from the previous day are 436. Mines
along the Monongah division today
ordered l,GOj cars
In the West Virginia division Of
the Monongahela Railway today there
are 287 cars placed. in the Pcnnsyl-
yania district there are 413 cars plac-
tod In both districts full run is on.
The indications are that the car
supply will be short on both the B. &
10. and MonongaheIa railroads on
Wednesday and the supply wiz grow
smaller as the end of the week nears
unless a flow of empties from The
west not expected shows up. The
Monongahela Railway does not eX-
pect more than a fifty per cent sup
Iply on Wednesday.
Daily Production.
Production in the Fairmont coal
region on Monday was LASS cars of
coal and -colie--1 ,451 cars of coal and
five cars Of coke.
Ntines.on the Monongah division Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
Monday produced 1,1G2 cars of coal
and coke-1,l57 cars Of coal and FIVE
cars OF coke
Coal produced at the operations in
the West Virginia district of the Mo-
nongahela Railway on Monday total
ed 294 loads.
Production was right fair yester-
day, but with the arrival of wintry
weather the usual handicaps to up
to-the-notch production are being eX-
perienced. The ultimate result is that
the tonnage usually drops off constd-
erably.
On the p. & o. railroad on Monday
there were 6S2 cars of coal loaded
east and 475 cars loaded west.
or the five cars Of coke production
on the b. & 0, on Monday there were
four car loads for the west and one
for the east.
Four cars of coal were loaded by
wagon mines on Monday and one
from storage pile.
Mondays Shipments.
Consignments made off the Monon-
gah division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Monday were as
follows: Michigan points, 116; Ohio
points, $50,
Railroad Fuel
There were 444 cars Of railroad
fuel loaded on the Monongah division
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on Monday. More than half of the
railroad fuel shipments we're taken
by the B. & 0. railroad Itself, with
the P. & R. and the Pere Marquette
also received a good-sized shipment.
Western Diversion.
Coal operators have been selling
coal to western, either railroads or
essential industries, direct and conse-
quently the number of loads of coal
conflscated has been decreased great
!ly On Monday there were but 100
loads OF coal Confiscated in the Fair
mont section.
Mr.. Jenkins I'll,
For several days G. II, jenkins,
president of the Northern West Vir-
gInia Coal Operators association, has
been i'll at his home, 514tPittsburgh
avenue. Mr.. Jenkins has not fully
recovered from a severe cold he con-
tracted while in Washington, D. c.,
attending q directors meeting of the
National Coal association last week.
a Special Pay Day.
In order that the miners will not
be boliged to wait until the next pay
day to receive the fourteen per cent
increase en- their total pay, the Con-
solidation Coal company today OBJ
served an extra pay day. The four
/ teen per cent increase was apid sepa-
rately, the regular pay day having
been observed last Saturday. The
! next regular pGH gay u the ConSOu-
datlon Ccal cowpany s'iii be on Tues
Cay, Decenhar -. which will enable
+ tho 1alaa1g 10 tsssiy: thc;r money be-
/ fore GrrlSr51t ja1.
! (;Eitcl :f:rle Workers.
! John CDstala. district organizer,
lis IN Carolina today.
| J. L. Ballard, International organ
! tConlInuea oil rage iour.j