The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-25


coal Is not being ordered very neaff
~ this time car shortage which con-
TIMED today and the general cireuia !;
ton Of miners strike win stittep
the market somewhat,
A more serious effect was felt IN
market conditions late this afternoon
and mine run dropped 70 $2.25 ton.
This was due to- the fact that coal for
mefly used by the steel plants is be-
ing thrown on the open market and
competition with 1t has affected prices
of Fairmont as well as other Goals.
Wednesdays Production.
Coal production in the Fairmont re-
gion ran light on Wednesday and only
$40 cars focal and coke we're pro-
duced. OF this s66 cars we're coal and
four cars were coke.
On the Monongah division OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad theer we're
6S6 cars Of coal and four cars Of coke
loaded, while on the Monongahela Rail-
way there were $50 cars of coal load
ed. OF the four cars OF coke there
were two cars loaded east and two
cars loaded west.
Daily Car Supply.
Empties are shy on the B. & o.
railroad today and the total number
las diwndled down to 917 and the
placement fell to Ills. There we're 81
cars left over from Wednesday. To-
days car shortage is responsible for
twenty-fouT mines being idle due to
car shortage.
Today there is 100 per cetn run
of empties on the Monongahela Rail-
way and there viii also be a full
run ON Friday. The early morning
placement today was 205. There are
200 cars in sight today for Fridays
loading.
Coke ovens Close.
Two coke ovens Of the Frick Com
pany have closed down along the
Monongahela Railway at Brownsville,
Pa, this week due to the steel strike.
Wednesdays Shipments.
Coal loaded east on the B. & o.
railroad yesterday totaled 571 cars
and that loaded west was 70 cars.
Curtis Ba Shipments were ISL cars,
which was somewhat shaded when
compared with Molda and Tuesday,
which ran -276 and 24S cars, respect
lively. Shipments to St. Georges
yesterday were cars.
other shipments over the B, & Q,
railroad on Wednesday were as fol-
lows: Lakes, 10 cars; Michigan
points, II cars; miscellaneous points,
% cars; loaded by wagon mines, 2
cars
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments O. nWed-
nesday dropped down to 100 cars,
which has been teh lowest for long
time. The present conditions may be
tying up some spot business.
Predictions are made that there
NAV be a temporary hull in the coal
industry, but operators generally be-.
lieve the price of coal will eeVn go
higher.
East Of Grafton yesterday the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad drew laS
loads.
No coal was diverted over the F.
M. & P. and Connellsville route yes
terday.
Grafton Man Hsre.
A Leuthardt of the Davis Coal
Mining Company, Grafton is n Fair
mont today
Work on a number of ore docks al
the receiving ports on the upper lakes
has been suspended according to In,
formation from Cleveland. The steel
strike affected unloading at the plants
at South Chicago and Indiana Har-
Dor and only. two rigs were operated at
Gary, Ind Two docks at Buffalo were
shut down as the power, which was
furnished by the steel plants were cut
of. The dock at the Cleveland fur
mace was idle. While the lake unions
have not taken any action on the steel
strike in the way of extending sym.
patty the shutting off of orders is
causing the docks storing space to be
exhausted and soon the whole works
will close, and the boats will cast
anchor.
From last reports there was a lot
of ore afloat on Lake Erie and the re-
oeipts since last Saturday had been es-
pecially heavy. There is considerable
grain movement on Lake Michigan.
Supply of coal tonnage is about
equal to the demand, but the move
ment continues light. There were 81
$50 cars at the lake front on Monday
morning.
Release of several Reading coal
bafges has relieved the coal short
age at Boston.
Department Of Justice agents are
Investigating alleged activities OF coal
company officials in the Illinois strike.
1t is claimed that two large coal com
panies assisting in promoting and IL
nancing the strike.
United Mine Workers in their re-
cent national convention endorsed the
Plumb plan for railroads.
Anthracite strikes resulted in an
Increased demand for soft coal at Buff
falo, N. Y.
Eastern and western. Kentucky coal
fields are in need Of more coal cars
Enough coal to supply the world for
fifty years is said to lie close to the
surface in Alaska.
Omaha dealers are now handling
Kentucky coal and selling 1t at $1S a
ton.
Representatives of fifteen unions
have endorsed Thomas G. Curtis for
chairman of the State WofRmen's
compensation Of New York state
board to succeed the late John Mitch=
ell. Curtis is deputy state industrial