The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-22

h u0nEA QfN4slptl or sAAA'tAss'ts - 900
day combined. This however ~
cars shy Of the first two days ot l.,, .s
week. which totaled Ss409, beng = ~
greatly by production OF l,sss Ss.s
on Monday OF that week. nmore ~
an average Of 1854 Is upheld this skeeN
1t will eclipse the banner weekly pse
ducuon record OF the year, which " ss
week ending October II, when elsss
cars were loaded. With the impeneE
ing strike close at hand and husiness
brisk there is a possibility Of a3'nsM
record being established on the ai9
nongahN division this week.
The Monongahela Railway yestefaAy
loaded 291 cars OF coal along us ms,
\ Tuesdays Shipments. 81
Shipments over the Baltimore eng
Ohio railroad on Tuesday from me
Fairmont region were as tolloWsis
Coal loaded east, 1917 cars; coal LOAD
ed west, 205 cars; total coal loadeQt
1877 cars; coke east, 2 cars; COKE
west, cars; total coke, 5 cars; ~
Georges, 80 cars, which is a decided
increase Of recent shipments; lakes
As cars. which has shown q slight
strength recently; Michigan points
As cars; Ohio points, So cars; mtscel7
laneous points, 50 cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel loads off the B. q u.
railroad on Tuesday totaled 292 cars
which is keeping up well. B. q o..
railroad shipments totaled IA cars
on Tuesday. c. OF ]. dropped from y
to is cars on Tuesday. Cumberland
Valley increased from 10 to IA cars.
New York Central was firm at 3s cars,
but New York, New Haven and Hart
ford increased from 8 to 10 carloads.
Washington and Southern shipments
increased from z to IL cars and Maine
Central mounted from 9 cars to II
cars.
Yesterday there were 10 carloads of
fuel loaded from storage piles along
the division,
United Mine Workers.
Edward Matthews, secretary OF SUB
district 4, United Mine Workers, and
]. L. Ballard, International organizer,
are organizing unions along SCOTS
\ run, Mononalia county.
Sagnford Snyder, international or
ganizer, is adjusting some labor dit-
ferences along SCott's run.
John Custalac, district organizer, to-
day is at Wyatt.
| Guyan Situation.
The next hearing of the investigat-
ing committee appointed by Governor
Cornwell to survey conditions in the
Guyan coal regions, will hold their
next meeting in Huntington on Thurs
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Further
testimony will be taken in regard to
existing conditions into the Guyan Val
ley coal fields and the armed march OF
the miners in their recent attempt to
invade Logan county.
Asks Federal Probe.
According to an interview given out
by C. F. Keeney, Charleston, president
, OF District II, United Mine Workers,
will present in Washington, d, c.,
while there the resolution passed by
the district convention asking for a
federal probe of the existing condi-
tons in the Guyan Valley. The treat
ment of labor organizers will also be
included in the request as matter to
be investigated.
West Virginia senators and repre-
sentatives have expressed willing
ness to ask for the probe, which Presi-
, dent Keeney claims will be the means
relied upon to shed true light on ex-
listing conditions in the Guyan Valley.
A Year Ago In Coal.
III. 3. Field. appointed assistant
district representative of the United
States fuel administration in Fair
mont.
Northern West Virginia Coal oper'
ators' Association made plans to fight
the "flu" by seeking assistance from
Potomac Division of the American
Red Cross Society.
Twenty-Five miners had "Au" at
the Balkan mines at Dola.
Cars numbered lob with place
ment, S13. Total loading, 975 cars
coal, 925 cars; coke, rs cars.
Hundreds of B. & o. trainmen af-
fected with "flu1 at Brunswick, Mar
tlnsburg and Cumberland.
,, Lake Situation.
Etiquette plants are working over
time to furnish the great demand for
this kind of business along the lake
ports and especially in the Superior
Duluth section. The steel strike has
not affected the Superior Duluth sec.
tion and consequently the steamers
going that way for ore cargoes can
bring coal up. Grain receipts are far
below normal.
Screened to Slack,
The steamer Frank o'ConnnF loaded
with 5000 tons of pea coal was burn
ed recently on Lake Michigan. 1t was
loaded at Buffalo, N. Y.
Buffalo is teachingf It's city stokers
how - burn coal properly so as TO
keep so much smoke from going in-
to the air. One in authority says that
the trouble Is due to the fact that
when one kind of coal is mastered in
this regard another composition OF
fuel is spent.
Mexican oil is cutting into the coal
production of the United States,
II. H. Gardiner, Borden Coyel and
George Hemlin, prominent coal men.
served as members of the police force
in Boston during the strike,
Last week tho effects OF the steer
strike were felt il the coal fields II.
the neighborhood Of Johnstown, Pa
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Com
i nany has completed its briuuettfne