The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-07
nNONORESNALL
MINES WORKING
N REGION TODAY
Thirty Two Operations, All
Of Them Non-Union
Are Active.
EVERYTHING IS QUIET
Both Sides Looking For
ward to the Outcome Of
Tomorrows Argument.
Nothinr las changed materlalIy in

Nothing mas CnauSeU uAatellaHy AN
the big coal srtlke in Northern West
Virginia today-the sixth day since
z tho coal miners left their WORK in the
mines in union operations. Thtrty-two
mines are working today, presumably
all non-union operations. This Is
gain of two mines over yesterday. All
the operations are said to be small!
ones. The operators gained one on the
Morgantown & Kingwood railroad and
one in the Adrian section along the
Coal and coke railroad.
The work in the 16 mines on the b.
& o. railroad near Buckhannon con-
tinues while the same number are pro-
ducing coal on the West Virginia
Northern railroad. The operations at
/, work today are divided on the various
railroads as follows: Mon0ngah di-
vision of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
.aoad, 16 mines; Morgantown and.
Ktngwood railroad, 12 mines; West
Virginia Northern, 8 mines; Coal and
Coke railroad, one mitle-total' 81
mines.
Daily Statement
C. H. Jenkins, president of the
Northern West Virginia Coal Opera
tors Association, had no formal state
ment today. Mr.. jenkins feels that
the whole matter is in the hands OF
the government,
II. e. Peters, president Of Sub-dis-
trict 4, today sad: 81 am led to be-
lieye that none of the mines working
in Northern West Virginia are union
operations. don't think there are
any union mines working today in Ma
rion, Harrison, Monongalia and Tay-
lor counties, which comprise Sub-dts-
trict 4, United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea"
Everything Quiet.
Rain began falling today and the
miners did not come to Fairmont this
. morning as usual and as far as they
were concerned the streets were prac-
tically deserted. The miners have
continued to be peaceful and no indi-
cation Of any trouble is in sight.
Outcome Speculative.
People have little to say about the
strike, but all operators and United
A3tine Workers officials are looking
forward with keen interest in the le-
gal proceeding before Judge Auder-
son in the Federal court at lndianapo-
lis tomorrow. There is much specula-
tton as to the outcome, but people gen.
orally believe that the governments
contention will be upheld. Whether or
not the court will direct Acting Presi-
dent Lewis, of the United Mine Work
erst OF America, to call off the strike
Is discussed considerably. If Lewis
X should call off the strike the men would
probably go back to work 1t is said IN
some quarters but the matter would
again come up for settlement on April
80, 1920.
- Operators generally would like to see
the matter settled finally and desire
no .patched up" agreement that would
bring about a similar condition later.
Opinion is so varied that it is a diff
cult matter to predict what will be
tie outcome. All agree that no opin-
ion can be formed until Judge Ander-
son acts after tomorrow's argument.
N the mean time both sides are re-
training from doing anything, the oper-
ators have even been careful to avoid
bet1g drawn into arguments.
Railroad Quiet.
Passenger traffic on the Baltimore
Ohio railroad today dropped twen-
five per cent, which can be direct
attributed to the prevailing coal
stffke.
Only three freight trains we're sent
out Of the Fairmont yards on Thurs
day..