The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1920-11-17
Minutes
OF Meeting of Coal Opera tors
Southwest Virginia Field.

A meeting of coal operators
of the Southwest Virginia field
was held in Norton, Va, on
Tuesday, November 9th, 1920,
with operators present repre-.
senting thirty five producing
companies, or approximately,
80 per cent. of the coal produc.
ed in the Virginia field
The meeting was called to
order by Lee Long. vice presi
dent Clinchfield Coal Corpora.
ton, Dante, Va, who stated
that the purpose of the meeting
was to consider the action Of
bituminous coal operators. in
the meeting held III Glove
land, Ohio, on October Goth,
1920. Mr. Long read the pro-
ceediugs Of the above meeting,
and commented on the same.
ID. a. Patterson, general SUI
perintendent, Virginia Iron,
Coal and Coke Company. Toms
Creek, Va, who also attended
the Cleveland meeting, was re
questcd to make II statement in
connection with the same.
MI Long requested the oper.
htors present 80 select II chair
man To preside over the delibcr
atoms, and upon motion, duly
seconded, aud by unanimous
vote, G. Il. Nr.l. general man
ager, Raven Red Ash Coal Com
pnny, Red Ash, Va, was elect
ed. q. d. kilgore was elected
secretary.
Tie chairman requested the
operators present to express
themselves fully and frankly
with reference TO such action
rs they deemed 1T advisable for
the Southwest Virginia Coal
Operators tn take III this con-
nection, and the various gentle
men present expressed them
selves as being iii accord with
the action taken at Cleveland,
Ohio. Upon motion of Otis
Mouser, vice president Stonega
Coke and Coal Company, Big
Stone Gap, Va, seconded by
Q. w. Bondurant, president,
United Galleries, Inc, Saiut
Charles, Va and by unani-
nous vote, the chairman was
authorized TO appoint com
mlttee of five To frame resolu-
Con for the consideration Of
he operators present, aud the
following committee was
named:
| Oils Mouser, vice president,
Stoncga Coke aud Coal Compn-
ny, Big Stone Gap, Va.
X Il. Irvine, president, Inter
mont Coal and Iron Corpora
tion, Big Stone Gap, Va.
| O. j. Walker, general man.
,ger, Banner Raven Coal Cor
poratlon, Drill, Va.
II S johnson, president, Vir-
sinia Elkhorn Coal Company
Elk horn City, Ky.
Goo. IL ESser. vice president,
The j. ~. ESsrr Coke Co., Nor
ton, Va.
The committee reported the
following resolution:
WHEREAS, The coal operators
of the Southwest Virginia field
have been advised of the action
of the bituininous coal producers
Of the United States, in meet
ing held in Cleveland, Ohio, on
October 26th, 1920, and desiring
to cooperate with our govern
ment
BE IT THEREFORE, RESOLVED
That we. the coal producers OF
Southwest Virginia, in meeting
assembled at Norton, Va, OF
November 9th, 1920, approve
the resolution of the coal oper-
ators of the nation, at The
cleveland Ohio, meeting Which
is az follows:
"RRsoLvEp, That the bitumi
nous coat operators of the coun
try refuse to ask or receive un,
reasonably high prices for bit
luminous coal, and further, that
ali unwise practices in this in.
iustry, where any such exist,
be condemned and eliminated. -
!. BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
That this meeting appoint q
committee of seven operators