The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-09

more, with M. G. Sellnan as rest
dent manager.
N. c. A. Directors.
Business essential to the vel
fare Of the National Coal assocta.
! ton for a purpose and it fears tina:
iig Of the board OF directors, which
will be held on Wednesday, July
Il, at Washington hotel, Washing
ton,
Meetings OF various important
committees will be held on Monday
and Tuesday next in Washington,
Matters in reference 10 the coal
shortage will be discussed.
c. Il. jenkins; secretary and
treasurer Of the Hutchinson Coal
company. a member Of the board
Of directors, will attend the SEES
sion.
East Of Grafton.
The Baltimore and ONO rallroau
on Thursday drew twenty trains
east Of Grafton in which there were
93I loads.
The western movement yester
day OF the Mcnongah division was
SIS loads OF which 10 loads went
10 The lakes.
Daily Production.
Coal production in the Fairmont
region on Thursday Slumped with
the ragged car supply. There were
S76 cars Of coal and coke loaded
IN The region. OF the total loading
yesterday there were S55 cars OF
coal and q cars Of coke.
Operations along the Monongah
division Of. the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad on Thursday loaded Sos
cars OF coal and coke-5S4 cars OF
coal and q cars Of coke. There
were igS cars OF coal loadel east
on Thursday and Sc cars west.
Coke loading was l. cars east and
S cars west. Loading at wagon
mines on the division yesterday To-
tailed eleven cars.
Loading on the Monongaheia
railway IN the West Virginia dis
trict on Thursday totaled Isl car.
loads. Mines in the Pennsylvania
district loaded 25G cars Of coal.
A total OF la cars OF coal was
loaded along the Helen's Run ara
Wyatt BIngamon branches Of sc
Western Maryland railroad on
Thursday. OF this there were Ii
cars loaded Oh the Aelen's RlE
branch and Is cars on the Wyatt.
Bingamon branch.
Was In Region.
". L. Byers, Of the W. S. Byerr
& Co.. coal operators, Uaiontowl
Fa., was in Fairmont recently.
Daily Shipments.
These daily shipments were
made off the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad on Thursday: Curtis Bay.
81 cars: ST. Georges. Is cars:
lakes, II cars; Michigan points,
/ s cars: Ohio points, % cars; mis-
cellaneouS western points. ~ cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments contin.
ued very heavy of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad yesterday. RAJ,
roads secured S54 loads OF coal 0.
sixty per cent. Of the coal loading
Of Thursday.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
Yesterday came back strong and
secured 1873 carloads Of feel. This
is the largest order the 8. & 0.
placed this week. So far the rail.
road fuel loading OF this week TO-
tails 1903 loads, or IS per cent.
OF The coal production for the past
three days.
Consignments of the B. & O..
railroad yesterday were as follows:
B. G o., 1873 cars; Bangor &
Arostock, II cars; c. Of n. j., Is
cars; Lehigh Valley, % cars: i,
New York Central, IS cars; New
York, New Haven & Hartford. As
cars; P. & R., 40 cars; Maine
Central. 90 cars; Boston & AZ.
bany, IS cars
Market Is High.
A dispatch from Charleston
states that buyers are offering as
high as $12.25 a ton for spot coal
in the southern part Of the state.
Members Of the Kanawha Coal
Operators Association met In
Charleston yesterday TO stay the
runaway coal market The legal
aspects Of the situation were dis
cussed. but no action was taken
because Of the fear Of violating the,
Sherman antitrust Law.
Miners Strike.
Coal operations in eleven locals
ties in Illinois have closed down,
according to a dispatch from
Springfield, H., owing to the day
men refusing to work at the pres.
ent scale Of wages. President
harrington has threatened TO eS-
pell the miners from the organiza'
ton unless they return to work.