The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-06
81. so, Monongahela and
Western Maryland To
Have Full Run
.2l0lIENPT!ES 0NB.&g.
Weeklyn Tonnage Drops
Off 337 Cars Over Cor
responding 1917 Week

slFfnes in the Fairmont region
Are practically all closed today be-
cause Of the observance Of Labor
11ay There were sc cars ordered
tor loading today by eleven mines
6ht a number Of these will do 1T
tie Il any work. oh,o
To-day the Baltimore and ono
railroad had accumulated 4'o4
smptfes but the indicatlons = arc !, !,
that this total will be increase. T. 70 I.
fully 1000 empties by TUESDAY
There Is also full run Of cars
IN sight for the Monongahela rall'
yaY NEWEST Virginia on Tuesday.
Today none OF the operations III
fliis end OF the line were WORKING
sue. 3t2 cars were placed at the
Iion.inion mines in Pennsylvania
Today, There are probably as many
as so non.union mines working TO-
DAWN the Pennsylvania district to-
day. Cars should be plentiful In
the West Virginia end tomorrow
because today there were 142 III
sight for south OF Morgantown ans
they will be placed tonight. The
number is expected to be supple
Snented somewhat.
q It was stated today by Charles
Bixler, Chieftou, general agent OF
the Western Maryland railway,
that he expected banG-up car sup
ply for this week.
None OF the mines along the
iEIelen'ss Run or Wyatt-BingamOn
sbranches were working today on
account Of Labor Day but double
header and single locomotive wills
sdraw $50 empties into the Chiefton
yards from Bowest Junction, Pa,
Tonight and they will be placed for
7 TUESDAYS loading.
Baltimore Conference.
Fully twenty-five or thirty coal
$ operators from Northern West Viz.
ginia will attend the joint confer
z ence to be held at the Southern
: hotel, Baltimore, on Tuesday Mt
noon between operators and repre-,
sentatiYes OF the United Mine
Workers OF America. This morn.
ing a number of Fairmonters start
ed for Baltimore by auto but the
majority will leave this evening
over the B. & o. at 9:45 for tha
s0riole City.
The members of the negotiating
committee of the association are.
AGAgg}1D GACA4AAA4E91 "a NSAlAA A44GhAAt IL
ELisle White, Clarksburg; c. H.
Tarleton, G. ]. Ryan, A. G. Beeson,
u. s. Mccullough, Everett Dren.
men, John A. Clark, Jr., and j. a.
Jenkins, Clarksburg.
Among the others who will at
tend are: =. S. Mccullough, la.
'bor commissioner: Frank Lyon,
svtce.presiden OF the Consolidation
Coal company, and others.
While the conference is to bo
held at The Southern it is believed
the majority OF the operators Will
stop at Tho Belvidere.-
4, MalletS Fine Work.
The work of the mallet engines
on. the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road between Fairmont and keyser
are doing excellent work in draw.
ing and pulling empties into the
region.
Eairmont yards were entirely
Cleaned up due to the heavy loads
running into the local yards. Rail.
road men speak very highly of the
new plan Of the B. & o. railroad.
Weekly Loading.
Batrmont region last week load.
ed q ,636 cars Of coal and coke--
s.2s5S $50 tons of coal and 131 cars
sot coke.
& Mines along the Monongah divi.
sion Of the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road last week loaded. 1851 cars OF
coal and coke-261, 900 tons Of coal
6nd 1871 cars Of coke. Last weeks
loading on the division was. 1877
cars less than the coal and coke
( loading OF the first week of Sep
tember, 1913. The coal was 443
cars Of coal less but the coke was
i96 cars heavier last week than
the corresponding week of last
year. During the week there were
bog cars OF coal loaded east and
,b8S. cars of coal loaded west. OF
the 13l cars of coke loaded last
week there were 10 cars east ana
( So cars west, Wagon production
last week totaled n cars.
Operations along the Mononga-
shelA ailway. In West Virginia last
week loaded 1,749 cars Of coal. The
mines in the Pennsylvania district
loaded 1854 cars Of coal.
Along the Western Maryland
railway last week there were 536
cars offcoal loaded.
Saturdays Loading. y
Fatrmont region on Saturday
loaded g929 cars of coal and coke
9o2 caTBsot coal and q cars OF
coke.
@ OBJ tons along the Monongah
tlty Sion of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad ON Saturday loaded 522
81 coal and coke-495 cars OF