The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-09

located IN the Pennsylvania district
loaded 24f. There win be q full lnn
OF cars on the road for Saturday. Il
Mines along the Helen's Run and
Wyatt. Bingamon branches OF the
Western Maryland railroad on Thurs.
day loaded 81 cars of coal.
Assigned Cars.
The fight being made by The Ma
tional Coal Association against Ger.
tain railroads resorting TO assigned
cars is on. 1t is leyeled at the South
ern railroad which insists upon theil
use; while other railroads have taken
no definite steps on the matter.
In the Goal Review" this week John
Callahan has signed article on the
subject, which in part is as follows:
various conferences have been held
during the past week with the Trans
portation Section of the Interstate
Commerce Commission and with rail-
road officials in regard to the use OF
assigned cars in the procurement or
railway fuel. The main purpose of
these conferences was to have the
roads which were assigning cars or
which indicated an intention OF assign
] ing cars, refrain from doing so until
opportunity could be had for confer
ence between the Special Railroad
Fuel committee OF the National Coal
Association appointed by the Board OF
Directors at their meeting on March
Oath and a similar committee OF the
American Railroad Association.
"All of the railroads with the ex-
! ception OF the Southern railroad and
excepting one or two railroads which
owned outright the mines from which
they procured portion of'their rail-
iroad fuel, agreed, where they had put
out instructions requiring the use Of
assigned cars, to withdraw them and
those roads which were considering
the use of assigned cars agreed to de-
fer action until later date, except
that the Southern railroad declined
to do this and insisted on the use OF
assigned cars and have continued to
maintain their instructions that as
signed cars are to be used to obtain
fuel for that road.
IAN injunction has been obtained In
the Circuit court of Jefferson county,
Alabama, restraining the Southern
railroad from assigning its cars to
procure fuel and recurring that road
to give daily to the Corona Coal com.
pany, which brought the suit, their full
pro rata share of the available empty
cars on the basis of their mine rating.
Other suits are being brought against
the Southern railroad and before the
work is out 1t is quite possible that a
suit will be entered in each state in
which the Southern railroad oper-
ates."
East Of Grafton.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad on
i Thursday drew twenty-five trains car
rying 963 loads east of Grafton.
Daily consisnments.
These daily consignments were
made of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road on Thursday: Curtis Bay, 941
cars; lakes, 40 cars; Michigan points,
Fl cars; Ohio points, So cars; mis-
cellaneous western points, SIS cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel tonnage yesterday OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad total.
ed 143 carloads. The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad secured 10 carloads Of
coal. P. & R. loading yesterday to.
tailed 81 cars. The R. F. and P. rail
road secured cars Of coal yesterday.
United Mine Workers.
Vice President William Petry, Of
district IL, is in Wheeling today.
Nick Aiell, district board member.
and Edward Matthews, secretary OF
sub district 4, are at Monongah today.
A. g. Porter, district board member,
is along Helen's today.
Ira Marks, district board member,
and John Custalac, district organizer,
are in Wyatt.
w. F. Ray and Scott Reese, district
board members, are at Marshall mine,
near Mount Clare today.
D. s. Ware, district board member,
is at Rivesville today.
]. L. Ballard, international organi.
ger, is at the Pollock mine at Riyes
Vile today.
Hearing on Coal Rates.
On April % a hearing will be had
at Charleston on the application Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for
a decrease in rates on coal from the
mines Of the Island Creek Coal com.
pany in Logan county to the river tip
pie at Huntington, which is pending
before the public service commission.