The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-18

lefGeu0K q GWO~StOry OILlCe OulIu'
ing at its operation along SCOTS
Run IA Monongalis county. This
Is feputsd 10 be one of the largest
miner on the run, having some of
The very best in quality in that
section.
Market Conditions
While there does not appear TO
be d great demand for coal it new
ertheless appears that 1t is daily
going on wheels and running to
the east steadily. The bulk of the
Pittsburgh gas coal today sold at
S276.c Some export business was
about today, ranging in price from
S2.g9,to So. One Isolated offer was
1910. for a limited tonnage. Sc
iWickley and other grades Of coal
were practically off the market
today.
Is In Pittsburgh
F. ]. Patton, OF the Patton Coal
Company, was in Pittsburgh today
on business.
Railroad Fuel.
A total OF 4S2 cars OF railroad
fuel were loaded on the Monongah
division OF the B. & o. Il. Il. on
Friday. or this there were 1913
cars of foreign fuel and 149 cars
Of B. G. o. fuel. This has been a
.heayy'week for railroad fuel, which
will probably aggregate 1900 loads.
Up to and including Friday there
were 2,277 carloads Of railroad fuel
shipped OF the division this week.
Reports continue to be received
here that railroads are holding up
coal on the allegation that it is dir.
ty coal. It Is said that both the
Boston and Maine and Maine Cen.
trail have done this in the east and
the Erie In the North. These lines
bought this fuel on the spot mar.
ket at approximately $3.50 several
weeks ago and now that the price
ia lower the railroads, 1t is alleg
ed, are. trying to wriggle out OF II
and complain about the coal. While
there may be some coal not just as
clean as It should be 1t Is barely
possible that from 1000 to 1900
loads In a bulk like that Is all of
that character.
Consignments on the Monongah
division yesterday we're as follows:
b. e o., 149 cars; Bangor and
Ar6stocls, IL cars; C. of N. j., 26
cars; Delaware and Huron, IL
cars; Lehigh Valley, 81 cars; New
York, New Haven and Hartford, 81
cars; P. & R., car; Boston and
Maine, 81 cars: Maine Central, &c
cars; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
car; Erie, 4 cars; West Shore, '35
cars; Central OF New England, rs
cars; Southern Railway, car.
Mining Conditions.
As'yet the low price of coal has
not hit the Fairmont region as seri.
ously.as one would think, although
some mines have already closed
iown. Dead" loads are compare.
lively few, although each day there
are. some about.
Wiser heads at the operating
game who have no orders are quiet.
!y4plosing down their mines and
Awaiting a return OF business. or
course there is a danger OF losing
youfIofganization by this prOce.
iufes The bulk OF the operators do
aoGi feel as IL they want to produce
coal at a loss or turn 1t with any
orderssin sight because in that way
It would become a drug on the mar.
ketl y,
Accepted The Report
A. dispatch from Cumberland,
Md states the following: THE op-
araEors of the Georges Creek and
Upper Potomac fields which form
disSfIct- NO. 16 OF tho United Mine
Workers Of America. at joint
meeting here today accepted the
rebprt Of the committee appointed
To- negotiate the agreement with
the Representatives Of the miners.
Yesterday the mine workers In
contention here ratified the agree.
meRtss
The operators today named the
commISsion to represent them as
provided under the agreement. It
Is composed OF William Diamond
and william H. Gibson, represent
Ing the Upper Potomac, and John
8, Brophy and E. Marshall Gillette
for Georges Creek.
The mine workers have not yet
selected their members for the
commission.
Personal Mention
K. NJ. Quickell, Holland. Pa, OF
the Bethlehem Mining Corporation,
was In Fairmont yesterday.
3. J. Joy, Brownsville, Pa
passed through here enroute to
Brownsville after visiting his mine
In Upahur county.
Production Record
A dispatch from Washington, D.
O., states that last week was the
banner week for bltuminous coal
production In the United States.
The dispatch was as follows:
"a new record was made In tho
production and transportation Of
bitumInous coal during the week
ending December II, the American
Railway association announce to-
day. Production for the week was
estimated at 12,s50,o00 tons, which
Is $4,000 tons more than was pro-
dueed the week before when g
previous record was made.
VIII Meet Tonight
At Moose Home tonight at 1880
O'clock. there VIII be a meeting Of
the Mine Foremen and Fire Boss
eS' Association.
New Fuel Tested
A Pittsburgh dispatch states the
following: 1.-THE gus conservation
and smoke reduction campaign Of
the Pittsburg station OF the United
States bureau OF mines and civic