The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-23

railway on "Wednesday tOlAlSu OFT
cars Of coal In the West Virginia
district, while 316 cars OF coal
were loaded in the Pennsylvania
district.
Along the Helen's Run and Wy
att-Bingamon branches Of the
Western Maryland railway on
Wednesday there were rs cars of
coal loaded.
Operators Meeting.
Two hundred and fifty coal oper-
ators Of Northern West Virginia
held a meeting yesterday afternoon
at the rooms of the Northern West
I Virginia Coal Operators associa-
tian in the Jacobs building. Reso-
lutions were adopted the purport
of which were to cooperate with
the Department Of Justice. Attor-
neys of the various coal companies
were in attendance and assisted In
framing tn resolutions.
A committee Of coal operators
will visit Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer in Washington, D..
&C., on Friday. No doubt much will
depend on the outcome Of Fridays
meeting as to the proceedings be-
fore the federal grand jury at Mar
tinsburg.
Embargo Raised.
The Pennsylvania and Western
Maryland railroads have raised the
embargo on coal shipments to Cur
It's Bay and other pier points. For
several days the ports were embar-
COED owing to congestion on both
the P. R. R. and Western Mary
land.
B. & o. Movement.
East OF Grafton on Wednesday
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
moved twenty-seven trains, in
which there were l 1853 loads, OF
that number there were 53S cars
of coal. To the west there were
749 cars and OF the number 179
cars went to the lakes.
Back from Gilmer.
E. S. Mccullough. labor COM
missioner, is home from trip TO
Berryburg and Gilmer, Gilmer
county. His visit to that section
of the region was In regard to
dead work" conditions.
Daily Shipments.
These daily shipments were
made off the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad on Wednesday: Curtis
Bay, 1l9 cars; ST. Georges, "a
cars; lakes, 113 cars; Michigan
points, IL cars; Ohio points, 10
cars; miscellaneous points, A
cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments out Of
the Fairmont region over the B. &
o. r. r. on Wednesday totaled 343
cars. This is the heaviest rail-
road fuel loading Of the present
week, and in fact the heaviest
since September s, which aggre-
gated 1854 cars.
Consignments yesterday were rs
follows: B. & O., 166 cars; C. Of N.
j., 10 cars: Lehigh Valley, IA
cars; New York, New Haven and
Hartford, seven cars; P. & R., A
cara Boston and Maine, IL cars;
Maine Central, seven cars; West
Shore, 81 cars; Central Of New
CA6tdAhI n Sdl D.
Freeport Coal Sold
The Morgantown New Dominion
this morning prints the following
coal land purchases:
"Freeport coal underlying Ill, I'LL
acres in Clinton district brought q
good price in a coal transfer which
was made yesterday. Cornelius D.
Scully acting as trustee. bought two
sections of the undivided tract, pay
ing in eac hinstance $22,600 or a
total Of $4,000 for the tract
THE property belonged to the
Rankin estate along Coburn creek
and Booth Creek In Clinton district.
Attend Meeting
These Morgantown coal operators
attended the coal operators meet
ing in Fairmont on Wednesday:
Judge Frank Cox, E. G. Donley,. ].
L. Hatfield, W. 8. Johns, Charles
Goodwin, Ex-Governor William e.
Glasscock, D. C. Reay, Ben Chaplin,
10. L. Keener, ]. B. Hanford, r, M.
Davis, c L LantZ, Max Dalins. A G.
TAFT, Guy Brown, Robert D. Hen
Raecoon Coal Company
The Raccoon Valley Coal Com
pany, which recently obtained q
state charter, has organized by cleo.
ting Francis Bergman, president:
J. ]. McCane, JT., Secretary and
treasurer and W. F. Horchler, vice
president All are Preston county
men. Tho company plans to oper-
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