The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-30

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! eass: MicA,ean poin,s. q clfss
\ 0h!o polntt. y ctrss ms liAnegpa
western points 20 cArs. !
Railroad Fuel: 7
A total Of 800 cars Of coal Va
loaded on the B. q 0. railroad oo
Saturday. These conagnmean1s
! Sere made: 3. 60, l2S cars: E
Of n. J., 20 cars; Lehign N1A1 e
Z cars: New York Central. y
cars: P. & R. "a cars; Boston sns
| Maine, Il cars; Maine Central
cars.
pay Work Proposition.
Inst "a soon as Ohio and Wes.
A., r-I pennsylyanla coal operator
nan M On the raise Of day wotkeEs.
=, the mines the Northern va.
vySirrtuia field viii get busy a!onk
the same Line.
Already ind!aua and Illinois %
orators have allowed day me-
s s on the inside o. ne
S a IS per cent increase an sI
ontsIds monthly one day men wv
secure sl.50 more a day. The ns y. 1
sesie 4 retroactive 10 August " 3
The impression here Is that
mint conference between the COZ
cperators and officials OF the UNI
ed Nine Workers Of America WI
be held In Baltimore 70 discuss
The matter probably next week
MAGAZINE Advertising. aA
Beginning next month The Il
t.olldStion Coal company VIII ~
rim a series o. national advettts
meu,s in the Saturday Evening
Post and The Literary Digest
Division Farms.
The Consolidation Coal company
has a farm Of 400 acres at Wyatt
lW, Va. on which good crops hlyl
been raised and a herd Of thoroug,
bred cattle Is kept. In the WesN
Virginia division Of The consoi.
dation Coal company there are q
farms comprising 1857 acres, ssB
acres OF which are under cultiya-
ton. The farm at Viropa vas
planted in oats this year. n
The Lake situation.
! Coal Is going rapidly to the llkel
according to reports received nom
Cleveland and the ore docks q
the west end Of the route are n
better shape than any time for Two
months, which Is largely due % the
big influx OF coal. .,
The docks dumped 4.261 cars
Thursday, which Is q record fnr
1920, and receipts were $500 cit!.
Loading for yesterday was e1tt
mated 3,525 cars. The railroads
had s.701 cars at the lake front
Friday morning, and 1884 cars y
transit. Small carriers are scatce
but cargoes for the leading ports [
are being moved In good shlpe
A big shipper yesterday ~
nounced an advance Of s. cents .
ton In the price Of fuel beam llSht.
ers at Ohio ports making L G26
IA ton, effective today. The price
Of bunker coal In the Detroit All
500 river will be s7.75 a ton and al
Chicago $3.50 q ton viii be cAlrg-
ed. This Is due TO the advance 10
rail freight rates, handling chltg.
es and war tar effective Aug. 80.
Three cargoes OF coal left Lo-
rain on Friday, and four sailed out
Of Toledo the same day.
First Aid Meet.
Prudence mine Of The New R!y-
er Coal company on Saturday q
Charleston won the first annual
first aid and safety first meet Of
the State Of West Virginia, having
amassed 97.i points. The second
place was taken by Scaibo Minis
Of the same company With s63
points while third place was 30.
cured by Davis mine, Davis Coal
& Coke company.
The winning team was coupos.
ed Of R. B. overton, captain; sllas
Hall, James Martin, William
Cheek, Walter Money and jesse
Owens. The second team were
Lewis Romeaglione, captain; Andy
vargu, Fred Lamb, Adam Bom6l
Charles Sablosky and Walter "!
Ter.
These teams viii represent WI
Virginia at the International iiftt
aid contest to be held In DenSer,
September 9. 10 and II and thsl,
expenses will be paid by the OBJ
orators Association, which PIT y
two checks as part Of the first and
second prizes for that purpose.
Eleven teams we're n the held
representing mines operating IN
five counties-Norton, Davis No. /
and Davis No. 2, from Tucker
county; Scarbro, Collins, HafTeX
Prudence and oakwood from Fay.
cite county: Hickman from Ohio
county, Rachel from Marion ccrn-
~ and Gary from Mcdowell ccuu-
ty. The contest consisted Of &C.
tual nrst aid work, mine rescue I
demonstrations and answering 1sy.l
eral practical questions as to what
should be done under certain ccn.
dltions Of accident.
Apparently the only team enters
cd from Marion county was that
from Rachel mine Of The Corsuni.
ers' Fuel Company at Downs. Ac-
cordlng to reports received hare
the team had percentage Of be-
tween IS and IS. Z
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