The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-17
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Continued tro,n pa-n ono
4 order. THE Western Maryland ex-
'SpeGtsI ht least one hundred cmpties
RSaloUg these lines for Saturday ;
leESding.
Production is Heavy.
4. Already This week the mines
along the Mon0agah division ul the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad have
produced 1897 cars Of coal and
cokR-4,517 cars of coal and so
cars OF coke. Ii zoo cars OF coal
ssare produced today aIHl as much
H0p Saturday the aggregate Tor the
wbck will run close TO the 5000
car mark
United Mine Workers.
\, Joe Angelo. international organ
-tizer, and Nick Aicllo. district
board member, are in Grant Town
today.
Patrick Buckley. field worker, is
at EversOn.
Jamea McCleary. field worker, is
at MorGantown.
Edward Matthews. secretary OF
suh-d,strIct I, isat Wolf Summit.
The New York Times announces
that ! petition in bankruptcy has
chen fled Tor the American Fuel
and Shipping company. The Davis
Coal company, MorGantuwnr is one
the chief big creditors. The Times
barticIe follows:
sSSAS An inventory petition in bank
Eptcy was filed in the Federal
{ court yesterday against the Amerl-
can Fuel and Shipping company by
hree creditors, the Davis Coal
company of Morgantown. w. Va.
Rhose claim is SS65.5f3 Ram
Enough & Mayors. of Greensburg.
Pa, $55,579 and Frame, Friend &
, Stdinman, Inc, of New Haven,
Ss1,332. The members Of the fuel
company are Herman F. and Her
man A. Willfuehr, Joe K. Codina
and Edward E. Goate.
Il. F. Willfuehr said that the
company was solvent and was do
ing q large exporting business.
'HThe claim of the Davis Coal
company Is founde upon an ac-
: count" he said This company
has paid the Davis Coal company
In excess of 50, 10000 for coal pur-
chased from them at the prices
billed b ythe Davis Coal company,
II and there is undoubtedly balance
jdue this company from the Davis
Coal company In excess OF $780,
fJ0 on account Of over-payment.
S'The claim OF Rambough &
yers is based upon bill for
"a shipped by this company with
t Its authorization. The claim
Frame & Steinman is based
on a bill for coal sold and deliv-
~ to this company. This COM
Nty had a counter claim for coal
~ and delivered to Frame,
= and & Steinman and they refus-
to accetp."
May Cut Wages.
~ RumorB are ahoat in the Nor
,l5Eantown field, according to The
New Dominion, that the H, c.
Frick Coal and Coke cmpany will
make a general cut OF Is per cent
in wages on January 1.
Still Hiring Men.
The Penn Mary Coal company
bethlehem Steel CorporatIon)
deny that they will close their
MIKES on Saturday and remain
closed until January l. The COM
psny is still hiring men, but only a
IfsW are needed to I'LL their require
nents. The company says 1t is
producing from $500 to 2,4oo
tons a day.
Met N. Y, C. Head.
, Asking that the New York Cen
tral and Pennsylvania railroads
work out plans by which loads and
empties might be inter.switched on
the Monongahela railway other
than West Brownsville. Pa, G. 7.
Bell. executive vice president OF
the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association, on We'd
nesday had a conference in New
York city with A. T. Hardin, vice
president OF the New York Central
system, who is in charge of opera
n 6ouB. The New York Central sys-
S,taul controls the p. & L. E., which
x a Joint owner OF the Mononga-
For some timo the Pennsy and
yfP, b L. E. have been at logger.
heads over the division of business