The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-03
Appazrnay.Tying- 10 Find
Outflow Contracts.are
Filled.
IDsV(RI'CONFERERGE
NJ Results Were Obtained
And New Effort VIII
Be Made.

Fwosrepreseutatiyes otsthssU nitet
States Department Of Justice are 81
work In the Fairmont field making IN
testigation Of the coal industry. They
eall at the various coal company OF
Bees In Fairmont and ascertain wha1
tonnage Is being applied to the con
tracts which the firms have ant
whether or not they would ignore
contracts and place the coal on The
spot basis.
The representatives have been verJ
gent emanly and have not delved mt
nrice conditions as far as can De
learned, directing their effort in par
Hcrlar to Information as to contract
breaking.
There IS q disposition among a ma
Iorfty Of the operators and especially
among the larger ones to make an ei
fort 10 apply coal on contracts, al
though with the high market there Is
q Temptation to place the product OF
the open market.
To Select Another.
The conference between the opera
tors and miners representatives IN
Eestigating the bonuses incident tG
dead work" which are being paid by
iib Maryland Coal company, was
closed yesterday afternoon at the
ronme N fine Northern West Virgins
coal Operators Association without
either side getting anything decided
After the entire conference board
had passed on the matter 1t was re
Tered to the two arbitrators-George
5sier. Pittsburgh, and Captain Percy
iFetlow, Columbus, o., but they failed
% agree on the matter. A third ar
bitrator will be selected by the two
arbitrators and after they submit inc
Evidence he will decide. After an
extension Of the contract made De
cember II, 1918, the company, In ordet
"a retain their miners put up a prop
osition on the dead work" phase
which is taken care Of by local con,
iiiti6ns, there being no uniform dead
work scale. BY the coal commission $
report and the Baltimore agreement
bonuses were eliminated.
CAPTAIN Tetlow took the position
that the contract provided that the
miners and operators could make their
avn agreement locally and that !!
operators chose to do. so they could
nav an amount in excess OF the scale
The operators took the position Una!
nnder the Baltimore scale agreement
All bonuses were nullified attei
April l.
The miners at the Galloway mine
Al Wendell receive sS.56 day when
Al work in the clay veins. but when
fhey are al work in both coal and clay
thew receive s5.71 in addition TO the
regular tonnage for coal. Free pow
der IA also included. There are points
n which the clay veins run across
the coal at an angle, which composes
only a small portion Of clay. but the
miners are paid the same money as
they are In the same case that II inc
clay vein Is more pronounced.
CAPTAIN Tetlow left for Columbus
this morning while Mr.. 0sler left for
Pittsburgh last night.
June's Tonnage.
Fairmont region in June produced
1.233,S0O tons Of coal and 3S9 cars OF
coke during June. ,.
Mines along the Monongah division
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
during June produced 1924 cars = q !
coal and coke or 1885 cars 1855, !SV
tons Of coal and 3S9 cars OF coke.
The total loading Of June was Is! cars
less than June. 1919. The actual coal
PRODUCTION less was LBS cars, but the
coke in June at 3Ss cars was S4S cars
heavier than the coke production OF
June, 1918.
Operations along the Monongahela
railway in West Virginia in June load
ca 1855 cars Of coal. Mines in the