The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-09

same time decreasing their revenue,
Please advise whether you WIN re-
consider your action or al least give
US opportunity to present our views.
After Monongahela.
SO far no results have been brouFlit
about through the preemptory order
which ]. ]. Moynihan, Pittsburgh.
manager of the eastern car pool. is3u-
ed directing the p. r. r. and p. g is.
E. railroad turn over a minimum OK
$50 empues day to the Mononrn-
hela railroad.
Today Mr.. Bell got into comm;ini-
cation with Mr.. Moynihan, urging
him to procure tangible results u
possible.
Incident to the Monongahela car
supply James Burns. special repre-
sentative of teh Northern West yir-
gtnia Coal Operators association. was
in Brownsville, Pa, on Thursday.
Daily Production.
Coal and coke production In tho
Fairmont region on Thursday was
9S4 cars-9S1 cars of coal and three
cars OF coke.
Mines along the Monongah division
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on Thursday loaded 700 cars OF coal
and coke-7S7 cars OF coal and three
cars of coke.
Production in the West Virginia
district OF the Monongahela railroad
on Thursday was 1914 cars Of ocal.
There were 311 cars of coal loaded,
In the Pennsylvania district.
Daily Car Supply.
Seventy-four mines are idle today
because OF car shortage on the Mo-
nongah division OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. Cars in the region are
739, while the mines ordered 1852.
Today's cars are classified as follows:
Open, 729: coke, 10. The early morn-
ing placement was GA, which has
been the lowest of the week.
In the West Virginia district of the
MononSahela railroad today the early
morning placement was 1854, while it
was 241 in the Pennsylvania district.
Saturdays Car Supply.
1t is expected that the b. & O. will
probably have car supply OF between
40 and so per cent on Saturday. Six
hundred empties are expected on the
Monongah division.
The acr suppl in the West vir-
ginia district of the Monongaheia
railroad on Saturday will probably.
not exceed Is per cent.
Daily Consignments.
On the Monongah division OF then
Baltimore and Ohio railroad ON
Thursday there were S72 cars of coal
lodede east and lis cars Of coal load
ed west. OF the three cars OF coke
loaded on the division on Thursday
there were two loaded west and one
loaded east. Two cars of coal were
loaded by wagon mines on Thursday.
Conslgnments made yesterday were
as follows: Curtis Bay, 147 cars;
Locust Point. two cars: Michigan
points. IA cars; Ohio points, 81 cars:
miscellaneous western points, so cars.
Railroad Fuel.
Railroad fuel shipments on the
division on Thursday totaIed 142
cars. The chief tonnage for the day
was secured by the B. & o., New
York Central and P. G r., but all
consignments were greatly reduced
compared to the daily tonnage got by
these roads earlier in the season.
East of Grafton.
East Of Grafton the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Thursday drew
1,120 loads. There were twenty-four
trains.
United Mine Workers.
H. E. Peters, president Of snb-dis-
trict 4, Sanford SNYDER. international
organizer, John Custalac, district or
ganizer, and Ira Marks, district board
member, are expected to return 20
Fairmont today from Columbus. o.,
where they attended the convention
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea.
Edward Matthews, secretary of sui,
distict 4, returned today from a trip
to the Clarksburg fields.
]. l.. Ballard, international organ
izer, has been in charge OF the Fair
mont Office of the United Mine Work.
ers during The absence of II. q. Pc
tiers, president of sub-district A.