The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-26
JOINT BOARD IS
HERE
10 ADJUST SCALE
Some Minor Differences
Are Up for Adjust
msnt.

Operators and United Mine
Workers Of America officials Of
Northern West Virginia, are this
afternoon holding . meeting in the
rooms OF the Northern, West Viz.
ginla Coal Operators Association
IN the Jacobs building.
The Joint board Is called to:
gether to interpret some OF the
provisions Of the scale contract,
which was signed In Baltimore last
spring. The most important one
81 these questions Is that OF pillar
wofk,the miners conttldirg thai
heading price should DE paid ifof
pillar work where the width Is
wider than twelve feet.
On the other hand the operators
contend that the wide work price
should prevail regardless Of the
width, as the scale makes no eS.
ceptlons in pillar work. The com.
panies claim the heading price he's
never been paid for pillar work
except in a few isolated cases
The question Of width in cross
cuts will also come before the
board, Other uestions Of the scale
contract Of lessor Importance will
also come up for adjustment.
Elkins Meeting. ~
Members Of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Assocla.
ton located along the Charleston
division Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad will hold a meeting on
Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock at
the Y. N. C. A. in Elkins. There
are probably twenty members OF
the association fntthe Elkins field.
The Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association territory e1.
tends down this branch Of the B. &
0. to Dundon, W. Va, but does not
include that point.
G. T. Bell, executive vice presl.
dent Of the Northern West VIZ.
ginla Coal Operators Association,
will address the meeting, referring
to car supply and other matters.
Daily Car Supply,
As a whole the car supply In the
Fairmont region improved today
over Wednesday. The BE- o. and
Western Maryland In particular
had more hoppers, but the Monon.
gahela railway was shy Of cars IN
the West Virginia end, having moth.
ing but assigned cars.
On the B. & o. railroad today
there were 936 empties and the
early morning placement was S46.
Thirty mines we're idle today be-
cause Of shortage but this was. 6S
mines less than were closed down
yesterday. Cars are classified as
follows: Open, $40; coke. SO; B.
N. |. K, A; NJ. v. T., 4. Cars
left over from the previous day
were 100. Mines ordered 1,701
cars Of which 50 were requested
for coke loading.
There were 1So assigned cars In
the West Virginia district Of the
Monongahela railway, being an
placed for railroad fuel loading. In
the Pennsylvania district there
were 81 cars placed. A fifty. per
cent commercial run Is. expected
IN the West Virginia district on
Friday.
Eishty:two emptiss were placed
today In the Helen's Run and Wyatt
Bhgamon branches Of the Western
Maryland railway.
Apportionment Raised,
Apportionment Of the Monongah
divisions share Of the lake ship.
ments has been raised from l55
cars to approximately al cars, tis:
uring on the same basis stkat the
165 car apporh hbnment was reck.
oned on. The shipments TO. the
lakes have dropped. recently but
this has been due IN Q large meas.
ure to the inadequate car supply
and the fact that q largo percent.
age Of the empties that were On
the division ware aSSilned for ran.
road fuel and public utilities.
". Van Horn, Grafton, supefin.
tendent Of the Nonougah division.
In hls daily embargo DIP states the
following: In connections With !.
c. G: order 10 covering hike ship.
meats for Lorlin, owing to the In.
crease n prior1ttes Il 8 found that
icort1hed On lEkeIuJzel y