The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-09
Their Fight is With Rail
roads, Not With Tip
i. pie Miners
At Submission NEXT
Interesting Session Held
In the Gore Hotel Last
Evening

Of the meeting OF team track coal
operators of Northern West Vir.
giua at the Gore hotel in Clatks.
burg last night when he told a
story OF hog which ate acorns
and never even thought OF look
Ing up to see where they came
from Uncle Dan argues tha'
the team track operator had pocK,
eted protits recently without even
considering the cause Of them ano
suggested that coal associations
were the trees winch grew the
acorns that gIudGened the hearts
OF coal operators.
1t was d meeting Of team track
operators generally, called by the
, Team Track Association OF North
ern West Virginia, with d view OF
Increasing membership and "uncIe
Dan was an important speaker
owing TO his being chairman OF the
mem bcrship committee OF the
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper'
ators' Association. The team TRACK
operators had had little consider
alton from the tipple operators
! forming the Northern West NIr'
giuia association until last night. s
meeting when both Mr.. Howard,
and A. Lisle White, of Adamston,
a member OF the Fair Practices
committee of Northern West Var
ginia Coal operators, made address
es but it developed from the rounG
table discussion that the team
track operators had not deserved
recognition or done anything that
would permit of recognition until
The team track association was
formed Il few months ago.
Uncle Dan Howard divuiGed
Information that had come his way
to the effect that coal business is
to remain prosperous for period
| OF five years-his informant did
MOI attempt to predict regarding a
longer period than this. This en-
reinforcement did much 10 enthuse
the team track operators especial
| " as one speaker had feared thai
, the Fair Practices committee actlV.
/ tiles would put the team track oper-
atorS out OF business and as T. L.
I COrdray. OF the WilCord Coal com
pRny Ot Fuirmonl, had stated that
/ their mine closed last week, being
unable to load coal probably at
prevailing prices.
Congressman Stuart F. Reed was
present and made u splendid adj
dress which was highly gratifying
to team track operators tnasmuch
as Congressman Reed pledged him'
self TO interest himself at any time
| in their behalf to obtain just and
fair regulations or action. Con
gresham Reed recalled the ser
Vice the team track operators rem
dered the country in war time and
said that he presumed they had
problems at this time for If you
! are American businessmen and
/ without problems, congratulate
you" He recalled the develop
ments OF recent years which had
brought West Virginia into recos'
milton as coal producing state
and declared that the state was IA
yored by nature In other respects
AS well as mineral resources. He
outlined the position in which Ell'
ropean nations find themselves fol-
| lowing the world war and cited the
dominating position Of the United
States.
John B. Wyatt. OF Shinnston,
president of the team track nsso,
cation, reviewed the progress OF
the association to date and de-
clared that it was not an organiza-
tion to fight the tipple mines. "Our
fight is with the railroads" he
said, and not the tipple opera
tors. j. r. Michel, secretary or
the association, reviewed his &C.
tiyities.
The next meeting of the associn'
;lCn will be held ut Shtnnston NO
yember %.
Those present were:
Clarksburg - G., w. Smith, OF
Dodd 4 Smith; Charles A. Lewis,
of Lewis Coal company; John &c.
| Wyckofr. of Chestnut Hill Coal
company; Z. NJ. Perndergast, OF
Chestnut Hill Coal company; L.
] D, Ash, OF Fl. C. Ash Coal company;
i Daniel Howard, Fleming H. Hol.
den, of Daniel Howard company;
Charles y. Gill, of Daniel Howard
company; NJ. J. Fahey; and J. {.
Dodd, of Dodd & Smith.
Fairmont-T. l.. Cordray and Nj.
H. Wilson, OF Wilcord Coal COM
pany.
Weston-H. S. Huber, OF Earnest
Coal company.
Wilsouburg-J. G. Kodwell, OF
James Coal company.
Monongah = II. N. Martin, Of
Martin Coal company; ]. o. May
Of Monongah Sewickley company.
Mt. Clare-Charles Piivelich, A,
| C. Woodman, of Weekly Woodman
, company: w p. Weekly, or
| Weekly Woodman company; +. NJ.
| wilkinson, of Wilkinson.Baile Coat
company.
Meadowbrook - Frank Bush, OF
Earnest Coal company.
Moatsyille-D. +. Howard, OF
Horshow Coal company.
Bridgeport. E. Gray.
wildwood, N. j., has chosen q
| ,vn,,,o1 nc 4 mamher nF n volunteer