The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-03
Staff Correspondence.

HARRISBURG, April Illegal ma.
chinery Is being set up to take care OF
the coal industry, when unfair and
unwarranted attacks are made upon
81, according to J. d. A. Morrow, Wash
ington, d. g., vice president of The
National Coal Association, who ad-
dressed $50 members of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators Asso-
citation at the Waldo hotel hero on
Friday.
Mr.. Morrow announced that in the
legal action of the Powhatan Coal &
coke Company and Page Coal & Coke
Com9any, smokeless operators of
Southern West Virginia, tho Judge ia
the federal courts in FAtadeiohia
granted a temporary restraining or
der against the district attorney OF
that district and Samuel Porcher,
Philadelphia Later the complain
ants asked the court to make the or
der permanent but upon the announce
ment that the price regulation was
off the Judge dissolved the temporary
order without prejudice. 1t was
cleaned, however, that the judge
would make the order permanent II
the price regulation was again clamp.
ed on.
II was announced by Mr.. Morrow
that effort was being made to correct
any illegal effort on the part of the
Southern railway to resort to the use
81 assigned coal cars in Virginia,
Tepnesseel and Alabama. There is
a hopeful slant tc the proposition a.
conference will probably be hello
today between Traffic Manager Gala
nan &c the National Coal Association
and the American Railroad Associa-
lion. Effort will be made to have the
Southern railway withdraw its assign.
cd car order However. il nothing
favorable develops for the coal in
dustry Mr.. Callahan will confer with
commissioner Clark, Of the inter-
commerce commission, which will
remedy the evil
Railroads will be furnished coal,
but the opinion of operators is that
hey will not get it dollar ton
cheaper than anyone else as they have
tried to do for some time.
The coal industry is beginning 10
assert itself In legal way and prom
ises not to continue "the weak sis
'ter'' It had been rated by many other
lines of big business.
MIR. Orr Presided.
j. NJ. Orr, Clarksbufg vice presi-.
dent of the Torthern Wost Virginia
Coal Operators Association, from the
Clarksburg section, called the meet
ing to order and welcomed the coal
operators to the city. Brooks Elem
Ing, Jr., Fairmont, was unable to at
Tend owing to being Ill with tonsll-
It's.
MI. Jenkins' Report.
O. Fl. Jenkins, Fairmont. former
president OF the Northern West Viz
ginia Coal Operators Association,
made a report of the committee that
was in Baltimore comforting with Of
ficiais of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road in regard to its fuel supply. Mr..
Orr supplemented Mr.. Jenkins re-
port.
Mr.. Bells Remarks.
George It. Bell, Executive vice pres
dent of the. Northern West Virginia
Coal Operators Association, again re-
Vowed the Monongahela railroad sit
uation and also. discussed the new
railroad bill and particularly that por.
lion, which relates to assigned. cars
Tor railroad fuel. Mr.. Bell made 1t
plain that the statement that cars
shall be counted indicates that all
cars are to be treated alike when
it comes to counting them. There
was general discussion on the sub
lect of assigned oars, which was par
Iicipated in by Dudley Britt, Clarks-
burg; Daniel Howard, Clarksburg, and
others.
Directors Meeting.
A meeting of the directors Of the
association was held at $3.50 o'clock,
continuing until O'clock when the
Fairmonters boarded the interurban
car for home.
Among those in attendance at the