The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-10
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CAR LITIGATION
.Fairmonters Leave Tonight
on Monongahela Railway.
Suit.

On M0n0ngahela railway.
Suit.
Legal lights are hard at work today
in Fairmont preparing a bill Of COM
plant to be made against the rail.
roads resorting 10 the use Of assigned
cars. Counsel and coal operators be-
live that they have a strong case mas
much as they can prove very readily
the harm that the assigned car has
done In the mining regions Of the
country since the Interstate Com
merce commission permitted the rail-
roads to use the assigned cars in what
they REGARDED as an emergency. That
period mas now passed and the coal
operator should have o much stronger
case today than at the getaway be-
Cause o: the injustice That the Is
signed car has done.
In conference today at the rooms Of
the Northern West Virginia Coal OPP
orators association are the following:
Rush c. Butler, Washington, b. e.,
chief counsel OF the National Coal as
ISOLATION; Frank y. Hardness, Chi
cago, Of the legal firm OF Butler.
Lamb. Foster and Pope, formerly So
lIcitor OF the United States Fuel ad-
ministration; Ernest S. Ballard, Chi
cago, OF the legal tirm Of Butler,
Lamb, Foster and Pope, the man who
drew the bill OF complaint; Attorney
Charles z. Goodwin, Morgantown;
Attorney Tusca Morris, Fairmont; q.
4. Bell, executive vice president Of
the Northern West Virginia Coal OPP
orators association; John Callahan,
Washington, D. c.; A. W. Vogtle,
traffic manager OF the Corona Coal
company, Birmingham. Ala, and A.
K. iarbrough, traffic manager, Kan
awha Coal Operators ASSOCIATION, OF
Charleston, W. Va. =.
The conference in Fairmont wiz
continue today and probably tomor-
row. The probabilities are that at
least some OF the conferees will leave
Fairmont for Birmingham, Ala,
where similar work will be done. II
is probable that suits will be institute
ed In federal and state courts.
At noon today it was believed that
a suit probably would be brought IN
Marion county. 1t is expected that
this action will result before the
counsel in the case leave Fairmont.
Detailed steps, however, have not
been definitely decided upon.
The Corona Coal company, BIZ
mingham, Ala, which was represent
ed at today's conference By mr.. Nog-
tie, has begun injunction proceedings
against the Southern Railway be
cause OF the use Of assigned cars.
Mondhgaheia Case.
Tonight the Falrmonters will leave
for Washington, L. T., where they
will participate IN the suit against the
Pennsylvania railroad, pittsburgh
and Lake Erie, Monongahela ana the
Mofsantown and Wheeling artlroads.
which will be before the Interstate
Commerce commission on Friday
at 10 o'clock.
Those who will make the trip are:
S. D. Brady and c. D. Robinson, Fair
mont; B. N. Chaplin, Samuel and 10.
seph Pursegloye and Z. h. Gilbert, OF
MoFcaltown; John q. oJnes, OF Pitts
burgh, and George I. Bell, executive
vice president OF the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators association.
Mr.. Bell and others will probably tes-
tify before the commission.
Daily Car Supply.
While the car supply Is not ade-
ouate the showing in the region IS :
whole is better today than yesterday.
There are eignty-two cars less on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad than yes
terday and thirty-eight cars less tnan
Wednesday on the Monogahela, but
the Western Maryland railroad mas
a full run against no cars at all On
Wednesday.
baltimore and Ohio railroad today
there are 704 cars and the early
gplacement was ga. Today's
cars are classified as follows: Open,
$40; coke, IA; n. e. c. l., rs; NJ. v. J.,
n. The cars left over form the pre-
yious day were II. AS q result Of the
car shortage there were sixty-seVen
mines idle today.
Today there are 1873 cans placed N
the west Virginia district Of the MO
nongahela railway. OF this number
there are is assigned cars-13 Cana.
dian Pacific and 50 New York Central
cars. IN the Pennsylvania district
there are 125 cars placed. There
were no cars in sight this morning for
FRIDAYS loading. The movement out
Of Brownsville, Pa, is holding up
we'll. There Is an accumulation OF put
100 loads Of coal and coke at TAI
point. .,a
Wyatt-Blngamon branches Of the
Western Maryland railroad today are
ENJOYING q full car supply. There are
i'm amnfips nm those spurS today.
Not Suitable Cars.
Some Of the cars that the Interstate
Commerce commission directed Ger.
tain railroads west Of the Mississippi
IN send east for loading on thirteen
NJ coal carrying lines are not
he kind Of equipment desired. Some
~ these cars we're built for carrying
sand and gravel, and as q result they
cannot load the regulation coal load
20 tors-because Of their loN
sides There APPEARS to be q surplus
supply Of these cars IN the miadie
II will nodoubt result in the 1nter-
state Commerce commission receiving
Complaint about thistype Of cars, they
boing substituted for coal cars, which
sbould come into the coal fields.
Daily Loading.
Asa result OF the continuous rag
red car supply the production IN the