The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-07
COAL PRICES
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ASSAkAAAGS A. SA44 Ab0 SAGst
justified can be gathered from the
recent action Of federal grand
! Jury sitting In CoVtngton, KY,
which recently set reasonable"
prices for eastern Kentucky coal
as follows: Slack, 81; run OF mine,
! $3.50; prepared sizes, IS with S.
as maximum.
Although seventy-fiye per cent,
OF the cial tonnage In the FRirmont
region has been contracted for on
an extremely low basis there has
been some high priced coal com
planned OF, although operators ap.
pear to be recently taking the
proper attitude as they appeared
| to have CLEANED the fact that the
government is in earnest.
AID UN6... COAL IS eI6I......
Reports from Cleveland state
that last week the feet loaded
S40,33O tons OF coal. That is an
increase over the same week last
season but loss compared with
the same week in 1918 when the
docks dumped 1,005,954 tons Of
cargo coal. Shipments for the sea-
son up to October l, were 5,2O3,.
732 tons as against 1S,20S.956 tons
for me same time last season and
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Most of the miners in the No,
Ohio district have returned to
work and receipts will be more lib
eral by the emu OF the week. There
was little increase in stocks to-
day but the movement is light
| and cargoes are sent forward as
| fats as they are ready. The rail.
roads had S,75S cars at the lake
front, Monday morning and 1905
cars In transit. The docks dumped
4,404 cars Saturday and Sunday
and receipts were 5.77O cars Load
ing for Monday was estimated at
2.175 cars.
Johnstown Price Says.
A dispatch from JohnsJown, Pa,
in the heart Of the Cambria blum.
nous coal fields of Pennsylvania,
indicates that the price OF coal is
breaking there also.
The dispatch states the follow.
ing: "A downward tendency in the
price OF coal and the very favora-
BILE beginning OF a lowering OF the
: cost OF living, along with the high
rate of wages already being paid
coal miners will, it Is believed, by
operators, prevent u strike in the
bItuminous region when the matter
is put to vote of the union min.
! G1 . AZ LIS II AIL w. Lu46 WGehs
"At conference of operators
and representatives of the miners
in Philadelphia, the former refused
the demand for general increase
OF % per cent, hair OF the amount
at first demanded by the miners.
An increase of $1.50 day was
granted for mine labor, but the
operators baked when confronted
with q demand for a general in
crease of rs per cent. on tonnage.
at is asserted that the political
efforts of candidates within the
organization might have some ten.
dency to force a strike In case u
sufficient number Of candidates for
decide that a strike might favor
their campaign and could exert suf'
tiCient influence TO sway the min
ers. This, however, Is believed int
possible by the more conservative
and union men deny that organlza.
ton politics could go far enough
to bring about a strike"
Coal Land Purchases
w. A. Stone, OF w. A. Stone and
Co., Uniontown, Pa, has purchased
tract Of $50 acres of Pittsburgh
coal near Meadow Brook, Harrison
county, w. Va. 1t is located along
inc IoItIOdu OIhllSn "a tLe ~
o. r. R. 1t Is understood that the
coal land was purchased at a cost
of $1,000 an acre.
Health Board.
In the West Virginia division Of
the Consolidation Coal company
this year not one case of typhoid
fever broke out. in any Of their nu-
merous towns. The Mutual Month
ly, the organ of the company,
makes this comment:
In that division we have 20
mining towns in which are located
81 mines employing some 5000
man and with a population of some
$4,000 souls, yet with conditions
which are not easily controlled,
and with a population which is
more or less shifting. that division
| has passed through the spring and
summer of 1920 without a single
case of typhoid fever being report
ed UP to this writing"
Has Own "Ticker."
In order to facilitate matters,
! the Robinson Coal company has in
stalled a telegraph instrument and
relays its own messages over TO the
down town office OF the western
Union Telegraph company and
thus eliminates the use Of messen-
ger boys. An old timer at the
game, Ed S. Phillips, who had been
deputy county clerk and prior to
that a Pennsylvania railroad tel
egrapher, is at the key.
1t happens, however, that there
I Is q bevy of talent at the office.
Everybody from the boss, c. D.
Robinson, down the line, w. c.
Wiley, Harry P. Robinson and
others can be pressed into service
! IL need be.
J Lake Shipments.
During the past few days the
lake shipments are rapidly tncreas.
/ Ing, The region is way back on It's
/ HDportionment and operators are
I beginning to make 1t up In view of
the Improvement of the car sup
NV. In the past two days there
+, was a total OF SO cars OF lake coaI
! loaded or $40 cars ahead of the 155
car apportlonment for two days.
Here and there is perhaps com
pany that is overlooking its lake
ohIIuations. but the B. & o. backed