The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-10

ed in Northern west virginia.
iInc Accidents.
During the first nine months OF
the present. year 1.455 men were
Killed by Gccidents at coal mines
against 1856 duri. the correspond
ing months OF 1920. These figures
represent a fatality rate of 4.01 per
million tons mined in 1891 and sos
per million tons mined in 1920.
Coal Movement
Though tho Grafton gateway
there were t~enty-three trains OF
freight moved on the B. & o. r..
h on wednesday in which there
wore 49, loads Of which 599 cars
were coal. West OFF the Mouongnh
division there we're 323 cars of
freight moved.
At midnight there we're 941 east.
hound loads on the division OF
which $50 cars ere. coal.
Daily Shipments
Fifteen loads Of coal were ship
ped TO Curtis Bay off the Monon.
gah division b. q o. r.. r. ON
Wednesday. There were $50 cars
OF coal loaded cast and u west.
WILLS C car sot coke were loaded
on the division yesterday there
were 4 shipped west while two
went on the unConSiRned list.
Armistice Day
Friday Is Arruistice Day and the
majority Of the coal companies
will observe q half holiday.
~ ,nraTa~ - Nhn GHutpnNNnN min.
tng school win be held Friday
evening.
Daily Loading
Coal loading showed its first real
slump OF the week yesterday i'll the
Fairmout region when the produc-
ton went below the 1909 car mark.
On tho three railroads there were
1888 cars OF coal loaded. which was
but 18l cars short Of Monday but
274 cars short of Tuesdays loading.
Mines on the Monongah dtvis-
ION s & o. loaded - cars of
coal and 6 cars OF coke yesterday
while the operations along thu
Monongahela loaded 419 cars. OPP
erations along the Western Mary.
land railway produced 10 cars Of
coal.
Tonnage on tho Charleston divis.
ion Is. & o. yesterday aggregated
At cars OF conl while the produc-
ton along tho Monongahela rail,
way in Pennsylvania totaled 34A
cars.
Mining Conditions
NFz.J,S-- an~IJtSr-c haro ab1n1.
ed little in the Fa!rnont region to.
day. II anything they are just a
trifIe wors than on Wednesday.
A slight retrogressiYe stea appears
to have set In today, which was
noticed on the B. G. o. and
spread to the Monongahela. Work.
ing conditions are a little better
on the Western Maryland. The diff.
tsronces are so slight that they
are ant to SWING the TeyerSe over
u!ght.
4 total Of sixty six mines r
working today against II yesteT.
day, OF tho sc at work today there
are 81 on the Monongah division.
B. & o.: II on the Monongahela
and 4 on the Western Maryland.
Eighteen mines arp at work on the
Charleston division. B. & o. while
81 are active on the MonongakcFa
railway in Pennsylvania.
Accumulated loads on the Mon
ongahela railway in Pennsylvania
ara on the increase especially is
this true of coke. where there we're
12S unh!lled loads today.
Today theer are 1888 emptics
ordered Of which the mines on the
b. G. o. ordered 1874: those on the
Monongahe1a. All and the mines on
tho W estcrn Maryland 143. The
operations along the Charleston
division. B. & o. ordered % and
the operations on the Mononga-
hela in Pennsylvania 30i.
United Mine Workers
Activities OF tho United Mine
Workers OF America locally are
confined today to a meeting Of the
joint advisory board OF the North.
ern West Virginia Coal Operators
Association and miners, which is
scheduled to take place this after
noon at the rooms w the Jacobs
Building.
NJ, L., Haptoustahl, acting presi.
dent Of district II, is here from
Charleston for the meeting as wen
as J, l.. Ballard, Charleston, in.
ternational organizer: Ray Aiello.
district board memioer, Grafton
and +. F. Forinasch, Grafton,
president Of sub district 8. Nick
Aiello, president OF sub district 8.
and other attches Of the Falrmont
office Of the United Mine Workers
OF America is expected to attend
a dispatch from Charleston
states the following: Williams Biz.
card a sud district president of the
United Mine Workers. was arrest
ed by Sheriff Walker at n a. nj!
today to answer an indictment IN
connection with the armed march
into Logan county last August in
his home Mt St. Adams, where he
had returned late last night.
At MorGantown
According to reports received In
Morgantown the railroads appear
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