The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-21

New Brunswick, N. j.. where he
witnessed the W. v. U..Rutgers foot
ball game.
George T. Watson. Of the consoli
dalton Coal Co.. has returned from
q trip to New York and Brunswick.
n. j., having witnessed the W. V.
UsRutEers grldirou fight at the
latter place.
Buy Coal Land.
Attorneys John H. Robinson and
r. w Dawson, UniontoWn, Pa. act
ing for Fayette county. Pa, credi
tors Of the estate Of the late J.. S
Douglas, who had been broker for
j. V. Thompson, former UniOntown
Pa, banker, on Saturday at a con-
misstoner's sale bought In $500
acres Of coal land In Harrison couu
~, located southwest OF Salem, and
a portion being located in Dodd
ridge county.
Saturday Shipments
Coal shipments to Curtis Bay
aggregated twenty--three cars on
Saturday OH the MonOngah dlvi-
sion, B. & O. R. Il. There were
264 cars OF coal loaded east and
il3 cars west. The entire three
cars Of coke we're moved west.
Daily r. r. Fuel
One hundred and sixteen cars OF
coal were secured by the railroads
OF the Nonongah division, h. 6 o.
R. r. Saturday. OF that total
there we're t99 cars OF coal secur
ed by the 5. & o. X. R. and 81
cars by foreign carriers.
Eastern Movement
1t has been noticed that while
the coal movement eastward
through the Grafton gateway has
been much below normal the zen
eral trend OF things has been little
les of the previous week. The
coal movement in the past few
weeks has showed a decrease,
however.
On Saturday there we're twenty
1ive trains drawn cast OF Grafton
in which there we're S12 freight
loads and of that 63E cars we're
coal. twenty-five trains were
moved through the Grafton gate
way on Sunday. In which $50
loads we're Aggregated and Of that
total SOL caE RFrn coal On Fri
day there wOfe T. snty-tive trains
in which S3S q. ; were moved of
which $50 cars gre coal.
Saturdays Loading
Coal loading in the, Fairmont
region on Saturday aggregated
64S cars. This was the poorest
Saturday coal loading in the re-
tgion for a month. but the previous
Saturday was hut 80 cars stronger.
Mines on the Monongah dIvl-
sion, B. & o. r. r. on Saturday
loaded 274 cars OF coal. The Yves
tern Maryland operations did not
load a car OF coal, but the Mon
ongahelA did we'll and eclipsed the
b. & O.. as it produced 374 cars.
Loading on the Charleston divI-
sion, p. e. y. R. r.. on Saturday
aggregated So cars OF coal. Mines
along the Monongahela railway in
Pennsylvania on Saturday FADED
l175 cars Of coal,
Mining Conditions
No great change is apparent in
coal mining conditions in the
Fairmont region. There are sixty
five mines at work TO day on the
three railroads in the region,
which is the same number as last
Monday. On the d. & o. r. r.
there are>49 mines at work while
on the Western Maryland there are
9 with fourteen or the Mononsa-
hela.
Mine idlenAss is n slight bit
more acute today on the Charles
ton division, q. e o. r. Il. than
last Monday there being 10 at
work while last Monday there
were 20 active.
Along the Monongahela railway
In Pennsylvania there are only 10.
mines Mt work. Working condi-
tEons are somewhat worse than fol.
the past few weeks, which is also
reflected in the production figures.
In The Fairmont region proper
to-day a total Of 1859 emptles are
ordered on the three railroads,
which is 101 more than the pre-
vious week. The empty order was
placed as follows today. r. L o..
t714; Monongahela. 366; Western
Maryland, go.
On the Charleston division, B. &
TO-, there we're "a empties ordered
while on the Monongahcla in
Pennsylvania ther% were $50 emp
ties ordered.
United Mine Workers
Nick Ailelto. president Of sub
district 4. and Patrick Buckley,
vice president Of sub district 4, are
at Carolina today.
Today Frank Mccartney, dis
trict board member. and James
McCIeery. district organizer, are
at work along SCOTS Run, In the
Morgantown section.
Edward Matthews. secretary Of
sub district 4. is at the Robinson
mine at Meadow Brook.
A big miners meeting was held
at Grant Town on Sunday after
noon. The speaker was Patrick
BUCKLEY, vice president OF sub dis
trict 4, Between 800 and 400
miners were in attendance At the
meeting.