The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-14
COAL LOADING
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the following THE miners In tRt
employ OF the Brothers Valley Coal
company in the Somerset field have
walked out, following = notice By
the company that It would not be
able to continue to pay the Tatet
under the agreement. which does
not expire until April /. 1922, and
would have to revert to the scale Of
1917 TO sell coal at a profit at pres
ent prices.
THE United Nine Workers have
not yet acted regarding the strike
Other mines are being operated al
small capacity, few shipments beinI
made"
Mine Workers Sued.
A dispatch from Birmingham,
Ala. printed in saward's Journal
this week Is as follows: THE first
suits under the newly enacted state
law providing for the suing OF. 'un'
incorporated associations have
been filed in the Circuit court here.
| The suits, three In number, are di
rected against the United Mine
Workers OF America. The PLAINTIFF
are ". s. Rountree, r. D. PuEh and
&C. ". Jones. Local officers OF the
miners union are also made de
PENDANTS. Rountree asks damaged
to the amount Of $3.50. while PuEb
and Jones seek to recover $500 each.
The plaintiffs claim the amounts
for which they have filed suits are
due them by the defendants fol
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sold by the plaintiffs to the defend
ants. or for labor done at the de-
PENDANTS request prior to March /
1921.
The Law under which the suits
were filed was enacted at the recent
session OF the state Legislature, AND
signed by Governor Kilby last week.
The legislation was urged by the
governor in his MESSAGE 10 the spe
cial session OF the lawmakers, the
governor citing certain alleged acts
OF destruction which he claimed
were committed by members of the
United Mine Workers during the
strike in this district last winter
THE new law is retroactive. Here
tofore it has been impossible to sue
a labor union because 1t was neces'
sary to name each individual mem
Der OF the organization"
Daily Shipments
Daily shipments made OF the
Monongah division. B. & o. R. r.
on Saturday included So cars to
Curtis Bay. There were no other
pier shipments.
A total Of 49, cars Of coal we're
LOADED east and 40 west. Sit Of
the seven cars Of coke loaded on
Saturday went east, tho remaining
one going on the unconslgned list.
Daily II. n. Fuel
One hundred and fifty-two cars
OF coal we're loaded on the Mon
onSah division, B. & o. r. R. last
Saturday and Of that the B. & 0,
r. Il. individually received 40
cars. [.
! Saturdays Loading
Coal loading took G'deofded- drop
in the Fairrnont region on Satur-
day when the total aggregated
1858 cars Of coal and Z cars OF coke.
Mines OIL the Monongah division.
b. & o.. loaded 485 cars OF coal
and Z ears Of coke; those along
the MOnongahela in West Virginia
I19S cars and no coal at all was
loaded on the Western Maryland
railway.
Tonnage loaded on the Charles
ton division, B. & o. r. r. on
saturday aggregated 80 cars Of coal
Ewhilo the operations along the
jMononEahela in Pennsylvania load.
led 316 cars which is a right fair
tonnage for a Saturday.
Suit Filed for &2f1,O83
Claiming damages and unpaid
money to the amount OF $241,0S4..
IA, suit has been instituted in the
Circuit Court at Morgantown by
the Wilson Brothers Coal Com.
Spany, a, Pennsylvania corporation,
against z. H. Gilbert and Raymond
IN. Davis OF Monongalia county,
trading as the Davis Coal Company
LOT MoFgantown. The suit alleges
violation OF a contract whereby the
plaintiff company agreed to fur
nish 10000 tons OF coal for $40 3
Iton. Only 1859 tons OF that
Quantity has been accepted by the
defendant. IL is alleged, although
the plaintiff has been ready and
willing to continue filling the con.
tract.
Coal Movement
Coal movement through tho
lGfaEton gateway on Sunday aggre.
lgated 6T9 freight loads Of which
610 were coal, having been drawn
by twenty-one trains. To the west
iof the division there were 185
loads OF freight moved. At mid.
night there wore 275 loads on tho
Monongah division, B. & o. bound
flor the east of--which $50 cars
|were coal.
Twenty. two trains on Saturday
drew 756 cars Of coal east OF Graf
ton OF which 500 cars were coal.
West there were S35 loads moved.
Friday there we're twenty-five
trains east OF Grafton in which S15
freight loads were drawn Of which
l512 cars were coal. West off the
division there were $50 cars OF
freight moved.
Some Improvement
Figures show that during Octo.
lber there were $500 more loads
Iof freight moved through the Graf
lion gateway than during the month
lof September. There were also
lI1ni0 more emptles received In Oc-