The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-10
B. & o. Reported to be.
Storing Lump Coal
these Days
GOSSIP
r. B. Isner, Formerly Of
Elkills, With Old Do
minion Coal Corp.

1t is reported that tho B, & o.
is securing quite little lump coal
in this region, preferring the pre-.
pared sizes to mine run owing to
the fact that it can be stored more
advantageously. OF course tho 3.
& o. Is storing tho bulk OF 1t.
There were $40 cars OF coal Sc.
cured by the carriers OF the Mo
nongah division, D. G o. on Wed.
nesday OF which the B. & o. secured
204 cars. Foreign carriers got j
total Of 13G cars OF coal.
Railroad fuel loading thus far
this week has been running unusual
ly heavy. A total Of 1.012 cars wero
secured by the carriers in three
days or daily average OF S3T cars
day. Fifty.eight per cent OF the
railroad fuel was procured by tho
B. & o. this having aggregated 591
cars in three days or 1877 cars
day.
Injunction Proceedings.
Coal operators and miners ara
watching the Injunction proceedings
to be heard late this afternoon by
Judge .NicCIintock in the Federal
court of Southern West Virginia at
Charleston.
These proceedings we're brought
q week after the indianapolis IN
junction action at Bluefield and are
similar TO those ruled on by Judge
Anderson in indianapolis. While
Judge Anderson expressed himself
verbally that his ruling applied to
West Virginia the question OF juris-
dietion Is not set forth in the writ
ton opinion and the cosi' operators
fsss3 n q F D. aEl7is
Gus to- AYE the legal phase such
that there VIII be no question as to
the extent of its legal application
TO West Virginia.
Upper Potomac's View.
According to the National Min.
ing News. Charleston, the Upper
Potomac field views Judge Ander-
sons ruling on the check on as
follows:
Speculation was rife in the Up.
per Potomac and Georges Greek
fields as to whatmiGht be expected
as the outcome OF Judge Anderson's
injunction. Even II there should
be a strike In the Upper Potomac
fields as to what might be expected
for the mines, or many OF them, in
this field have not been operating
since early in the year, so that Il
strike would not alter conditions
anyway. At one Of the largest plants
In the region the check.ctf is not
and has not been in force. 1t does
not appear 10 be very popular In
the fields except in Tucker county,
West Virginia, Garrett county. Md,
and in the Big Vein territory.
Prices. naturally, under the condt-
tions described have undergone no
change, mine run being low In de-
nand as we'll as in price, with from
$3.50 to $1.T5 the average"
Miners House Burned.
a miners dwelling at RObey minc
Of the Hutchinson Coal company
was burned to the ground on We'd
nesday afternoon. The loss is total
The occupant wa3 asleep when the
fire awakened him with tho result
that he barely escaped with his life.
AS result his personal effects and
furniture were burned.
N. w. Va. Production.
In Northern West Virginia on
Monday there were 1896 cars Of
coal loaded by $50 mines out OF 532.
On Tuesday exactly the same num-
ber OF mines loaded 1,402 cars of
coal.
Isner Makes Change.
Fairmont coal trade friends Of R.
B. Isner. former United States dis.
trict fuel representative OF the Fair
mont region. and who was formerly
located at EIkins, w. Va, will be
pleased to learn that he has reach
ed another rung in the ladder Of
success. !. He is now general sales
manager OF the Old Dominion Coal
Corporation, Charleston, with Of
fices in Cincinnati. He has been
general sales manager OF the Boone
County Corporation, Sharples, W.
Va.
It Is understood that he has an
interest in the Dominion Coal Cor