The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Empty Order Assures
Fair Production Today,
However
R's.RS. BEST CUSTOMERS
Get 62% Tuesday off B. &
eO.-Load 1,O36 Cars
\ Tuesday

Coal mining will be at a stand
still tomorrow because Of the OBJ
seryance OF Thanksgiving Day.
This Is one OF the seven recosniz-
ed holidays of the United Mine
Workers Of America. ....
81 Practically none Of the 300 mines
IN the Fairmont region Will work.
s9ers and there perhaps a non un-
mine may work but as whole
little II any production is antici-
!pated. This covers the Monongah
II Zion, D. & o., the Western
!a a3ryland and the Monongahela.
IN the Pennsylvania end OF the
aiouongaheln railway, where the
mtnes are on non unton basis
ispmeSoG the operatlOs will wor!; to.
&orTow.
"a Preparatory to the holiday,
|showever, there is slight squirt in
|sproduction and today on the three,
railroads In the region there are
1895 empties ordered against 1883
MONDAY and 1t01 Tuesday, OF
.Ssllese the biggest gain is on the
Senongah division, b. & o. with
tt4e Monongahela close second.
ON Ethe B. & o. tho mines order
|;et 866 empttes; these along the
ionongahela, 406 aud the opera
tions on the Western Maryland,
Forty four empttGs are order
I'd Today by the mines along the
Qharleston division, B. & o. while
n1png the Monongahsla in Penn
Sglvania hte miles ask for 343 emp
Daily RI r. Fusl
llTslS hundred and fifty cars OF
Soa we're secured by railroads off
4onongah division. B. & o.
r These fig3raH continue. to
fta Iiae the Dig end Of the
itiSiISsa In the Faitmont region is
IigSl q the allroads.
ssCarFiets on Tuesday received
more than SO per cent OF the en-
tire coal loading on the Monongah
division, B. & o. R. R. yesterday.
Its Is understood that the railroads
ara buying quite little coal on the
rot market at very low prices
md are storing the fuel.
Daily Coal Loading
Coal loading in the Fairmont re-
on on Tuesday aggregated 1896
Slrloads while the coke loading to-
tailed. 6 cars. In fact yesterdays
Iaadtng was just 80 cars short OF
the previous day.
Mines along the Monongah divis.
Ton, p. 6 o. r.. R. on Tuesday
loaded @5SS carloads while tho Yves.
k.ssSs No ryy1o15 loo Iad "a curo ~
soal. Operations along the Mon
1ngahela railway in West Virginia
on tuesday produced 1856 cars OF
Coal loading on the Charleston
iiytslon, B. & o. R. R. showed
Slight retrogresslve STOP on Tues
day when 81 cars were loaded
tainst 20 cars Monday While the
ding On the Monongahela in
pennsylvania continues to run In
} and spells it has managed to
.ep above the 800 car mark daily.
Ohio Rate Case
IGGeoYge S. Bracket, secretary OF
he Northern West Virginia Coal
operators Association, leaves on
sung BY night for Washington, D.
~, where the final nearing in tne
ohio rate case will tRke place be-
ore the Interstate Commerce
Commission on Monday.
s Advisory Board Meet
Next Monday morning at 10
o'clock there will be a meeting Of
ne advisory board Of .ha North
n'tWest Virginia Coal Operators
ASsQciation at The Waldo. Clarks.
&, Cases to be taken before
l1sS Joint board OF the operators
Ind miners will be discussed.
Mining School
The regular session Of the Fair
mont mining extension school will
1o held in the Fatrmont high
ehdol annex on Friday evening n!
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