The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-01
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ApAt QptfdlQfd Asaot4tlioN met ll
the Deer Park hotel, Deer Park
Atds on Saturday afterno1n and de.
5eided 10 ask fof reduction 81
wages insthnt feld! Operators age
asking for q conferences with
Francis Drum, Cumberland, Md,
president Of district 16, United
Mine Workers 6f America.
Indications arc that the operators
viii insist upon q reduction to the
1917 scale. Operators are q unit
in this reduction. a conference Of
the Joint scale committee Will prob
ably be heldsin the near future.
Thirty-fye members Of the asso-
citation were present at the meet
ing. T. NJ. Dodson, Bethlehem, Pa,
presided over the meeting.
Home From East
J. E. Gaskill and A. ]. saltzer,
Of the Southern Fuel Corporation,
returned on Sunday at noon from a
trip to New York and Boston.
In Colorado Springs.
Information was received today.
that Thomas w. Annette OF the
Antler Coal Company, will go to
Colorado Springs, Colo, from Estes
Park on Tuesday Of this week. Mr..
Annette Is improving nicely.
Personal Mention.
E.. 7. Kelley, Of the Pine Bluff
Coal Company, leaves on Tuesday,
for a several weeks trip to At
lantic City.
Benjamin F. Evans, of the West
Virginia Fuel Company and Mon
ongah Coal Company, was in the
East last week.
Remove Offices.
The Bertha Coal Company and
Wholesale Coal Company announce
tho removal Of their 0iyices from
1888 Majestic Building to the Cen
eral Motors,B Building, Detroit. The
change is effective today. Vaughn
]. Jolitf, a former Fairmonter, Is
resident manager.
Cut in Saward's.
Saward's Coal Journal, New York
city, whach was issued Saturday
contains q cut and sketch Of Frank
r. Lyon, Fairmont, vice president
in charge of operations Of The Con-
solidation Coal Company.
In the City Today.
John A. Clark, Jr., Of the Clark
coal interests, was in Fairmont for
the day. AS soon as he heard there
was no coal business in sight he
decided to board a train back to
Mountain Lake Park, Md, and fish.
While here he told his friends Of
his unusual luck as an angler.
Daily n. R. Fuel.
Railroad fuel loading off tho
Monongah division, B. e o. R. R.,
on Saturday totaled 70 cars Of
which the B. & o. R. R. was en-.
tirely off the market.
Saturday Shipments.
Shipments of the Monongah di.
vision, B. & o. R. R. on Saturday
were as follows: Curtis Bay, 1911
cars; lakes, 80 cars. Coal loaded
east was 1893 cars while that loaded
west was Sc cars.
Saturdays Loading.
Saturday the mines in the Fair
mont region loaded GAO cars Of coal
There were also four cars Of coke
loaded.
Operations along the Monongab
,divisioh, B. & o. R. r., on Saturday
loaded $50 cars of coal and 4 cars
Of coke.
Loading on the Monongahela
railway In West Virginia on Satur-
day was 1893 cars. The mines in
the Pennsylvania end loaded 1871
cars of coal.
No coal was produced on tho
Western Maryland railroad on
Saturday.
Along the Charleston division, B.
q o. r. R., on Saturday there were
% cars Of coal loaded.
Mining Conditions.
Today there are 243 mines idle
in the Fairmont region. This is,
against 2S1 last Monday. On the
Monongah division, B. 4 o. R. R.
there are 200 mines idle against
191 last Monday. Along the Mon
ongahela railway in West Virginia
there are rs operations idle against
25 last Monday. On the Western
Maryland railway today there are
IS idle while on the Charleston d.
vision, B. q o. R. R., there are 81
idle and on the Monongahela in
Pennsylvania there are SO mines
down.
In other words there are 40 mines
working on the Monongah division,
B. & o. R. R.; 10 on the Mononga-
hela in West Virginia; one IN the
Western Maryland railway; IA on
the Monongahela in Pennsylvania
and 20 on the Charleston division,
B. & o. R. r.
Operators say. that a wage adj