The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-20
WANT FAIRN0NTGQAL NILIl N0T'
PAY PRICES IHAI rule !NIH!SE!EII

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statement according to the Nor
gantown New Dominion:
This is our attempt to operate
our mines under the present wage
scale which we have considered
Drohibihve. We are going to tn
and reduce coal costs wherever w
can to see II We cannot possibly
keep going under. the present wage
contract At least without a loss Il
our company. II we find that We
cannot, Of course we shall be com
PEELED TO suspend again. We are
in competition with production
costing from rs to 40 per cent, lesl
than our own costs showed at the
suspension Of operations last
March and OF course this is very
difficult to overcome. We shall
.be running for at least three
weeks, however, as we mean tc
give the present operation a full
tryout."
Daily r. r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
Mopongah division, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, has been easing up
some during the latter part OF
this week. On Friday there were
1870 cars Of coal loaded Of which
the Baltimore and Ohio secured
26 cars. Foreign roads secured
104 cars.
Fridays Shipments
Curtis Bay shipments off the.
Monongah division, Baltimore and
Ohio railroad on Friday totaled
so cars. Lake shipments aggregat.
ed 40 ears. There were 316 cars
OF coal loaded east and rs west
Of the dlviEion.
East Of Grafton
Twenty-one trains drew 6sS car
loads east Of Grafton on the B. q
%. railroad on Friday. The coal
included, was $50 cars. West off
the Monongah division there were
1874 loads.
This morning there were s4s
east bound loads on the division,
Of which $50 were coal
Installing Screens
At Forest mine Of the Forest
Coal company, Fairmont, which
has its operations along SCOTS
Run. Monongaiia county, screens
are being installed today,
Daily Loading
Fairmont region on Friday load.
ed 735 cars Of coal. OF that there
we're 1914 cars loaded on the Mon.
ongah division Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; 100 cars on the Western
Maryland and 241 on the Monon-
gahela in West Virginia.
Mines along the Charleston al.
vision, Baltimore and Ohio rail-.
road on Friday loaded 50 cars Of
coal while the operations along
the Monongahela railway in Penn.
sylvania loaded 255 cars.
Mining Conditions
A total Of ISL mines are idle in
the Fairmont region, which means
that there are 80 minei at work
on the three railroads today To.
days mine idleness is the record
breaker in the Fairmont region,
the former high mark having been
last Saturday when 254 mines
were down flat.
On the Monongah division, Bal
tlmore and Ohio railroad today
there are Els mines idle, which ia
a new record for mine idleneas
the former one was last Saturday
when 2o7 mines were idle. TWEEN.
ty.seven mines are idle on the
Monongahela in West Virginia to
day. All of the 10 mines are idle
on the Western Maryland railway
today. On the Charleston division,
Baltimore and Ohio railroad there
are rs, mines down today. In the
Pennsylvania district Of the Mon.
ongahela railway there are 50
mines idle.
Actual mines working today
are 25 on, the Monongah division,
Baltimore and Ohio; s on the Mon.
ongahela in West Virginia and
none on the Western Maryland
On the Charleston division. Balti.
more and Ohio railroad today there
are IL working and in the Penn