The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-14
Chief Consumers Of Coal
From The Region Are
Railroads
DAILY SHIPMENTS
Facts and Figures of IN
terest to Coal People
of Section

Limited coal tonnage is going
out Of the Fairmont region these
days. The chief consumers of fue!
from this region appears to be the
railroads. The railroads secured
about sixty r1r cent OF the coal
off the Monongah division B & Q.
R. r. on Tuesday.
Two hundred and twenty five
cars Of coal was secured by the
railroads off the Monongah divis-
ion B. & o. r. r. on Tuesday.
The B. & o. secured us cars
while the foreign fuel was 107
cars.
Daily Shipments
Twenty six cars Of coal were
shipped TO Curtis Bay off the Mon.
ongah division B. & o. R. R. on
Tuesday. Eastern coal loading was
331 cars while western shipments
were 45 cars.
Tuesdays Loading
Coal loading in the Fairmont re.
gion on Tuesday aggregated 7S3
cars. OF that there wore 376 cars
loaded by the mines along tho
Monongah division, B. & o.; Ill
cars by those along the Western
Maryland and 296 cars by the op-
cratIons along the Monongahela
railway in West Virginia.
No change has been noticed in
loading conditions on the Charles.
ton division B. & o., where a
cars were loaded on Tuesday.
Along the Monougahela railway in
Pennsylvania on Tuesday there
were 332 cars OF coal loaded.
Felaht Movement
Eighteen trains drew 5S4 freight
loads east OF Grafton on the B.
& o. R. R. on Euesday. OF that
total there werb AIS ca IS OF coa..
Western freight loads off the Mon
ongah division on Tuesday werI
POS. At midnight there were 4l9
cars Of coal. Western freight loads
off the Monongah division on Tues
day were 2OS. At midnight there
were 500 loads on the division and
of that total 800 we're coal.
Working Conditions
Fifty eight mines are at work in
the Fairmont region today. OF
that number there are forty six on
the Monongah division, B. & o.;
one on the Western Maryland and
II on the Monongabela railway in
West Virginia. Twelve mines arc
working today on the Charleston
division B. & o. while only IL
mines are working today on the
Monongahela aailway in Pennsyl'
vanIa.
Operations in the Fairmont re.
gion today ordered 9S4 cmpties.
Tho order on the Monongah divls5
ion b. & o. struck the strongest
gait OF the present week at 1855.
The order on the Monongahela In
West Virginia showed H decrease
and the daily order dropped down
to 220. Only eight empties were
ordered on the Western Maryland
railway today.
Sixty empties we're ordered by
the mines along the Charleston
division b. & o. while the opera
tions on the Monongahela railway
in Pennsylvania ordered 2S2.
United Mine Workers
Edward Matthews, secretary OF
sub district 4, was in Morgantown
yesterday.
janis McCleery, district organ
izcr was in Clarksburg yesterday.
Charles II. Bailey, international
organizer, remains in Charleston.
As yet no date has been set for
tho district board meeting In
Charleston.
Frank Mccartney, district board
member, was in the Clarksburg
field on Tuesday.
James McCleery dIstrit organizer
was at Davis mine No. l, at Nor
gantown yesterday.
Officials OF the United Mine
Workers have received reports
that the John Y. Hite is making
an effort to work his mine on the
open shop basis. This Is the Fair.
mont & Lowesville Coal Company
plant at John y. station along the
Monongahela railway.
Today James McCleery. district
organizer. and +, S. Mccullough,
labor commissioner, Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators AS.
sociation, are at Helen mine near
Gypsy.
It is expected that the miners
convention to take up the wage
scale will be began at indianapolis
about February 14th.
1t is understood that the New
York Central railroad has declin-
cd TO take any more coal on spot
shipments.
The coal contracted for at $3.50
to $2.75 however. will be taken
from the operators having them.
It is understood that the Warner
Collorles Company and the North
American Coal Company have con-
tracts with that carrier.
Down Morsantown Way
G. w. Rodgers, OF the Monon.
Scott Fuel Company, returned on
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