The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-15
EMPTY ORDER is
SENSATION FOR
LOCAL REGION
Fourteen Hundred and
Eight Requested on
Three Railroads

Seventy eight mines are at work
today in the Fat-mont region out
of 300. On the Monongah division
! B. & O. r. R. rntre are 81 at
work; on the Monongahela, 1S and
on tho Western Maryland, 4. This
is a much better showing than on
Monday.
On the Charleston division B.
& o. there are % mines working,
the same as yesterday, while on
the Monongahela in Pennsylvania
has 25 at work.
Judging from the empty orders
today there should be a strong
daily production. There are 140S
empties ordered on the three rail-
roads. On the MonoS--ll division,
B. & o. there arc S52 ordered OF
which is are for coal loading.
Monongahela in West .Ytrginin,
At5 and the Western Maryland, ),
14l. This was the heaviest daily
empty order for a long time.
Mines along the Charleston di-
vision, B. & o. ordered 65 empties
while the operations on the Mon
ongahela railway in West Virginia
asked for 306 emptlcs.
Daily Shipments
Shipments to Curtis Bay off the
Monongah division B. 6 o. II. r.
on Monday totaled 35 cars. There
we're $50 cars of coal loaded east
and 80 west. Seven cars OF coke
were loaded and that went west.
Daily r. r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
Monongah division B. & o. r. r..
on Monday aggregated 30S ears OF
approximately 90 per cent OF the
fuel loaded for railroads yester
day. OF that tonnage the B. & @.
received 179 cars while foreign car
riers received 129 cars.
Daily Loading
Coal loading in the Fairmont re.
gion on Monday was shaded, hav'
ing dropped to 934 cars. The
mines along the Monongnh Dlvis.
ion B. & o. on Monday loaded
$50 cars OF coal and cars Of coko
while the operations aloLg tho
M0nongahela railway in West Vir-
ginia loaded 354 cars of coal. The
Western Maryland railway did not
load a car OF coal yesterday.
Operations along the Charleston
division, B & o. on Monday load.
cd 81 cars OF coal while the mines
on the Monongnhela railway in
Pennsylvania on Monday produced
259 cars of coal,
3. & r. Coal Company
Attorney Ira L. Smith has filed
In the Marion county court house
fir record a certified copy OF the
Pennsylvania charter of the B. &
iR, Coal Company. This concern,
which Is composed OF Slavs. some
OF whom finance Slavish banks IN
UnioStown. Pa, and other towns,
operate the old Lyon Coal Company
mine at Catawba, this county.
They assumed charge some time
ago, but the charter arrangement
was only made recently.
The company owns from ten tc
eleven acres OF Pittsburgh coal
land and possibly twelve acres OF
Sewickley. coal land. 1t is under.
stood that they employ chiefly
Slavs at their mine. F. G. Ballas,
Uniontown, is president, and Mar.
tin NJ. Relss, Uniontown, Pa, and
other Slays are associates.
United Mine Workers
Nick Aiello, president OF sub
district 4, is in Annabelle today.
Patrick Buckley, vice president
OF sub district today is in Grant
Town.
izer, and Frank Mccartney, district
board member, are In the Morgan
town field today.
Edward Matthews, secretary o.
sub district A. is in the Clarks-
burg field today.
Charles II. Bailey, international
organizer, has been in Charleston
during tho past few days.
Nick Aiello. president Of sub
district 4 and Patrick Buckley, vice
president OF sub district 4. confer
red today with E. s.. Mccullough
labor commissioner, Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators AS
sociation.
Northern w. Va. Tonnage.
Production Of the mines of fNoTth.