The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-25
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EHHaf
tcoaiteasd trsn Sars sssI
along the MonongR1tE railway In
Yves. Virginia produced ass cars OF
Thursday a Holiday.
No coal was produced in the Fair
mont region and in fact very little
II any in Northern West Virginia on
! Thursday Thanksgiving Day..
Non-union mines along the Mo.
nongahela railway In Pennsylvania
on Thursday loaded le2 ars Of
coal.
Tested Coal Ausur
The Acme coal augur was sue
cesstIlly tested out at the Erie
mine Of the Hutchinson Coal Com.
pany on Wednesday, by C. E. Bell,
one Of the directors OF the com.
pany.
Miners Check Holder
S. S. Stewart, RiTesvIlIe, Is
manufacturing 5000 miners check
and key ring holders, q new pat
ent every week at his n!ant. in that
town. Ordinarily Oh mine-s. aries
the checks IN his pocket bat this
device can be attached In dis belt
and hold a numbs rot checks in
position and which can Ne pulled
off easily as thoy are desired.
Mining Conditions
Full effects OF the Thankssiv-
ing Day holiday are reflected in
the FaIrmont region. Only fifty.
three mines are working today. or
these there are A on the b. & O..
and . on tho Monongaheia. No
mine sare at work on the Western
Maryland railway today.
Working condition sou the Char.
lesion division, B. s. 0. r. r.. to-.
day show up better today than any
day thi sweek. Twenty nine are
at work on that division today.
On the MononSalIela railway in
Pennsylvania there are but %
mines working.
On the Monongah division B. &
o. Il. R. today the mines ordered
644 cars Of which 10 are for coke
loading, whiel in the MononAphela
railway in West Virginia there
were 30 empties ordered, which
makes 9o4 for tho region. The op.
GRAFTON salonE the Western Mary
alnd railway did not order any
cars today.
Strike Has Ended
After a conference this morning
the strike at the plant Of the Four
States Coal Company at Annabelle
was settled thi smorning. Among
those in attendance we're A. c..
Beeson, general manager Of the
company; E. NJ. Mccullough, la.
Dor commissioner. Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Assoeia.
ton; G. II. Bailey, International
organizer, United Mino Workers OF
America, Nick Aiello, president Of
subdlstrict 4, and Patricdk Buck.
ley, vice president of sub district
4.
1t is reported that this concern
paid certain bonuses and it is
elaine dthat after a tIirty-three
per cent reduction that the wages
were before the scale which elm
mated bonuses. A strike resulted
and probably 30 men r con
cerned, including 80 diggers and
probably a dozen or more power
plant men.
The officials OF the United Mine
Workers OF America, who ordered
the strike, sent tho men back to
work thi Safternoon after the ort-
ginal scale OF wages was agreed to
b paid. The company reserves the
right hnuavar m wnrlr martial
time at the mines.
It Is said certain fixed conditions
we're involved in tho paying OF the
bonuses.
United Mine Workers
Nick Aiello. president of sub
district 4. yesterday afternoon adj
dressed 400 miners at a meeting
held in townsville. He touched on
the open shop" and other labor
questions.
To-day Nick Aiello. President Of
sub district 4. was at Mine So.
Monongah.
Steve Kiewich, International re.
preventative of the United Mine
MARKERS, died yesterday at his
home In Charlerot, Pa, OF penu-
MONA, aged AZ years. He was
known to Fairmont officials of the
U. NJ. W. The funeral will be
hold on Sunday and p. s. Nc.
Cullough, labor commissioner,
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper-
ators' Dissertation, a personal
friend, will attend the last rites.