The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-25

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Howard coal interests, QlAftS-
burg; Il p Htnes F.airmnht &
Cleveland Coal Co.; and Holmar
Palmer, q. Dale Thompson, Char
les g. Bean, G. 8. Jenkins and
Thomas r. Robey, Of the Clark
coal interests.
Daily Shipments
Shipments made off the MOnqn.
ga1 division, 3. 6 o. b. r.. on
Monday included "a carloads to
Curtis Bay and as cars to the
lakes. A total Of sol cars Of coal
were loaded east and 1e5 cars
Daily r. r. Fuel
Three hundred and one cars Of
coal were SECURED by the railroads
of the MopoGgaf diVision, B. q
o. yesterday The B. & o. secur-
ed las cars ttwhile foreign roads
secured 1853 cars.
East Of Grafton
Nineteen trains drew 62s loads
OF freight east OF Grafton on the
b. & o. r. R. OF that total there
we're 1873 loads OF coal. West off
the division there were 436 loads
moved.
Mining Conditions
Mining conditions have not
changed greatly because OF the
threatened strike among the rail-
readers. Today there are 21s
mines idle or three more than yes.
terday in the region. Seventy five
mines are working today of which
50 are on the B. e o.; 10 on the
Monongahela and one on the Wes-
tern Maryland. Twenty nine mines
are working tho Charleston d.
vision, B.. & o. which is the
largest number at work since May
3, when 81 were idle. Thirty thres
mines are at work on the Monon.
gahela Railway in Pennsylvania,
which is the best showing since
March 18th in that field.
There are 1881 empties ordered
today on the three railroads OF
which $40 are wanted by mines
along the MonongRh division, B.
& o.; 40 on the Western Mary
land and 1872 on the Monoguhela In
West Virginia. The Pennsylvania
end Of the Monongnhea Railway TO.
dered 37d empties and the Charles.
ton division, B. & o., 80.
Today six out of seventeen OPP
erations OF t. Robinson coal in.
terests were et work some OF
which started last week. These
include Ruth mine at Hildebrand
and Berry and Mine I, both at
Pennington, Of the Delmsr Coal
Company; Wlso mine, near Fair.
mont and Robert mine, near shinn.
stOn OF the oRbiuson Coal Co. and
Helen mine OF the Hughes Coal
Co. at Gypsy.
United Mine Workers
Nick Aiello, president OF sub
district 4, is -. the local office at
ter being i'll yesterday.
Edward Matthews, secretary OF
sub district 4, Is Of Almina.
Patrick Buckley, vice president
Of sub district 4. and James Nc
Cherry, district organizer, are at
Rivesville today.
Frank Mccartney, district board
member, is at Mt. Glare today.
Miners will hold a mass meetine
at Grant Town on Wednesday
evening at $3.50 o'clock :. in the
opera house at that place. Nick
AieIlo, president of sub district g.
will be the speaker.
Curtis Bay Gains
Some slight gains were noted
in Curtis Bay shipments on the
MonongaIl Division, B. &c o. R, K.
last week when 317 carloads were
shipped or 327 cars more than the
previous week. This is the heav-
lest weekly shipment to Curtis Bay
in seven weeks.
With SOC cars OF coal going to
Arlington Pier last week off the
B, & o. r. r. the new weekly high
record was hung UP to this coal
pier. The former hisfl mark was
the week ending January 10Th
which aggregated 2et carloads.
Eastern Trade Bsttsr
Naturally the increase in bust
ness last week was in eastern load
ing which was 994 cars more than
the PREVIOUS week. proving TO have
been the strongest showing to the
east at 3Ts5 loads than any time