The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-07

!! means oil aVertinR q strlke Ia ~
Pittsburgh field today.
The entire matter will be discuss
ed by the Northern West Virginia
/ Coal Operators Association at q
general meeting to be held OF
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock ~
the rooms Of the association in tnt.
! Jacobs building. Originally ms
meeting was set for Tuesday morn
ing
Neither the operators or officials
Of the United Mine Workers o.
America have any comment to make
on TIE subject, hut 1t would seem
as If little could be done on eithei
side In this field until the court j
appeals al Chicago had either
made pertinent or dissolved tne
temporary injunction. The FAR
mont office OF the United Aint.
Workers has received no official
word hut This tield apparently is
obliged to swing in with the cen
trail competitive fields unless In the
future there is a chance in the work
ing aEreemnt under which the CEN
trail competitive field is the pace
maker
Daily r. r. Fuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
/ Monongah division. b. & o. X.
Saturday aggregated 2lS
cars. Foreign roads secured 9s
cars while the B. & o. secured
12s cars. Saturdays loading WAS
right for railroad fuel, which aver
aSed ma strong as any Of the other
days OF tho week.
East Of Grafton
Eighteen trains drew Coz iuans
OF freight east on the B. & o. r.!
r. through the Grafton gateway
of which $50 cars were coal. The
west bound freight totaled 3U9
cars. At midnight there were 200
leads OF freight for the east OF
(which So cars were coal.
On Saturday there were twenty
four trains drawn east OF Cart
1 ton in which T65 freight loads
were drawn and OF which $50 cars
we're coal. The western movement
was 1886 loads.
Daily Shipments
Daily shipments wfre hit hard
on Saturday on the Monongnh dt-
vision b. & o. there being no
coal sent TO any of the coal piers
Tor to the hikes.
A total Of 402 cars Of coal werc
loaded sast and 81 west. Two
cars OF coke were loaded west.
Saturdays Loading
Coal loading In the Fairmont re-
= E.tVrJ1.r 4zN1tnI 2Ih mr.
loads. which was produced on the
roads as follows: Monongah o.
vision b. & o.; $50 cars; Monon'
gnhela 3S5 cars; Western Mary
Operations along the Charleston
division b. e. O.. on Saturday
loaded 81 cars Of coal while those
on the Mouongahela in PennsEl
yonia on Saturday loaded 339 cars
Today's Emptiea
Empties orleretd by the three
railroads in the Fairmont region
today aggregate 1858 which indi-
Gates that today's production VII!
be we'll over the 1000 al mark.
Mines along the Monongah diyis-
ION B. & o. r. r. ordered SS9;
those on the Western maryland 90
and the operations on the Monor-'
lgahela All.
Operations along the Charleston
division B. & o. r. r. today or
Idered II empties while the mines
on the M~onongahela in Pennsyt
vania ordered 1871.
Mining Conditions
Mining conditions in the Fair
mont region have showed no great
Improvement. Conditions are
about the same and the region Is
holding it's own or at least condt-
ltions r getting no worse. There
was a lull after the railroad strike
and in fact that condition scared
more business into the region
really than was calculated.
With 226 mines idle out OF 800
in the region theer T found a az
work. which Is 5ust two less than
last Monday. OF those at work
there are IS on the Monongah dis
vision B .& O.; 3 on the Western
Maryland and 10 on the MononGa-
hela railway.
Fawer mines are at work today
along the Charleston division, B.
& o. than during the earlier part
OF last week. twenty-five mines
are at work today along the divis.
lion. twenty-five mines are work.
ing on the Monongahela railway in
Pennsylvania today, which shows
la slight dectllse in active opera.
ton compared to the early part OF
last week.
Nick Aicllo, president OF sub
district 4, is in the ClarksburE
field today.
James McCleery, district organ
izer is at Helen mine at Gypsy to.
day.
member is ut Rosebud mine today.
Edward Matthew's, secretary OF
sub district 4, is at Reynoldsylile'
today.
Patrick Buckley. vice president
OF sub district 1. Is at Monongal
today.
Mine car No. S, United States
Bureau OF Mines, will be at Da-
Ikota from December 3 to December
10th ~ ut Grant Town from De-
cember 10 to II. The car is in
charge of Archie Forbes, foreman
miner. The car comes here from
Henry. w. Va. This week II is
at Davis and next week 1t will be
at Thomas. Last week the a was
at Pierce, w. Va, ,