The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-17

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get together.
Association May Not Sign.
While it is a positive fact that
some Of. the largest coal produc-
| ing concerns in Northern West
Virginia will sign up. itsemay be
that they will sign up as indlvl-
dual companies and not as the
Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators 5Association.
If they sign up as individuals,
| this will mean that a new arrange
ment will have to be made In as
ISOLATION work, as teh association
in the past included but union
mines because of its labor depart
| ment. * ,s, z A.
1.-THE result is that either the la
Dor department will be separated
| from the association or else some
| of the non-union members will
cease to be affiliated. This is inn
preston that a number of the
mem bers had today.
| Limited Tonnage
| 1t was pointed out today that
the conference of operators and
Officials OF the United Nine Work
ers Of America at Cleveland re-
presented but $4,000. 900 tons Of
annual production. Operators in
| Nor thru West Virginia, it was
said, do not feel like being bound
| by any such limited tonnage or
decisions reache- don that repres-
| entttion.
Operators Sore
Northern West Virginia are so!e
l-meeting Others are rattled also.
but say they will take the trim
| ming gracefully. adding that If the
Consolidation Coal Co. and other
large interests sign up there IS
1 nothing else to do butfSo along
Others declare that they will
con tinue to work non-union- OPP
inion is greatly divided. Whether
| the bulk OF the. plants viii con-
|tinue to work non-union IN sec
tons where they have been en-
itrenched is a matter OF con1ec-
ture. If suitable arrangement
!, can be made about the miners VINO
| have worked non-union at some
time between April and today.
It may place another phase on the
question.
:, Quite a few operators today were
! firm in saying that they proposed
/ to protect the men WIG went into
| the mines on non-union basis:
tIt.is said there were 5000 non
union men in the pits up until TO-
day /,
thatit was a sad mistake to take
the remaining process after hayins
i had the miners licked to a stand
istill IN Northern West Virginia. He
pointed to the fact that last week
| in Northern West Virginia there
| we're 1876 cars OF coal loaded on
a non-union basis.
5f kecney Is Busy "a
@C. Frank, Keeney, Charleston,
! president Of district II, United
! Mine Workers. of America, said he
was busy signing up coal compan.
| les. He said he signed a plant. up
at Howesville on the West Virginia
!! Northern Railroad around which
thev had mine guards stationed up
until yesterday.
| Many Attend Meeting.
Those in attendance at the
meetings were as follows: J. H.
Callahan, Mount Clare Galleries
Co: CIarksburg. J. G. Binn, Tn
iont own, Pa, Buckhann Coal
CO.; william f. Brinkman- Con-
nelisvilIe, Pa, Penn Coal Co.: f..
| y. Horror, Lewis Gas Coal Co.,
and H d. w. Coal CO., Fairmont;l
Thorn as F. Robey, Fairmont, Car
Diff Smokeless Coal Co.. G. S..
Hornor, Clarksburg, Peacock Coal
Co.: r. a. Morgan, Wilson burg,
! general su superintendent, M adeira
Hill-Clark Coal CO.: LIZ H Mar
tin, Evertt Coal Co, Haywood;
Jam es Dudley, Clarksburg- Cor
eight-Corry Coal CO.; IF. Long,
/ Clarksburg, Long Fuel Co.; H c..
Smith, Clarksburg, Harrison Coal
Co; John F. Phillips. Fairmont,
presi dent Of DeImar Coal Cos. c..
W. Downs, Connellsville, Pa,
ClearwaterSC Coal CO.; J 4. a. Clark
Jr.,,s FARM ont; Clark coal inter
est: George 81 Connell,S Connells--i
vile, q Butermore interests;i
David Victor irmont, NJ ononSS
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