The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-26
MORE BUSINESS
EXPECTED SOON
IN COAL TRADE
,coasiap.d V. 90


srontlnp.a 80
iotalins 7i5 carlcadsy Or . daily
average Of 2ss cars day. The B.
q 0. fuel this week Is running q
daily acreage Of lac cars q day.
Pittsbursh,s Scale.
The following Associated Press
dispatch from Pittsburgh defines
the stand taken ~ the union oper.
ators In western Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh Coal Producers
association. representing the opera
tors OF the Pittsburgh bituminous
coal fields, today formulated q new
mining wage scale, effective April
/. 1892, The scale, while lower
than that existing IN the contract
with the United Mine Workers OF
America, expiring April 1, Is said
TO be So " 40 Der cent. higher than
the wages paid at tie outbreak Of
the war. No provision was made
for the collection Of ktinion dues
through the CHECK off, system o.
the mine workers Organization.
In a statement tonight, the Pro.
ducers' association said that in,
posting the new scale, the opera.
tors had departedsfromth the practice
OF w~ageInaktng In Joint convention
of representatives OF operators and
miners from the Central competi.
tive fields. 10 ttx q basic wage
This action was explained In the
Abatement 10 the effect that the
operators Oh this district have
been OPPOSED 10 the method, and
that in d periodic % wage liquidation
and readIustmentr wage scales
which had been fixad3to meet the
high cost Of living must be ma
teriaiiy redncedss It was explained
also, that the district operators did
not care to meet the union repre-
sentative8, owing to the reported
declarations OF JohnsL. Lewis, pres
ldent Of the United Mine Workers,
in defining the policy OF the union,
that the ibitnnfnolss miners will
demand an increase In their basic
wage rates"
Coal Shipments
Mines along the b q %. yester.
day loaded $50 cars OF coal east
and SO west off the Monongah di-
vision. Ten cars OF coke were.
loaded west and east. a total Of
"a cars of coke were loaded on the
division Wednesday but twenty ara.
on the utconsigned list.
Mining Conditions
sixty one operations are at work
today on the three railroads in the
Fairmont region or four mines
more than on "Wednesday. o.
those IA work today there are "a
on the s.. 4 %. one on the West
crn Maryland and 16on the Mon
ongaheia. Twenty mines were idle
ON the Charleston division B. &
o. and twenty on the M~onongahela
in Pennsylvania
Enspties ordered today aggregate
SIS ia the region Of which 521 are
ordered on the &. 70; so on the
Western Maryland and 2S6 On the
Monongahela Sixty six empties
are ordered by mines on the Char
lesion division 3. 20. today while
the Monongaheia IN Pennsylvania
last week ordered 342 empties.
uEted Mime Worekrs,
Nick Aiello: president Of sub dis
trict 4, Is busy 1t the Fairmont Of.
flee today.
James Mccfeery, district organ
izer. Is IN Morgantown today.
Frank MCCARTNEY, district board
member. today IS insWIlsonburg.
Edward Matthews secretary and
treasurer OF sub district 4, is in
Mt. Glare today.
Patrick Buckley. vice president
OF sub district q IS in Carolina to-
day.
A miners mass meeting will be
held In Luinberport on Sunday at-
ternoOu n 80 O'Clock. The meet
ing viii be addressed by Frank
Mccartney district board member,
James MecieerS. district organizer,
Edward Matthews, secretary and.
treasurer Of sub district 4 and
Charles H Bailey, Fairmont. in
lernattonal REPRESENTATIVE, unless
he Is called to pittsburgh on busi-
ness.
At Wyatt on Sunday afternoon.
at . O'clock large miners meet
ing viii be held. The speakersswill
be MEX Aie1lo president Of sub
district 4. y Folio wendell, and
Miss LuIu Montgomery, Fairmont,
ylce presidents OF the West vir-
ginia State Federation OF Labor.
c. Frank Keeney president Of
district II, and William Blizzard,
president a. sub district Q remain-
ed In the city over night. but ex-
poet 10 return to- Charleston to-
night.
United states has allowed over
r4n ~o0taff4 ~eav64trW daaHiI1ht.