The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-02
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road fliel were loaded Of which
the B. & o. secured IA carloads.
A total OF 4s2 cars OF coal were
loaded east off the Monongah d.
vision while So cars were loaded
west. There were 10 cars Of coke
loaded east and Is loaded west.
.l Curtis Bay Loads
One hundred cars OF coal. were
loaded to Curtis Bay off the Mon.
ongah division B. & o. R. R. on
Wednesday.
Daily Production -
Coal mines, Of Northern west
Virginia on Wednesday loaded
1913 cars OF coA which is just 72
cars less than they produced on
Tuesday. The loading by diyts-
ions was as follows: B. & o. =
Monongah. 525 cars; Charleston.
81 cars; ConnelIsviIle 2 cars:
Cumberland 81 cars; NJ. & X. IL
cars; NJ. & W, 100 cars; West
ern Maryland, Belington & North.
crn IS cars; Wyatt-Helen's Run,
So cars; Monongahela 201 cars.
as United Mine Workers
Charles H. Bailey, International
representative, returned last even
ing from Pittsburgh. where he
spent several days. He says the
miners will stick out to the very
last but will live up to the present
contract.
|. Nick Aiello, president OF sub
district 4, today is IN Clarksburg
adjusting several cases with e. S.
Mccullough. labor commissioner.
Edward Matthews, secretary and
treasurer Of sub district 1, today
mailed out a check to mine work.
ers at Tulick for $50. rs and an.
other for the miners at John Y for
800.
Virginian Buying
Although the 1929 contract sea-
son is close at hand there has
been little evidence thus far Of
renewal OF contracts, especially
on the part OF railroads. What
tonnage is being contracted for Is
In the non-union fields, where no
general strike need be feared.
The National Mining News
mentions the following in regard
to the Virginian placing contracts:
THE Virginian Railway have
let their fuel contract for the first
quarter Of 1922. 1t Is estimated
that they will use 10000 tons OF
coal per. month and they have sub
divided the contract into $4,000
ton portions among the following
companies: Miller Pocahontas and
Virglnian Smokeless Fuel Com
pany mines operated by w. n.
Deegans Coal Co.; 10000 tons per
month has been allotted to Wyoni-
ing Coal Company and rs, 900.
tons per month to Tommy Creek
and Smith Pocahontas Coal mines
operated by the j. G. Sullivan In
terests." t
New Companies
Charters granted recently to
coal companies at Charleston cons
sists OF the following: Mefiden
Galleries company, Meriden, W.
Va; capital $4,000; ,incorpora-
tors. G. B. johnson, Charleston,
W. Va; Lee ]. sandridge, Phil
ippi. W. Va. and "A. s. Davis, H.
N. Feely and r. Cs> Masten, all OF
Pittsburgh. Fairview Coal com.
pany, Fairmont, W. Va: capital
$4,000; incorporators, D. Az
Maurer. N. u. Maurer, P. A. SaGt
CT, T. N. Sacci, 7: N. Scott and B.
NJ. Scott, all of Fairmont.
Pittsburgh Scale IN
The scale, which sixty merhb ers
Of the Pittsburgh Coal Producefb'
Association will pay on and after
April /, will be as follows: Pick
mining, thin vein, "a cents a ton /.
pick mining, thick vein, IS cents
a ton; cutting, thin, 10 cents;
loading. SO cents; yardage, 80,
per cent below 1921 scalek motor
men, $3.50 per day.
Day helpers, wiremen, track
layers, bottom, gaugers, drivers
trip riders. water haulers, timber
man, all, $3.50 per day. =
Wiremen's helpers and track
layer helpers, S4:25 per day.
All other labor, S3,25 and 1880
per day.
That's, scale calls for day work,