The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-23
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OF figures as shown By the ann.al
report Of SIS. Hail, inspector Of
the nnth bitumlnous coal district.
Goal production IN 1891 vas
i2,l14,000 ton sas compared with
5,137 900 tons the preceding
year Will coke production was
| 595,325 tons as compared with
2,031,000 tons in 1920. The H.
c. Frlck Coke company, subsidiary
Of the United. States Steel corpora
ton led the producers It's mne
turning out l,111,00O tons OF
coal" :.
Personal Mention
Frank R. Lyon, FEirmont, vice
president Of the Consolidation Coal
company. Is on a business trip TO
New York City.
W. Il. Watson OF the Fairmont
and Cleveland Coal company has
returned from a several days trip
to Pittsburgh.
Frank Hass. consulting engin
Ger, Consolidation Coal company
is in New York City.
Harry 2. Clark. OF the Clark
coal interests left Washington; D.
c., his morning for a trip Flor
Joseph Reed. head Of he safety
department, Consolidation Coal
company. is attending a safety
conference in New York City.
Daily u. r, .lEuel
Railroad fuel loading off the
Monongah ;iivis'oa, B. q o. on
Wednesday aggregated 172 cars.
jof that total g. cars we're y. & o.
fuel while foreign fuel loading was
ITO cars.
Wednesday Shipments
Coal loaded east off the Monon-
/ gah division b. e. o. on Wednesday
aggregated 323 cars while that
loaded west was AZ cars, Eve
cars OF coal were loaded to Airing
ton Pier yesterday while twelve
cars of coal went to the lakes.
Stimulated coke production at
the plant OF the Domestic Coke
corporation in Fairmont has been
swelling the coke tonnage during
the past month or more. The
Rainep interests have been loading
approximately 20 cars Of coke o
day. Yesterday % cars of coke
were loaded on the division Of
which 6 cars we're loaded west and
II east.
Mining School.
Pulling hard this week 10 make
| a showing, Adam Crawford, instruc.
tor OF the mining extension schools
OF Northern West Virginia, is urg-
ing every member TO attend class
es. The Mt. Hope section OF South
ern West Virginia is excelling
Northern West Virginia attendance
record and It is necessary 10 rally
to the school room to save the day.
II the attendance at the Shinnston
and Fairmont classes tonight and
/ Friday, respectively, is favorable,
the district has an even chanee 10
excel.
Prof. A. C. callen. Morgantown.
head OF the department OF mining
engineering, West Virginia Univer-
sity, will be present at the session
OF the school at FaFmont on Fri
day evening instead OF March 3,
as previously announced. Every
effort is being made to swell the at
tendance for Friday evening.
Working Conditions.
Eighty.one mines we're at work
today in the Falrmout region. Six.
ty.two Of these mines were az work
on the Mopougah division, B. & o.;
Is on the Monongahela railway and
three on the Western Maryland
railway. Twenty mines were busy
today along the Charleston division,
B. & O., while IS operations were
active on the Monongahela railway
in Pennsylvania.
The $50 empties ordered today by
the mines in the Fairmont region
consist Of SCI on the B. & o.; 402
on the Monongahela and 81 on the
Western Maryland. Operations
along the Charleston division, r. &
O.. today ordered los empties TO-
day while the plants along the Mo.
nongahels in Pennsylvania order.
ed 42S. OF the 400 empties order
ed by the Monongahela in West
Virginia today, there vera 2l2
placed on the Morgantown Il
Wheeling.
Hold Union Official.
The Morgantown Post prints the
/ following in regard 10 the arrest OF
4 union official, who embezzled the
funds OF the United Mine Workers:
Mike SCHUYLER, former official OF
Local No. 1859. United Mine Work.
erS Of America, was released We'd
nesday afternoon on his own recog.
nizance by Magistrate s. A. Posten
for his appearance before the next
grand jury to answer charge OF
embezzlins union funds.
"A warrant charging SChnller
with appronriating the FUNDS OF tho
local was sworn. out Wednesday by
Frank Stewart. recently elected
president OF the union. SCHUYLER
with his attorney Frank Cox will
meet with officials OF The local TO,
day at which time Schiller will pay
the money he Is alleged TO have
taken over 10 the new treasurer,
Carl Fisher.
"The sum that Schiller is alleged
to have appropriated Is Slai. The
money was drawn out OF the hank
and no record made Of II. accord.
ing 10 the new officers. SCHUYLER
was arrested at townsville by Dep
uty Sheriff Dennis Thorn. 1t is
claimed that when the new officers