The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-30
FURTHER GAINS
MADE TODAY IN
MINES AT WORK
New High Peak Reached With
178 Operating in North
ern West Virginia.
PRODUCTION SLUMPS
Another High Record Set on
Morgantown & Kingwood
Yesterday.
PRODUCTION SLUMPS

With 17s mines at work today, a
new peak for active plants IN
Northern West Virginia since the
coal strike began was hung up. The
former peak of the largest number
of mines at work was recorded on
June %, when III mines were at
work Today there are five more
mines at work then yesterday. six
more than Monday and seven more
than last Friday.
The chief gain today was on the
Monongah Division, B. & O., where
three additional mines began to
work The Charleston Division, B..
& O., started another mine, and
two more resumed wo-:t on the
cumberland Division. B. 3 o. One
less mine was at work on the Mo
nongahela. Railway today.
Mines at work on the various di-
visions today were as follows: b.
& O.-Monongah, 81; Charleston,
IS; Connellsvil1e, 8; Cum berland.
SO; Western Belington,
Weaver 6 Northern, 1; Morgantown
& Wheeling, 10; Monongahela, 8;
Morgantown & Kingwood, 80.
Tonnage Eases Up.
Coal production shrunk fourteen
cars yesterday compared to the
previous day in Northern West Vir-
ginia. The fluctuation in the load
ing is probably due to the fact that
coal cutters are not plentiful. Load
ing appears to increase when plen
fU nf iS W., 1ro Al &c
working on the non-union, the
greatest difficulty has been to Sc
cure this type of skilled labor
Production yesterday was nine
teen cars short of Thursday of last
week, when the peak daily loading
was reached at 507 carloads.
The tonnage produced on the
various districts was as follows:
B. & O.-Monongah, 1O1 cars;
Charleston, go cars; Connellsville,
IS cars; Cumberland, S3 cars;
Western Maryland-Belin
Weaver & Northern. 4 cars; Nor
santown & Wheeling, 20 cars;
Monongahela. AS cars; Morgan
town 6 Kingwood. 112 cars.
The peak of production was
reached on the Morgantown &
Kingwood Railway yesterday
when 112 cars of coal were load
ed. The previous high production
mark was 11O cars, WI 'ch was es-
tablished on Tuesday and again
reached Wednesday. Probably
never in the history of this impor-
tant spur of the B. & o. spur has
the daily loading of coal run so
high This tonnage represents from
20 to 80 per cent of the non-union
fnnn ern IN
West Virginia. These mines were
chiefly on a non-union basis before
the strike started having announ-
ced that policy as soon as the
Penn Mary Coal Co. (Bethlehem
Mines Corporation) acquired the
properties. Being the outer end
of the union fields and adjoining
the non-union fields of Pennsyl-
vania to the north, it was possible
to cast away ties with the union.
Ever since that time. the greater
portion of the mines on the Nor
Gantown G Kingwood followed
suit
One of the real big gains made
yesterday was on the Monongah
Division, B. 6 o. which gained
twenty-one cars over the previous
day. The Charleston Division gain
ed two cars, and the Belington,
Weaver & Northern branch of the
Western Maryland Railway gained
two cars. Losses were noted on
the Connellsville Division, which
retarded to the extent of twelve
cars: the Cumberland Division.
which went back four cars; the
Morgantown & Wheeling, which
dropped back thirteen cars. and
the Monongahela, twelve cars.
Empties Ordered.
Today total OF 534 empties |
were ordered, or twelve more than
yesterday in Northern West Vir-
ginia.
Empties ordered on the various
divisions yesterday were as fol-
lows: B. & o., Monongah, 121;
9s; Connellsville, So:
100; Western Mary
land -Be1ington, Weaver & North
ern, 3 Morgantown & Wheeling,
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