The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-06
INCOMING SCALE

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ana coal shnSer are All sliredtly and
Intimately eoncesredg j
The miners feeders have appar.,
emily shut their eyes to the chanse5
that have been going on " thasway,
or adjusting wages in other indus.
tries 70 present conditions. Thoy
have refused 70 recognize these con.
diaons and to carry their share OF
the burden OF deflation.
NO backward step Is the motto
o. the International president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America.
IN spite Of existing unemployment,
John L. Lewis, claiming 70 speak
both Tor anthracite and bitIIminouS
miners, announce that demands
will be mnde for increases In
wages!
The tnststanee on the retention
OF the high wage scale smakes It i'm,
possible for the operators In this
district to dispose OF their product
N oompe tition with other coal pro.
duetng districts where wages and
rates arc much lower, and wlth dis.
triGts whose workers have Volun.
tartly accepted wage reductions
consistent with market conditions,
"The public wants the miners to
30 Justly paid and the public wants
It's coal at fair prices.
with this In view, the operators
q the Monongahela Coal associa:
ton have unanimously adopted the
following scale:
'Pick mining, rooms and pliers.
80 cents Q net ton, entries &c cents
cutting, rooms and pillars, s cents
short wall, : cents archwall; ctit.
ting, entries, 0 cents short wal. q
cents archwall; loading, rooms ana
pillars, 20 cents; entries, ~ cents;
drivers, S4.25; Motormen, si,S5:
motormen helpers S4.25; traeIemen,
$4.2S; trackmen helpers. 81. tin,.
oermen, St.25; timbermen helpers,
~; bumpers; S3,75; trappers. Sal
ofattisemen. 81; brattloemen help.
ets; $S.75; shot tlrers, $4.4b: cagers.
1915; easers helpers, 3S.75; wire.
men, $4.25: wirenen helpers, 81: ali
otheF inside labor, SAYS.
Blacksmith, SAYS; blacksmith
helpers. 1896; machtnists, S4.76:
maehinist helpers, 1895; hoist en-.
queer, $A16; bumper, $3.75; car
repRirmen, s4.25; car repairmen
helpers, $3.75; tipplemen, 81; greas,
efs, ss; all other outside labor, $50
Weekly Leading.
Operations In Northern West Wiz.
GINA last week produced 5,557 cars
OF coal or one car more than the
previous week. On tho Monongnh
DIVISION, 3. & O., 2.s07 cars Of coal
We're loaded or 135 less than ihe
previous week, but the Monon gahela
az sOS cars lost 116 cars Compared
70 the previous week and the West.
ern Maryland at 21e cars showed a
iess OF 2!7 carloads. The produc.
tion on the three railroads showed
9 loss OF $40 cars in the region last
week compared to the previous
Tonnage figures on various other
divisions were: B. & o., Charles.
ION, SgS cars, q gain OF 80 cars:
ConnellsVille, 50 cars, a gain Of one
car: Cumberland, 17s cars. a gain
OF 15 cars; Western Maryland, n,
e W. 234 cars, a floss Of as GAYS.
Morgantown & Wheeling, $50 cars,
~ gam OF 2sS cars; II, q K, Of
cars; a gain of 10 cars. I,
Saturdays Shipments. II
Railroad fuel shipments, on SAT
urday of the Monongah division,
,. q O., totaled 145 cars, or FIAT,
foreign carriers secured 1873 cars
while the B. q o, got 1s loads. A
total OF So cars OF coal were shiDped
70 Curtis Bay, while 304 cars of coal
were loaded east and II cars west.
on the Charleston division. 81
q o., rs cars OF railroad fuel was
secured, all Of which was taken by
foreign roads.
Mining Conditions.
With 81 mines at work on the
three railroads today tho WORKING
conditions appear more rosy In thS
tairmont region than for a long
time. Seventy mines are active Of,
the Monongah division, B. SO; 20
on the Monongahela, which Is far
better than for q long time and
I on The Western Maryland witch
Is more promising than for some
time. A slight Improvement was
also noticed on the Charleston di
vision, B. q O., where 30 mines are
at work, while on the Monongahela
railway IN Pennsylvania there ara
Is mines at work, the showing be.
ing poorer than usual.
Empty orders are also encouras.
Ing today there being 1,l45 request
ed as follows: B, g. o., 6s4: NMt
nongahela, 1853; Western Maryland.
l4S. Mines on the Charleston diyi.
sion, 3, 4 o., requested so emp.
ties while tho operations on tho
1863 empties.
Saturdays LOADING.
Operations In Northern West Viz
glnia on Saturday loaded 594 cars
OF coal. The division tp.ais were
as follows: B, q o., lMononeah.
SlS cars; Charleston, 40 carr,
Connellsyille, 3 cars: Cumhefiand.
90 cars: Western. Marylafd-.Eea
yer z Bellngton, ~ cars, Wyatt
Helen's Run, IS cars; ~, q: X. 81
cars; Morgantown q Aqheeline
sso cars; MonongaheIa, sos cars.
United Mine Workers. !,
Ioday Nick Aleilo, president 81
SUD district 4: Frank McCartnev.
district board member, and Patrick,
buckley, vice president Of sub dis.
trict 4, conferred with %, IS. McCul.
tpqgh, labor commissioner, In Te.
gard to- the Fort Pitt Coal company,
case at Lumberport. The men