The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-17
MORE MINES IN
DISTRICT START
OPERATION TODAY
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Monongah. SIS cars; Charleston
s. cars: Connelisville, is cars;
Cumberland, SO cars; Morgan
town & wheeling. eight cars:
Monongahela. 81 cars; Morgan
town & Kingwood. IS cars: Bel
ington & Weaver. Western Mary
land, six cars.
Today's Emptics.
Increases have been noted TINS
week in the empty orders IN
Northern West Virginia lnd!cat-
ing that the mines are loading
more coal or at least are securing
them with that purpose IN view.
Today the various operations
ordered 3S6 empties, which is an
increase of "a over the previous
day. The empties ordered today on
the various divisions we're as FOL
lows: B. & O.. .Monongah, "a;
Charleston. 6S: Conneilsville, 20;
Cumberland, SO: Western Mary;
land Relington &. Weaver, 6:
Morsantown e Wheeling. 10;
Nonorgahela. is; Morgantown &
kjngwood, so.
With the Miners. .
Nick Aiello. Fairr:ont. preaf
dent OF sub district 4. is in Clarks-
burg today on business:
Although nothing has been
heard definitely at the Fairmont
office of the United Mine w ork-
ers Of America. but it was bellev-
ed that another tent colony
would be started at Rosedale mine
near Vaudeville, Monongaiia
County, at once if the miners are
eyicled as it was reported they
would be today.
Patrick Buckley. Fairmont, vice
president of sub district i. who
is in charge of the local office OF
the United Mine Workers OF
America today, said that the situa-
ton was at standstlii
In Sub District 3.
Nothing new has developed
among the miners of sub district
?. United Mine Workers of
America. which has its headauar-
ters at Grafton, according to Wal
ter Craftsman, secretary of that
sub district, who says conditions
are unchanged. Along the
Charleston Division. B. & Q. the
Cumberland Division, p. & O.,
and the Morgantown Kinswood
Railway, there have been no de-
cided changes recently.
Mr.. Craftsman declares that Inc
largest N pciCSIIlASC W 49, 49,
mines that are now working non
union on these divisions have al
ways been on that basis. He says,
of course, there are. some small
union mines that have broken
over into the non-union column,
but there are of no consequence
and produce an inferior type. OF
coal in most instances. Some OF
these plants, he contends. have
been closed from eighteen to
twenty months, and some Of
these can only work in pinches
like this. when almost any type
of coal is in demand for the user
who had banked on the nom
union coke belt for his supply and
has failed to receive it:
Meeting at Adrian.
A miners mass meeting viii be
held at Adrian on THURSDAY alter-
at 2 o'clock
Expect Some Relief.
It was stated today by Mr Dat
tisman that sub district 8 expects
some additional relief from the
+ district treasury not later than
the beginning of next week.
Miners oficia1s feel that if
they can finance the miners until
the miners gardens start to pro-
duce vegetables there are on a
pretty fair. road to success.
In The Coke Belt
Along the Monongahela Rail
way in Pennsylvania today, there
are twelve mines trying to work
against thirteen yesterday. There
were 81 cars Of coal loaded on
Tuesday against IS cars Monday.
The production thus far has
been successfully kept down by
the striking miners. Usually the
mines in this stretch produce from
$50 to 400 cars of coal day