The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-16
1lO.COAL Mines
WORKING. R TODAY
IN This III REGION. % \.
10 onditions Practically at q.
S tandstilI---FeW New
Developments Noted.
I;lg6 s: CARS ON MONDAY ID
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t5|iners Officials Say No New
u Mines Are Starting in
.ocaI District

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s1ne hundred and twenty coal
ssmi1es In Northern West Virginia
n )Ee 4 ats: work today. This f Just
8So less than yesterday, and three
sRlsssSs than Tuesday Of last week
has shown a slight re-
8trogressive movement this Week
scompared to the greater portion of
Sthe days OF last week. Yesterday
Ehowever forty three cars mol'e
sSsWeresmined than on Monday of last
skWeek
there is a lessening of
til demand or whether efforts ot
4hliesUnited Mine Workers Of Amer
Sca$ are the contributing causes IS a
Il matter of conjecture. Judging
from some additional mo bllls;
l, III former may be a factor. while
Having these may be holding for
better prices. am Y
Those at Work - ..
On the EMonongah Division B 8
o.. there are twenty ONE mines az
work, which is two less than yes
4 sterday and two less than last Tues
On the Charleston Division B. &
3S operations are at work to-
1ayys.Swhich is one less than yester-
%day. six mines ar:e active on the
Il ssConnellsvil1e Division, 3. & o..
which has been the same since May
s2.Rwheng4 mines worked -$
I Along the Cumberland Division,
u s o !. 25 mines continued to
ssuI.york daily, a situation that has
not changedsfo more than a week. !.
Zone lone mine continues 10 VOTE
stonEt11e Beling & Weaver branch
f@tha Western Maryland Railway. ;.
..sEriT VI Tsas1nnfnes are today at work on
thax xM3rgantown & wheeling Rail-
sway! SFi1i ich has been a; cond1tlon
that has not varied for a week, al a.
t11ought Fit was expected tnat ad-
%ditional sminles would open yester-
ysSssS SIX mines are at work on the
Railway today.
fwhich issone more than worked on
ssnfond on the Morgan
ssfoWnaa naassKingwood 10 e Railway, there
mines at work today,
Which was the same as yesterday
'Sss s 206 Cars Loaded
ssspnerations in Northern West
sssvirginia on Monday loaded 296
cars 9ofs coal The coal was load
Nad On sthe ese divisions: 3: o.,
81 cars. Charleston
g65@cars: Conne11sville, 20 cars;
40 cars; western
& Weaver. .
cars rs.ssMorgantown5 & Wheeling, 3
cars rs:%Monongahela, "a cars; Nor
& Kingwood. IS cars.
u sgsHs IN the Coke Belt
1n1{
along the Monongahela Halfway
ssssin pennsylvania on MONDAY load. "a,
%ed seighty-fve cars. This was the
for more than week.
on Saturday fifty-five cars OF coal
sswasS1 loaded. .z@
tsreork in this district along the NJ.
'5iR.s5R :3in Pennsylvania, which is
One less than on Monday. Today
Sthereswere eighty-hve emptles Or
nj IL und erstood that within
short time there will be tent
started in the coke belt
Production in this district last
4o5t cars. which was
%thi irteen cars less than the pre-
83ssyious week, indicating that the
STRIKERS are holding rather firm
Tin this section. &
Empties Ordered
Today. there we're $50 cmptics
u ordered by the various mines in
Northern West Virginia. This
wassiust two less than the mines
\ ord cred yesterday.
Empties were ordered on the
various divisions as follows; B. &
Vi q 4Ionongah-S5; Charleston,
$6s;2 s;2Connellsville. 90: Cumberland
+s& 55: western cling
s{t $t on IL weaver. 5; Morsantown &
CContinued on Page Eight
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