The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-27


ss; western Belington.
Weaver & Northern, 1; Morgan
town & Wheeling, IS; Mononga-
hela, Morgantown & Kingwood;s
. q, 500 Empties To-day
Mines in Northern West Virginia
today ordered 500 empties or 81
less than Monday. Last Tuesday
two more empties had been order
ed By the mines than today.
Empties ordered by the various
.. divisions today were as follows: b..
& O-Monongah; ia; Charleston,
9S; Connellsville, Is; Cumberland,
90, Western --Belington,
/ Weaver & Northern, 9: Morgan
town & Wheeling. % Monongahe-
/ la, 81; Morgantown & klngwood,
los.
A total of1120 cars of coal were
loaded on the Monongahela Rail
way in Pennsylvania on Monday
This was seventeen cars more
/ than these plants loaded on Mon
day of last week.
This morning 100 enlpties were
placed at the mines, against 1o4
| Monday No additional mines are
reported to have started. the num-
Der remaining the same, twenty
five.
Investigation Hintcd.
According to reports current,
! the United Mine Workers OF
| America have had Investigators at
I work for several days in Harrison
! County, gathering the facts about
/ the shooting of the two union
- i,,t ha n
/ G. Frank Keeney, Charleston,
{president Of district IT. United
! Mine Workers of America, was
! here today but left at noon for
! Clarksburg. He had no statement
! to make but probably will have in
| several days
i Urges Good Behaviour.
! Realizing that the Importation
/ of strike breakers to certain
mines in the field might aggre-
! gate the turmoil in the field, Nick
! Aiello, Fairmont, president of
sub district 4, continues to ask the
] miners to be law abiding citizens.
1.-the miners must be peaceful"
! he declares, because unlawful
acts injure the miners cause
(, full ends cannot be gained other
/; WISE" he adds.
Miners Attorney Here.
! Attorney George Stewart,
! Charleston, representing the
| United Mine Workers of America,
! was scheduled to arrive in Fair
/ mont this afternoon. He will
take UP number of evictment
cases in this region. The miners
! officials say that he has been quite
successful in handling the cases.
Injunctions Issued
In the Marion County Circuit
! Court in Fairmont yesterday be-
] fore Judge Meredith, an injunc-
! ton was granted the Shamrock
i Fuel Co., Hoult, restraining the
/ United Mine Workers of America
| from committing unlawful acts.
! The company was represented
i by Raymond & Raymond, and the
injunction is minute in detail,
which will keep the striking IN
| ion miners off the company prop
erty, not permit them to intimi-
date the non-union miners at
work or commit .depredations.
In the injunction, the officials
icf the United Mine Workers of
I America are restrained from
/ President Lewis down to district,
I sub district and local officers and
| mem berS, all of which, are named
in the proceeding. This phase of
/! the injunction is patterned after
1.-THE noted Coronado Coal Co.
case, in which labor is held re-
| sponsible for it's acts and can be
sued to recover damages.
To Evict Miners
In Morgantown yesterday, the
| New England Fuel & Transporta-
ton Co. brought fifteen eviction
| proceedings to obtain possession
of their properties at Everettsville
Monongalia County. The cases
were brought before Justice of the
/ Peace S. A. Posten. 1t is reported
| that this is. the first of series to
follow, as there are $50 miners
occupying houses there. The JUS
tice will probably issue the sum
monses today and will most likely
make. them returnab1e- July 3.
The eviction complaints were
made by J. w. Devison, Grant
Town. general superintendent OF
! the plants of the New England
Fuel & Transportation Co. in Nor
thern West Virginia.
Recently the Everettsville plant
opened up on the non-union basis,
|