The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-11

ca. Five cars or coke were load,
ed west:
Tuesdays Loading
Exclusive Of the Cumberland d.
vision, B. and o., and Morgan.
town and Kingwood railroad the
mines Of northern West Virginia
ION Tuesday loaded 955 cars Of
coal. These were not obtainable
due TO telephone wires being down
Production by division was as
| follows: B. and o., Monongah d.
vision. 523 cars; Charleston diyi-
sion, 20 cars; connellsyille diyi-
sion. 3 cars; Western Maryland
Belington and Weaver, IS cars;
Wyatt Helen's Run; AZ cars; Mon.
ongahela (including Morgantown
and Wheeling) 1854 cars.
Communication titndered
Due to the snow bearing down
telephone wires more or less thou
bic was experienced by coal com.
! pantes in getting consignrtttsi
to the mines today. Quite afew
of tho companies sent their office
force TO the city to get the neces-
sary information.
Today's EmptIes.
Mines in the Fairmont region to.
day ordered I'll empties as follows:
Monongah division, B. & o.. 459:.
Monongahela. 252; the Western
Maryland ordering no cars today.
Operations along the Charleston
: division, B. G O., today ordered IS
empties while the mines on the Mo
nongahela in Pennsylvania today
ordered 226 empties.
Working Conditions.
FoTty.four mines are at work to.
/ day in the region against 81 yester.
day. There are SO at work on the
Monongah division, B. & o.; and
III on the Monongahela. No emp.
ties are ordered by the operations
along the Western Maryland rail-
wav.
Seventy mines are idle on the
Charleston division, B. & O., whils
! only nine mines are at work on the
Monongahela railway in Pennsyl-
5vania.
|. United Mine Workers.
i Nick Aiello. president OF sub dis
Itrict 4, will be at Monongah to.
might.
Edward Matthews. secretary Of
sub district 4, is at Meadowbrook
today.
James Mcclearv. district organi.
ger. today Is in Riyesvillc.
/. Patrick Buckley, vica. president
Of sub district 4, Is in Morgantown
to-day.
Frank Mccartney. district ,board
member, is in the clsrksburg field
today.
A mass meeting Of miners viii
Ibe held at Star CITY on SUNDAY aft.
ernoon alta 1880 o'clock, Officers
Of the Fairmont office OF srb dis.
itrict 4. will address the gathering.
Miners and the Consumers Fuel
company, had a disagreement yes.
terday and tho miners quit. It is
said that some pillars were being
drawn and the miners asked Is,
have the work divided, which the
company did not desire to do, For.
ty men were at work while there
are probably 100 miners at ths
Rachel plant.
AT Morgantown yesterday after.
noon In the Monongalia county
courts fourteen miners who wera
charged with boarding up mine 9
OF 'Gilbert-Davis Coal comnanv
along Scott's run. were each fined
! SIS and costs. The fines aggregat.
ed almost $500, which the men paid
Individually. E'N
Nick Aiello. president of sub die.
trict 4, felt that the miners GOT n
square deal in court from judre,
sheritf and prosecuting attorneI
To Curtis Bay
Curtis Bay shipments OFF the
Mononeah division, B. and o., Inst
week showed slight gain over
the previous week. The consign.
ments aggregated 1893 cars last
week against 100 cars tho prev.
tous week. Shipments to Airing.
ton Pier last weol; off the division
was 81 cars.
r. R. Fuel Better
Railroad fuel shipments of the
MononEsh division, Baltimore and
Ohio. last week showed a slight
pickup compared to the previous
week. hut about the same as the
several weeks prior to Christmas.
Last weeks total railroad fuel on
The division was 1918 or 2i0 cars
stronger than the previous week.
Eastern Business
Coal loading to the east last
week off tho Monongah division
Baltimore and Ohio railroad agpre-
gated 2213 carloads or the best
showing since the week ending
December 10. This was a gain Of
lib lopds over the previous week
and from 100 to 200 loads strong.
er than two weeks before Christ.
mas. Western loading last week
totalled 251 cars and in fact il
was the best showing for business
in that direction since the first
week in December. It,ran SO cars
heavier than the previous week.
One Of the conditions that helped
to swell the loading 10 the east
and west last week was the fact
that quite little unconsigned
stuff was moved. This accounts
for the loading east and west be-
/, ing stronger than the production
, figures. Here and there in var.
ious parts Of the country business
Is slowly on the mend.
More Coke Loaded
Some increased activity in coke
loading was noticed in the Fair.
mont region last week. A total Of
81 cars of coke were loaded out