The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-19
l0NUIlIOH coal
tonnage HEAVY
Mines Along & N. Railroad
/ Have 3 onanza, Re
ports Show.

tThat8non-uniongc coal tonnage mas
a shown IA remarkable growth 1s
Without doubt since the strike has
heenS on IN the union districts.
Coal tonnage handled along the
Isouisyi1Ie & 81 Nashville Railroad,
stfII 8 VIII q IL scores OF non-union
Taair1es are located. had its heaviest
coal carrying month il the history
10 nf the road lin May, when 66,41o
:ars were moved. This is against
52.7I7 Cars its former. record. III
order tic move the coal the roao
hasbeen turning over traffic to 9TH
sr ines in ST cad of taking the ior.g
lla1l To- Ohio River crossings, and
lii this way cong estion Is eliminat-
ed Despite this arrangem ent this
nonunion section has experienced
difficulty8inf the coal, which
reached proportions beyond
he fond est hopes of these coal
npera tors This; of course, is bust
ness secured at the exp ense OF
IN ION fields. and the operators OF
HE Ininessalong the Il. & N. hope to
hold this business.
Inroadss have been made in the
& MIDI He Vest by these Kentucky
and Tennessee fields that promise
to sbe very m enacing to union
plants III the immediate future
even when union miners return to
work The gradual slumping OF
western business in the Fairmont
region has been accredited to the
of these non-union plants
even when mines have worked here
GA unionF basis, but further in
road 81 viii prove even more disas-
Kentucky fields have been ship
ping quic a of coal to the lakes
also, which indicates that union
fieIds, when they resume work,
wi find this block of trade affect
red also. Non-union coal shipped to
eth lakes from Kentucky and South
I srr5ssy West " ginia is on the in
crease. The Hooking Valley docks
Toledo have loaded more than
974 00stons, but the Toledo & Ohio
Central docks have not opened as
Fl gures show that up until
Iune8 the docks Of the Hooking
NaIIeysRailway at Toledo had load
ED 49;024stons compared to 962,7s7
9%tonsup to June 4 of last year.
Much non-union tonnage is also
pouringg outSof5t the mines along the
r ailWay, the piers at
sssawaII's Point having handled AGO.
5s252gross during April.
ipple Burned.
EARLY Sunday morning a tipp1e
located #on the property of the A.
& B1ackNG Coal Co, two miles from
Morgantown, was destroyed by
fire, snta Hing loss OF $4,000. It
fs@beIevedi that the fire was Of in
seendiaryEo GIN I tbs claimed that
Eaichard Poland, & who leased the
pToperty, intended to get the prop
critics inS shape to operate just as
SOMA 1.-THE strike was settled.
Geological Survey.
Figures of the United States
geological Survey. for the week
ending June continue to show!
that the non-union fields of West
VII glria and other states are hav-
harVes at the expense of tina
IunIon fields that are now on a
strike
Vorking conditions can be
CLEANED from the following percent
ages based on full time output:
sindIng Gull, 74.9; Pocahontas.
1855 Tug River, S3S; Logan, 70:
SenoVa-Thacker,S SIS. Other fields
Inc the state produced non-union
tonnage as TO llows: Panhandle,
IS airmont, AS; New River.
35.6; Kanawha, 10.1; Cumberland
Piedmont, 1876.
Other4p ercentages were as fol-
lows: nsylvania-Centra1 Penn
Iva MAJ 81; Westmoreland, I'll
Somerset, 90; ConnelIsville, little
schange, coke output 81 per cent
mellow pre-strike period, coke out
INT declines on account of Mem
a@soria1 Day observance: Kentucky
Northeastern, 81; Hazard, 1919;
assEsirginiaa s4.5