The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-04
COAL OPERATORS
ATTENDING WAGE
FARLEY I'M WEST
(conanued from page. onel

moving today 70 his new place Of
residence on Eaifmont avenue.
cheek.o off Released
An official statement has been
issued by G, Frank Keeney. presi.
dent OF district II, Attorney Har-
old w. Houston and other district
officers OF the United Mine Work.
ers Of, America, out OF Charleston,
that on November 80 the Judge Of
the Circuit Court Of Harrison
County has entered an order quash.
ing the attachment In thes case Of
Harvey Sipe against the Unitei
Mine Workers Of America and
others and releasing all property
attached.
Under this ruling coal companies
in Harrison and parts of Marion
County that have been holding up
the checlt.off Of the miners are
permitted TO turn the money over
to the sub district officers. II "a
said that between 5000 and $1,000
in check-off funds will be released
by the ruling in sub district. 4.
This money includes that from the
Consolidation and other large coal
companies; especially in the Harri.
son County fields.
With the Miners
James Mccleary, district organ.
izer, is In the Morgantown section
today.
Nick Aiello, president of sub dis.
trict q. will go to clarksburg to.
night.
grapher at the local office Of the
United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, Is on the sick list today. tls
Miners local 1858 will hold a
meeting at Clarksburg this even
ing.
Montgomery Of this city for the or.
ganization OF the trades council In
Clarksburg. The new organization
takes the place of the one that ex.
listed there a year or SO ago, which
met an untimely death when its
members injected politics into its
Daily Shipments.
on the Monongah Division, B.
& o., there were thiry-nine cars
OF coal loaded to Curtis Bay on
Saturday and twelve cars to
Arlington Pier. i'- 81
Coke Loading.
Forty-two cars Of coke were
loaded of the Monongah Division
on Saturday, OF which twenty
four cars went east and eighteen
west. In addition three cars
went OF the Charleston Divis-
ion, four of the Connellsville Dr.
vision, two of the Cumberland
Division and fourteen OF the NJ.
& K, all of which went east.
Railroad Fuel.
For weekend shipments rail-
road fuel was heavy on Saturday.
on the Monongah Division there
were 392 cars, Of which the b.
& o. secured 1872 cars and foreign
roads PSI cars. In addition
there were twenty-three cars on
the Charleston Division, Of which
foreign roads obtained thirteen
cars; nineteen foreign loads on
the Cumberland Division, 100 for
eign loads OF the NJ. & w. and
sixty-seven foreign cars on the
Belington & Weaver.
Eastern Loading.
Eastern coal loading on Satur-
day was as follows: B. & o., Mon
olgah, S46 cars; Charleston. 80
cars: Conceivable, "a cars; Cum
berland, 81 cars; NJ. & K, So
cars; nj. & W., 20 cars; W. M
B. & W., g cars; W.-B. t& II. r.,
143 cars. West there were ia
cars or the Monongah Division
and IA cars of the Charleston Dl-
vision.
Comparatively little coal is being
mined these days by wagon mines,
although a little OF this type OF
business springs up now and then
in various sections OF the field.
Two cars Of coal were loaded By
wagon mines on Saturday, one car
on the Cumberland Division ami
another on the M. & K.
Mining School.
Forty.three men attended the
Friday night session Of the Fair.
mont mining school. Six Of the
regular attendants were absent on
Friday night due to being assigned
work on local engineering corps.
Attendance as a whole in West Viz.
ginia last week aggregated ninety.
seven, which was running slightly
better compared to the previous
week, considering the fact that no
class was held at Shinnston Thurs.
day night owing to Thanksgiving
Day and none at Carolina Wednes'
day night owing to the instructor
being unable to make trolley con.
nections.
Adam Crawford, the instructor
was In Morgantown on Saturday to
confer with Prof. A. G. Callen, the
head Of the coal mining engineer
ing department.
Market Easing.
Reports are current that price
levels are easing. It is reported
that half million tons Of soft
coal on the docks at Lorain, To.
ledo and other Lake Erie ports.
which could not be moved to tina
head of the lakes, is now a drug
on the market. 1t has influenced
prices IN Detroit and other Middle
West cities, which, according to re-