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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
SP|NOSA CAS- TO
REACH Jury U...|.i ! SOON.
Hearing Of Evidence complet-
ed in Federal Court
This Morning.

PARKERSBURGH, June g
Hearing Of evidence was complet-
ed this morning in federal court
in the trial of Raymond Spinosa,
union miner charged with the VIC
lation of an Injunction ordered by
the court a number of years ago
which restrained union miners
from interfering with the opera
ton Of the WcllsDurs mines of the
West Virginia Pittsburgh Coal Co.
was devoted to the hearing of ar
guments in the case. Judge Baker
annunced he would prepare his in
structions in the case to the juI5
this evening which would be dei1v-
cred tom orrow morning.
Previous to the announcement
that the defense rested, the prose
cuton pursuant to ruling yester-
day by Judge Baker, admitted that
shortly after the injunction, in 1916
the Officers and owners of the
West Virginia-Pittsburg Coal Co.,
came to the offices of the United
Mine workers and solicited the un-
ion officials, regardless Of the in
junction, to organize the mines of
the company at Wellsburg. After
some conferences between opera
tors and unon officials and United
Mine Workers, it was agreed to or
ganize the Wellsburg mines, it was
admitted. and the superintendent
and employees of the coal company
assisted in the organization of the
mines by collecting from the work
ers the dues and initiation fees. 1t
wae further admitted by the prose
cution that the operators agreed to
contract between the company
and employees which was to termln-
ate on March 80, 1928.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
BONDSMAN MUST
PAY, COURT RULES
Attorney Harry Shaw Loses
Argument in Metz Case
in Criminal Court.

Judge E. M. Showalter the
Marion. County Criminal Court is
holding a session cf court today.
cleaning up a number of routine
matters pertaining to the May
term Of, that court.
Attorney Harry Shaw appeared
in court this morning and. tried to
get Judge Showalter, TO set aside
the forfeiture of bond in the case
of the state VS.. Claude Metz. At
torney Shaw representing Mrs.
Esta Wilson. who was on Metz's
bond. After hearing arguments by
Attorney Shaw and John w.
Mason, assistant prosecuting at
torney, representing the state,
Judge Showalter overrulled Az,
torney Shaw's motion to set aside
the forfeiture and ordered Clerk
L. A. Gather to issue an. execu-
ton against Mrs. Wilson for
So 900, the amount of the bond.
This afternoon another case OF
the same kind is being heard
Lawrence Cunningham is attorney
for the defendant and Assistant
Prosecutor Mason is TepreSSlting
the state. The May term of Grim
inal Court will probably, adjourn
this evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06

Local Man Discusses Growth
of Labor Organizations
in Coal Fields.

e. S. Mccullough OF this city, la
Dor commissioner for the Northern
West Birginia Coal Operators AS
sociation, yesterday addressed the
MONDAY open forum OF the Clarks-
burgh Chamber of Commerce there
being numerous visitors present,
including the representatives Of
the Monongahela Valley Assocla-
tion. He discussed the growth or
organized labor in the coal fields,
and he stated that it had changed
greatly in the last twenty years. In
this connection he poined# out the
fact that the operators in the
Northern West Virginia fields had
made efforts to hold meetings with
the union leaders and seek 10
reach a working agreement. rms
had been found impossible, II was
said, because there was no agree
ment in existence in the central
competitive field. On this basis the
speaker declared that the strike
and its effect on business general
" could not be laid to the door OF
the operator.
Mr.. Mccullough denied that the
operators had started the strike
with a view to crushing the unions.
No one object: to organized IN
telligence," declared Mr. McCui-
Tough.
Other speakers at the forum lun-
cheon were Ira Atkins of this city,
a member OF the traffic committee
of the Monongahela Valley lAssoc1a
ton, and r. Darden of Elklns, pres
ident of the organization.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
vote ORDERED 81 Rail ROAD LABOR UNI
Holiday Causes
Weekly Coal To
Shrink in Region

Coal loading in Northern
West Virginia for the first time
since the strike began showed
a loss last week, a decrease or
Ill cars, which of course was
due to the observance OF Mem.
orial Day, when but 202 cars OF
coal were loaded, compared to
341 cars to $50 cars daily.
Last week 52,079 cars or 1857
$50 tons Of coal were loaded
against 2,190 cars the previous
week.
Production on the various di-
visions last week was as fol-
lows: B. & O-Monongah, 35e
cars; Charleston, 434 cars; Con.
nellsville, 112 cars; Cumber-
land, 379 cars; Western Mary
land d-Belington, Weaver d
Northern, "a cars; Morgan
town & Wheeling, 81 cars; Nor
gantown & Kingwood, 554 cars;
Monougahela,1 ISL cars.
On the Monongahela Railway
in Pennsylvania Cooke belD last
week, SOC cars Of coal were load
ed by the mines between
Brownsville, Pa, and the West
Virginia state line. This was
fifty-four cars more than was
loaded the previous week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
BONUS BILL WILL BE
REPORTED THURSDAY

WASHINGTON, June 6.-Formal
presentation of the Bonus Bill to
the Senate on Thursday is the plan
of Chairman McCumber ct the Il
nance committee. The bill will be
accompanied by the usual printed
report. and in addition Senator Nc
Cumber expects to address the Sen
ate briefly on the subject.
The measure will be sent to the
Senate calendar to remain until an
agreement is had to call It up.
There appears to be little pres
sure for early consideration of the
bill, and some Republican leaders
are of the opinion that it will not
be taken up until after the admin
istration tariff bill is ort OF the
way. The tariff measure viii have
to be sidetracked this month for
several important appropriation
bills and conference. reports, and
there is strong opposition on the
majority side to any additional de
lay in the consideration of that
measure.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
RAILROAD FUEL
SH|P |PMENTS Low
Railroads Reported to Be Hot
After. Coal These Days.
Bidding Spirited.

Railroad fuel shipments off the
Monongah Division, B. & o. on
Monday totaled sixteen cars. OF
that the B. & o.. secured eleven
cars and foreign roads five cars.
Ten cars of railroad fuel were
loaded on the Charleston Division,
b. & %. yesterday. The b. & O..
secured all of this tonnage.
rs According to reports received
here the railroads are. keen for
coal and there is some spirited
bidding to secure 1t.
Personal Mention
c.. E. Cowan, chief engineer,
Jamison g.. & G. Co., has return;
ed to Greensburg, Pa.
Harry B. Clark of the Clark
Coal interests has returned from
a business trip to New York City
Howard w. Showalter. presi-
dent OF the Diamond Coal CO.,
will leave on business trip to
Pittsburgh this afternoon.
Charles F.. Kerchner and Char
les F. kerchner, Jr., connected
with Hall Bros. & Co., Baltimore,
were in LyFairmont today
East of Grafton
Coal movement was heavy east
of Grafton on the b q y. on
Monday when 274 cars were taken
over the noun tains. a total OF
AT loads was loaded ii thirteen
trains To the west there We're
gao freight loads moved off the
division Of which 80 cars were
coal. At midnight theer were AIS
east-bound loads unmoved. OF
which 800 were coal
Darby Shipments
A total of thirty eight cars OF
coal were loaded east and seven
cars west OFF the Monongah &Dlv1s-
1 ion B. & o. yesterday. Three
cars, of coal were loaded by, Wagon
mines yesterday.
! Coke production was heavy yes
terday on the Monongah Division
lB. & o., there having been
twenty eight cars Of coke loaded
all OF which was shipped west.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
NO COAL SHORTAGE
IN COUNTRY FEARED

+ WASHINGTON, June 6---There
is plenty of ibtuminous coal in the
country for everybody for the cur
rent month at least, it was declar-
ed today at the White House.
Pointing out that there is a con-
tinuing slight increase in coal pro-
duction, officials, declared no new new
emergency or crisis was threaten es
ed by the continuing miners strike
The administration, however, VIII
continue to follow the situation
and maintain contact through the
proper officials with both4the min mir :
ers' unions and the operators OF
the mines.
In explanation of Secretary Aoov
er,s efforts to establish protection
aga inst runaway price increases in
coal. it. was said that the govern
ment SO far was attempting only
"moral suasion T hough some sue
cess had been attained in this
line by direct negotiat with the
industry, it was pointed out again
that no legal auth hor1ty existed q IN IN
law for price fixing and that the a, &C
ton SO far taken was extra-legai.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
STUDENT YET ALIVE
WITH NECK BROKEN

GROVE y CITY, Pa. June g.,
Three doctors, assisted by students
Of Grove City College, today con.
tinued their efforts to keep the
flame Of life alive in Edwin Leslie,
president of the sophomore class,
whose neck was broken while
swimming in a pool last night.
All night long students and doc-
tors, by means of artificial respira-
ton. fought death, and while the
young student was unconscious
this morning, physicians We're mys-
titled, for they said they had never
heard OF a similar case where the
patient lived any length of time.
q Leslie's head struck the bottom
OF the pool when he made high
dive. Fellow students rescued him
and practically all night he was
conscious but unable to! speak. Al AZ
x-ray picture today showed that
the neck was broken and phys1-
clans declared this explained why
the patient, although conscious
most of the time, was yet nable l'
To- speak. ~ IN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
Secretary Of labor Pays
Tribute to. Lillian Russell '.ll.

81 WASHINGTON. June 6Tri-
fbute was paid to the memory OF
Mrs. 3 Lillian Russell Moore in a
statement issued today by Secre-;
tarys Of Labor Davis for .Tts m many an,
wears a. friend of Mrs. Moore ana and
her husband. -
Z. .tMrs. Moore was one OF the
ablest, most patrio otic and ID; mos most
sincere women it has ever been my
pleasure to meet. She9 alW ayS
looked for the good; IN Speeopie pep ana a
principles, and was always str1vinS r,l19
sfor@the highest in her5Work ,ier .!s
death is a. loss to the. .peopile. oIstne
FTTnited States,,'''ss the statement
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
ELECTRIC RATES
IN GRAF TON CUT:
Slash Of SO 1-2 Per Cent in
Taylor County Made by
West Penn Co.

According to an announcement
made before the Chamber of Com
merce at Grafton by G. M. Gadsby
president Of the West Penn Power
Co., and of the West Virginia Ss
Maryland Power Co., new electric
rates soon to me promulgated for
Grafton will bring a reduction Of
33 1-3 per cent off the present
rates. Power for Grafton, it was
said, would soon come from the
RivesvilIe plant near Fairmont-
The West Penn Co. recently took
over the holdings of the NJ. P. q
R. Co. of this city, and local people
were wondering today if Fairmont t
would be in line for reduction OF
rates in the near future.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
KILLED IN ARGUMENT.

UNIONToWN, Pa. June 6------An
which it is said grew
outaof the coal strike, resulted late
last night in the death of Mike
.Petos at York Run. near here.
John Shurs wa. arrested and Il is
being held on a honitclde es charge.
According to reports, the 1aen
argued aboutlthe strike ana finally
Shurs struck Petos with his fist-
iPetos dropped and died within a
few: min utes. 55. II :,i
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
EIQ QA!DDITIO||.N|AL
GOAL MINES ARE
working /. TODAY
aAne Hundred and Fifty-Flye
Plants Active in Local
District Now
CAR S l DAD ED
81 CA RS L DAD ED
1 of The Five New Mines
Started on Monongah Di-
vision of B. & o. Today.

one hundred and fifty five
ines are operating today in Nor
ern West Virginia on a non
hon basis. This is five more
j lines! more than at work Monday.
he five additional mines started
he Monongah Division B. & o.
{Mines at work on the various
Wilson's today were as follows:
q o m Monongah s3. Charles
|on IS; Connellsville 4, Cumber-s
3snd 81, M organtown & Kingwood
M organtown & wheeling s.;
3Ionongahela 10; Belin gton, Wea-
Ter Northern L.
4 Daily Coal Loading
4 Local loading in Northern west
Virginia yesterday totaled 4oo
IN .assrrss E This was a gain Of SO cars
bver the Monday of the previous
The coal loaded on the various
&ysyisfons yesterday was as fol-
lows 5S O.-Monongah. -
Charleston 80 cars; ConneE
Es.:ssyyille "a cars Cumberlan1 %
9grs; :Morgantown & hngwcJi
loo cars I'm organfown & Wheel
ing sEcafs; s;MonoBgahela. 5S cars
|BaiinEton & Weaver & Northern,
With the Miners
This afternoon a miners meet
;n fs5 being held at Anrab ella
sThe speakers are Nick Aiello,
81 ssidenf of sub district 4, and
Ma frirk Buckley vice president Oh
sub bSdistrict4. .S
;sra ers meeting is being address,
:ed 5by q H Bailey, ~internatlonal al
Z
O'clock at Lumberport, miners
- ING will be held. Addresses
esITsbaS delivered by, Patrick Buck
sIaS ana Charles H. Bailey
Two hundred miners ATTENDED
meeting at Shinnston last even1ng.
me speaker were G. g. BaS-
5s,sinternational representative,
and Patrick Buckley, information
al Representative
Il expected that President z.
sFsrank ksKeeney, Charleston. presl-
ssssant Sof istrict II, will address a
syneeting at Star City. MQnonsalla
SsoiAnty, Thursday aIernoon; De
sfaifs$ have not been WORKED ouL .,,
SfnrSt fs,rssi: he5 ne citing. but Thursday will
N the day Of the gathering The
,,a,,,rstsshowever. has not 1een set.
a 81 resident Keeny of district II
tied Mine Workers of, America
,sssiIss : insss Grafton today to take loo'
g sss55ver SUB district 3 He IS accom-
/ q, sI,anied BY Brandt A. Scott, Cnar-
/ EEte:sssiSfl. international board mem
RssE Enpties Ordered
y total OF ATS empties were or
IS srred byF the various mines a.
E Z 5s1sork today on the non-unlon basis
Continued on Page Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
Condition of Water
Improved But Still
Considered Unsafe

City water is. still unsafe for
consumption. according to re-
ports today by J. Clyde Morris,
director of water, and Miss Paul
inc Arkwright, city bacterioIo-
gist.
Miss Arkwright stated today
that the condition is much i'm
proved but that it cannot yet
be considered safe. Last week
the water was safe for two or
three days and bacteria tests
showed the condition to be stead
lily improving over the weekend.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
URGES CHANGES IN Law

INDIANAPOLIS, June g.
Fund damental changes or tAe re-
peal of the Sherman Anti Trust
law, was advocated by Albert j.
Beveridge. Republican nominee
for the United States Senate.
speaking before the twenty
seventh national convention Of
credit men which opened today.
The convention will close Friday
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
no ACCEPT LANDS AWARD

49, CH1CAGO, unS& o-----ftedce:fl IL IL
the Chicago strife-torn building
trad es' situation was predicted
today with reports that Fred
Nader, indicted president of the
building trades council, had
agreed !. at a meeting of union
leaders last night to resign. and 4:
that all Sof the building trades
union would accept the Iand1s
wage award. These DEVELOPMENTS,
it was said, cleared the t1
unfiampered completion of build
ing projects amounting to $500
sooo, 900. 5.sE5s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
WAGES Of 100000 Carmen Cut
500, O,OOO,OOO IN Order Issued
bu Railroad Labor Board To-Day
U-TELLUMS
BY j. a. l.

Although we have lot
OF BROOKS
And big river around
USCROOkS
And wet have wells and creeks
And rivulets and runas
ANDSPRINGS
We're like the Ancient =
MARINER
With water, water every
WHERE
But not drop that we
CANDRINk
When garnered from ita
SOURCE'SBRINK
So when we fill our
BRIAINuNGEWE
That may be tainted from
ASEWER
Let's boil and boil and
BOILANDBOH
And thus not shuttle of
OURCOIB
The world is good, let's
NEyERLEAE'ER
En- route by way of .
TYPHOIDFEVER s-
If we had voted for
FILTRATION
We could have lodged
TBISSITUATION.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
FORTY KILLED WHEN
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE

LEMBURG, Poland, June 6.-(By
The Associated Press-)-More than
forty persons were buried in the
debris and many were killed today
when two ancient three story build
ings collapsed. The buildings are
believed to have been shaken down
by vibrations caused from a pass
ing motor truck.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
URGED 81. VOTE FOR WOMEN.

5CLEARMONT F. q r r "A N d,
France, June 6.--(By The Associat-
ed 4Press.o The National Feminist
Congress in session here today
adopted resolutions authorizing the
French parliament to pass the bill
also passed by the Chamber of&Dep-
3uties,s giving votes to women, de-
manding that women be eligible to
serve ON iuries in criminal Z cases
and that the teaching OF the Sclv1cs
be obligatory in all schools
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED

PITTSBURGH, June 6.-A city
police woman and q detective We're
in police court today. charged with
reckless driving. Their automobiles
collided on the Broomfield bridge
and a traffic officer arrested both.
The detective Hoomer Crooks, tes,
tified that the police woman. Mrs.
Lenora C. Butterfield was respon-s
sibIe for the accident. Magistrate
:. F. Gallagher discharged both.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06

WASHINGTON june
was learned today that tlritedi
states Labor Board decision af.
fecting telegraphers. the nexts
class OF emp to be dealt vat ill
in a wage ruling VI ~ not PEI
available for some time and IN
idoubtedly viii not he issued n
time to become effective Juiy
the date the mafntenanee 81 way
and shop craft decisio take eETs
fect.@g
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
1 900 Wheelu1s Men Affected

WHEELING, June b-NearIy.
1000 Wheeling district workers,
when shops are working normally
are affected by the wage red uc-
ton for railroad shop mechanics
and freight carmen announced this
morning by the United States Rail
road Labor Board. The red uc-
ton is expected to total 100000
annually in the Wheeling district
alone. At present the shops are
working at SO percent capacity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06

vote OIL zLIle SIlOp&S1 oil %, "hoSES5
reduction was ordered by the
board today, being returnable
June 80.
CINCINNATI, June 6.-(By the
Associated Press-) New wage re-
ductions for shopmen, ordered by
the Railroad Labor Board today,
can but intensity the present feel
cing:of dissa tisfaction with railway
labor conditions and will at least
result in an immediate strike vote,
returnable June 80, according to B..
M. Jewell, head of the shop crafts :
unions, mere today for railroad
strike conference.
While refusing to comment on
the decision until he had seen a
copy, Mr.. Jewell declared any re
duct3on at present was wholly un-
justified and unreasonable.
TO Consider Wage Cuts.
Representatives of all the rail-
road labor organizations, Win the
exception of the Big Four brother
hoods, were in Cincinnati to attend
the opening. today of a series OF
conferences, during which a recent
ruling of the United States Rail
road Labor Board reducing wages
of rail workers will be the chief
topic under discussion. The ses-
sions win be presided over by B.
M. Jewell, president of the railway
department of American Federation
Of Labor.
Mr.. Jewell said there was moth
ing to say in advance about the
conference. Organizations whose
chief executives, or their represen.
tatives were ins attendance, are
b1acksmiths, boilermakerc, signal :
men, machitists, electricians,
clerks, maintenance of way men
stationary engineers, te:ograpners
carmen and sheet metal workers
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
|, 100000 zoo MEN
TO Be AFFECTED |: T:
BY STRIKE (! VOTE
Series of Conferences by Dele
gates of Organizations
Opens Today.
JEWELL il: TO PRESIDE
Head of Shop Crafts Union
Believes Strike Now
Probable.
JEWELL il: TO PRESIDE (: I: E:

CINCINNATI, June 6--(By
The Associated Press)-A
strike vote of approximately
100000 railway workers Of
the United States will be
taken by the Individual un-
ions affected by the Federal
Labor Board wage reductions
recently ordered and pending
it was decided at conference
OF union leaders here today.
The vote.4in each organiza-
ton will be 5returnable within
thirty days after the board
announces "a wage cut for
that class of employees, the
vote Of the shop crafts, whose
reduction was ordered by the
board today, being returnable
June 80.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-14
Notice to Property Owners

To Whom It May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the as sessment roll or list, prepared in ac- cordance with the law in such cases. made and provided under an ordi- nance entitled. Improvement ordi- nance No. HAD, an Ordinance to pro- vide for certain improvements on Ienth avenue, from the west proper ty line of Coosa street to the east property line of Appalachee treet, and on Appalachee street from a point feet south of the north property line of Tenth avenue to the south property line of Eleventh ave- nue. adopted on 18th day of Sap tember, 1921, and confirmed on the 4th day of October. 1921, by the Com mission of the City of Birraingham, has been delivered to me and is open for inspection in the office of the City Comptroller, the person author ized to make collections of assess ments for improvements constructed under said ordinance, and that the Commission of the City of Brming- ham will meet on the 4th day of April, 1922, in the council chamber of the City Hall of Birmingham, at 1~ o'clock a. m., to hear any objec- tions, protests or defenses that may Dt llltu Ao SuC0 proposed assess ments or the amount thereof
 The general character of the i'm. provements constructed under sad ordinance consists of certain grad ing and sidewalk paving
 The streets, avenues, alleys or other highways or portions thereof along which said improvements nave been constructed and the terminal points of said Improvements are as fellows, to-wit: On Tenti avenue, fl cm the west property line of Coosa street, to the east property line nt Appalachee street. and on Apnalach ae street, from a point 6 feet south Of the north property line of Tenth ave nue, to the south property Inc oi | Eleventh avenue.
 L. E. GRAY. City Clerk Age-Herald, March IA. 19&