The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-24

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G ARs ON FRIDAY
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.Monongahela, Sc cars; MorgantoW!nr'
i e Kfngwood,510 los cars
Two More Working
Active mines in Northern West
Virginia today number 173, which
IS two more than the number Of
plants at work on Friday and sew
enteen more than Monday. In fact
there are sixteen more mines at
work today than ON Saturday of
last week. There are thirty more
mines working today than on. June
! i and sixty-five more than on May
L
The number. OF mines at work on
the various divisions today are as
Charleston, 43; Conne1srille, 8;
Cumberland, SO; Western Mary
Weaver & North
ern, 1; Morgantown & Wheeling,
IS; Monongahela, 8; Morgantown
& Kingwood, 80.
5a6 Empties Today
Today there were 536 empties or
dered or five less than yesterday,
but eventy-six more than last Sat
urday.
Empties ordered on the various
sdivisions in North ern West Virginia
today were as follows: b. & o..
Monongah, 131; Charleston, SO;
Connellsville, Is; Cumberland, 100;
Western Maryland $Bel.nston,
Weaver & Northern, q; Morgan
town & Wheeling, 24:s Mononga-
hela, L; Morgantown & Kingwood,
los.
In the Coke seit
A total of 12S cars OF coal were
loaded yesterday on the Mononga-
hela Railway in Pennsylvania
against 113 cars on Thursday. This
was a gain of 81 cars over Friday
of last week
The Frick Coke Co. reports re-
sumptions at a number of its idle
Connellsville district coke plants.
tLeisenring No I has resumed and
fifty ovens have been lighted. Lom-
ond No. S, the first plant in the
region to be tied up by the strike
also has resumed and forty ovens
have been started. Oliphant in the
heart of the strike zone, has put
fifty ovens in blast. In all, over
$50 ovens were lighted this week.
There is relatively little change
in the strike situation in general.
The Prick company put in $50 new
ovens during last week and report
continuation Of the slow gains.
The mass return to work June Is
because Of the failure of the union
to provide financial relief was not
Forthcoming. While there are signs
of dissatisfaction, organizers con-
tinue to hold their members in line
partly through intimidation and
partly through false pride. The
number of eyictions from company
houses is increasing.
Ciarksburs Situation
Reports received here from
Clarksburg show that there are no
signs of further trouble at Reynolds
vile today. The Lewis mine of
the Hudson Coal Co.. whose min
-ers were attacked yesterday in
trolley car, were back. in the pits
today and the company claims
that more men were at work today
than yesterday.
It is reported here that the Coun.
ty Court of Harrison County has
authorized the deputation of 1000
deputies if the situation requires
it: Everything is well in hand to-
day, and the sheriff anticipates no
further outbreaks of violence.
MIR. Lyons Returns
Frank R. Lyon, vice president of
the Consolidation Coal Co. has re-
turned from a trip to the Kentucky
operations Of the company.
coi.eeWatson Expected
Col. G. w. Watson, president of
the Consolidation Coal Co., is ex-
pected to spend the weekend here.
Whether or not his trip. here has
any connection with the coal strike
cannot be learned.
keeney Is Coming
c. Frank Keeney. Charleston,
president of district IT; B. A.
Scott, Charleston, International
board member and D. A. Framing
from Missouri arrived in Ciarks-
burg this morning and are expected
to come to Fairmont tonight. Sam
uel B. Montgomery is also expect
ed here.
500 Miners at Meeting
James McCleary. district organ
'izer. C. F. Davis and E. F. Wolf,
of Usage addressed 500 union
miners at Usage yesterday.
"A meeting of the Morgantown Ia
Dor assemblage will be held on
Sunday at 2 o'clock.
A meeting of the miners assem-
bly, composed of delegates from the
Morgantown section and five from
the Fairmont section will meet at
Pursglove on Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock. They discuss
relief and various matters that are
the outgrowth of the strike.
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