The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-05
8 Friday
conszo, Mine Leased

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Announcement was made today
by C. D. Robinson Of the Robinsoa
Coal Co. that the Robinson inter.
ests had leased mine No. 81. of the
Constellation Coal Co. This mine
Is known as the&O'Donnell nina
and is located on the East Side Of
the river.&It has not been in oper-
alton for some time. Is.
George S.. Bracket, secretary OF
the Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Association; is out of
the city today. It was said at his
office this morning that he had
gone to Mountain Lake Park fo9
the weekend. IN 55S
Federal Control Feared
The Norgantown New Dominion
carries the following story stoday
THE first teeth to be revealed
in the government control of coal
production and the power to seize
and recon ign the output Of the
mines is seen in the seizure, ac-
Ecording to. press dispatc hes. OF
fuel for railroad and public util.
tiles in the Western Pennsylvania
field On Wednesday all coal south
of New Castle on the PENNSYLVANIA
and Lake Erie railroads was con-
fiscated and as a result 1T is stated
that ndustrials plants in the dis
.trict to which the coal was con
signed we're forced to fall back
upon their reserve supply wi tn. dis
astrous effect upon the coal that is
being stored for a rainy day.
..The industrial plants Of the
&ShenangoB and ahoning valleys
are facing "a crisis for the first
time since the coal strike was pre-
cipitated on April - Many OF
these plant have been receiving
coal under contracts with produc-
ers and up to this time have not
been materially affected by the
strike. The output has mot been
sufficientfto insure storage OF any
great quantity, the plants depend.
ling largely upon the promise OF
steady shipments. The seizure OF
even an infinitesima al part OF THIS
steady shfpm ent seriously affects
the operation of the plants, II Is
pointed out. ~
1.-The Carnegie Steel Co. plant at
Farrell, Pa, has sufficient coal to
operate only a few days. it is q,
nounced, and with no prospects OF
getting additional fuel by reason
Of the government priority order,
will be forced to close down all
departments on Saturday. ~ 1t 10
stated. Such shutdown will affect
], 800 worknen. 5}73E
Other. Industries In the Western
Pennsylvania and Ohio field are
also said to be running low In coal
and unless there is some relief IN
the matter of fuel will be forced to
close down in short time
4 M organtown coal producers state
that to the best of their knowledge
this is the first subs tantfa1 demon
strationS Of the policy Of the govern
mental control of the coal industry
and is an Illustration Of what can
be expected in the future AS far
as could be learned yesterday no
gMorgantown. coal has been confis-l
Gated assyet, but 1t can be expect
ed in short time, it fe1ts
Many OF the local coal 9produc Ger
#= Many Of the local coal producers
are operating and disclosing Of coal
on contracts, some Of which n are are
with consumers listed for priority, !
and some Of which do not come un-
der that head.
8 Many Of these consumers ara
under contract for prices higher
than the governments So. 50 fig
ure and the contracts date back
beyond the government seizure
and in some instances beyond the;
existing strike period Jtet what lat
the effect OF seizure will have on
these contracts and just what
price will be paid to the shippers,
for coal confiscated are among the
many ques tons that are causing
concern here
is pofn ted out by coal men
that the government places max max.
imum on coal prices that oes not
provide "a guarantee of a min: Minis &.
mum. :" 3f$ss ~ III
Jewelyvanlt$i in Buckingham pal;
ace contains over s 900 as s lesLll
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English is the comm on langu-
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