The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-24
l OAIDiiliG
GAINS ll3 CARS
HERE LAST WEEK
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aggregated $500 tons against g..
800 tons the previous week and So.
$50 tons for the first week Of thu
strike.
Shipments Oh the divisions wero
as follows: B. & o.-MononSah,
$3.50 tons; Charleston, 1850
tons; connellsville, $3.50 tons,
Cumberland. 2o.T5o tons; Monou.
Eanela, $3.50 tons: Beilngton q
Weaver, Western Maryland, 11,150
tons; Wyatt.Helen's Run, 500
tons. "a
Personal Mention
W. e. Watson, president OF the1
Fairmont & Cleveland Coal Co.,
has returned from Pittsburgh.
S. D. Brady, president OF the
Brady Coal Corporation, is home
from Pittsburgh.
]. W. Reed, director of the safe.
ty department. Consolidation Coal
Co., went to Somerset, Pa. today.
lie will return here Wednesday.
Howard W. showalter, president
Of the Diamond Coal Co, has re- 4
turned RON n trip to Pittsburgh
|. I. Weaver, Fairmont represent
alive Of the Equitable Fuel Co., -
rome from trip to Redwood, w
Va.
Daily Shipments.
Forty.seven cars of coal were
shipped cast off the Monongat
T'lvision. n. & o. on Saturday.
Western shipments totaied IL ears
Six cars OF coke were shipped eaEt
and four cars west.
Ten cars OF coke were loaded on
Saturday on the Monongah Diva
sion, B. & o.
Daily R. r. Fuel.
Four cars OF railroad fuel were
loaded of the Monongah Diyis A
sion. p. & o. while two cars were
loaded off the Charleston Division
B. & o. All Of this coal was talk
en- by tho B, & o.
Thirteen trims drew lss car
loads of reight on the B. g o. east
Of Grafton. Coal loads aggregsted
1871 cars. To the west off the Mon
ongah Division, B. & o., 1876 carsSof
freight were moved. in which IS
cars Of coal were included.
Six trains drew 2ss loads ~
freight east OF Grafton on Sunday
hut no coal loads were moved! At
midnight there were 420 freight
loads on the Monongah Division
for the cast, OF which 200 were coal
loads. Western movement on Sun.
day aggregated 2S7 loads, ofswhlch
five cars were coal.
Watson's statement
At a meeting OF coal operators 10
Pittsburgh W. E. Watson; Fair
mont, president Of tho Fairmont
Cleveland Coal Co. was in attend
ance. The Pittsburgh Gazette
Times publishes the following on
Saturday:
"W. E. Watson president Of
tho Monongahela Coal Association.
an organization including In rs
membership companies and indi1
viduals operating s. mines. with
an annual aggregate production n
100000 tons following meetS
ing of the association in the VII
liam Penn Hotel yesterday said
miners employed by the Organize
ton members are ready to go back
to work just so soon az the head
quarters OF the United Nine Work
ers OF America, at indianapolis
gives them permission to do 60
The miners in the :association
are located In tho northern cour
ties of West Virginia, from Fair
month north to the PENNSYLVANIA
state line and across the lines In
this state. There Is the utmost
good feeling between the miners
and the employees Of our assocla+
ton and tho men are willing 10 50
back to digging coal at any time 4
their leaders give the word. said
Mr.. Watson. Officials OF the Penn.
sylvanln, the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie and tho Monongahela Ran
road, ali OF which tap the northern
West Virginia and upper Monon
gahela River fields included In the
organizations territory. wers
guests at the meeting