The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-13
PRODUCTION FOR
week WILL SHOW
CONSISTENT c ] |. GAIN VI
/ [1hirty-Five Cars More Than
Thursday Produced in
Region Yesterday.
lie Il: MINES WORKING.
Coke Belt Striker speaks al
Meeting Held Yesterday
Vi at AIn1ina.

sA at AImina.
assS1owly the coal production in
Northern West Virginia is. on the
increase. On Friday the mines load
sed9326 cars Of coal, which was 25
caIB more than Thursday and rs
3,yelrs more than Friday of last week
The Nc onongh Division B. & O..
lbs sshowing steady increase, hav-
inESbeen 3S cars more yesterday
1sthah on May j, and in fact the ton
f11ags on Friday represented more
4 than double that Of May /, which
/ WAS twenty-four cars. On the
EsGhar1eston Division. B. & o.. the
[sproduction is slowly gaining
also. Decided gains are also noted
| on the Morgantown & kingwood
{railWay All Of the other divisions
{have put gains on since May l, but
those mentioned in particular show
4 ed the most pronounced gains.
Gaining This Week
#sCoal production this week in
West Virginia will show
|aydecided increase. In the first five
days of this week, there were LASS
cars Of coal loaded in Northern
Nv est Virginia. which is five cars
more than was loaded all OF this
week. IN other words the produc-
|ston today plus five cars. will be
the gain IN loading over last week
ingthe northern tier of the state.
For the five days the loading on
the various divisions was as fol
lows:
ID. & O.-M onongah. 2S1 cars;
|$Charleston, s35 cars: Connellsville
49, cars; Cumberland, 240 cars;
kWestern Maryland Belington &
'%Weayer, 26 cars; Morgantown &
sWheeling, 38 cars; Monongahela,
s11Ifcars ~ sMorgntown & Kingwood,
cars.
D thursdays Loading -
The COAL loaded on the various
Adiyisions yes terdayswas as follows:5
BIC c. M onongah 62 cars; Char
sleston, 6s cars; Connellsville, IS
cars; Cumberland, SO cars; West
rn@Maryland- & Weav-
Serss cars; Mononghela, II cars;
& Kingwood. rs cars.
4 9 Mines at Work
1A5OE the various divisions of
West Virginia today,
there were 119 mines in operation.
sTheyswere at work as follows: B.
NC Monongah, 20; Charleston,
S:,,3 4, 8 Connellsville, 6; Cumberland,
E23; Western aryland- d-Belington &
:6Weaver, Monongahela, s.; Nor
sgantown & Kingwood, 26; Morgan
StoWn# e Wheeling, S.
To-day there are two less mines
SatsSwork than on Friday.
sl: Today's Empties
Empties on the various divisions
Sfh #Northern West Virginia today
$50. They were distribute
sedsassfo & O--Monongah,
Sg2 Charleston, 65; Connellsville,
20 2D;Cumberland. SIS; Western Mary
San & Weaver, s.; Nor
#gantown & Wheeling, 10; Monon-
sgahela, 81; Morgantown & King
SWood, so. The empty order today
StSas justsone car shy Of Friday N
With the Miners.
"a miners mass meeting will be
held at townsville at 10 o'clock
SSutn1d ay morning with addresses by
eNick SAiello, president of sub dis
|Arict e, and Patrick Buckley, vice
spresident Of sub district 4.
benefit dance will be held un-
der the auspices of miners local
s1643 OF Monongah next Saturday
for the miners band OF that place.
sThe affair will be staged at Trac-
stfon Park, and there will be music
Sand dancing all day. Old fashioned
square dances as Well AS round
dances will be in vogue on this oc-
scasion. The miners band will fur
snish the music. Indications point
to a. big affair being held.
At Ida May on Monday afternoon
at ~ O'Clock, a miners mass meeting
will be held. The speakers for this
meeting will be C. Fl. Bailey. inter
national representative, and Pat
rick Buckley, vice president of
sub district 4.
Big Meeting Today.
III, III, At Gypsy, Harrison County. to-
Gay the labor forces OF the Monon-
sgahela Valley are holding large
eJally. The speakers scheduled are
sNyilliam H. Harris, Charleston,
apresident, and H. L. Franklin,
sCharleston, formerly OF F,airmont,
Secretary OF the West Virginia State
sFederation OF Labor. and Nick
sAie1Io, Fairmont, president Of sub
~ 7sgSss5s Coke Belt Striker.
one OF the features OF the min
ars mass meeting held at Almina
Yesterday was an address by Frank
S:I5sMurphy, who halls from the coke
abelt though his family lives at
fAImif1a The speaker said that Is,
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