The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
OUTPUT GAINS 800
PER CENT SINCE
FIRST OF STRIKE
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IN. c., Saturday en- route to his
home in Charleston. His trial starts
at Charles Town on June u. unless
postponement is secured later.
It is not known exactly when kee-
ney will come to Fairnont but
probably a day or so before his
trial at Charles Town.
RivesviIIe Meeting.
Two thousand miners and their
families attended the outing held
at Rivesville on Tuesday by the
miners local No. 4O14. Addresses
were made by c. H. Bailey, Fair
mont, international representative,
Patrick Buckley, Fairmont, vice
PRESENT of sub district 4, and the
Reverend Mr.. Minden, coal miner.
at Rivesville.
More Mines Working
One hundred and forty-two
mines are at work today, which is
an increase of eleven compared to
Wednesday of last week. Today's
showing is the peak of active!
mines since the strike began. On
Tuesday there were but ninety.
four mines at work due to the OBJ
SeTFduCe VI Nlellloi - dS
Mines at work today on the
various divisions are as follows:
B. & .-Monongah, 2S; Charles
ton. 81: Connellsville, 6; Cumber-I
land, 30; Western Maryland-BeI-
ington & Weaver, i; Morgantown
& Wheeling, 8; Monongahela,. 5
Morgantown & Kinswood, %.
Daily Production
Coal mines in Northern West
Virginia on Monday loaded 341
cars of coal. This was distributed
over the various divisions as fol-
lows: B. & O.-Monongah, SO
cars: Charleston, "a cars; Con
nellsville, 21 cars; Cumberland,
81 cars; Western Maryland
Belington & Weaver, 1 car; Nor
gantown & Wheeling, - cars;
Monongahela, ii cars; Morgan
town & a1-swood 81 cars
On Tuesday there were 1877 cars
of coal loaded, this being due
largely to the observance of
Memorial Day. This tonnage was
scattered as follows over the var
ious divisions: B. & O.-Monon-
gah 10 cars; Charleston, 80 cars;
Connellsville, O; Cumberland, 40
cars; Western Maryland-Bel1ng-
ton & Weaver, 9 cars Morgan
town & Wheeling,- Monohgahela
& kingwood, 81 cars.
42e Empties Ordered
Today there were 429 empties or
dered by the various mines in
Northern West Virginia that are
working non-union. This number is
increasing day afer day.
The empties ordered on the vari-
Gus divisions are as follows: u. d
O-Mononsah, 102; Charleston, So;
Connellsville, %; Cumberland, %;
Western Observation-Disclosures q
Weaber, 8; Morgantown & Wheel
ing, 16: Monongahela, Is; Morgan
town & Kingwood, go
Non-Union Tonnage
Despite the holiday yesterday the
coal production in the Logan field
was heavy at 1928 carloads. Other
production includes the following;
New River, 324 cars; Big Sandy,
3O7 cars: Kanawha, IS cars.
Coke Belt Breaks
Railroad figures show that there
is decided activity in the coke
belt today after the holiday. Re
ports show that twenty-five mines
are attempting to work today,
which. is the strongest showing
made since the strike began. There
are eighty mines chalked up as idle
on the Monongahla Railway In
Pennsylvania, on which stretch
there are 105 between Brownsville,
Pa, and the West Virginia state
line. This is thirteen more than
worked Monday.
Just how successful the drive IS
can be cleaned from the today's
production figures. On Monday
cars of coal was
loaded there while yesterday no
coal was produo:d. 4
Shipments Increase
Coal shipments off the various
divisions of Northern West Vir- A
ginia last week show that 1O6, $50 !:
tons of coal were moved. This is an
increase of s. 100 tons over the pre-
vious week. The shipments made:
off the various divisions were as
follows: b. & O., MononGah, IS
$50 tons: Charleston 22650 tons
Connellsvil1e, $500 tons; Cumber-;
And. 1880 tons: Monongahela.
1o,400 tons: Morgantown & Wheel
ins.sSs,,25o tons; Western Maryland
- X e. RI elen's Ru.1. 800 to- 3::s.t
Relington & Weaver. = $50 tons.