The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-27
|IBbL SHIPMENTS
INCREASE
here LAST WEEK
Coal Production in Region
Increases $50 Car
! loads
BREGE OFF SUIT ON
Case is in Elkins- Rail
road Fuel 1922 Con-
tracts

Shipments made off tho various
diytsions by mines OF Northern
West Virginia last week aggregat-
led 100000 tons or a gain OF S4,-
$50 tons over the previous week.
rHs shipments by divisions were
s follows: B. & o.-Monongah,
} 49, $50 tons: Charleston, 23,9O0
IONS Connellsville, $3.50 tons;
Cumberland, 1880 tons; West
Arm Maryland-Bingamon-Helen'
)lun, 23,600 tons; Belington and
Weaver, S,S25 tons: Monongahela,
E94,550 tons; Morgantown and
Wheeling, $3.50 tons.
Check Off Suit
Coal operators are interested in
the legal phase of a suit brought
y tie Elkins section over the
|check=off. A dispatch from ElkIns
!statss the following: "a coal
operator has no legal right to
check-off union dues of,lan en-
'ployes according to a decision Of
Justice of the Peace R. B. Caplin-
iger, in the case OF Claude Phillips.
Who brought suit against the West
Virginia Coal and Coke Co.. for
|s33s95. He held that the money.
lwas Illegally collected; that the
)check-off' was provided for in a
utra1 contract and was unjust.
se ordered that the plaintiff
Should have his money, which he
bad earned as a carpenter in the
mines, returned to him. H. G.
|Sump, mayor OF Elkins, represent
|ed the plaintiff. Mr.. Guthrie, of
jlaFksbnrg.t the miners union, and
H. u, Bowers nominRlly defended
fhe aetion on behalf Of the COM
Aany Several high officials Of
no uniop-were. present at the
aring but did not make any an
lneement Of appeal. Mr., Phil
6 has been out OF work TOR
5me time. The SSS.95 included
EEis Initiation fees and dues.
Weekly Production
In the ,Fairmont region proper,
hast week, the mines 'loaded 5971i
ars OF coalA A total Of 139 cars,
n coke were loaded during the
lSeal The Fairmont region last
eek pfoauced $50 cars more Of
lai than the week prior,
Operations along the Monongah
ifviston, B. & o., last week load.
I'd 2s4S cars of coal, gain of
lt66 CARS over the previous week.
Plants on the Western Maryland
hallway last week loaded 56S cars
|of coal, or more than twice as.
Irnneii as the previous week, exact.
jy 2s1 cars more. Loading on the
sIonongahela and Morgantown and
wheeling railways last week ag-
|gregated PASS cars Of gain OF
500 cars over the previous week.
The loading on both the NJ. R. r.
md M. & W. has showed decided
gains owing to western New York
state and Canadian business.
Mines on the Charleston divis-
Iiont B. & o., last week loaded
ll7S cars OF coal or a gain OF 80
lars over the previous week.
Operations along the Monongahela
|railway'in Pennsylvania last week
loaded 1891 cars OF coal or sos
sars stronger than the previous
seek.
r. r. Fuel Contracts
1tis understood that some New
York New Haven and Hartford
|5ailroad fuel contracts have been
laced in the region. 1t is ru-
nored that the Consolidation and
aufahinson Coal companies have
so block Of this business. other
|roads 1t is said are taking 1922
contracts. 1t Is reported that
Contracts are phrased as usual so
HI to take care OF the uncertainty
|of labor conditions.
Personal Mention
Frank R Lyon, vice president o.
the Consolidation Goal company,
has returned from a business trip
Vi New York City.
vi. e. Watson OF the Fairmont
and Cleveland Coal company, re-
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