The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-11
Will Ask Miners at Work
To Help The Less
Fortunate
CONVENTION SATURDAY.
President Lewis in Wash
ington-state Opera
tors Meeting

Rations are very low In many
miners homes these days In the
Fairmont region according to off.
cials Of the United Mine Workers
OF America today. 1t was esti-
mated that fully 5000 Of the 49,.
600 miners in sub district, district
II, are in need. According to Of
ficials the hardships are not con.
fined to any one town or locality
but there are spread in general all
over Monongalia. Marion and Har-
rison counties.
Some of the miners have not
had work for almost solid year.
In some instances the men have
trampled from place to place to
get work but could not locate any.
Matters have become So serious
officials claim that when the sub
district meets in convention on
Saturday morning at 10. O'clock in
the Jackson Hotel building that
arrangements will have tosbe made
to take cars Of the less fortunate
miners. This will probably take
the form OF an assessment being,
LEVIED against the miners WHO have
.beenewofldng which :lt Is believed.
win not exceed d dollar d month.
4 Nick Aiello. sub district presi-
dent, will preside and II is expect.
ed that. M. u. Aaptonstall, Char
leston, acting district president
Of district II will also be In at.
tendance at the meeting. 1t is be-
lieved that probably 5000 miners
out OF the Is. 900 in the sub dis.
trict have had fairly regular work
during the depression. There are
expected to be between $50 and
175 delegates present at the con-
vention.
Nick Aiello, president Of sub
district 4, said today that despite
the economic conditions and in.
dustrial depression that the miners
will not violate their contract,
which expires April /, 1922, and
no stampede to the open shop plan
will take place. He felt sure also
that the miners who have had
work would respond in assisting
their less fortunate members.
Lewis In Washington
According to reports received
here John L. Lewis. president OF
the United Mine Workers OF Amer
lea, was In Washington, D. @. It
was presumed that he was In con.
ference with Secretary OF Labor
Davis in regard to the needs Of
unemployed coal miners in this
country and discussing some
means OF securing relief.
Operators Meeting
Fairmont region coal operators
who attended the meeting Of the
West Virginia State Coal associa-
ton In Washington, D. c.. on
Monday and Tuesday arrived home
last night and today. Daniel How.
ard, Clarksburg. returned home to
Clarksburg last night.
Today 9. H. jenkins and G. s.
Bracket Of Fairmont and ]. NJ.
Orr and A. Lisle White OF Clarks-
burg, returned from the meeting.
Robert Grant, Boston, president OF
the New England Fuel and Trans.
portation company was also pres
ent at the meeting.
A wide range Of questions were
discussed including the freight
rate, lake demurrage, new West
Virginia tax laws, the 81 reduc-
tion in freight rate to seaboard and
the LaFollette seaman's act. The
coal operators realized that the
state is In need Of funds and ia
vor an equitable application of
taxes.
Some Mines Start
This morning forty men went to
work at Usage mine OF the Brady
Coal corporation along Scotts
run. The mine resumed operation
after months shut down.
Gilbert.Davis mine along Scott's
Run It is expected will start work
today.
Daily r. r. Fuel
A total Of 217 cars OF coal were
loaded for railroads off the Mon
ongah division, B. and o. R. r. on
Tuesday. OF that tho B. and o.
itself secured ia cars OF coal
while the foreign carriers received
.10S cars.
Tuesdays Shipments
Coal loading TO Curtis Bay took
a leap off the Monongah division
B. and o. on Tuesday when 100
cars Of coal were shipped to Cur
It's Bay. To the east there were
494 cars Of coal loaded while to
the west there were 81 cars load
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