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Belington Progressive
Belington, Barbour County, West Virginia
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In Washington, Pa., on July 24, no major effort to resume coal mining occurred under state national guard control, but Acme Coal and Coke Company added 25 workers at Wilson mine. Colonel Stackpole reported all quiet after inspection; supplies arrived for troops.
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WASHINGTON, Pa., July 24.—While no concerted effort was made today to resume mining operations in the district controlled by the state national guard, one company reported increased production at one of its largest mines. Officials of the Acme Coal and Coke Company said twenty-five additional men had been put to work at the Wilson mine. Colonel Stackpole, Jr., commanding the guardsmen in the western Pennsylvania coal fields, returned to headquarters here late today from a tour of inspection in the Cambria, Indiana and Somerset regions. He reported "all quiet" in that district. A convoy of thirty automobile trucks carrying supplies for the soldiers in Washington county arrived here this afternoon.
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Washington, Pa.
Event Date
July 24
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all quiet in the district; twenty-five additional men put to work at wilson mine; increased production reported; supplies arrived for soldiers.
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No concerted effort to resume mining operations in the district controlled by the state national guard, but Acme Coal and Coke Company reported increased production at Wilson mine with twenty-five additional men. Colonel Stackpole, Jr. returned from inspection tour in Cambria, Indiana, and Somerset regions, reporting all quiet. Convoy of thirty automobile trucks carrying supplies for soldiers in Washington county arrived.