Word: berwind
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. John E. Berwind, 73, active philanthropist, inactive vice president, Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.; of laryngitis, in Manhattan. His business address, No. 1 Broadway, is the location of 14 famed coal companies, 35 smaller...
Among those Atchison directors are such bishops of U. S. finance as: William Benson Storey, President of the Atchison; Edward Julius Berwind, Manhattan holder of coal, shipping and transportation enterprises; William Chapman Potter, President of the Guaranty Trust of Manhattan; Arthur Twining Hadley, President Emeritus of Yale; Charles Steele, Morgan partner; Henry Smith Pritchett, President of the Carnegie Foundation since 1906; and Myron Charles Taylor, Chairman of U. S. Steel's finance committee...
...soon be born. The merger will include some 25 or 30 companies operating in Virginia and West Virginia, capable of producing 30,000,000 tons a year. Among the companies considering the merger are Pocahontas Fuel, New River Coal, Consolidation Coal, American Coal, Pond Creek Pocahontas, Gulf Smokeless Coal, Berwind-White Coal, General Coal, Slab Fork Coal, Crozer Pocahontas...
...Berwind-White Coal Co., big Pennsylvania operators who supply the Manhattan subways, reduced wages 20%. Workers have apparently accepted it on the grounds that the lower wage scale will permit regular operation of the mines, hence greater pay in the long run. The Company has always insisted on open shop...