Show MINERS OFFERED INCREASED WAGES operators Opera tare tars off or it crune crease cr une of 10 per cent to stop pen sylv ivan autis strike an offer of an increase of 10 per cent in miners wages has been made by bv the philadelphia Phila dephia A beading reading coal iron company and this move it is stated will be followed by s smilar notices at every colliery in the antera cite region it is expected by the operators that this increase in wages will be satis fac tory to the men and they believe many strikers will take advantage of ta tie e offer and return to work mining operations p erat ions will in his event be givel an impetus and the operators ex act there will then be a gradual resumption until the collieries will again hare hato their full complement of employees the philadelphia reading corn cont pany operates thirty nine collieries and of these twenty seven have been shut down owing to insufficient work ing force |