Show I MINE V OPPOSE INCREASE Anthracite An trac te Men l Demand Dem nd Same Scale as s Paid S Soft Sift ft Coal liners Coall Miners Xe- Xe York March tarch 26 Anthracite 26 Anthracite I mine owners went on on record toda today as opposed to granting tho the hard coal diggers diggers' dig dig- gers' gers demands for an increase in lIT wages wao-cs of ot at least IS 10 3 more than I the he 25 5 per cent increase Just granted the bituminous miners Statistics and data to show that the I earnings of the anthracite and 1011 soft soll coal I workers were on an hn n. n equitable basis were Introduced by by the mine owners at tho the session of ot the sub committee appointed by both sides 8 to 0 negotiate a a. new wage agreement for forth tho hard coal cotil fields 4 f Although the employers admitted taht the hard coal workers' workers wago scale might not now bo be as high as that paid the bituminous men men they pointed out that tho earnings were about tho the same sune as the anthracite miners got ot otIn In moro working days In the year |