Show WAGE INCREASE GRANTED MINERS New Ner Agreement Will Exceed Exceed Exceed Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Two Hundred Million l Annually f Now ew York rk M. 31 Wag Wago Increases in increases In- In creases totalling approximately OO I annually are granted the mineworkers mineworkers mine mineworkers workers In the new agreement which affects about soft son coal diggers Despite contention of worl workers ers that increases should bo be borne borce b by th the e operators oper oper- atom without additional costs costs' lo 10 the public the mine owners tonIght reiterated rolt- rolt crated their announcement nt that present pres pros ent coal prices S will be bel boosted from Cs ceuta to per pOl ton at th the mines mines- Philip Murray vice president of or the United Mine Worl Workers ers of or America characterised char char- tho the proposed Increases In coal prices as aa exaggerated ted and antL andun uncalled Uncalled un un- I called for tor Mines Minn Show Sho rr i V Representatives of- of the miners miners' also produced statistics tonight to Elbow allow the tho increases were unwarranted Thuy riley declared that present prices were no reflection of ot what th the thO miners received In Increases as the tho total Increase to tho the men since 1913 was but but 47 cents per ton while white the tho Increase c V In tho the cost of oC coal averages s from Ul before tho war to 70 T. T L. L Levis LovIN secretary r of ot tho the New New- River Coal Operators' Operators association of West Vest Virginia declared today that th the tha operators were Justified in Increasing ing prices prices- because of ot the Increase In tn wages cost of ot equipment aTI and ov overhead over over- r- r head expenditures There Thoro Is no possible chance of ot t tro- tro ro- ro during the next ye ming ye-ming anywhere near to the de demand tic tic- mand inand Mr Lewla t The Tho coal fields at 3 Jh w j f present time are affected atte by th labor shortage ho said and it Is gradually growing worse Wage ag clauses I I- Ithe the new agreement covering tho the various districts of or tho the central fields fields' follow tollow 0 V Advance 1 rick Pick lek Hole TIle The pick mining rate in n tho the thin vein oln district pf pt western Pennsylvania shall be l. l 11 per ton and In th the thc eastern eastern east east east- em ern Ohio llo king Ilor-king Cambridge and Am Am- Ber holz districts of ot Ohio the thc mining ra race rato c shall be bo 1111 Ul and throughout f. f the thc balance balAnco of r. r Ohio the tho t Continued on ong pace 2 2 V V I V i fc V f J i a 1 i i j WAGE INCREASE IS GRANTED TO JO MINERS Continued from Pago 1 pick mining rate shall bo be ad advanced 24 d 4 cents Per ton on tho ho I pick mining rate In effect Oct October beT 31 31 1 1913 In inho the ho bituminous district of Jn Indiana flOS iOS I I per ton and in the thc Danville district of or per ton Machine mining In tho the thin vein district of or western Pennsylvania 9 34 4 cents per ton In In Ohio 54 4 cents per ton in tho the bituminous district of ot In Indiana Indiana In- In diana chain machine mining OC G cents cent per ton and punching machines 98 8 cents per ton In the tho district of ot Illinois IS 98 cents per POl ton That all da day labor and monthly men the tho advance ance to monthly mon men to tobo bo uc based on an average avo rage of or the tho usual number of oC days lie ho Is II required to work In jn a month except trappers and other boys be advanced 1 Jl per day Trappers Trappers Trap Trap- pers and boys boy receiving 18 less than mens men's wages to be bo advanced 63 61 cents per POl da day Dead Den work yardage and room turning Is k advanced nd 0 CO per cent on tho the prices being paid October r 31 31 1919 1319 |