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Show AGREE TO RAISE ! IN MINERS' WAGES Conferenco of Operators and Diggers in Washington Reaches Artjust- mont of Dispute. v WASIIINCTDN', Oct. 2. Coal operators a Mil miners of the vent ral compel 1 1 i ve field, meeting hero to discuss a readlust-ment readlust-ment of wage scales, reached a full agreement agree-ment tonight as to the amount e increases in-creases to be given. They will discuss further tomorrow the length of time the new contract will run. Pick and machine miners, who demanded de-manded 15 cents a ton increase in pay, will pet 10 cents, and unskilled labor, which sought a wage raise of l.ittt a day, will pel $1.50. Yardage and dead work will he paid for on a basis of straight 20 per coat increase. The wage increases were granted by the operators contingent on their ab-1 ab-1 sorption In higher coal prices, which they . expect tho fuel administration to give them on presentation next week of their cost of production figures. The miners are seeking a contract for two years, but the operators insist on a provision for its termination sixty days after the end of the war. Provision will he inserted in the contract to prevent i either side from breaking it for any cause. I Coal mine wage scales throughout the country are based on the cenyal field scale and If today's agreement is ratified wages will be raised accordingly in other districts. |