Show GOAl COAL MINE MIME lABOR SCARCE SCRAMBLER FOR Lab Labor r situation at most rt coal mines is growing worse vorse especially 1 lh with larget larger compan companies es which are te le under tinder contract Ct tot lot out output tit according t to the Boston N News ws Bureau Exceptions are independent mines desirous dE of s every v ty ton possible possible pos pos- sible aible so they y may get et benefit of bt present high prices And n to get tile labor paying payin miners rs more mor than c under contract con conk tract can afford x In large producing se sections It has become be be- be come COlnE a S. scramble for tor miners and there I ia mU much muth 1 complaint operators against r robbery Of cit t tAbor labor fr tn their shafts shaft by competitive mules and even evert competitive districts i Contract mines pressed for tor deliveries i are tre re unable to increase ase output and instead arc are passing passing- through the most difficult time tim iii hl history tory of the i industry to hold working forces together l' l and c even esen en main maintain tam tain output of ot tw two months ago Oh Oli contract con con- tract coat coal the tile nc this yeat- yeat eat over last was small considering th the Spot pOt t price of today y Contract advance averaged less than 50 60 cents A 0 ton Independent operators oper oper- receiving increase of Ot t to 4 U can afford an increase in operating Expense of a dollar r or oi re a ton toil To g get t the l labor abor most of ot them have hava shown little I consideration io foY or tr trade cle ethics |