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Show METAL MINERS GET WAGE CUT A 25-cent-per-day ware cut, af-(ectinc af-(ectinc from 4200 to 5000 underground under-ground metal miners, smelter workers and mlllmen in Utah, effective ef-fective Monday, was announced in Salt Lake City Saturday. R. O. Bunting, president of district dis-trict No. 2, International Union of Mine. Mill and Smelter Workers, Work-ers, explained that he wsge cut will be msde In agreement with the terms of the union's contract, which calls for a ao-cent-per-day wage decrease 'when the price of copper averages less than 11 H cents per pound for as long ss 30 days. The present price is 10.9, according to local settlement figures. fig-ures. Among the companies announcing announc-ing the wage reduction were U. S. Smelting Refining and Mining company, American Smelting and Refining company, Silver King Coalition Mines company, International Interna-tional SmeHing and Refining company com-pany and Tintlc Standard Mining company. The contract. It was explained, is predicated on "the Butte agreement,'' agree-ment,'' which establishes copper prices as the governing wagt factor fac-tor In the entire western metal mining Industry. In Butte, Mont, the Anaconda Copper Mining company announced an-nounced a similar wage cut, and added: "It is hoped that the price of copper will maintain at 11(4 cents or better, so that the present rates of pay may be restored st the end of the 30-day period." Officials of Utsh mining companies com-panies echoed thst hope. |