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Show PARLEY ON PAY STILL RECESSED Continuation of -wage conferences confer-ences between representatives of Utah's metal mine operator and employes remained Indefinite Friday, Fri-day, Frank A. Jugler, member of the state Industrial commission, reported. re-ported. The conferences were adjourned "eub)eet la call" last Tuesday aft-er aft-er members of the negotiating committee for the International Union of 'Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers had rejected a 25 cepta per day raise offered by the employers. em-ployers. Under term of contracts, the miners receive automatically a 25-cent 25-cent per day raise beginning October Octo-ber C which, coupled with the 25-cent 25-cent lncress offered by the employers, em-ployers, would neve brought a total pay boost of 50 cents a day to the miners. The increase offered by the employers em-ployers would have become effective effec-tive October 1. In accordance with working contracts con-tracts which call for wage adjustments adjust-ments ss metal prices are increased, in-creased, the wage conferences were started after congress had boosted the price of silver from M.M cents to 71.11 cents an ounce. |