Deseret Evening News | 1903-12-22 | Page 1 | To Reduce Coal Miners' Wages

TI o Reduce Coal New York Dec through throughout out the Iho bituminous coal or of con cen contral Maryland amId harts of Virginia have decided to the tho to reduce the wale wage scale now bring being paid to mine workers unless bush DO improves materially within the tho next fie time Present contraCts wih the workers expire April 1 1 and It In iii lt at tha time the reduction wi will bo be made cd At least lenat loW men wi will be ba The trade hns been so 10 slow during the tho past paRt two months booths that some omo operators declare they welcome n a astrike strike nM as th the solution or tile tho him been I i slight rp r enty In thin tho markets hut but this J Is rather to n a congestion uI the railroads than to any decided renewal I ot of In timo tho demand I