Show miners request raise in m wages kiei oi ei two hundred members of the tintic gintic district minei s union attended the special n eating of that tion last sunday afternoon and after a lengthy discussion of matters per timing to the welfare of thy the men who aye ap employed in and around the mines of this district elected a committee of five to present a request to the mine daners oeners association for a raise in wages this committee which will probably pio plo bably meet with the mine 0 owners aaers i at a an early date includes the flowing ft lowing A well ell known union men anes haul hanley y president of the local ulison 11 daniel oon con nelly geor e burt and george hales the 1 latter b ing a reside t of mam alam n oth J I 1 r morton the se secreta cretaro r of the 3 district miners U union 0 n has written to 0 the mine go requesting esting an interview anait and it is quite pr probable bable that a arrangements range ments ts zatter will be mafle ma e to have this matter tak i en up at t the e the operators in halt la ce e tomorrow saturday at jit the meeting on sunday the n members of the above committee agre were anti inti acted to report to the union after conference with the mine owners for or the present the matter is left ell entirely rely in the hands of this committed com ami mittey to and it is not generally ki own just ju t what increase will be ask ed for miners and mine employees both inside inide and outs de do of the union feel that the request for a laise in wages is 6 entirely within with in reason and that they 47 aio ask ng only for what ahat is justly due i tarn fin the argument which they put up in support of such a contention is th high cost of everything wl ich they have to buy it is stated that while the wages paid to the em of the mine have remained at ata a certain point for a number of ears ears the price of everything that the miner needs has been advancing then upon the other hand the miners po nt to the fact that the mining bus iness is more profitable than it has beail in many years owing to the prices which the metals aie ale now bringing at at the present time duckers in the rones are receiving 2 75 per cay gay ta 3 abd ad mael lae ine and audle fini bermen 3 25 in some instances where the mines work seven days a week duckers are paid 62 2 50 and mm min ers 2 75 |