Show eagle employees make formal request for increase in wages employees of the eagle blue bell mine at lureka last evening presented a formal request for or more wages the petition carried the big sig natures of practically all of the men on the company a pay roll and re quests an advance of 50 cents par per day the men also aek ask that they be allowed to lay off on sunday the eagle being one ot of the few properties which operate seven days a week those who abo signed the request for or an advance in wages state that this step Is made necessary on account of the high prices which prevail not only in eureka but throughout the country prices are continually advancing and the men claim that in some cases they are paying fully a third more for mer chandise chand lse than they were a couple of years YOM ago supt bupt william owene owens of the eagle blue bell mine has referred the request tor for additional wages to the salt lake office of the company As near as can be learned at this continued on page 5 TA fl 4 7 17 T aage aag te employees will ask for increase of wages i continued from page 1 time lh the employees ot of the fagle blue bell mine are the tile only ones ni attlio ho I 1 lave aye made formal request an increase increase in pay but there are rea sons to believe that similar petitions peti tlona are to be circulated at moat most of mine of tintic and that a concerted effort will I 1 e made by the employees employs to bring about a change in the scale 1 which now prevails the adjustment of the difficulties difficult iea mammoth the same wages prevail throughout the mines amounts paid tor for the different classee classes of work being as follows machine men 4 single backers 3 75 muck ers trammels tr ammers and mule skinners skinner 3 60 50 and surface laborers 3 25 |