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Show REJECT THE COAL WAGE AWARD Miners becllrie to Accept Propopsltlon at Joint Conference. Cleveland. Thu bituminous coal operators of the central competitive field, In refusing miners demands for u ! a day increase for day and mouth , Jy men und 10 cents a ton for pick und . machine mining, offered to. correct tho seeming Inequality of the present contract con-tract by advancing the wages of the day nnd monthly men tho equivalent of coal commission's award to the pick miners, giving tho day und monthly men an Increase estlmuted ut from .!! to 72 cents u day. Tho operators will consider no other demands made by the miners. Including In-cluding the 10 cents per ton asked for pick nnd machine mining. Tho miners received the operators reply In n Joint conference of the scale committee, anil unanimously rejected tho proposition. |