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Show NEVADA CON. MINERS ASK pOR MORE PAY Ely, Nev Jan. 17. Approximately 6000 men employed in the mines, mills and smelters in the Ely district by the Nevada Consolidated Conner company have demanded wage increases in-creases that will aggregate $4500 a day, based on present copper prices and they have threatened to walk out, tying up the entire plant. The men demand an Increase of 10 cents a day flat rate to all employes em-ployes for every cent that copper advances ad-vances above 15 cents. At 24 cents the increase would amount to 90 cents a day, or 4500 a day for the entire force, and an advance of ?500 a day in the aggregate for each additional cent's dividend. |