Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-31 | Page 10 | Increase in the Wages of Miners

INCREASE IN THE WAGES OF MINERS INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Oct. 31 William Wil-liam Greene, secretary -treasurer of tho United Mine Workers of America, when told of tho wage Increase granted grant-ed the anthracite mine workkers effective ef-fective November 1, said that tho mine workers officials had been Informed In-formed when they wero in Washington Washing-ton ten days ago that the agreoraent would be effective as of October 16 and did not understand why the dato had been changed to November 1. Tho international officials are meeting meet-ing here today with about fifty officials offi-cials from tho bituminous coal districts dis-tricts to consider what action the minors min-ors shall take in regard to the refusal of National Fuel Administrator Garfield Gar-field to grant the bituminous miners an Increase in wages. 00