OCR Text |
Show I COAL OPERATORS FAVOR PLAN OF DR. GARFIELD WASHINGTON, Nov 25. Tim opal Operators of i central competitive field tonight announced i hat the) were In ''complete accoffl with tho principles stated by Dr. Garlfeld as a rail id bund basin for a settlement of the present wage controversy Tim comparative figures submitted by Secretary Wilson were character feed as misrepresent u i e and nils Ileadins" and that he left out of consideration con-sideration all machine miners and all day laborers Machine miners now constitute over eight) per cenl of the minrs employed in the central uri tpry, according to the statement and 5iihii nor paid on a tonnage basil com pnsc forty per cent of the total employes em-ployes Of the central field. " br Garfield's statement lhat "the .average total ihcerase In pay over the ifor base, which was considered In 1917 should not exceed the present average av-erage increase in lh' cost of living over the same basis' was Interpreted by the operators to mean that due weight should bo given the day 'abor era as well as ihe men who mine the ooal. On this basis "ilir present wane scale represents an average advance Of fifty-eight per cent over the Rcale j in effect in 1013" the statement said. This average was computed from the forty-nine per mt Increase to ma; Thine miners anil the seventy-six per ceni advance to other employes. |