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Show j HARD COAL WAGE If ISEfPfiOIB Award Does Not Justify In-crease In-crease in Retail Prices. Commission Holds WASHINGTON Aug1. SO Presl-J dent Wilson tod.-vy approved the mft-jtrl mft-jtrl t - report of t Ji " anthracite coali PWm commission IncresMnc the wages of $7aB contract miners 2 u per cent over pres- WjgM isht rales ilfji Miners employed company men' 'vm arc P'v-"n an Increase of IT per cent 1 and the same amount Is given "con- JF sideration miners" and minor' labor-; ' y era a nd months ,if n The findlnff the report "aid would ESBl fix a minimum rate of 52 1-i cents mI per hour for the lower paid men in aim 'lie anthracite industry Hh The pr.-nld' nt ;-;rii(k oul of the re-! port a provision fixing the terms of retroactive pavnints under the award i Sh3 which, he said. Wag outside 'he com- i CI mission's Jurisdiction Thomas Ken- J ncd chairman of tiie miners acal4 3 committee, had protested this feature i jm of the award, he said Anthracite inlno workers will re- JJ celve about 118,000,000 in back pay W under the retroactive feature -'nd the J otal increaa warded to th 17 5,000 miters will average, the commission i ra said, "at least 000 000, " annuall ,Lb The majority report declared thai i -fJeS the award ' offers no justification for Jrmw any' advance In the retail prices of TjflJ . , ceal, bur on the other hand. Is consist- J.raJ cnt with a decline In prices " ;9U The minority repcrt was signed by 9H9 1 mmlssioner Kerr . ijH i , |