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Show HERS ARE GIVEN 25 PERCENT RAISE COAL WAGE COMMISSION DIVIDES ON PAY QUESTION IN FINAL DECISION. President Wilson's Tribunal Awards Coal Diggers More Than Garfield Had Recommended, But Increase Not Satisfactory to White. Washington. The commission appointed ap-pointed hy President Wilson to settle the coal strike lias split definitely on the questions of wage increases and hours of work. The majority, Henry M. Kohinson, chairman, representing the public, and Rembrandt Peale, representing the operators, op-erators, in a report submitted to President Wilson on March 11, is understood un-derstood to have recommended a general gen-eral wage increase of approximately ?.' per cent and that the hours of labor remain unchanged. This includes in-cludes the 14 per cent granted after the miners returned to work. .Tohn P. White, representing the miners, refused to concur. He is preparing pre-paring a minority report in which it is reported that lie will recommend a seven-hour day and a wage increase of approximately 35 per cent. William Green, secretary of the miners' min-ers' union, after a conference with Secretary Tumulty at the White House, said there was no radical difference between the majority and Mr. White, and expressed the hope that the differences differ-ences would be ironed out at joint meetings between the operators and the miners. President Wilson, in inviting the members of the commission to undertake under-take a settlement, said it was important import-ant and their conclusions be reached by unanimous action. Since the commission's commis-sion's decision is not unanimous, there Is much speculation as to the president's presi-dent's next step. |