Round-Up | 1897-06-18 | Page 2 | Miners Living on Starvation Wages

alnor on starvation WIE wages harrisburg narris bure pa june 15 the joint committee appointed to investigate the condition of the miners in the anthracite th coal regions made its report to the sonata senate and the report was adopted the testimony taken ta ken says the report shows conclusively a deplorable condition of affairs for a period covering about two years the miners have earned an overage everage of about st 1 per week upon which in many instances they are compelled to support large families