The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1906-03-17
WAGES OF MINERS
GET A Big BOOST
RE ADJUSTMENT or SCALE WORKS
FAVORABLE TO Us.
GOES INTO EFFECT At ONCE
Puts Miners in the Crystal Falls District
on Same Level as al IRON Mountain.
10 to 80 Gents Increase.

The wages Of the employees In the
mines OF the Crystal Falls district will
be greatly boosted by the recent re-
adjustment OF the scale made at con-
ference OF the operators OF the Lake
Superior district. The adjustment
of the scale will be more Of a benefit
10 the Crystal Falls miners than any
other in the district and will make an
increase Of from ten 10 thirty cents on
the wages % miners, trammers, sur
face men and others employed about
the mines.
The biggest increase will be in the
wages Of the men underground the
miners and tramm srs, some OF them
getting as high boost as thirty cents
per day in their wages. While this re
adjustment has been reported as an in
crease 10 the outside journals il IL not
such in fact. II is an adjusting OF the
wages 80 as to make the scale uniform
IN the different districts. Heretofore
the scale has been about o.. 10 for min
ers in this district and from si.S5 TO
81. 90 for trammrsL This was apparent
ly the same wages as were paid on
other range bat In fact IL was much
less for the reason that in most OF the
big mining centers such as Iron Noun
tain. the miners and trammers are all
working on contract and earning from
81. 40 to g. 40 per day. In the Crystal
Falls district there are very few men
on contract and by keeping the com
pany account scale down IL didn in
iure the operators IN the contract dis
tricts but greatly handicapped those in
the company account districts Az a
result the better class Of labor could
not be- induced 20 come here IL
gravitated to the districts where It
could get the pest return.
Supt Richards has been agitating
the matter for over year in an en-
deavor to get the company account
scale mp where miners could get such a
wage as would put them within hail
ing distance Of the miners working
contract in other districts The pre-
sent conditions in mining la this pen
insula brought about an opportune
time for the raise and consequently a
consultation was held at Duluth between
the several operators that was followed
by one at Ishpeining two weeks ago
when the raise was agreed upon.
AS We understand it the present scale
is 81. 80 for miners and 20 for tram.
mers. The surfacomen, who by the
way, have been underpaid when com.
pared with wages elsewhere than a
bout the mines. will get ten cents
raise and other employees will get cor
responing increases. some concessions
were made to employees in special lin,
Of work the first OF the year. All who
were raised at that time will not
share In this raise.
IL may be said that II has been al
most impossible to get the miners o
this district upon contract. A few
men are working ON that plan but no
the number that ought 10 be. IL will
be the endeavor OF the superintendent
to get their miners and trammers a
least on contract the coming summe
10 that miners In and about Crysta
Falls may make as much meney as in
other places.
In a conversation with superintend
ent Bjork Of the Bristol he informe'
40 that the wages of the miners 10
,glebay. Norton a. Co will share th
ane re-adjustment "A those at tn
her operators mines
80 This big advance. coming as IL doe
on the eve Of year Of great expansic
In commercial. real estate and manu-
featuring circles in this city ought :
make big difference TO Crystal Falls
All signs point TO big year in ever
line and all lines Of business ought :
! DO we'll