The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-02-25
WAGE SCALE
 |SSETTLEO|N CONFERENCE
Committee of Fifteen EmIpoyees Un- animously Agree To Accept New Wage Scale Proposed for Clifton Morenci District.

Morenci District.
 MASS MEETINGS ID BE HELD
 Highest Wages Ever Paid in the Dis trict Will ResuIt-Good Feeling
 Prevails on Both Sides. ! With good will and cooperation manifested on both sides, the con- I ference between the mine managers of this district, and a committee of fifteen employees, representing all crafts dn. the district, practically came to an end on Friday afternoon of this week, when the committee in conference unanimously agreed to ac. cept the new wage scale which had been under discussion for several days.
 The mine managers and> the com mittee of employees began their ses- isions on the 24th inst. From the first day of the session it was ap- parent to members of the. committee that the purpose of the managers, in accordance with their statement is. sued on January Sth, was to make conditions as satisfactory as possible to their employees, and it was evil fdent that there would be no serious deadlock to mar the conference. That there should be no discrimination in the district was quickly disposed of, las was the question of a minimum wage for common labor which was fixed at $2 % per day of eight hours. After the first two days the confer Eence settled down to an analysis of the wage scale to apply in this dis trict and shortly afternoon on Friday an agreement was reached. At the conclusion of the afternoon session today an adjournment was taken un- til Monday morning when final meet ing will be held. In the meantime the committee will present their re- port to the employees assembled in mass meetings in the three camps. i The concensus of opinion is that the committee report will be unanimous ly adopted and all that remains is the formality of making the motion.
 The new wage scale which was agreed to by the committee, and which will be presented to the mass meetings is as follows:
 The companies agree to give their employees the following increases in wages over the wage St hedule now in effect:
 Employees st preser. receiving, on the Is cent base, between 20 I-2c and Fl 1-2c inclus;va,will be given an increase Of ten per cent when ccpGrr sells for 13 cents and over, with e minimum daily wage of $2. % per day Empit .ees at present receivirs, on the i3 cent base, between 25c and l 33 l-2c per hour, inclusive, will be given an increase of ten per cent when copper sells for 13 cents, 14c, 15 cents and 16 cents.
 Employees at present receiving, on , the 13 cent base, between 25c and B 1-2c per hour, inclusive, will be given an increase of 15 per cent when copper sells for IT cents and over. Employees at present receiving, on the 13 cent base, between BAG and S7 cents per hour inclusive will be given an increase of five per cent when cop cents and 16 cents.
 Employees at present receiving, on the 13 cent base, between BAG and 37 cents per hour, inclusive, will be given an increase of ten per cent when copper sells for IT cents and over.
 Employees at present receiving on the 13 cent base 37 1-2c to 45c per hour inclusive, will receive an in- crease of five per cent when copper sells for IT cents and over. i Mechanical crafts at present re- ceiving 49 1-2 cents per hour on the 13 cent base will be advanced to soc per hour on the same base when cop per sells from 13 cents to 26 cents inclusive.
 Carpenters and electricians receiv- ing 46 1-2 cents per hour on the 13 cent base will be advanced to soc per hour on the same base when copper sells from 13 cents to 26 cents in- elusive.
 The present sliding scale of rates to remain in effect.
 Wages will be paid on the average price of electrolytic copper for the previous month as published in the Engineering & Mining Journal.
 This wage scale becomes effective on March 1st, 1916
 The above paragraphs recite the details of the wage agreement and in order for the reader to know how it W Works when applied to the present selling price of copper, the following rate per day for the following classes of labor has been computed. With copper selling at 26 cents per pound, which is the average selling price for February:
 Laborers, s hours .. .. ....$3. .OS Miners, 1-2 hours. .. .... 4.O1 Muckers, 1-2 hours .... .. .. 3.S0 Timbermen, ' 1-2 hours .... =. APO Carpenters, hours .... ...... 5.6O Machinists, hours .... .. .... 5.60