Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-01
MINERS OF HARD
COAL GET WAGE
RAISE OF $1ADAY
Increase Granted by Fuel
Administrator; New Scale
in Effect Today

Washington, Nov. 1.-Formal an
nouncement was made yesterday by
the fuel administration of the increase
OF wages t workers in the anthra-
cite mines decided upon two weeks
ago. The increase Will amount, on
the average. to about 81 a day for
each employe.
An unexpected feature of \the n
nouncement was the provision the in
crease would take effect November /.
instead of October Is. as had been
expected by the miners.
The new wage schedule will be as
follows:
(A) contract hand and machine min
ers shall be paid al advance of 40
per cent. on their gross earnings.
(B) Consideration miners shall be
paid an advance of % per cent. plus
81 per day for each day worked.
co Contract miners laborers shall
be paid an advance of 40 per cent. on
their earnings. AS this increase of
November II, 1917, is less than 81 per
said increase OF 10 per cent in the
rate n 81 per basic shift shall
be assumed by the operator.
CD Consideration miners laborers
shall be paid in advance of 20 per
cent. plus 81 per day for each day
worked.
(E) Day machine miners laborers
who received not less than $2.72 per
day shall be paid an advance of rs
per cent. plus 81 per day for each
day worked.
Outsiders Get Big Boost
Cd Outside blacksmiths, carpenters,
electricians, machinists, firemen,
hosting engineers. on shafts and
slopes where employment is limited
by law or by the award of the anthra-
cite coal strike commission to (S)
eight hours per day, and engineers
working on a twelve-hour shift basis.
shall be paid ar advance of 50 per
day for each day worked. All other
outside company men who received
1854 or more per day shall be paid
an advance of $3.50 per day each day
worked.
60 Inside engineers n pump
men. working on a twelve-hour shift
basis, shall be paid an advance of
S2.2O per day for each day worked.
All other inside company men who
received 1854 or more per day shall
be paid an advance of So per day for
each day worked
(H) All employees paid by the day
who received less than s1.54 per day
shall be paid an advance of S1.2O per
day for each day worked.
Cd Monthly men coming under the
agreement of May 5, 1916, shall re-
ceive an advance per day for each day
worked, equivalent to that provided
for their respective occupations under
paragraphs CD and (G).
CD The advances of $2.2O per day,
50 per day, $3.50 per day. s1.20 per
day and % per cent. plus 81 per day,
provided above, are to be applied to
a day, whether eight hours or more
as established under the agreement
of May 8, 1916; any proportionate
part of a day to be paid a proportion
ate part of the advances herein pro-
vided.
(K) The employees of stripping con
tractors, paid by the day, working
on the basis of a nine-hour or ten
hour shift, shall be paid the same in
that is provided for outside company
men working on an eight-hour basis.
Based on Scale Of May 5, 1915
The Increases are based on the
wage scale of May s 1916, which is
the contract under which miners and
mine modified May II. and November
II, operators are operating, and
which was 1917. on account of war
conditions.
Wages in various mines are not
identical to the cent, n an absolute
Interpretation of the scale in dollars
and cents as to every mine worker
is therefore impossible. "A memoran-
dunn was submitted to the conference
of national labor adjusting agencies.
as being fairly typical of the general
situation. In some instances the
wage increase received will be ma
t~erially less. and in some instances
materially more. than the tabulation
which is as follows:
OUTSIDE
Adjust
ment
Occupation. Base cts. Rate