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The Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
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Coal miners in England's Federated Area and Wales receive a 5% wage hike effective February, totaling 60% above 1888 rates amid booming coal trade; adds $5M to payroll for 400,000 workers, approved unanimously by owners and union reps.
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MINERS IN ENGLAND
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London, Feb. 18.-Coal miners in the Federated Area of England and Wales have been given a further increase in wages of five per cent, effective in February. This is in addition to the five per cent increase granted last October, and it brings the wages of all the men in and around the mines up to sixty per cent above the standard rate of 1888.
Latterly the coal trade has been booming and the miners are thus sharing in the prosperity of the owners. This last advance was granted by the unanimous vote of the Coal Conciliation Board, composed of the mine owners and representatives of the miners' union. It adds upward of $5,000,000 to the annual payroll of 400,000 men.
The Scottish and South Wales coal fields, where there is always more or less trouble between the men and the employers, are not in the Federated Area.
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Federated Area Of England And Wales
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Effective In February
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five per cent increase in wages, bringing total to sixty per cent above the standard rate of 1888; adds upward of $5,000,000 to the annual payroll of 400,000 men
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Coal miners in the Federated Area of England and Wales have been given a further increase in wages of five per cent, effective in February. This is in addition to the five per cent increase granted last October. The coal trade has been booming and the miners are sharing in the prosperity of the owners. The advance was granted by the unanimous vote of the Coal Conciliation Board, composed of the mine owners and representatives of the miners' union. The Scottish and South Wales coal fields are not in the Federated Area.