Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — BRITISH WORKERS PROSPER [ARTICLE]

BRITISH WORKERS PROSPER

Coal Miners, Woollen Operatives and Engineers Gets Raise In Wages. London. Employment throughout the United Kingdom continues at a very high level in all industries directly affected by the war, says the Board of Trade Labor Gazette. During May 370,000 workpeople received increased wages amouting to £31,000 a week, coal miners, woollen operatives and engineers being chiefly affected.