People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — Ishpeming Mine Operator Gives In. [ARTICLE]

Ishpeming Mine Operator Gives In.

Ishpeming, Mich., Sept. s.—Fred Braastad, operator of the Winthrop mines, yesterday granted the. full scale of wages demanded by the miners’ union. He will resume operations at the open pit, employing about 100 men, and steam shovel work will also start. Mr. Braastad will not resume operations at his underground mine for a week or so, as some repairs to the tracks, etc., are necessary. Braastad’s entire working force is about 300.