Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1903 — WAGE BOARD FOR THE MINERS [ARTICLE]

WAGE BOARD FOR THE MINERS

Scale Committee Is Appointed to Fix Remuneration for Year. Springfield special: At the- session of the United Mineworkers of America, district of Illinois, the scale committee, consisting of three members from the First district and two members from each other district in the state, was appointed to fix the wage scale for the year commencing April 1, 1903, and submit the same to the operators at a joint conference between the operators and the miners to be held after the miners* convention.