Word: 42â
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...basis, and of 20% for miners paid on the contract (or quantity) basis. Governor Pinchot denied the miners' demand for the checkoff, and compromised the pay demand. Contract miners would get half the increase demanded; men working by the day (now making from $4.20 to $5.60) would receive from 42?? to 56¢?or only about one-quarter of what they asked...