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...strenuous work in one of the most dangerous occupations, the miners have so far been miserably paid. One authority says that the average wage in the past two years was only $1,00, yet Professor Ogburn of Columbia estimates that $2,244 is the minimum needed to maintain the average miner's family decently. The increase now asked for, however, is designed by the men only to make their wage keep up with prices...