Miner's Pay Stub, 1945
This McIntyre miner's pay stub shows
a half month's
salary. Note the deductions on the left: union (UMWA), doctor,
rent, wash house, death benefit, taxes, war bonds, and company store. Other deductions
could include those for hospital, electric, bus fare, church, and baseball.
Document: courtesy Archives Department,
Rochester and Pittsburgh
Coal Company Records, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.