The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-09-14
From Town Correspondents.
Barre.

The Epworth League of the Methodist
church has voted TO sustain scholarship at
the Montpelier Methodist Seminary.
A few freight trains have been run over
the new track to East Barre. 1t has not
been decided yet when passenger service
will be begun.
There will be an excursion to Owls Head
from East Barre on next week Tuesday,
and it is expected there will be crowd of
800 hundred in attendance
The old folks sociabe" and supper in
the Universalist vestry, on Wednesday
evening of last week, was well attended and
very pleasant. The total receipts were
about $50.
The electric lights at the Congregational
church went out at the evening service on
Sunday, and total darkness ensued for
few minutes. The service was continued
by the aid of lamps.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Baptist church has elected these officers:
President, Frank Craig; secretary, Lima
| Mason; treasurer, Edna Perry. A sociable
was held last week Friday night, with liter
airy exercises and magic lantern views.
Six members of Canton Vinton, with
| George G.. Wheaton of Westfeld, Mass,
member of the Nashua, n. H., canton, at
tended the annual field day of the New
Hampshire regiment of Patriarchs Militant
at Littleton ON Wednesday and Thursday
of last week.
Representative-electF f. G. Rowland gave
a reception to the citizens of the town last
week Thursday evening, when 1t is esti-
mated that toward thousand ladies and
| gentlemen were present. The whole town
| seemed to have turned out en- nldsSe to con-
graduate him. Refreshments were served,
and Rossi's band furnished music.
The election Of last week Tuesday brought
| out the largest vote ever cast in the village
| Out of LAG names on the checklist, 1903
were checked on the first ballot for repre-
sentative, and on the second there were
| 1,006. The contest for this Office was very
close, On the first ballot j. w. Gordon had
53S, f. G.. Rowland had 522 S. d. Allen
| had 26, and there were ten scattering votes
The second ballot showed Mr.. Rowland in
the lead, and on the third he had 536 votes
| to SIS for Mr. Gordon, thus being elected,
as 533 was the number necessary for a
choice.
Dispatches state that the following agree
ment has been entered into between Presi-
| dent Patterson of the Granite Manufac-
turers' Association of New England, repre-
senting the executive committee of that
association, and the executive committee of
the Granite Cutters National Union: " 1t
is hereby agreed between the Granite Man.
ufacturers' Association OF New England
and the Granite Cutters National Union of
the United States of America, that bills of
prices shall continue until March /, 1895;
|
by either party to the other, before the ex-
piration of said period, of any change which
| may be contemplated at the end of such
period. 1t is also agreed that any conten-
| ton which may arise during the said period
as to the performance in good faith of said
agreement by either party shall be referred
| to local board of Cancellation, consisting
of three referees appointed by each party
interested, and in case of failure by a two
thirds vote of said referees, in arriving at
conclusion, then the matter in dispute shall
| be referred to a committee consisting of
three members, to be selected from the ex-
ecutive committees of each association,
which committee shall act as a board of ar
bitration, and, failing to agree by two
| thirds vote, said board, by five-sixths vote,
may agree upon and select an Indifferent
person to act as umpire, and the board thus
constituted snail hear the parties and make
| the award ly maj urity vote, said award to
be final. Pending such arbitration, it is
mutually agreed mat there shall be no
strike, lockout or suspension of work. If
| five of the board of arbitration shall fail to
| agree upon an umpire, then such failure to
agree shall be reported back to the &C ginal
| parties that appointed them, and newboard
| shall be appointed, which board shall pro.
coed as before provided, and so continue
| until settlement is reached. If any arbi-
tration shall be in progress at the expiration
OF said term, said arbitration shall continue
until an award is made, unless notice shall
have been given aforesaid by one of the
| parties, of changes desired at the end of
| said term. III no notice of change is given
| by either party, three months prior to the
expiration of the period before named then
the agreement in force at that time shall
continue three years from and after March
| l, 1895. This agreement is a settlement of
all matters in controversy which can be adj
| justed between the Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the national committee" If
| this agreement has been adopted as a basis
| for settling the present difficulty there is
| little doubt that the end of the long struggle
is near at hand. There are other questions
| to be settled but these are left to the local
unions and they are subordinate to those
which this agreement disposes of. The
matter of bill of prices must be considered
for one thing The bill in chancery which
has been filed by the local manufacturers
association complexities the situation here.
Judge Thompson gave his decision on
| Wednesday of last week, denying the mo-
ton to dissolve the injunction, and giving
the manufacturers until last night the 18th
to amend their bill in chancerv, making it
more definite. Now that the bill has been
amended, it is expected that another effort
will be made by Barclay to dissolve the in
| junction The point at issue in this case is
| whether or not Barclay has violated con-
| tract in Withdrawing from the association
and employing union men, without making
| some provision for the protection from the
manufacturers. The manufacturers claim
that Barclay did, in effect, contract to unite
with the other manufacturers in protecting
non-union men. By employing union men
without STIMULATING that no discrimination
be made by the union against non-unon
men, he has broken his contract, say the
manufacturers The only difficulty, APP.
parently, in settling the whole dispute, is
that of the position OF the non-unon men in
relation to that of the union, and this is at
the bottom of the Barclay case The latter,
therefore, is exciting the liveliest interest.
If Barclay should win, it is limited that
there may be further legal proceedings for
the purpose of recovering damages on ac-
count of the loss of business
| Barnard.
| In 1910, AIS votes were cast for town rep
resentative by the two parties. This year
only 175 were cast.
Gilbert McCollom of Greene City, Wy
oming, former resident and native here
is in town for visit.
Drovers are looking after new mich COWS
and sheep. These sell for good prices,
while other stock is low and hard to sell.
Farmers are digging potatoes and cutting
| their corn. Corn is good, but potatoes are