Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-03-02
No Material
Change.
Trouble Between Sharpeners and
Manufacturers Still Unsettled
HITCH on THE FIFTH ARTICLE.
Sharpeners Will Make no More Ma.
terial Concession. ...Mannfac ur.
ers In Session This Afternoon.
Situation Critical.

The granite cutters and tool sharpen
ers are still out, pending Il settlement
of Tho difficulty between The Sharpener.
and the Granite Manufacturers Associa
ton.
The streets were crowded yesterday
last night, and to q less extent this
morning. Knots of laborers were stand
ing on every corner, discussing the sit.
uation and taking over the probabilities
of settlement
The meeting of the Granite Manufac-
lures Association which began at 9
o'clock yesterday afternoon lasted un-
til 6 o'clock, when recess was taken
until o'clock, committee meanwhile
being in conference with a committee
from the tool sharpeners. AT this com
mittee meeting both sides made slight
concessions. The committee from the
manufacturers reported back to that Or
ganization about 10 O'Clock p. M The
Manufacturers adjourned at about one
o'clock this morning without having ac-
cepted the bill.
At the meeting of Tool Sharpeners
No 2 held at o'clock yesterday after
noon their committee was instructed to
treat with individual firms. At the
joint meeting of the Sharpeners and the
local branch of the G.. e. N. U. the Cut
ters unanimously voted TO sustain the
Sharpeners, and as the Sharpeners
are firmly resolved not to make any
more material concessions it looks as
though the Manufacturers would either
have to accept the bill as reported by
the joint committee, or else the trouble
will be of long duration.
Following is the new bill of prices.
Article |. This bill of prices to be
as to date, pay day
hours of work. duration and arbitration
IN case of difference by the bill of Barre
branch, G. e. N. U for 1899 and 1900
Article 2. Sbarpeners to be paid al
tho rate of 80 cents per hour. for from
IL to IA men.
Article 3. Ten men or under to be
paid for at 2S cents per man per day or
fraction thereof. Shop, coal, anvil heat
in winter and all other necessary tools
with the exception of hammers and
tonys to be furnished by employers.
Article 4. In shops where tools have
to be made or drawn employer shall
furnish competent striker.
Arti, le 5. Any one firm employing
two gangs or more of cutters and two
journeymen sharprners may hire one
and so on ut the rate of one
to two journrymen. When
gangs have to be reduced one journey
man may be discharged, but in no case
can both jourutymen be discharged and
the apprentice kept.
Article 6. All day sharpeners to be
in the shop and attending to their duties
from whistle to whistle.
Article I. All over time to be paid
for as time and quarter. When
cutter works before or after regular
working hours and his sharpener not
working. sharpener to be paid time and
a quarter for time cutter works.
Article s. All tools to be kitted and
cutter required to use only the kit as
signed him, =,
Article 8. That II to IA men shall
constitute u sharpener's gang. All over
IA men to be paid for at 2l cents per
man per day or traction thereof. No
tool sharpner shall sharpen for more
than two extra men except for six weeks
in the spring and SIX weeks in the fal'
of the year when four extra men may oe
put on. But in no case shall sharpen
er sharper for more than four extra
men at any season of the year.
The two organizations have come to
an agreement on all points but article D.
The sharpeuers insist that in no case
can a firm discharge both journeymen
sharpeners and keep an apprentice. II
Is claimed by them that it is an Unjust
ice to the journeymen sharpeners, the
apprentices, and also to the cutters 10
have an apprentice kept and both Jour
neymen to be- discharged, but every
shop must contain Il journeyman sharp
ener.
1t is said that that the large manufar
turers are in favor of accepting the Dill
of prices as repo.ted, and there is ru
NOR that if the Manufacturers Assocla
ton does not accept the bill this after
noon. or if an agreement OF some sor
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