The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-04-09
CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Statement of the Master Carpenters
About the Settlement of the
Trouble-The Agreement.

Trouble-The Agreement.
The following statement has been
given out by the Master Carpenters
associations.
April g. 1901.
The Masters Carpenters association desires to
inform the public that the Master Carpenters
association of the Builders exchange and the
iourncymen carpenters employed by them have
come to an amcahlc settlement by entering
into the following agreements.
Signed, The Master Carpenters Association
T. i. I.aidig, Secretary.
AGREENiENT.
We the undersigned members OF the conference
committee, representing the Master Carpenters
association and the lourncymen Carpenters asso.
citation and the Journeymen Carpenters unions,
all OF Scranton, Pa, do hereby agree for our re-.
spective associations as follows:
]. The members OF the Master Carpentc's' as.
socittion agree to employ only jourl,cynen car.
pentcrs who members OF the Journcyncn
Carpenters association members OF the car.
rCntcIs' Unions and in good standing in the
same.
.. The journcymcn carpenters. members of said
associations and unions. hereby agree to work
Tor no one but the members OF the Master Car.
pcnterS' associations. oi Scranton, Pa. who arc
in good standing III the same, provided said
association furnishes work. In no case Shall jour
hcyncn carpenters work Cor other contractors
Tor less than the wages paid by the association
In iobbing no iourncyman shall work for less
than 30 cents per hour.
3. Nine hours will constitute a days work.
Wages for same shall not be less than $2.25, $40
S2.s5 per day. all help receiving less shall be
considered apprentices or !aborcrs Iourneynicn
tDt iprs hp n
1899, will be advanced % cents per day on May
|, 1901.
4. Wages will be paid every two weeks: only
week will he held back.
). The joint conference committee has fun
power to act, TO settle all disputes arising he.
tween the cmploye. and omployc; and work
will stop during the time Of settlement, if set
tied within thirty t3o) days.
&. The committees will meet in Joint session
at the call ci the chair on either side.
:. The following days will be holidays and
will be paid one ard oncLals rate: sundays,
Christmas day, New Years day. Thanksgivi
day. Independence day, Decoration day and Labor
day; also all owe: time.
$. There will not be any strike against any
OF the members of the Master Carpenters asso.
oiatioa collectively or individually. before tho
matter in dispute is laid before the Joint con-
ference committee, who have iull power TO settle
the same.
.. This asle 2mcnt holds good FOR the city Of
Scranton and Dnnmore aud goes into effect April
l. 1901. and ends March 81. 1902.
~. Forencn are not subject 10 rules of their
union, relative to hou,s and wages, while acting
as torcmcn.
Said agreement shall continue nom year TO
year. unless written notice from the head
OF either side, given ninety days before the cx.
pration OF the agreement.
S,,j Il.
Tie joint conference committee Oh OF before Jan.
l o each year.
Signed. April ,. 1901 Tie Master Carpenters
conference committee, George W. Finn, Frank VI.
Meyer. John Benorc, +. $. Peck.
Signod April 9, 1901 The ,Journeyrncn Cav.
pcnters' committee. r. G. Bart7. Graham Warins
~ l.. Oakley, William \. Payne
The Journeymen Carpenters associa-
ton comprises Il membership of from
2JO TO 300 members, which are the
journeymen carpenters who are en-
ployed by the Master Carpenter con-
tractors of the Builders Exchange, and
who have formerly been members of
the Carpenters union, 5G3. but with
drew after the strike was called in
June. lS99.
The Journeynen Carpenters asso-
citation is not vet affiliated with the
national head, but they stand in readi-
ness TO receive a charter as soon as it.
is granted by the national body, The
said Carpenters association is also
ready to receive members from the old
union, 5G3.
The Jourrcymcn Carpenters aSso-
citation was known until lately us the
Good Mechanics club.
The above agreement settles all diff
feiCnceS between the carpenter con-
tractors OF the Builders Exchange and
the journeymen carpenters employed
by them. 1t was ratified by the Jour-
ncymen Carpenters association at II.
meeting held by them on Friday, April
s, ard signed by the conference com
mittce, but has not yet been ratified
by the Journeymen Carpenters union
5GS
The journeymen carpenters win re-
ceive a very creditable increase of
wages, considering the dullness in the
building in the city.
The Journeymen Carpenters aSso-
citation did not want an eish-hour day.
With this exception, they got as much
as the Carpenters union asked for ON
June I, 1899.
This clears up all differences be-
tween the contractors and their en-
ployes iii all the branches OF the build
ing trades represented in the exchange,
excepting the Master Timers asso-
citation.
There is no question but what We
will have fair building business I'm
the city during the coming year, as
the labor question in the various
branches has been settled and will re-
main so for some time to come. mas
much as all questions in dispute will
be referred to conference committees
for arbitration, thus avoiding all stop
page of work or strikes as the case
may be. ~