Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-06
QrARRYMEN WANT MORE PAY.

| QCARRYMEN WANT MORE PAY.
Tho quarry workers of Barre have made
IL new demand upon the quarry owners.
The present agreement expires on July
and according to his agrccment either
side contemplating a different agreement
must make known its demands three
months before the expiration of the old
ono. The demand which contains 20 sec
tons WAS presented to William Barclay.
Jr.. secretary of tho Quarry Owners as
sociat on, and will Le voted upon by the
owners nj meeting to J., held on We'd
nesday evening. An eight hour day Is
asked as is allowed ut the present time.
There has been no rcgul bill of wages
and the workers demand his as follows:
Regular quarrymen. % oonts an hour
| minimum. green quarryncn, "A cents an
hour. head derrick men Is L. cents. all
other derrick men ~ ccrts blacksmiths
and tool sharpeners 81 cents and air drill
| runners q liz cents, pneumatic plug drill
runners % cents, engineers hand drill
two boilers with turn engines 81 cents, en-
gineers who do own iiriup and running
~ cents. engineers running A skeleton en-
Glhos % cents. engineers ruuning air COM
u
gincers and iiremcn shall receive straight
| time and he paid for washing boilers at
regular price. Employees Using explosives
shall receive IS l. cents aud must be ex-
perienccd men. No blasting shall he car
ricd on during the noon hour and all EN-
plovcs shall be- warned in time to get out
of the way before a fuse is lighted in
blasting. Laborcrs shall receive - cents
| II
join the union. Pay shall be semi-month-
~ from the list to the 5th and from 18th
to the 10Th Of the month. The agreement
shall last three years. Any grievance
| shall be arbitrated to a board Of six. three
from each side and pending a settlement
there shall he no lock outs on strikes. For
working overtime the men shall receive
| time and half and shall nave an option
on whether they will work longer than
| eight hours.
COUNTY COURT FINISHED.
The March term of Franklin county
court came to a close Tuesday night. Wal
ter Brace, who was last week convicted
of the larceny of two watches and 500 in
money from George Rabitor. was sem
tened to not more than five nor less than
three years at hard labor in the States
prison at Windsor William futile, who
pleaded guilty to stealing a buffalo robe
from T.. D. Fuller, was sentenced to the
House of Correction for not more than
three months nor less than two months
and q days. John Conlan, a partner OF
futile. received the same sentence.
which was later suspended and Conlan
was placed in charge of Probation officer
c>ll
That until further notice he is not to
leave Franklin county and that between
the first and NTH of each month he Is
10 notify the probation officer Of his
whereabouts and finally that he is to re.
port to the Rev. d. J. Osullivan. every
Sunday afternoon. The following cases
were decided.
In the case of Mark A. Stowe VS.. Henry
n. Bashaw. judgment was rendered for
the plaintiff TO recover $40 and costs. In
the case of Reva ID. Goodhue VS.. Frank
p. Truax. an action in afiiliation, the dc.
PENDANT was adjudged the father Of tho
child and ordered to contribute toward
its support. In the case OF b. u. Per-
kins vs. A. r. Shaffer and Il. A. Ashland
the report Ia recommitted to the master
to find whether the notes in the suit
were endorsed before or after the de.
PENDANT got them. In the divorce case of
Alfred Chappell vs. Mabel (Blanchard)
ChappelI. a bill Of divorce was granted
on the ground Of adultery. In the divorce
case of Margaret ~ Blood vs. Wona
Blood bill Of divorce was granted on
the ground Of adultery.
DEEDS SITE FOR LIBRARY.
Or. M. silsby Of Lyndonville has deed
ed to the town Of Lyndon a site for the
library for which Eber Coolidge recently
gave $0,000 The work of erecting the
building will commence June IL.