The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
Operators Rc.,f 4, j
See No&GooI

The Immediate Il 81 tle td lGs Is ~
Il the demand Oh part OF Of the 9 opeir'tl-
tives OF o nine-ho lay ana q 20 10 per
cent. tncrea u Sin. wage scale i, The
mill men, through slr I committee a D
pointed foratheSfl 2se, sert an nj n--
signed lagreem Ont VI contract containing
their demands wifi !, demand also that
the operators slnl It employ III { ny
OF their shops an an VINO y I i NOT
member Of the Unit nd promising that
no more demands d bel made relative
either to the NUM- Of hours per day
that shalt constitIt da " ork, or TO
an Increase ii, tho CO.; UP. TO he timo
that the agreement q remain m orce---4
April /, 1907. NJ. IA &. TN
This agreement y submitted tt.st on FEB.
ruary 14th, and on "a 3D. he secretary
OF No. 1874 sent d terff Y 3 . aehi OF the
min operators stat that, the: business
agent would call Q, amy March goth for
q reply to the pro edTN &gr esIf men SUD
mitted to them on u ia III III inst 60
Of considering the II er5 ~ ylEl''tAlly, the
operators united, IN IL formal con-
1oint reply stated q they had come o
the unanimous ayr ent Lhae ~; Wou ~
not DO advisable lbml Z to q ne II ~.
posed sgree1nent. 8gsSs gB blk $$
Conference Committee.
The union appoin circumference cons
mttee OF five who loul6l 4 endea vorf TO
confer with like nmlttee rom le,
operators. The lat sald 5tha tney8#su! "
not see where sue conferences would
be of any benefit II j. q N = Brown the
associate business ent n OF 81 the b local
union, stated last Eht$thht they$..had
endeavored i In by eV possible s$ way 70
have the conference rought4nbout, even
up to late last@l I'll. Tho conference
committee is stills ined, said d he. and
stands ready at d, line 1T o meet With
a like committee BIN the operators
should the natter |le{ to reverse their
decision. NH ~ stated stat ID last night
that all tho Il report for work
to- morrow i,rd us giving the own
ers another md that, If after
that. no agree reached, u the men
will 20 out. r ns to be little hope |
Of mn agreemf & srea ched In the
near future am ldlcatiqnss are that 4
the lockout will In a serious Inn
pairmentEof the Id, ,ss Of many firms.
The; firms whichHR ,e&direotlyS touched5|
are the AmericanS hiture and Fixture
Company, the MOI sle & Manufacturing |
Company nv. ", ehurst.sS illeg and 4
Miller, c. w HARDY 4cl.S the siewers5 Co1n-7
pany, the sFrancla brothers Company
Joseph Heppert; SSsit teTdirlg,g 4 carneal and |
Davis tllegg Richm on1. s.; Wood r Working !
Company and Thomas y. sta gg.
f The local branch of!the, union has a |
Xerys!large membership, 200 having been
present 1.-THE meeting held on Friday
night. VA At this meeting ten nav men |,
We're initiated and twenty-fl veis sent in
their publications. OF the latter Sc ven7;
teen came from$the american Furnitures
and Fixture : Company, and the others
came from eth various RIA ctories:ais|
lAll OF sth en- were intia ted at, aSspeciall
meeting held yesterday afternoon .jn.$ the |
hall over parks and y siBlac y Cafe
Broad street. g,,, ,4sgSf,;tsy .s4E
Proposed Agreelne
The unsigned ~<aineu t,.t which was
submitted ftoslthe opera tors & BY 4 the mill i
men on February h4th, and (which THE
to cohsid der, IS as follows: 81
81 Richmond, Va February o 1905:
into thss1st day9sof April 1906, between
tho Mill MEMS Union Of United Broth err
hood OF Carpenters and no liners Sof Amer
lea. OF Z Richmond 3and 1 sManches ter, 5Va..
their district council, who are |
officers .dulyEempoWcred and vested With
the authority by their said local unions
Of Brotherhood Of Carpenter and join
ers OF American, parties Of the first part.
parties Of the second part, do 4 hereby
agreo:
81 First. The said district council by the
signing this Ncontract from & tllis " date5S
they do hereby agree to- bind ttGmso Ives I
and their local unions Of Richmond and F
Manchester Va. that they wi.' make no
further demands n upon the said parties
Of the second part of any kind. MS to
the time OF hours which constitutes n
days work; and further. they, the said
district council will not make any fur.
Their demands for any increase Of pay
for said days work.
Second. It is further agreed by the
party Of the second part, that they will
not employ any mill men working at the !
building trades OF Richmond and Man
chester unless he Is q member of this
United Brotherhood OF Carpenters and
Joiners of America.
Third. Tt is hereby agreed by the party |
of the second part TINT nine hours per
day shall constitute a dayAlwork4 for all |
members who belong: to this unitedI
brotherhood; and an Increase Of 10 per
cent. '4f @9i55
Fourth 1t ia hereby agreed that should
any change In this contract be desired
by either party or parties In Interest,
they shall give IN writing to the other
party or parties the specified time of three
(3) n,onths notice for such change OF
terms hereby agreed to. FL
Fifth. This contract shall remain IN full |
force and fyirtuatnp to the time specified. |
to-wits Aprll+l, 1901 . u
55 Sixth, On. said date. to-w!t. prll 1907,
this contract shall5be null and void #
seventh. The signature Of the said dis
tr!ct council or parties OF the first part
Of this contract shall be signed by Its
president and certified to by 4 IS seere-
larry. and stamped With the said district
council official seal, .ss@
Given undar our hands, this - day
OF ------ 1900,
Operators Reply, 1,
The reply which the operators made as
an associa Ion Ia ms follows; s ssE