The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-20
Montpelier Central Labor
Union Meets Tonight
MONTPELIER CUTTERS ACT
At Meeting Of Barre c. L. U. Last
Night Every Local Was Directed to
Exert Its Influence to Get Half
fare Car Tickets.

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The cooperation of the Montpelier
branch, Granite Cutters International
union, in their ''let alone policy toward
the street railway because Of failure to
restore the half-fare, on 21a cents,
tickets for the so-cailed worlanen's cars,
was secured last evening and most en-
thnsiastic cooperation it was too.
It was the largest special meeting
ever held BY the Montpelier branch
that the vote To leave the cars alone
was carried There was considerable
discussion of the situation, but the vote
TO sustain their fellow union men iii
Barre was taken without question. Not
only did they decide not To ride them
selves but they thought best to in.
iluence their wives to do the same This
action was taken as the result of a
visit from Barre union men the other
day.
A further result of that visit will be
a special meeting of the Montpelier
Central Labor union this evening, at
which an order, or recommendation, viii
be passed that every union affiliated
with that body hold meeting and con-
slider the same "let alone policy. III
all the union men Of Montpelier refuse
To ride on the electric cars there win
be considerable cutting of the revenue
Of the road from those using the line
to their work on Barre street.
Barre Unions All Represented.
The meeting of the Barre Central
Labor union last night was the largest
ever held, every one Of the sixteen
unions being represented. All the de-
legates were instructed to do all in their
power to enforce the resolution OF the
mass meeting Of February ~, to leave
the electric railroad alone. There we're
fraternal delegates present from
Graniteville and Montpelier The latter
stated that the union men of Mont
pelier were in sympathy with the
movement, and special meetings Of all
the different locals there had been called
and there was no doubt that they would
take thc same action as had been taken
in Barre. They also said that the bnsi-
ness men there seemed to be as much
interested rs the union men. and that,
Il was not fight Of union men but Of
the public.
The events Of the past two or three
days, as reported in the daily press. were
discussed at great length, and it was
seemingly the sense of the meeting that
they were satisfied with the efforts that
the local directors are now making to
have the affair settled up. However, a
committee was appointed and arrange
ments made whereby, il the half fare
tickets are not put on sale Monday as
the local directors have said they would
be, that the problem of transportation
between Barre and Montpelier would be
solved in some other way than by the
Barre & Montpelier Power and Traction
company. The delegates thought that
they had been too conservative in the
matter, especially after considering the
treatment that they had received from
the directors Of the corporation.
Local Directors Still Firm.
Meanwhile the internal discord Of the
company's directors continues unabated
The local men still stand out for the
half-fare tickets, and if Supt. Andrus
does not put them on sale as directed
some interesting times are promised
In esae Of the superintendent failure
to do so, the meeting called for 10;30
o'clock Monday forenoon win delegate
the work to some other person The
3la cent fare proposition advanced by
the Burlington wing of the directorate
il repudiated BY them, as well as by the
petitioners for half-fare
An Interview With Mr.. Hoar.
When the attention Of Attorney r. a.
loar was called TO the statement in the
Burlington Free Press to-day wherein
iii asks ST majority even OF the di-
rectors can override the presidents or
ders, usufp his authority and give or
ders TO the. superintendent what is a
president for anyway Mr. EIoar said
that the man that made that statement
must be believer in high finance. The
10y laws, he said, distinctly state what
the duties of a president Of corpora
tion are. The bylaws Of the b. n Nj.
Power and Traction company say that
the president shall preside over all meet
ings OF the directors and shall call meet
ings when directed so to do; nothing
more. nothing less. The directors, Of
which the president is a member, do
the business. The board Of directors
alone have the management.