The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-05-09
By Their Demand for an Eight Hour
Day and are Determined
to Win the Contest.
ONLY ABOUT EIGHTY MEN OUT

(333) per hour for all first class
mechanics earning the same:
The Builders and Contractors
Association of Charleston, w. Va, !,
shall employ as carpenters none
but union men during the life or
this agreement; provided that Car
penters Local Union No. 1907 shall
furnish sufficient number of men
to perform promptly, with delay
or Inconvenience to the contractors,
all the men necessary to perform
the work secured by aforesaid con-
tractors; and the refusal or failure
upon the part of said Local Union
No. 1907 to supply such man when
requested to do so by the aforesaid
Contractors Association or any
member thereof. shall be construed
las consent upon the part of Local
Union No. 1907 that such men may
be secured in the open market, and
said Local Union No. 1907 hereby
agrees to waive all control over
such men as are secured in the
open market during the life of this
agreement.
Walking delegates representing
said Local Union 1907 shall not
during the hours of labor, enter
upon any job or contract except by
the request of the contractor or
jobber in charge.
Carpenters Local Union No.
1907 shall not in any way attempt
TO cC-a building supplies nor
dictate the place, or market.
wherein such supplies shall, may,
or may not be obtained.
Carpenters Local Union No.
1907 and the various members
thereof individually and collec-
lively, hereby agree to work for
no contractor or jobber in the CITY
OF Charleston or vicinity, who is
not a member of, and belonging to,
the said Builders and Contractors
Association of the City of Charles
ton, during the life of this agree
ment.
All men must be at their re-
spective places of labor with all
necessary tools, ready to begin
work, when the hour for work
arrives; and any carpenter en-
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ployee shall be required to have
his tools III a first class condition.
The violation of any of the pro-
visions of this agreement by the
Builders and Contractors ASsocia-
ton of Charleston. w. Va, shall
act as Il release to Carpenters
Local Union No. 1907 of their OBJ
legation to the said Builders and
i Contractors Association; and the
violation of any of the provisions
of this agreement by Carpenters
Local Union No. 1907 or any mem
Der thereof, shall release the Build
ers and Contractors Association of
the city of Charleston, w. Va,
from all obligation to Carpenters
Local Union No. 1907 or any of
it's members.
The following contractors the
members of the Association have
refused to sign the proposal sub
mitted by the carpenters: Walker
: and Henneman, W. Il. Allen, Geo.
w. Giles, \. p. Henneman. F. G.
Burdette. Conker Bros, Yellow
Pine Lumber Company. Davidson
Bros, n. + w 1llIo" anu Soih-
pany. David Dick, W. A. Foster,
: Charleston Lumber Company, Ores
e ham and Boyd, a. &. Higgin-
l botham, Wallace Knight, a. {.
Calderwood and Leroy and New
, sum-
The contractors are getting un'
easy and are tired of their vacation
and it will be only question of d
= few days until some of them al
= least will sign up and resume work
ON the contracts they have on hano
{ to be completed at given time
u The Carpenters Union have the
- moral and if necessary the hnancla
y support of all the trades unions IL
" the Kanawha Valley.
g LATER
,e At meeting of the Contractors
IS Association held last night the.