The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-05-22

ATTACHED
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Ending Long Strike In Milford,
Mass, Plants
DETAILS OF AGREEMENT
Increases Wages Of Cutters and Sharp
eners In Building Granite Business
Two Cents. ain Hour and Fixes
Minimum.

Milford, Mass, May 22.-The strike
at the local quarries which. has been on
since April | was terminated yesterday
afternoon by the signatures Of the two
unions and tie employers, BY their
representatives, to agreements that
were framed by the Joint committees
Of the granite cutters and the tool
sharpeners unions and the manufac-
turers.
The net result II an increase in wages
and other conditions for Me two unions,
eight hours daily for five days weekly
and Ave hours on Saturdays To Nov.
|, 1907, eight hours daily for Six days
weekly to April /, zoos, and eight
hours for five days weekly and satur-
days a. half holidays from April / 1908,
to April /. 1912.
The cutters and tool sharpeners are
to receive ~ cents an hour minimum; !;
surfaciug machine men as cents an hour
minimum, and bankers wages are to be
paid to men learning on surfaceing
machines for the first two months.
All work done outside the regular
hours i to be paid for at H. rate as
overtime. Double time Is to be given
for all work done On Sundays, Pa
triots day, July 4, Memorial day,
Labor day Thanksgiving and Christ
mas No overtime il to be allowed ex.
cept when absolutely necessary 10 fin
ish a stone or two Immediately wanted.
or stone accidentally spoiled in cut
ting or handling or delayed in quarry
ing.
Surface cutting machines or saws are
to be operated only by members of the
granite cutters union.
The minimum wages for the polishers
shall be SO cents an hour and the mini
mum for sawyers 81 cents am hour
until April /. 1905, when the average
minimum rate paid in New England for
sawyers and polishers shall be the mini
mum rate, hut it shall in no case be
less than the above rate. These rates
are to continue until April ], 1912.
All sUrfaeing machines shall be op.
Grated not less than is feet from the
compartments or sheds IN which cut.
ters are at work, and there shall be
no saws in such compartments. Good
and well warmed sheds shall shelter the
cutters from the sun and rain, and the
same shall be we'll ventilated
One section Of the agreement pro.
vides for the adjustment by mutual
arbitration Of all disputes that may
arise, and that pending such adjustment
there shall be no lockout, strike or sus.
pension Of work
The hours shall be from a. m. to 4
D. M. with one hour at noon fram April
to Nov T. From NoY. 60 April the
hours shall be from 1880 to p. m.
with one-half hour at noon The halt
holidays on Saturdays are excepted
from these hours.
Weekly wages shall be paid and in
the working hours. Only five days
wages shall be retained unpaid and all
men discharged shall be paid on dis
charge at once. Men otherwise leaving
shall be paid at once, in money, unless
there are ten per cent, leaving of theil
own accord, when the payment may he
by check,
The agreement shall be in force until
April I, 1912, when il may be terminal,
cd after three months notice; otherwise
ii is to remain in force from year t.
year. Ii notice Of change is made, ther
the conference TO adjust a now bill shall
begin by Jan. 1 Of the year the bill Is 4
terminate on April / following.
Tile agreement establishes for the
first time a minimum rate for the saw
yers and polishers, and increases th,
wages Of the cutters and sharpensrs tive
cents an hour, and, after April ] next
aceords haif.holidays every Saturday II
the year
| This agreement Is Of especial import
anee. as it makes precedent in ratt
and conditions that may be asked Il
other granite eenters in New England.
The parties to this agreement art
Hutchins & Co. the Massachusetts, pinl
granite company, the Webb pink gran
ite company and the Norcross Bros
company.
The Joint committee that singncd tn,
agreement fol the unions comprised
Joseph Cooper, y. H. Carney Rudolph
M8inini, William Enright and William
A. Youngson for the cutters, and C. r
JOY, j. J.. Black, james Garvey and NJ
Mainini for the sharpeners.