The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-06-12
They Are Asked TO Close
at ! O'Clock on Mon
day Afternoons
At 10 ON SATURDAY NIGHTS
ALSO ASKED TO CLOSE AT 6 IN
AFTERNOON FROM JUNE TO
DEcEMBER-THE MERCHANTS
WILL NOT AcCEDE.

The Retail Clerks Association.
whica was recently organized in
brunswick, has made a demand ON
the merchants which is likely to
cause some little squabble between
pmpios er and employee.
The merchants We're yesterday
notified by the organization Of de
LANDS which had been decided upon
rneg were notified in the form OF
contract mailed to each merchant
which they were requested to sign
1t calls for the closing of the stores
at o'clock in the afternoon from
Jane 11 to Dec amber /. at 10 O'Clock
on Saturday nights and at ! o'c."ck
every Monday efternoon. It also pro
Wdes that all stores shall be closed
en- certain holidays, and the ller-
chants are asked 10 sign the con
tract agreelnent not TO employ any
clerks not members Of the local
uaion
Following is copy Of the cont act
received by the merchants yesterday
morning.
This agreement, mutually entered
iuto this 11th day of June, 1907 by
fnd between the Retail Clerks Inter
uotIonal Protective Association.
tGroaah their authorized agents, tVm.
l'urvis, as president OF local No
-I50 and Ipslee T. West, ass sacre-
tar2 ot local No 1850. city OF Brns-
sick and state cf Georgia, as parties
ol the first part. and merchants
name of the eity of Brunswick, as
rarty Of the second part
"@fnesseJh: Tina. said parties of
he first part in consideration Of the
covenants and agreements herein
after mentioned and mutually agreed
npon by all parties, to be kept, done
and performed. do hereby lease for
the period of seven months to the
said party of the second part, one
union store card, the property of and
ISSUED by the Retail Clerks Inter
rational Protective Association.
Party Of the second part agrees to
-etain in his erIploy only members,
or those, if eligible who will become
members within thirty days from
the date of taeir employment, of
local No. 1850, Retail Clerks Inter
national Protective Association
Party OF the second part agtees
that his store. IN the city of Buns
wick, shall close at the follol ing
t.me All day on Sunday; all Gay
on the following legal holidays Qist
1T blank; at O'Clock p. N. on one
day Of the first six days of each
week from June Il, 1901 to Decem-
ter 4. 1874; al o'clock on Mondays,
l'ueaIays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays, from June IL. 1897, 10
December j, 1861; 10 O'Clock p. m.
az Saturdays. Parties OF the nrst
part agree to advise all local ore.n.
lzations OF the city OF Brunswick of
Tie action OF tle second parry sign.
lug this agreement, and it is further
agreed by all arties that The inter
csts Of each shall be mutually taken
care of and advanced and that my
violation Of the foregoing stipula.
tions shall be sufficient cause for
surrender Of the union store card
Retail Clerks international Protec-
tive AssocIatidS,
Parties Of The First Part.
Hnsee 7. West
Secretary Local No. 1850.
While the merchants have nor as
yet given the clerks any definite an
swer, it is practically certain that
they will not accede to all Of the
demands Of the union, especially that
cl closing at clock on Mondays
ard at 10 oclock on Saturday nights.
The merchants at least majority
Of them, are perfectly willing to
ose their stores at G o'clock in the
afternoon during the summer
months, Dut they do not think that
.oa,- should he called upon to close