The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
Two Months Tie-up Officially
Called Off To-day
SIEAlMING UP FOR MONDAY
Great Granite Industry Of Barre ana Sur
rounding Towns Will Hum Again
A Resume Of the Situ-
alton.

After eight weeks 6f idleness, the
granite plants Of Barre will ersume ope-
rations Monday morning, all differences
between manufacturers and workmen
having been adjusted and agreements
running for three years signed up by
manufacturers and unions.
Work was suspended In all the granite
plants of Barre, Montpelier, Mortified,
Waterbury, East Barre, West Berlin and
Wflliamstown and some smaller places
on March lst, because Of the expiration
of all working agreements and the failure
to arrange new ones before that date
The suspension also included the quar-
ries in Barre Town. The tie-up In dill
places involved nearly 1000 men. To
effect settlement, it was necessary to
make agreements with six separate I'M
MONS, two Of which had not previously
had bill to work by.
AS five Of the unions were more or
less affiliated and worked under the same
conditions, all agreements excepting
with the quarrymcn. were more Or less
dependent upon the Others, and with an
the complications entering therein settles
ment has necessarily been slow. But
continued efforts of the committees final
Iy prevailed in bringing about agree
ments acceptable to al parties
The quarrymen effected a settlement
two weeks ago, and have now been at
work that length II time, but the firEt
bin to be signed UP in Barre was that
with the Jumpers, boxers and derrick
mems union, which was done yesterday
afternoon, shortly after the agreement
haa been ratified by both the manufac-
turers and Jumpers This allowed the
Jumpers to go to work this morning,
to prepare the sheds for work Mon
day.
The work of signing up the bills with
the other unions has been in progress
all day to-day and late this afternoon
agreements with the granite cutters,
tool sharpeners and polishers had all
been signed. The engineers effected an
agreement before then rst of April and
theirs was signed up at that time.
There are certain uniform features ii
AL the agreements These arc the time
each Is To run, which is three years from
March lst last. an eight hour day, week.
ly pay. Saturday, half holidays iii June.
July. August and September, and 4
closed shop.
The granite cutters. under the new
agreement ARE To receive S7Ia cents All
hour, minimum, for the first year, IS
cents the second and 38at the third year.
Previously they had been getting 37I5
cents average The tool sharpeners have
the same bill. which also means an iii.
crease for the second and third years
Tor them. They also get some other
favorable concessions.
TIE polishers get their first bill under
the new agreement. They are to receive
"a cents the first year, 30 cents the &C.
ond and 371a the third The Jumpers,
boxers and derrickmen Ret 27gs cents
average, which is the same pay they have
been receiving, but gain an hour day
on time and closed shop over their
old bill The engineers, who secured
their first agreement al union under
the settlement made by them, receive
the same wages as heretofore. While
th wage scale under the ibIi of til hump
crs IL an aevrage, the bills Of the granite
cutters, tool aharpeners and poIishers are
all on minimum basis.