The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-06
Owners Association Offers
Men 26 Cent Scale
FOR EIGHT HOUR DAY
And Three-year Agreement Proposition
Is Compromise Between Previous
Offers Of rs Cents, and ~
Cents Asked by Men.

Through the efforts Of international
Secretary Treasurer p r. Mccarthy of
the Quarry Workers international TN
ion, the Quarry Owners Association,
though its committee, has submitted to
the committee Of the Quarry Workers
Union az Graniteyille new proposition
Of settlement. The committee from the
association went to Graniteyile this
morning and met the committee from
tho union at the Offices OF Boutwell,,
Milne & varnum CO.
The proposition submitted to the quar-
~ worers provides an eight hour day,
weekly pay, wage scale of 26 cents for
the average quarryman, and Il to run
three years from March LIST. This prop.
osition is in the nature of compromise.
Up to the present time the association
had offered only 70 cents an hour, while
the union asked ~ cents. Nearly all
settlements made by the cutters unions
this year continue the old scale for at
least a year, and many OF them continue
the old scale for three years. The Cape
Ann quarry workers settlement does not
provide for any increase until March /,
1909.
The proposition submitted to tire quar-
ry workers to-day provides that eight
hours shall constitute a days work.
The regular hours of labor shah be from
Z to 1880 q. M, and from 1890 to 4
p. M, for the months Of April, May,
June, July, August, September, October
and November, and for December. Janu-
AIRY, February and March, the hours
shall be from 1880 to 1890 a. M. and
1880 to 4:30 p. m. The average quar-
ryman Shall receive 26 cents per hour
until March |, 1911; the rate Of wages
OF blacksfniths shall be the same as At
present; for the average ehanneller, 2S
cents per hour; for the average engi-
neer, 20 cents an hour lengineers whd
also run boilers shall receive full time
and be paid for washing boilers at the
regular ratel; for the average head der
j 2S cents per hour; men using
explosives shall receive an average Of
rs * cents an hour All overtime shall
be paid for as time ard a fourth, except
where double shifts are worked. Ii at
any time the quarry. owners deem ii
necessary to work double shifts, the
matter Is to be left to a. committee OF
six, three from the quarry owners and
three from the Graniteyile branch. The
same arbitration clause In the old bill
to continue.
Whether the quarrymen viii call
special meeting for tomorrow afternoon
"a consider the proposition, OF let it 10
over until Wednesday evening, when the
regular meeting is to be held, was unde-
rided at the time Of going to press this
afternoon.
what looks like the beginning Of the
end Of the tie-up in the granite industry
n Barre and suroundig towns Il the
action Of the Granite Manufacturers
Association, at the conclusion OF this
afternoons conference in sending out no.
ices for meeting Of the Association
It o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 1t
s also rumored that the Granite Gut
,ers Union will either tonight OF to-
morrow morNng call meeting at the
anne hour III the opera house. tt is
believed from this the committees have
his afternoon reached some sort Of an
igreement which they wish to submit
b their separate organizations to-mor
ow Neither side was ready to give
nut anything this afternoon, but it il
that to-m0rrow win wee inn
'ortant developments in the situation.