The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-14
After Two Months ManuIac-
turerS Relent.
REOPEN SHEDS MONDAY
BY This Action Manufacturers Admit
They Were Wrong IN the Beginning.
Notices Sent to All Unions
M'n'fturers' Statement.

The Barre Manufacturers association
At meeting held last evening voted
to reopen on Monday morning all gran
ite plants in it's Jurisdiction TO union
men, under the agreement existing at
the time Of the lockout. with cers..n
added regulations affecting the hand sur
facer
This action Of the manufacturers /,
backdown from the position taken b.
them November ls, when they voted to
lock out all graHite cutters, tool sharp
eners and polishers, II the granite out
ters out on strike IN Northfeld at that
time did not return to work on Novem-
Der 10. The Mortified men refused to
return to work, and the lockout followed,
They are still out, 30 that last nights
action Is a reversal Of the position talScr
by the manufacturers in November, and
tacit admission that they we're then
wrong.
The meeting was largely attended and
of short duration The proposition to
reopen the sheds was adopted by a unan-
imous vote. and copies were mailed last
night to all branches Of the cutters,
tool sharpeners' and polishers' unions in
Barre, Montpelier, Waterbury, East
Barre, Williamstown and Mortified
While the action of the manufacturers
last night may not end the difficulties
at once, even this late admission that
they were wrong in the beginning ought
to 40 far towards bringing about an
amicable settlement
The granite cutters union "a holding
q meeting on the matter in Socialist
hall on Granite street this afternoon.
The tool sharpeners viii hold q special
meeting At o'clock tonight in Nichols
block
The Proposition.
The proposition to the unions, notifp.
ing them of the recall Of the locroua
notice, is as follows:-
"As a proposition for settlement, we
herewith tender the following 4eQula.
tions to govern the operation of the
hand surfaeing machine. SAME to be
used IN nonnection with our present
Whenever possible, stones upon which
the machine Is to be operated shall be
bankered next To partitions or aides Of
sheds Water 70 be used whenever pos
sible on that part Of the stone which
the machine is cutting At all times,
broom must Be used to remove the dust,
per article Of regulations Adjustable
A. E..fI-
fellow worlsmen from the dust and chips
caused b. said machine. These screens
70 be made Of wood or a wooden frame
with canvas covering
The foregoing regulations to be im-
put into force and copy
posted in al sheds where the machine
5 used. Tie employer and employe ars
% be jointly responsible for the faithful
enforcement Of these regulations. and DO
hereby agree that any violation Of same
,y an employe shall be immediately in
5estieated by the employer md rectifed;
slso that any violation reported to the
Employer shall alec Be immediately in
sestigated and corrected.
We herewith reeail the suspension
iotice, and On Monday morning, January
II, the Granite Manufacturers associa
ion as whole VIII declare the sneds
# their members open for union men.
Statement from Manufacturers.
The press committee of the Granite
Manufacturers association issued the
statement to the press relative
. the above propostions
"The step talsen BY the Granite Mann
aeturars' association last evening WAS
ne result 81 the most careful eonsdera-
ion on their part Many conferences
ave been held between committees rep
esenting the contenaing parties at
which the manufacturers agreed 10 prao.
ically everything that was asked for
! the wav of devices for tie elimination
+ dust The only point left in conten-
ion was the demand that anction fans
e installed before the tools could BE
forlled in the sheds The manufactures
1ould no doubt have conceded this point,
or the sake Of settling the controversy,
ad II been III their power but the
act that there has been no such known
evice invented that would perform the
FORK required in a practica manner
nd the fact that the manufacturers
as above stated conceded ev-
rv other point. there was no other
curse open to them but TO do Just what
las done last evening
Statement by press committee
MGranite Manufacturers Association