The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-07-21
Barre Quarry Engineers AL
most Unanimous
FOR A5.YEAR AGREEMENT
If This Is Ratified BY officers at General
Headquarters, It Will Mean Indus
trial Peace at the Quarries
for Five Years.

Rapid progress has been made during
tie past few days toward reaching a set
Element between the Barre Quarry Own
ers' association and their engineers,
which. following the settlement with the
quarry workers, win insure industrial
pcace at the Barre quarfies for period
IL five years, to correspond with the
agreement in the manufacturing end Of
the great industry. Last night the engi-
neers' union. in session at Tumas hall
Ii Graniteyille, accepted the conference
eommittees' report, subject 70 the ap-
proyaI Of the general headquarters IN
Brooklyn, n. Y.
Furthermore, an official Of the Quarry
IOwners' association stated to-day that in
IAN probability the proposed agreement
would be acceptable to his orgauization'
linasmuch as the committee mad agreed
TO the proposition with the engineers
committee on Saturday night when their
hast conference was held This tentative
settlement was presented 70 the engi-
neers' meeting last night through the
chairman Of the engineers committee,
Arthur Rouse. The other members Of
the committee we're Asa Hyland, Frank
BeIville. Frank LaBounty and Joseph
Suitor
II was the regular semi-monthly meet
ing. and there was q good attendance,
there being about fifty members present.
! President Rouse presided. The meeting
! was ii session for about two hours, but
] not ali the time was taken up with q
discussion of the committees report,
J since there was tine routine business 20
come before the meeting. Nevertheless,
: ne bill was freely discussed for some
time. and when the men got around 70
vote on its acceptance or rejection they
we're very strong In voting fayorahly on
the aceqptahee. Iii fact, it is said that
+ the vote was quite near unanimous.
The result Of the meeting will be com
lnunicated to the Quarry Owners assoei
! lation and to the general headquarteI'
of tna union in Brooklyn, y. 4. and I
4 favorable reply is received from tn
ewnerS and If approval is given by IN
officers at general headquarters, ther
viii be nothing left to do except Z
+, meet for signing the bill. which i I
I. hoped win be consummated within
4 week Of ten days. A few days will b
3 necessary for an exchange Of letters BE-
I, tween Barre and BrooSlyn. and unit
n then the acceptance win be in ahey
/. ance.
/ IT Il hoped. however, that the last %
Il stacle to securing a new bill, to TAX
y the place of She agreement which expire
i next spring, has been swept aside. Agi
4. tation for a new agreement was negr
MANY months ago. because Of the desir
to have the quarry bill conform with n
Y manufacturing bin in duration. IN
4 marrv workers and owners agreed som
\. weeks ago.
= Since the acceptance Of the new bill ]
" tstill IN abeyance, neither side was wiliin
II "a give out the full text of the commit
Il tees report. but it may be said tina
W the btlI Il somewhat similar 70 the quar-
81 "a rvmen's bill including the s-hour da
IA ana running for Ave years, or until l9li
= dating haclx to the time when the settle
~ " ment ii the manufacturing end Of II
III granite industry Of Barre was made