The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-15
ENGINEERS
| SIGNED
Making Complete Peace
Agreement to 1915
in BARRE'S GRANITE BELT
Bill, Which Was Signed Saturday Night,
Went into Eject on Barre Quarries
To-day, and Everybody Here
abOuts Is Happy.

The last differences between The Barre
quarry owners and the quarry engineers
were wiped Of the slate Saturday night,
and the new bill Of prices to run tin
1916 was signed at conference held in
the rooms Of Tie Quarry Owners assoeia-
tion. This IS the last bin Of prices
in the Barre granite industry to be
agreed to, SO that the terminating dates
Of both manufacturing and quarryng
ends OF the business might conform.
Until 1915 there should be industrial
peace,
The final point in dispute was over
allowing time in stormy weatneri and
the conference agreed on the following
section;--
"All quarry hosting engineers, hoist.
ing stone from the quarry proper, shall
receive full time; grout ears 10 receive
haIf.time, in stormy weather they re-.
porting for duty and no work that day.
Stripping and groutiHg engineers to re.
ceive full time"
The wages Of the hosting engineers
which was 27 cents an hour under the
old bill, is increased TO 2S cents, mini
mum, 20 May ! 1911 and, from that
date to the expiration Of the agreement
~ and one-eiRhth cents per hour. The
wages OF hosting engineers operating
two derricks, also engineers who furnish
power for more than his own hoist,
shall have wages TO be decided by the
engineer and bis employers Engineers
operating boiler and compressor are 70
receive 3 cents 10 May / 1911 and 81
cents from then on Engineers running
two grout cars or more are to receive
20 cents per hour, minimum. to May J,
1911, and p to the expiatioh One-ear
engineers are TO receive 20 and 2 cents,
with the same division Of dates Fire.
men are to get 81 cents. minimum, till
May j, 1911, and 2s from then on.
Pay day shall he weekly, and not
more than six days pay 70 be retained
BY che employer Il il agreed that engi-
neers getting more tlais tile bill Of
prlees shall not be ent down.
There il an aBti.strke, anti-lockont
stipulation 10 the agreement, providing
for arbitration of contentious between
three members of each side, and. ia
case Of their failure, 20 an arbitration
board Of three. such award to De final
Pending such arbitration there shall be
neither strike nor lockout Contentious
not covered by the agreement are to he
referred at once to the adjustment com
and If they fail 20 agree the
matter shall 90 before the executive
Of the local union and the
local association, their decision TO be
given in five days
Went into Effect To-day.
The new bill went into effect to-day
August Is. and runs to March ! 1916
At least three months notice prior TO
the latter dates must be given By either
party desirous 81 d change; and il no
notice is given the same bill shall re-
main in force from year to year there
after. The bin was signed By Robert
secretary Of Granteville local
423, 4 u. Of S, Il. N. Al, and George
Mutch secretary Of the Granite Quarry
Owners association
The signing Of this bill has caused a
feeling OF satisfaction 20 come oyer the
Barre granite industry, as the matter
hung fire for a long time and was the
only stumbling block toward complete
agreement for the long term.