Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-14
cuRRElIT TOPICS IN WESTERLY
1z,niae Bfn of Prices Not Settled Yet-Meetna of Ninstefial Associations -Thievina Soldiers to Be
 Ttied for Burglary in Pavcatuck- Stabbing Follows
 Jealous Quarrel-Obituary Notes

Ths pr0Dent three years agreement or te1 of 0ran1te prfces terminates on tho 1n1k -dn6 of the present month. and n neW bin of prices from tho granite
 ~Or1kWS eounected with the Stone Cut eer0 and ouarrymsn's unions was sub Rn1oeod to the Granite Manufacturers oooooloe1ou Jan l, as stipulated In the aGxooment now nearing termination. Iho MAnu6Actur0rs and the union W0rkmeu lave held frequent separate seDo1ons during the past three months GnR Oo1eea1 discussion of the situa- e3eo. 0dt uD to date there has been no osnfsFeneo Of committees representing ooo6 pox9toG in interest. --
 . e pgUbabls that there win be one er mnro joint conferences before final acton lB ta1esn- The stone cutters have D01o request that the minimum wage sea;e Dc Tafsed from 3s cents to 43 sents or an advance of $40 a week, n3ch of course would carry with it eoEnpar1t1ve increase in the wages of thooo who are already receiving more than the minimum pay. Rather than rtDort to strike, it is understood that tho union men would submit to fair eompromise. At the several granite 11anufactuxfng establishments the work m hand is being rushed to completion and it 1s said that no new contracts ars eslnS taken pending the wage set- ElGnant.
 The action of the town council in Vrantinp . Iiosnse for the fight pictures W0a condemned in several pulpits on Sunday. and in even stronger terms tan when formal protest was made ct the meeting of the council. In some muon0cea the four councilme1l who wo0t on record in favor of granting f11o Mcense were characterized as being uD0k 1o all public position, inasmuch as shey did not represent the real sen- timsat of the townspeople. It so hap po0o4 thAt in the churches where the cou8eiimsn vera scored none of the sfear1eDs four" has membership.
 At the laHt monthly meeting of the town council denominationalism was ascr1bed as a cause for opposition to the action of the police committee in elD91nG certain confectionsfy stores on Sunday with intention to carry the Sunday movement to the extreme. One cou0e1lAnan openly declared that there woro too many Seventh day Baptists tn the council to have strict observ- Anse of Sunday. and that was a reason for 0pDoging the police committee &C., tiuaL This accusation was of course denied and the members of that de- nOnfnatton made 1t known that in con- due1in8 the affairs of the town they ~ero Or the whole people and not for anv particular denomination.
 fhls fact was illustrated at the spe. e1n1 meeting of the town council in re- 9nP4 Co tbe license for the fight pie furo4 which of necessity was held on Saturday. or Sabbath day, as it was ponnDo4 to have the pictures on the af- eesnooa and evening of that day. At ff1s meeting thers were four votes for and two against the license. Three of tho four voting in favor of the license nRe 0aboatarians. who set aside their egn0uu1nAtional views and yielded to wat they believed to be the public oout1wlant of the town, and after being oatig0ed by personal observation that tho pictures were not as bad as paint, e 0v those who protested against the license.