The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-04-08
Barre Clerks. Resumed Their
Work Today
AFTER WEEKS CESSATION
Negotiations Leading to Settlement of
Differences Were Conducted With Good
Feeling on Both Sides--Full Text
of the Agreement Printed.

After weeks cessation OF work by
the 10 members OF the retail clerks
union because no agreement had been
reached to replace the working bill
which expired March 81, three years
settlement was effected at midnight ON
Saturday night, and the clerks resumed
their places in the Barre stores to-day.
Many of them resumed work yesterday
when they saw their employers goods
in danger from the flood and they fell
to with a hearty good will and assisted
materially in keeping down the loss, an
evidence of cooperation which was
greatly appreciated by the storekeepers.
The negotiations looking to settle
ment of the differences were rather
strenuous in their length but were
marked by good feeling on the part of
both committees. Following the practi-
cally all-night session of tile conference
committees Friday night. another con-
ference was held Saturday afternoon,
when some minor matters were gone
over. meeting Of the union had been
held during the day and Saturday night,
after the closing OF the stores, the mer-
chants association held meeting in
the granite manufacturers rooms, at
which time the action Of their COM
mittee in reaching an agreement with
the clerks committee was approved.
As result of the meetings Of the
two organizations. the conference com
mittees got together shortly before mid
night and signed the bill, the names be-
ing as follows Thomas N. Parker. w.
III. Eager and John Arioli for the clerk
and Homer G. Ladd, George N. Tides
and f. ]. Owens for the merchants. The
material changes are as to hours of la
hof
The full text Of the new agreement
IL al follows:
Merchants and Clerks Agreement to
Take Effect April Il 1872
Section An male clerks to com
mence work at o'clock a. M. Arrange
msnts may be made between merchants
and clerks. whereby stores NAV be
OPENED previous To o'clock. a. M. pro
vided clerks be allowed an equal amount
of time for their own USE; said time to
he agreed upon between individual mer-
chant and clerk. Lady clerks to com
mence work at O'Clock, a. nj. All
clerks to be allowed one hour at meal
times.
Sec. 2. All stores to close at $50
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
during the months Of January, February,
March, July. August and September;
and at q p. m. April. May, June, Octo-
her November and December All stores
t. close Monday night at s o'clock D. m.
anl Saturday nights at 10 o'clock ,. m.
All stores to close at 0 p IN. the nights
before Decoration day. July 4 and
day and six working
nights before Christmas, excepting
Christmas eve.
See. 3.-All stores to close the follow
ing holidays and pay clerks for same
New Years day Washington's birthday,
Decoration day. duly 4, Labor day, CO.
umbus day, Thanksgiving day and
Christmas day. When any Of these
holidays occur on Sunday, all stores to
observe the following Monday.
See An clerks permanently en-
ployed shall join clerks union after thir-
ty days
See, 5.No store shall employ perma-
lently, any clerk that is under the age
If sixteen.
Sec. g.. c. n. Kenyon & Co. and the
ewelry stores may keep open until 1890
/. m. Christmas forenoon.
Sec. This agreement to run for
.hree wears. beginning April l, 1912
Sec. S-lf either party desire change
n the above agreement at its expira-
ion, three (3) months notices shall be
,isen, otherwise this agreement shall
continue in force.
(Signed)
Merchants association committee
Homer G. Ladd, George n. Tilden, E. j.
)wens
tSignedl
Retail Clerks association commit
ee-Thos. N. Parker, w. H. Eager, John
Arioli.