The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-29
NO AGREEMENT
AT QUINCY YET
But Report Came to Barre This After
noon That Settlement Had Been
Made at Hardwick.

From authentic sources information
came over the wire TO Barre this after
noon concerning the industrial situation
in Quincy, Mass, and other New Eng
land granite towns. In every instance
the manufacturers are holding ont for "A
bill that will expire in 1920, while the
unions are contending for fve-year bills.
The one and one quarter inch tool is a
point in contention almost everywhere
as the cutters are anxious to have the
ono-inch tool represent the limit in size
while the manufacturers stand out for
an extension OF quarter-inch. 1t Is re-
ported that an agreement has been
reached between the cutters and manu-
facturers in Hardwick, although this re-
port could not be verified this alter
noon. Elsewhere the two factions seem
to be hopelessly deadlocked so far as
reaching an agreement before tomorrow
morning, March |, is concerned.
At Quincy, where conditions within
the ranks of labor, as well as between
the unions and the mapufacturers, offer
striking parallel to the conditions ex-
isting in Barre last spring, the two COM
mittees met jointly last night and failed
of reaching an agreement. Adjournment
was taken without any provisions for
another joint meeting. In Quincy, as
elsewhere, the cutters are contending for
a five year agreement, while the manu-
facturers seemed determined to have the
when the life of Barre's present bill !
ceases. Cutters also insist on the elm |
ination Of the one and one-quarter inch |
tool. Tonight the union committee re-
ports TO the branch meeting for instruc- |
tions. II is expected that there will be
BILE agitation, as the divisional /
lines within the cutters organization are
Drawn quite as sharply as the line OF
cleavage in Barre in 1915. The Times
informant stated this afternoon that
here is little promise of a settlement in
Quincy by to omorrow morning.
Committees representing the manufac-
urers and the cutters in Westerly, r. L.
net yesterday and as in Quincy the two
actions split on the question Of when
he bill shall expire and the elimination
Il the one and one-quarter inch tool. Z
Westerly cutters are anxious for a five
ear agreement, while the manufactur [
rs ask that the tentative agreement y
ease to be operative in 1920. There is
meeting Of the cutters branch this
vening and il is stated that there is a q
ossibility. although somewhat remote, 2
t aceeding to the demands of the manu j
icturers. j
In Milford, n. IT,, the manufacturers {
1mmittee and the union committee h
ave held only one meeting. A sec h
nd meeting viii be held tonight, al {
lough settlement is scarcely looked 5
,r. People familiar with conditions ia h
ew Hampshire look for Milford to fol fl
w Quincy Fitzwilliam, Y. H., COM
ittees met sometime ago and adjourned 7
nd there are no immediate prospects of ID
second meeting. The bill expires to- al
ght and the shops viii probably be e,
osed tomorrow There is a scarcity G.
work at Fitzwilliam. Keene, n. H., m
mmittees have not met recently, but ht
e cutters were expected to meet this A
ternoon or evening to act OF propo p,
ton submitted by the manufacturers. in
The first meeting between the cutters A
ID manufacturers committees in Rock in
rt, Mass, was scheduled for this morn m
z. but no report had been received
)m R0kport this afternoon. tn