The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-06
in a Widespread Paper Mill
Strike That Was Soon
Called Off
ON PROMISE OF
EARLY DECISION
By the War Labor Board
Regarding the Wage
Controversy

Glens Falls, N. Y, Dec. 6.-Shortly
after the strike of $4,000 union employees
OF newspaper mills in New York and
New England went into effect this morn
ing, j. I. Carey, president of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Papermakers,
sent the men a message instructing them
to keep the mills running and notifying
them that the war labor board soon
would render a decision regarding the
wage controversy which precipitated the
strike.
As the result Of this message, arrange
ments were made to resume operations
at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the mills in
this city and adjacent towns, employing
5000 men
The union men had demanded that the
war labor board hand down its decision
by midnight last night. The wage con
troversy had existed for several months,
the employees asking for continuance Of
bonus of 10 per cent, payment of which
had been stopped on July l. Because
Of the termination Of this bonus, they
claimed, employees whose working day
was reduced to eight hours, were not re-
eeiving an increase of ten cents an hour
awarded by the board
Bellows Falls, Dec. 6--All departments
Of the Fall Mountain plant of the Inter-
NATIONAL Paper company were shut down
to-day as a result of a strike of 500 en-
lployes. Only the office force reported for
! duty
|, Superintendent Myers was notified that
Tempoyes Of the company at Wilder, the
only other plant in this state, also had
struck.
! Turner's Falls, Mass, Dec 6-After
| finishing the work in hand the 100 en-
ployes of the international Paper com
| pany here quit work this morning owing
to dissatisfaction with the recent wage
award of the war labor board.
/ No statement was forthcoming from
company officials here except that the
question would be taken up by higher
officials and that any decision made
would apply to the company plants as a
whole The plants here and in Bellows
Falls, Vt, are the only ones operated by
the International in the Connecticut val
lley.
I Watertown, NJ ", Dec. 6.-All the
mills of the international Paper company
in the Black river division were closed
idown at o'clock this morning when be-
tween 400 and 500 union men went out
on strike There is no disorder, although
the men appeared at the mills to see if
any attempt was made to operate with
non union men.
| The men demand an increase Of 10 per
cent to be granted over and above the
entire amount Of wages plus bonus paid
them May ], 1918.
The company has three paper mills and
pulp mill in this division, with an out
lput of l20 tons of newsprint daily.
Rumford, Me, Dec g. Employees at
the International Paper company's mills
here and at Livermore Falls remained at
work to-day. Union officials said they
were awaiting word to join in the strike.
Franklin, n. H., Dec. 6-The 300 EN-
ployes of the local plant of the lnterna
| tional Paper company took part in the
general strike against the company to-
day; instead Of reporting for work the
men held meeting to discuss the con-
I duct of the strike.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 6-J Harry
! Covington, former chief justice of the
District of Columbia court, was named
to-day by the war labor board as umpire
in the case of paper mill employees in
New York and New England on receipt
Of adyices that the men had gone on
strike.