The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-20

creases of two (2) and three (3) cents
shall nevertheless be added to present
wages and the amount thus arrived at
constitute ON Jan. |, 1920, the minimum
wage.
That the minimum wage for black
smiths working on jobbing fires and
sharpening machine operators shall on
Jan. /, 1920, be sixty (60) cents an hour,
where the aforesaid increases OF TIVE (2)
and three (3) cents do not bring the
minimum beyond sixty (60) cents; and
that in cases where said two ~ and
three 90 cents increases make min
mum on Jan / 1920, exceeding sixty
t60) cents, said increases of two (2l and
three go cents shall nevertheless be
added to present wages and the amount
thus arrived at constitute on Jan. ],
1920, the minimum wage.
"G) That, where there are existing
agreements with the Jumpers, boxers and
derrickmens branches of said Quarry
Workers international association, the
following wages shall govern:
"The minimum at present shall be
fifty and three quarters (5lA) cents
an hour On Nov. |, 1919, three t3)
cents an hour shall be added, making a
minimum of ffty-four and three-quar-
ters t54a4 cents an hour On April ],
1920, three 81 cents an hour further
shall be added, making a minimum of
fifty-seyen and three quarters (57A
cents an hour and on April /, 1921,
four az cents an hour shall be further
added, making a minimum of sixty-one
and three quarters (6l34) cents an hour,
ending April |, 1922. These three in
creases shall also apply to all employees
covered by the aforesaid agreements who
receive more than the minimum wage.
"tij That classes of employees not spe
officially mentioned shall take such a
minimum as their wages, plus said in
creases, establish.
u. That no constitutional amendment
nor any other action of either party
shall change, alter, modify or add to-
this agreement during its life, unless
such amendment or other action is vol
unfairly and mutually agreed upon by
both parties.
IS. That all provisions in existing
agreements, not in conflict with the
above provisions, shall remain in force
until April /, 1922, at which date this
agreement shall terminate.
"Signed at Montpelier, Vt, this 10th
day Of September, 1919, under the unani-
nous instruction of the aforesaid com
mittees
Quarry Workers international Asso
citation of North America by
Fred w. Suitor.
National committee of the aforesaid
Ctr.n;4o AI,,,,,r,a,+aI p,,;Idipcr and poy
ing associations by
&c, Harry Rogers, Chairman"
The Conference Committees.
Although the agreement was signed by
Just two men, Fred W. Suitor for the
quarry workers association and C. Harry
Rogers for the other associations in
volved, the negotiations were conducted
by large committee from each side, as
follows:
Quarry workers association: George
Lawson, John McAulay and John Coxon,
of Graniteville; George Elliott, Redstone,
n, H.; Basil Hawkins, North Jay, Me-;
John Ahern, Westerly, r. l.; Wallace
Stinson, Stonington, Me-; James Con-
way Quincy, Mass; Charles Savinen,
IanesviIle, Mass; Guy Walbridge,
Montpelier; Morris Wood, S. Il. Perry
and Fred W. Suitor, Barre.
National Granite Manufacturers asso-
ciation: @. Harry Rogers, president,
Rockport, Mass, and Robert f. Smith,
secretary, Boston; international Monu
mental Producers association, 5. Hollis
ter Jackson, Barre, Frank A. Sullivan,
Westerly, r. l., and Thomas A. Dumphy,
Worcester, Mass; Building Producers
association William G. Clifford, Bethel,
John L. Goss, Boston, Frank Mcclure,
Stonington, Conn, and Omar S. Swenson,
Concord, n H.; Paving Producers asso-
citation, James Anderson and Joseph Leo
pold, New York City, and c. Harry Rog
ers. Rockport, Mass.