The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-01
BARRE UNIONS WILL
VOTE ON 1T TONIGHT
Barre Industry Was Oper.
ating as Usual To-day,
but in Montpelier, Hard.
wick and Westerly the
Men Were Out, While in
Mortified All the Men
Were Not Working.

A daily wage of $500 from April !,
1920, to Sept, /, 1920, and wage of So
from Sept |, 1920. to April /, 1922, was
| agreed upon by the conference of the
| international Monumental Granite Pro-
| ducers' association and the Granite
Cutters International association at
Boston last night following negotia-
tioHs which have been conducted since
Thursday, March 25. The agreement
was unanimously reached, and it was
also voted unanimously to recommend
acceptance of the agreement by all
members Of the producers association
and of the granite cutters association.
Word OF the settlement reached
Barre last evening and plans were at
once started by the branches of the
union and the allied unions to call
meetings TO act on the new scale of
wages. These meetings will be held
this evening, the granite cutters as
sembling in the opera house at o'clock,
the polishers in their hall in the Mich
OILS block at o'clock and the tool
sharpeners in the same hall at s
o'clock. The meeting of the Barre
Granite Manufacturers association has
not been called yet but it will be held
soon, according to word from the head
quarters of the association.
The subcommittee of the Boston
conference completed its work at )
o'clock yesterday afternoon after hav-
ing reported at various times through
the week to the main committee. They
announced that they had agreed on
S2Is cents an hour from April L, 1920,
to Sept. /, 1920, and 81 an hour from
the last-named date to April |. 1922.
The members of the subcommittee
were James Duncan, president of the
G. c. |. A., Alex. w. Russell of Quincy,
Mass, and Henry Alexander of Barre,
for the union, and George Straiton of
Barre. Thomas Bishop of Quincy, Mass,
and Herbert Fletcher of West Chelms-
ford. Mass.
After receiving the report, the main
committee, composed of representatives
from the producers and the granite
cutters association, adopted the report
unanimously, and after voting unan-
imously TO recommend acceptance of
the agreement, adjourned the conference.
The report of the conference was
submitted 10 Barre by telephone later
in the evening and was given rather
the local unions had previously recon-
mended that the men remain at work
pending the action Of the conference in
Boston, so there had been no move to
quit work to-day. the date when the
men asked for the Inauguration of
daily wage of IS. The granite plants
were operating as usual to-day and
the men were at their work.
Quite contrary conditions were re-
ported in some Of the other districts
embraced in the agreement. At Mont
pelier the men did not 20 to work this
following a vote taken last
night to stay away. IL was asserted
that when the meeting was held the
branch in Montpelier had not received
word from President Duncan at Boston
the settlement Of the mat
ter. nor had word been received this
noon. Pres. Duncan stated in the con
ference that ne would Immediately no
tify the various branches so that there
would be no suspension Of work.
Conditions similar to those in Mont
pelier were reported from Hardwick
and also from Westerly, r. l.. while in
Northfeld the operation of the granite
plants was partly crippled by absence
vi some Of the workmen. II was said
regarding the Mortified situation that
he branch there had not been in very
lose touch with the negotiations in
Boston and did not know Of the settle
nent
While there was some disposition
imong the manufacturers 20 complain
Il the lack II unanimity II action bv
hc x,arfosss hrsn~hpz az The uuinu IN
,eeping ~ work. IL vas generally con
,eded that the branches may not al
ave received their notifications in time
10 prevent action, which had been
,lanned prior 10 the settlement in Bos-
on
As ALREADY iutimated from the an
.ouncement Of the meetings of three
uious in Barre to might. the action of
he Boston conference affects not only
he granite cutters but the tool sharp
ners and the polishers - we'll The
hree unions would get the same mini
sum under the revised scale 81 wages.
Uuasr the Old sale of wages the
,er srere 10 have received $40 = dsv
qaiuninu to-day and running 70 April
1921 after which they we're 70 re-
Give s. 80 . dav for q wear. or 10 she
rrfraftan ~ thc agreement cn April D.
qZ2 - t wil - seen that ths re-
isss sraIs adis q cansi5erahie amount
/, the wages of The men.
The eaufereuos roumittee's ree1m-
lsr1stscns sEteud over practically al
81 eaartrr. and thf rcsults q the
r~frrenos wn therefor. have q far
sarfsHr s7est Tn ths granite u1an-
-e~faf trade