The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-28
CAPITAL HILL
SIGNS BILL
Under Which Men Work at
Reduction Of 10 per
Cent
- "
COMPANY HAS
BEEN OPERATING
Capital Hill Go. Is Employ
ing About so
Men

wages from tne Dill expiring April
| The agreement becomes effective Jul
| \, 1922 and runs to April / 1925.
\ The Capital Hill Quarry Go. is on
| OF the two quarrying concerns in th
| Barre quarries which have bee
operating with nHian labor while til
others have been either shut down o
4 operating under the open shop plan
The Capital Hill Co. is said TO be EN-
| ployinp so men at the present time
The new bill was signed this week /,
take rhes place Of the bill which ex
pired April ! and which was continue,
IN force pending negotiations for
new agreement
The full text Of the Capital Hill
agreement Is as follows:
Article 1 Eight hours shall con
| stitute a days work, Hours of labol
shall be from a. m. to II m. ane
from p. m. TO p. M except Satur
day. during the months of Nav. June
! July, August and September. whicl
shall be from a. m. to II m. STANDARD
time TO govern
| Article ?. Men to be ready to work
when whistle blows.
Article g. The minimum rate fol
tripod drill, runners, qnarrvmen
pneumatic drill runners. jack hammer
runners, derrickmen Except head
| lderrickmenl and blacksmith helpers
shall be sixtytwo cents f6oc1 per hour
Article 4. The minimum wage for
head derrickmen, channel bar runners,
powdermen and riggcrs who go aloft
shall be sixty seven and one half cents
t6I l-2cl per hour. Men using ex-
plosive shall be experienced men No
blasting shall be done at the noon
hour. Employees shall be given time
to reach place of safety before the
fuse Of battery is touched of. Channel
bar runners shall be furnished a
competent helper when necessary.
Article 5. The minimum wage for
laborers and steam drill helpers shall
be fifty and one half cents $50 l-2c)
per hour.
Article s. The minimum wage for
engineers on gront cars and fremen
having charge Of one boiler shall be
sixty-two cents t62cl per hour
Article Z. The minimum wage for
engineers operating boiler and COM
pressor or boiler and hoist or two
boilers or two compressors or dago
operator shall be sixty-eirht and one
half cents i6S l-2cl per hour.
Article s. The minimum wage for
hoistinr engineers operating one der.
rick shall be sixty-seyen and one half
cents t67 l-2cl per hour. Engineers to
receive straight time
Article p. The minimum wage for
on big fires and sharpening
machine shall he ninety cents tp0ci
rer hour and for blacksmiths ON small
fires shall be eighty cents ts0el per
hour. Blacksmiths to receive straight
time
Article TO- The minimum wage for
iourneymen machinists shall be eighty.
one cents tslcl per hour and machin- /
ists' helpers shall he sixtv-seven and
ose half cents t65 l-9cl per hour.
sArticle II. Payday shall be weekly |
and not more than five days TO be re-
tained by employer All employees
discharged 20 receive pay BY cash or
heck at once.
Article II. This agreement shall not
apply to any employee outside the |
quarry proper. 1t shall not include
engaged in stripping. road
making. working on farms or tenement
properties: nor any boys or other per-
'on who through age or infirmity is
Unable 10 earn the wages prescribed
Ibove.
The term stripping in this article is
rot 10 apply to the occasional stripping
within the limits Of the quarry proper.
rhc definition Of the quarry proper is:
N granite stripped or stone taken
herefrom.
Article l3. Business agents can come
0 the office to see men by request
Article IL. All overtime shall he
aid for at time and one fourth. in
luding the following holidays; Ne
lcrial dsy. Fourth Of July. Labor day,
Irmistice day. Thanksgiving dsy and
hristmas and the afternoon OF March
lection.
Article Is. All men employed in or ,
bout the Quarries to be members Of
he Quarry Workers International ,
'nion Of North America or become
nch within fifteen days.
Article 10 II is mutually agreed that ;
nv grievance OF contention that NAV /,
rise during the existence Of this /.
vreement and bill Of prices as to its |.
prformance in good faith by either
arty. shall be referred 70 a committee
insisting Of six members. three TO be
elected by the employer signing this
zreement. and three from the
raniteville branch OF the Quarry
'orkers' union. which committee shall
I as an adjustment committee. and {
I'D committee failing to agree BY
70 thirds vote. shall refer the mat
n in dispute to an arbitration board ?
three. one to be selected bv the en- y
over signing this agreement and one
, the GraHiteville branch of the
uarrv Workers union. these two
al agree upon and select = third i
,rtv % act with them. and the board
Ius constituted shall hear the PARTIES
u make an award within hfteen dars
= ma aioritv vote. such award shall =
final Pending such arbitration in 2
ference n the foregoing hill of prices. 4
l. mutually arrccd thar there shall 9
No strike. lockout or suspension II Z.
,-k I
r !. si.o further srrred that sny q
iCcntinusd O. Fifth razc- =