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St. Croix Avis, 1920-01-24, page 4

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St. Croix Avis
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Newspaper
Island
St. Croix
Date
1920-01-24
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1
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vl ROUOEY A]S y ¥ ® ? Publication. LIEUTI‘];\-EANT O’Hagan, U. S. Navy, at his o'wn request has been relieved of his duties as Despatching Secretary of St. Croix. COMMANDER COLBY, Financial Ad- viser to the Governor, in addition to his other duties, has been detailed as Acting Despatching Secretary of St. Croix.e Advert: vertisement. BIUS are requested for the following supplies which are needed in the ad- ministration o! the Christiansted Muni- cipal Hospital, for the month of Febru- ary 1920. Delivery is to be made by the merchant, ir case the merchant is outside the limit of Christiansted Municipality. Bids should be addressed to the Inspector, Municipal Hospital, Christiansted. / After Janu:zé'y 27th, no bids will be considered. <& All supplies to be of the best quality. …

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vl ROUOEY A]S y ¥ ® ? Publication. LIEUTI‘];\-EANT O’Hagan, U. S. Navy, at his o'wn request has been relieved of his duties as Despatching Secretary of St. Croix. COMMANDER COLBY, Financial Ad- viser to the Governor, in addition to his other duties, has been detailed as Acting Despatching Secretary of St. Croix.e Advert: vertisement. BIUS are requested for the following supplies which are needed in the ad- ministration o! the Christiansted Muni- cipal Hospital, for the month of Febru- ary 1920. Delivery is to be made by the merchant, ir case the merchant is outside the limit of Christiansted Municipality. Bids should be addressed to the Inspector, Municipal Hospital, Christiansted. / After Janu:zé'y 27th, no bids will be considered. <& All supplies to be of the best quality. Wheat flour, 50 lbs.; Corn Meal, 85 Ibs.; Rice 100 lbs.; Lard, 35 lbs.; Cooking butter, 35 Ibs.; Sugar 300 lbs.; Table but- ter, 50 ibs.; irish putatoes 800 Ibs.; Meat, (Beef, Mutton, Pork,) 410 ibs.; Salt fish, 60 Ibs.: Tea, 3 lps.; Quaker Oats, 60 lbs.; Cream of Wheat, 20 ibs.; Beans and Peas, 50 lbs.; Onions, 20 lbs.; Kerosgne oil, 50 gallons; Matches 1 gross. Christiansted, St. Croix, V.l. of U.S.A., January 20th 1920. 3.0, DUBUIS Inspector Municipal Hospital. - Advertisement. IDS are requested for the following B supplies which are needed in the ad- ministration of Richmond Sick-houses and T.eper Asylum for the month of Feb- uary 1920. wDelivery is to ne made by the mer- chant. Bids should be addressed to Inspector, Richmond Sick-houses. All supplies to be of best quality. ilour 70 lbs., Cornmeal 500 lbs.; Rice 400 lbs., Oa's 360 tbs., Sago 100 lbs.; Sugar 1,000 lbs., Beef 460 lbs., Pork 180 lbs., Fish (sait) 224 lbs., Beans 200 lbs., Potatoes 200 lbs., Lard 100 lbs., Cooking butter 100 lbs., Table butter 110 Ibs., Onions 50 lbs., Tea 15 lbs.,Matches2 gross, Soap 6 cases. All bids should be received by January 27th, 1920. Christiansted, St. Croix, V. 1. of U. S. A., January 22nd 1920. : H. T. HANSEN, - Inspector Richmond Sickhouses & Leper Asylum. ACREEMENT 4 - “ 7 Y . {'; Between th2 Planters Association aad Labor Union of 5t . Crotx. ‘ 1. For First Class Luborers. Cane Cutting One Dcllar per day of 9 hours or 25 cts. per 1,000 pounds : lieing Cane One tier for 3cuiters, same pay as the cutter. & vartmen One doilar per @uy of 9 bours. Uverume 12 ets. par hour.' Other Kinds of Work One Doliar per day or 9 nours ov: ; 1) for weeding plang canes 3 cis. por line o light grass o) = . il ot WRC ST RN DFaoR. 80l weedige Batimn. 8 " Vo ight - 4) . o oy . Yoot HeANe al oidflacsoit #O. ta andsze ny2 1 line=loo £t 9. For Second Class Laborers 2nd Class 8. 75 =rs. per day of . hours or per line he same as first class. Overtime 9 ¢.s. per hour. 2nd. Class A. 50 eentse.per day of 9 hours, or per line thesame as firsc c.ass. Over- time 6 cts. per hour. : It is understood that the sama quantity of work sanno. b: demanded from secend class A. as from 2nd. class B. 3. All The Above Payments are D. W. I. currenty and'no adlizivna: will be paid ‘or , excharge. 4. The Working Day During the erop shail b 2 9 hours when working on day’s p .y, except for pasture people whose working hours are fron 6 tgsuns:t as usual. ' 'he working day during th2 fali months Septemboezy, O:u.)b:&’an(i November ori , ‘ shall be of 8 hours. 5. When &or More Laborors of a gang desire to work job, the whoi> gang works j b. 6. Upon Complaint That the vork on an estate is not car:ied cut fuicntu ly enda’’s pay. a committee composed of 2 men trom the bLapor Uanion and 2 from he ' Plantars Association, and a fitth parsoa chos2a by taesc four shaiiinvestigate he case, and if the complaint is tound jusufiad, ali the tield work oa this estate il hereafter, be carried out as job work. ‘The decision of the commit ee shall be by a majority vote. Ta. Bstate Laborers having a roon that do noi repor: for work a: least 5 daysin the week wi:l be charged for house reat at the rate of 10 cts. pe. day for tae workiag days he is absent. Tb. The Estates Bind themselves to give 5 days wock p2r week to laborers haviag house on the estate. 8. AllField Work During the crop seasoyn excepi carting and l.adinz oif cane must be performed during daylignt. 9. The Estate Laborers shall b entitled to provision ground on the usual terms aad condiilons as well as the otLer privileges ac present enjoyed. : 10. The Labor Union undertakes to supply the members of the Plani:rs Associatic 1, with all the laborers they roquire and when | borers from ourside o the island 2 e employed directly by the Pianters Association, Tae Lao)r Un.on wil fu nish su h laborers with signs entitling them to work with then ovwn meinbes s. ‘the Labor Union does not ooject to the cane loadinz at Whee: of Fortua: and tie irrigation gang at La Grange being made up {rom non-Union metibers from cfis island. 11. [his Agreement Enters into foree sheo the crop bezins by the firs: o the three factories. & 12. 71'his Agreement Is binding for both pardes until Ociobzer the Ist 1920, and during the time this agre2ment remains in ror:e no stri e orlock-out shali be de:lared, a~d no group of laborers shall eccase work in their own accord because of any grievanc 2, but shall report to the employer and to the Labor Uaion, and rema.a at work s usual. 12a. WhenA Dispute arises bet veen a laborer and an employer a complaint shall he made to the L.abor Union an< reconctiaiion be tried before notice lor discharge. The Laborr may bz suspen:led from work until the matcer has b2en discussed. 13. Negotiitions For renewal of this agreement shall begin not later ttan August Ist. 1920 and sup :lementaries then decidad on may be added to chis agreemznt. The Undersigned Buly authcrized representatives of the Labor Jgpion and the Planters Association hereby pledge themselves to do evervihing in their power io see that this agreement is faithfully carried out. St. Croix January i3th 1920. Signed in Behalf of The Labor Union, R. pE CHABERT. Signed on behalf of The Planters Association. F. ANDERSEN. ROBERT SKEOCH. AXEL. BERLAND.