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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 1 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble Marble Interview Ho 7 High up an the east hill overlooking the West Rutland marble valley and the village of West Rutland are streets of marble work ers homes The worker to...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 2 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble None of the furniture was new but none was dilapidated Mr and Mrs M had no children though an their lawn and in the quiet street played half a dozen clean faced...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 3 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble they havent repaired it The tenants have to do all the repairing Q How long have you lived here A Fourteen years Q How much rent do you pay A Ten dollars...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 4 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 4 Q That about credit at the grocery store Do most of the men pay cash at a chain store or do most of them buy on credit at an independent grocery...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 5 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 5 A Ive been telling the men for years that they should think more about getting their salaries raised than about raising a garden Its hard work here in the mills and...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 6 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble C to have this premium deducted from their wages and so do not belong to the pension plan The payment on retirement is based on the aver age wage during the past...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 7 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 7 A No the strike was a lot more successful than the papers said The common laborers were getting thirtyseven and onehalf cents an hour ann got a raise to fortyfour cents...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 8 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble A Three The kilns have to go twentyfour hours a day Q How do they make the lime A They put the waste marble into big author and crush it then it...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 9 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble A We got them all every one of them Theyre all in the com mittees report Q Name one condition that was changed will you A le110 the lunch hour change was...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 10 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 10 property of the marble company from the strikers Instead they went roaming around the streets looking for trouble They were picked by the sheriffs of Caledonia and Windsor counties One of...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 11 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 11 A From mine rent and insurance I dont have the pension Q What about water bills A These are paid directly to the town now and has been that way since...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 12 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble la what to do and I told them to stay right where they were So we all stuck and when the deputies came around to the house threaten ing us we just...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 13 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 13 from their members and they have Polish polkas Of course they play a few waltzes and modern dances but most of them are polkas and theyre a real hogwrastle if there...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 14 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 14 they told us there were already agencies to take care of situations like ours and thats all the satisfaction we ever got out of them Later we wrote the President and...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialImage 15 of [Interview No. 7]
Marble 15 children look brown and clean and healthy A aLL And theyre tough little ones too You should have seen them during the strike right in with the fathers and mothers fighting...- Contributor: Mr. M - Mrs.m