Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-17
Had Linen In Nsw York.

show the effect of the present business stagna-
ton upon the working men Of that city. 1t
says:
The effect Of the distress which now pervades
the commercial and financial intere5.s il felt
very s~ensibly upon the manufacturing establish
nents Of the city, as well as throughout the
country At large. IN almost every d pirtment
OF industry there has been a eurtailDent Of op-
~-ratious W hin he las, few weeks, attended,
generally, BY the discharge of many persons
employed upon them.
Ia al b. great iron foundsTies, in the ship
wards. i,dsed in nearly every department Of
labor hire has been a dimIn ton Of fiom one
! fourth to one third IN he 5mouet of work done
pr Of labor, employed f. some b. wages hav~
been reduced aid Others are working on snort
tim.
A the Novelty Iron Works more than 200
men base be,n dis-hsrg-d; Of 100 men usuaih
employed A. SeroI's lion fourdry 30 only aIe
At work The D y Dock Iron Werkssrs taking
no contracts ami Neep bat 20 isbofers nt the
IS on the pay ruii. The No gao Iron W rks
nave dis, h4rgrd Cd. Boardlnsn- H1ib-o5k &
Co., Nsptuqe Iron Works, have dismissed 80,
md III 10 left have but iitle n d.. and tiny
vii sufar a % cent per diem dimunition ct
wages. The meu az Dei@matef's irou Works
have been reduced iron, 2J0 TO 10
Tmrfy men nave been discharged recently a.
James Murphy & Co.'s Fulton iron Works, Nc.
$50 Cherry sueeE.
33S Front ; rect, here are between 20 and 80
meI employed al prsssat; they sometimes give
work 70 200.
E. J. Austin. Maehinisf, in Centre. near tue
corner Of Rsade, hss quite a large estabiish
ment, bat Beariy all his men have been DIS
charged for the crescent.
James Bogardus, Architecture Iron Works
is u~rtatlIug largely, as is ais the case at the
Columbian Foundry.
S c HIRING & Co, No PSI Murray street,
employ 200 men in the mandatory of their
fr--pfolf safes. Mr.. Herring contsmplates
r,du-ing the tine Of his employees; he thinks
t more Just to them 70 employ them a halt
line, than to discharge a portion OF them al
together. None have been dismissed.
At John StepbehsOn's omnibus mandatory,
No. AZ East Twehty-Seveath street, there are
us men now at work. The average num5er
employed At this establishment is $50.
l. NJ. Singer & Co. manufacturers Of Sew
ing Machines, No. 1913 Broadway, up TO last
saturday employed 30 men at their factory in
Centre street. On Saturday they discharged
them all.
Grover & Baker. manufacturers of sewing
machines, employ 275 men. They have recent
{ tisehaIgei tsH men in their tool manufae-
-ursHg department
Dyu4ics q CutINuOus thM- IiduALnNNlirAo
No. 34S B o4dway, on Saturday discharged al
their bal ds, Numbering 325.
The American Tract society has been obliged.
in pru snee, to contract its book publishing Op
eTauoas- They usually run 10 presses ow
only s are at work. In their (oOok) compost
non and press rooms they employ about Il
hands generally. That number now is consld
zrabiy reduced. In the binding department
there are generally some $50 hands. Perhaps
- rnuHFh - fhaaa h.ua kaau frarharwEH p. Ins
remainder are al on half time.
D.. Appleton & Co, publishers, have dis
charged fifteen men recently.
Thomas Fsye & Co, manufacturers Of pa,
peT-haugings are about discharging all then
hands-Over ore hundred. About twenty have
been sent of already.
Holman & GREY, printers, employed about
forty hams they have discharged them al
for a short time.
August, Ssptenber and October, are the busy
months for the leather dealers in "Ths
Swamp The present crisis effects then
principally BY checking their sales, and in con-
sequence filing heir warehouses with stock.
Usually at this time OF the year the upper
doors are nearly empty-now they are packet
70 the ceiling. Distant buyers that usually or
der bills Of $1,000, are Satisfied with SIOCC
now, AMI none but men whose paper Is beyOnt
suspicion, are encouraged u buy The Ferry
rec rtoAN1 'nNAo W
five men besides the clerks. These are IN nc
anger Of being discharged, as it requires !
good deal of experience TO be valuable IN theil
tine. and it is more economical to keep them
hough unemployed, than to risk losing theii
services when they are needed
Williams, stevens, WdliFms & Co, manu-
f~acturers Of looking glasses, hav- seysnty mer
At wo, K ; they have discharged six, aid put all
he rest upon short time.
There are about one hundred and fifty per
sons emaioyed a. John r4yi0r's Confectionery
A few have been recently discharged
Toe work on the NV York ard Erie Rail
1 DAD Tu mel, through the Bargin Kiii, has beet
emporauly suspended, throwing about on
thousand two huudceI men ous OF employ
nent.
Roosevelt. Joies & Co, shiPbuilders at to
foot of Hous5on street, employ now about ,
sen II or so Is he average number employ Cd
lrre wnen bustaess Is good-
Fron the sbsve It is evidently impossi'ie, !
any tabllsT exhibit. to slev fairly the ext@a'
o which -mplcy -es n-ve hsea thrown on o'
work The 81 y ards that usually sVaru
WITH wBTktnsn. are Amos d-se ted now. W.
c mn u estimate the ndmber 1t heads OF FAM
ises on tbs account iet ide The ~fo.ioWlHs
able however, spproxinates he number thal
rom known estsbiishmenis. either had beer
lately discharged, OF by which they are shor
of Their useful force