The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-23

Some Of the female operatives are refined and lady like
They capable OF adjoining almost any circle in society,
and frequently conspicuous the best society N
lawrence The highest this class Of operatives earn %
per week. They are mostly employed in the Weaving
how ABOUT TIE Rx1,o,ors cARAc1u rHn orzaAnvEsi
night 5 yoS ons soSsSss the rens'oS '0'
A-Their religious character, am sorry 10 say, 10 not
too sood Our aim k TO have good moral ano religious
nfuepce and would nischarge IN overseer for
an oath as would for inccmpeency have never beard
an oath ps OF since the mills started
x-Noi many. large portion come here without much
clothing get n the habit Of staying home the
Sabbath The Catholics, composed mostly Of the Irish
and English, attend church regularly ~ Catholics
WOODEN PILLARS VI GAIT IRoS-wnAr THE ROTTEN
4'A PACwTC MnIsr
Q.-There are rumcrs abroad That the mnl b unsafe.
that the wooden pillars rapidly decayiDg, and that
you fear 70 set to work At thew tear
Alt that Of the wooden pillars de-
csymg and they taken out and their places sup
ry % oi she mill Is IN many any danger u..erly deny ~oS
ING out upon the bulcus own $50 600 in the stnck Of
the alton and apart from the sensations which the
folly for to remaiu moment without applying
medy, II thought the mill IN dagger. No, s'r; ~
s.io and secure mill =: there ere 10 the country and
emphted for alterations IN the mills with eye
70 insure future safety As TO tho value Of cast iron p
lars over wooden personally give my preference 70 The
former but the Pembertan accident tho
companies favor the wo0uen pilars, IN of an I'M
pending g.: crash nsy viii give hs alarm BY cracking
From all The Information your reporter could gaancr
from this source, but few persons have sf The Pacific
places alled by those who formerly worked In the
Pemberton mills.
LAwRxscs, Mass. Jan. 1S, 1850
Tie Cause I s Disaster 10 the Pembosow NIL WIN 0GAs
Tumble Dosrm p-Brig Aooov~ts # The Paetfc, Aeansic,
WasAix0tos asd Duck klus-rAs Oprat;uss and 7Aeir
IdeaA-7Ae Serious FIsttevi~s Of tie "Lsa1s Ossok'
Eis Abandoned bv tAe workxes-Damaae to TIE Pacific
kHs-Ssampede Of Workmas-A Word on PolsHcs-7Ae
Helper Book, &c., dc.
The excitement In relation 70 the destruction Of the
PembertOn Mill very naturally causing the attention Of
the community 10 be attracted TO the other immense
structures used manufactures, and situated sup
posed with but two exceptions, upon nearly the
description Of foundation that Of the Pemberton.
But the theory that that mill collapsed on &C.
count Of Q faulty foundation or sab-foundAtion 10
nearly exploded, as, upon examination Of the stoue
wall upon which the whole structure rsatsd, II
s asoertained that there has been NO material
variation in u from s original base since the building
erected The report Of quicksand bottom s doubtless
fabulous. The destruction Of the edAoe h in the opinion
ason-Sa loCo oifCitcu
during the investigation thus far and from matters
fore known-to be attributed either defective
iron pillars, or supports, which had to sustain
undue weight Of machinery and other material, TO
in the calculations Of the civil engineer under
whose supervision the building constructed plan
ned. The latter supposiaon, however, u not we'll
tanned the former for the engineer referred
Capt H. BgelOw, graduate Of West Point and for
time past experimenting government works. at New Bed
ford He arrived In town last night from the latter place,
and viii give his testimony before the Coroners jury
day. Other experts in civil engineering will also be pre-
sent and full history Of the mechanical defects Of this
and other similar structures ehcited. This testimony will
be important, and probably shed = light upon tho
has thppwn this entire community into state OF gloom,
and which win undoubtedly awaken every community
where similar establehmene situated 70 grave
of the importance Of guarding, % far pospe against
the recurrence Of 40 enoi nous fatality.
Now 70 the other large manufactures In lawrence.
The largest and most important the Pacific; the Bay
State Tor, as IL is termed, the Wsshneton) s the
next the Atlantic third; end q concern caie1
denominated, H the last In the Lawrence category Of
these "oomestc institutions Of the North and most
likely 10 be the FIRST 70 follow the disastrous fate OF the
The Pacific Mills embrace cotton min and print works.
and cotton and wooen goods oelanes, &c
Ii s the largest establishment Of the END in the United
States ana, perhaps, the world It's ground mornings
area Of I'VE acres The main building is built
Of brick Eve stories high The foundation Of solid
sonry twenty FIVE feet below the surface resting upon
flint rock bottom, upon part Of leoge extending into
the river. The Pacific Mills capable OF employ ing
$500 peTscrs and its roll was at one time 900 per
month At present about 600 hands employ ed-be
400 and 500 in the print works. the balance In the
main mills The operatives IN the print works are mostly
maee natives of England and Scotland those in the cot
mill arc principally females young and old, and are
composed Of Irh, Ems sh and Amercan-she preponde-
being about in the order named with some Scotch
Germans &C., interminged The principal supports
Of the budir pillars, which removed
they decay and their places supplied BY cast iron pillars
No flaw has been found in Of the latter thus far Mr.
Cbapn the agent Of the Pacific b OF the most sincere
ard kndest Of men, allevistes the oisresses OF the
poorest whenever of them dies, himself and his
family attend their funeral In the print works of the
Pacific the beet workmen about So per day. others
down to Sl4 per month What the females earn In the
cotton mill, Snd how they spend for board, clothing
the support poor reatves &C. we may be able to state
in our next
With regard to the Washington Mills formerly Bay
State the they bore until the financial collapse OF
1857 which prostrated some Of the noDares but eft
the walls of the mills sandng), have To state that the
agent thereof s Capt Fox formerly commander OF cole
brated New York steamer called the George Law. The
superintendent worthy ScotchInan, named John Pen
der, who was among the most active Of the Pemberton
This je also immense concern but
teDsive a. the Pacific yet employing about the same num-
Der OF hands ,eoo), with capacity 70 furnish employ
The operatives in the Washington Mills mostly Scotch
ard EDehsb, with sprinklDg OF Eish and American.
appear have unbounded confidence the security Of
tho buildings in which they labor There u crack
in the walls Of the Washington tha: We can hear
of; on the contrary, 10 represented 70 be
and subetaDua structure Of the kind any In
tbecouptry, excpt, perhaps, the Msrrimac at lowell
Its foundations, also, mainly rest upon Ant and rock.
The Atlantic mills wen spoken Of as 10 their soidhy
ard apprshen1ops that ascertain, felt
Their security The work In Them prooecds - usual, wh
nearly the usual nupber OF operatives
As 70 the Duck mill imperfect, rafting, shaky, imsy
as it s, there thing 70 be said about TIT has not
yet tunbed down, nor will II soon, likely from the
weight Of operatives stands rather shakes,
II had the delivium keme"s in every high wind. The
fauk 10 regard 70 this mill H In making topheAvy, by
placing s heaviest machinery In It's upper ssoreson the
principle probably, that ship shond carry ,s bal
last in the oretnp. Tho operatives deserted the tsls
Duck" immedialsIy after the fall OF the Pemberton,
and literally from this 'snettle, danger, have
plucked this flower, safety" y under.
stood that work viii bo resumed 70 day ia
this MILL in The two lower stnSes, leaving tho two upper
to wrege they please There generaiiy i've
hundrca TO sx hundrod orersi,ves employed IN the MILL
but probably not third II the number will venture
within In walls again until the security structure is
placed hey ond pefadyenture.
The above embraces list Of al tho principal mills in
ptaca them enuld