The New York herald., 1873-11-07
THE CRISIS ELSEWHERE.
xts Effect In Different Sections OF the
Country.

GLASS BOTTLE MANUFACTURES
There are thirteen glass bottle manufactures i'm
Pittsburg, Pa OF which number six are in opera
ton and seven are idle.
REDUCTION or wAaEs
reduction OF twenty-five cents per day in tho
wages Of the employees OF the Taunton (Masa) Oar
Company announced Monday. In c0nse-
quence twenty-five OF the carpenters are on Q
strike.
sHOET HOURS EXPECTED.
The nail mill at Somerset, Mass, is still runnin4
full time, bat the hands expect to be limited 70
short hours at any moment.
wosK ON RAILROAD SUSPENDED.
Work on the Harrisburg and Potomac RailrosA
has been suspended. large number Of hands
have been thrown out OF employment in cOnsos
quence.
TAKING FRESH START.
The Delaware Rolling Mil at Phlllipsburg, N. j.,
which suspended operations week or two since
on account OF the dull times, has started again.
RAILROAD REDUCTION.
Providence paper says the Boston and Provi.
dence Railroad Company has discharged aboua
forty OF Its employees, and 1t Is proposed to reda0G
the number OF trains ON account OF lack OF busH
ness
WORKINGS OF THE PANIC IN NEW ENGLAND.
Az the Magee Stove Factory in Chelsea there Is Q
shortening up In manufacturing, and the wages
OF employees have been reduced.
During the past week about 400 employees OF tho
watch ate Company at Matam nave pese
complete stopping OF the factory on Saturday ior
one month at least.
Davis Il Furber's works at North AndOver have
discharged 100 employees.
W. W. Freeman 4 Co.'s Print Works at North
Adams have stopped work for an indefinite period,
and the Glen Mills only on half time.
Streeter Merrick Il Co., silk manufacturers at
sneoane @ Fails nave Just put IN hsr new @ steam amen en-
with reduced hands, The cutlery WORKS are run
ming on Iull time and regular pay, and with no
son Co. have reduced the pay OF their men,, bus
continue on u time.
The Lyman Mills corporation at Holy0ke have
reduced the wages OF their employees ten per cent.
b. b. Noyes Co., OF Greenfield. have begun
running their mills on half time.
The woolien mills OF s. Backinton 4 Son, at
Blackinton, and the North Adams Woolen Com
pany's and Glen Woollen Company's Mills at North
Adams, began running three.quarter time on
Monday.
At Waterbury, Conn.,, number OF shops have
reduced their running time, but with only two or
three exceptions have made no reduction In the
number OF employees. Thirteen. firms and COM
panies running on full time.
The clock shops in Thomaston and Plymouth,
Conn.,, have not been running for o fortnight, but
Will start up directly. The brass mill and the lock
shops in that town are running on the eigbt-h0ur
plan.
THE MILLS AT MANCHESTER, N. II.
According to the Mirror the mills at Manchester
part. The Amoskeag Company make thirty diner
ent kinds OF goods and have 600 900 or 900
OF quick capital They Will run as long as there Ia
probability that their goods can be sold at cost.
The stark Mills are prosperous, ana are running
nights to fill orders for their seamless bags.
The Langdon Mills viii run as long as they can
do so without loss.
The print works have not got fully settled under
the new management, and are cutting down the
working force and running time. The retrench-
ment is mainly in the wooden department.. There
Is stock enough on hand to keep the spnners and
weavers at work till the 1st OF December, and that
Will be worked up before shutting down entirely.
The locomotive works, which are an important
part OF the Industries OF CITY, have run on Short
time for week, but, In consequence OF new orders.
Will start on full time again About $50 men are
command and will make locomotives as long as
they can get pay for them.
THE LAWRENCE (MAss) MILLS.
None OF the Lawrence mills have vet ceased
operations, and only one has ceased running every
day In the week, and that one Is in operation four
The Pacific Mills are In full operation, giving en-
ployment to 4,5oo persons, although the manage
ment have under consideration the reduction
either OF wages or hours OF labor
The Atlantic Mills are running four days In the
week, ten hours per diem. There has been, how
ever, no reduction IN the number OF employees or
wages, and the management hope to proceed on
this basis
The Pemberton Mills are running on full time,
employing full complement OF help at reduced
wages, however.
The Washington Mills are in full operation, pay
ing full wages and employing 1900 hands. pOr-
ton OF the woollen department was stopped In
June last owing to the depression OF the market.
but are doing night work on four nights In tho
week to meet the demand for their goods slight
reduction in wages may be made.
The Lawrence Woollen Mill has made nomaterial
reduction, though, like the Washington Mill, por
ton OF their machinery has been inactive since
midsummer. slight reduction In the hours OF
labor has been made.
The Everett Mills have commenced to operate on
The Methuen Mills are running on full time al
machinery that water power Will carry
The new print cloth mill recently built BY the
mas and will give employment TO some ooo per-
THE SHOE BUSINESS IN NEW BEDFORD. MASS.
While shoe manufacturers all over the state OF
Massachusetts have for some time been complain
ford has been unusually brisk up to the present.
tlme and some Of the factories have found 1t i'm
saek aS nw and hands were dis
charged from o number OF the factories last week.
SUSPENSIONS AND REDUCTIONS IN NEW YORK STATE.
The wages OF the men employed in the Rens-
selaer and Saratoga Railroad shops on Green
Island near Troy, have been reduced ten per cent.
and their time reduced to nine hours per day.
Some OF the slate mills at Middle Granville N. Y,
have suspended.
ut North Creek Warren county, N. Y, ON the line
OF that compaDy's railroad, will, In q few weeks.
suspend operations for the iall and winter.
THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS IN PmLADEL-
At the Baldwin Locomotive Works there were
1900 men employed when the strlngency COM
menced IN September. About half OF these have
been discharged, leaving 1880 men now working
on three-quarter time, commencing work AZ eignt
In the morning and quitting at half-past iour IN
the evening In the middle OF September the nrm
had orders enough on hand to keep them al work
until December l, but there was nj once o Iailing
OH in home orders, and the reduction of force was
necessary In order TO keep the works running un-
Gil the end OF the year. During the past ten
months they have built 42o engines, being con-
sideraby In OF the NUMBER Dulit IN the cor
responding periods OF last year. The production
Is now reduced from about 40 finished engines to-
from 10 to Is per month.
There has been almost total cessation Of orders
for new engines for American roads, but the firm
have still on hand several contracts for foreign
countries and inquiries have recently been re-
ceiyed from CNeada, South America and Russia,
which leads TO the nope that large numbers OF en-
pines will be built for these tries In the
live months. The discharges IRON the locomotive
works have been from all the Shops and include
blacksmiths iron oundcrs brass founders, carpen-
ters painters, boiler makers and laborers. Tho
men who are retained have submitted chccrfuiy
to the reduction OF hours OF labor and the corre-
spending decrease OF pay, seeming to DC glad "a
novo bQon aQ m tai m