, 1873-10-31
THE MANUFACTURERS.

Special udpdtcA 10 1Hs ChacdHo iFtoRHf.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 80.--Tho following is the
condition Of tho mills IN Germantown: Dron-
Bon'B hosiery mill is running four and one~llaif
days weekly, About two-thtr1s tho usual NUM-
Dor Of operatives arc employed Tho prospects
for continuance Of work aro fair. Aaron Jones
j. Sons aro running on thrco-quartor time, with
about haf tho usual forco. Buttons Mill, on
fancy goods md hosiery, is working up to
about five days wooh1Y. Three hundred hands
havo steady work In this establishment, with q
fntr prospect Of continuance for Bome tinlo. Tho
goods now being turned out arc principally from
bnck orders. There has bcon no reduction in
wages, and no difficulty experienced in obtaining
Butllciont currency from bauks to pay tho handa.
Charlos Spencer & Go. arc running throe-quarter
tino In aotno departments, and full time in
othcrs. Half tho usuhl number Of hands are
employed. Joseph Thurman, Jr.'s mill iH work.
Dor Of hnnds aro employed. Workhore will prob
ably continue for another month. Thurman has
paid hiB employees regularly during tho financial
trouble robert Gertligo. elovS manufacturer, is
Donjamin Mlon i Bro. employ their regular
force Oh thrco-quartor timo turning out only n
sui1icienoy for Immediate market requirements.
Tie scratchards Spinning Mill Is running one Of
aro running abont tho same, and any or all may
shut down within week. About 90 per cent.
Of the employees in Wilmington's Loathor Manu-
factory hayo boon discharged.
Special Dispatch to 1he Chtcago Tribune.
THE FAIL RIVER MILLS.
BOSTON, b1ass., Oct. S0.-Thero was another
meeting Of the Directors Of tho Fall River mills,
at which 1t was decided, after reports and Q gem
that is. eight hours day- for four days in the
week, Oh and after next Tuesday. Ihirty-flvo
mills como into this arrangement. Those .thnt
romain out arc the Mechanics and Border City,
which havo contracts for their November pro-
1nction, and tho Robeson and Fall River Print
Works. When in full operation, these thirty
nll,e mills employ about 14,000 operators, and
$500, 900.
run but four days each wook and eight hours q
day. Tho remaining two mills havo November
contracts. Theac will employ $4,000 operatives,
and thoir monthly, pay-rolls, wlion in full oper-
alton, amount to $3.50, ,o00.
800 operatives arc thrown out Of employment.
|. THE MERn1lAcK wooLEN MILLS,
near Lowell ]lave iaBrod orders to discharge oil
their omploycs and close tic mills as soon at
their stock on hand shall have been worked up.
GENERAL CAUTION. ''>ti u,
There is q general disposition amongst al
manufacturers to go slow. aud hundreds oil
are likely to do 10 or stop entirely until thore i:
brighter prospect ahead. Tho conviction rhai
thiB will ho n hard winter for the classes do
pendent on daily earnings is slowly gaining
ground.
NEW JERSEY MILLS.
New YonN. Oct, 3o.-Tho following itoms arc
received regarding tho manufacturing establish
ments in Paterson, N: j.: Dexter, Lambert &
Co.'s silk-msll resumed operations to-day with a
force OF 200 hands. Tho Strange silk-mill il
running on half ti1no, but wages have not boen
reduced. Havi]l g. Booths Hk-mill iB running
with forco Of less than d hundred hands,
working throc-quartor tilno. When IN full opera
tion 45o arc employed. THO Passaic Rolling
mill is working full time. The Paterson iron
Company is. working 100 men, aud will continuo
through the wintcr. The Leti1nor Boilor-WorhH
Watson Manufacturing Company, and tho
MoNab l. Harlan Company have plenty Of
work on hand, and will probably continue
through tho winter.
NEW YoRK, Oct. 90.-0ne of tho effects OF the
panic was the throwing out Of employment Of al
least 10000 working girls from the different
factories at Newark, Nj.
The Trenton Zinc-Works discharged thirty
hands to-day.