Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-13
IBdustriaI News.

The brick manufacturers Of Reading are very
actively employed. aud have been unable to keep
up with the demand.
A new est abishment, for galvanizing iron has
just been put into operation in Rsading, 1t will
employ number of hands.
The workmen in the Philadelphia m+chine
shops are holding meeting. TO support the
strikers at Morriss FJundry.
Some of the blowers in the glass works at
Rock Island, ILL.,, make from $40 to @2o apiece
for every eight hours they work
At Starts foundry, at Camden, N. J the pro-
piiotors proposed to reduce wages 10 per cent.
but the men resisting compromise was made
on five.
Not single mechanic or laborer has been
discharged at Moline, ILL.,, on accoant of the
financial unpleasantneas and all the factories
will run to their full capacity during the entire
winter. There Will be no reduction OF wages OF
withholding Of money.
In Philadelphia, Bement & Dongherty, of the
Industrial Works. and Matthews Moore, both
OF whom have large iron working embellishments,
have stated their intention not TO reduce wages.
The latter firm, it is said. have wcrk enough to
keep them busy for year ahead.
At a meeting of the Pittsburg, Pa, Coal Ex-
change, held Tuesday morning, it was reported
that the miners in the different pits are return,
ing to work at the old prices, aud the general
impression seemed to be that appearances lndi-
cate a speedy resumtion OF work in all the mines
Inc OuftiBb " 1uDDdEu 'hiuMaio SohlPeAH ot
Middletown. Conn.,, has decided to stop. work
durirg the present dull times. Me-srs Wilcox,
Orittenden & Co.. will run on half time Inc
Mddlesex Plate Company, who have been run
ming nights and days will stop running nights
for the present.
The cooperative Manufacturing Company at
Springfield VT is making ave hundred lointed
wooden dolls a day. The heads are OF sold
wood with features stamped on by hydrostauG
pressure. These dolls stand, kneel, sit and mold
tl,... H., fnp EHa
Fifty hands are employed each shareholder IN
the company and receiving ten per cent. OF lis
wages in stock.
contract has been made with Colts Manu-
featuring Company at Hartford for the manu-
facture OF 1860 of the universal Jpb-prlntlng
presses which are sold at Rochester. N. Y. The
value of the contract is about half million.
The Woodruff iron works has received from the
Unltad States government contract tor the en-
gines and boilers for one OF the four new steam
sloeps of war. The contract amounts to about
$l75 900.
Several of the cotton mills Of Philadelphia
have in consequence OF the stringency In money
and the few orders received, been forced 10 pu
their employees on half time. Among these man
ufacturers are MIR. RawleY, who makes suspend.
ers; Messrs Erwin d Stinson, check goods' ane
James Long, cotton and woolen mills. MT
Dolan has given temporarily up the manuiacture
of shawls and is now manufacturing cioths Al
these mills are in the Nineteenth ward.
The employees of Messrs. Campbell 4 oo.i
cotton MILL at Manayunk, struck on FRIDAY
against a reduction OF 15 per cent in wages ~, ~,
hands are idle. The men earned from SlO 10 w
per week women from "a to $ll, and boys ans
girls from "a to $7, the prices varying in eacl
case according to the skill and industry oil tn
worker. The propretors justify themselves OF
the ground that orders had declined. aud tina
many who had ordered were not considered safe
This silk manufacturing interest, at Paterson
N. j., is suffering. Dexter, Lambert q 20
have been reducing their force from time {
time during the last few months, and on Wed
nesday closed their mill aud discharged abou
ITS hands. The Phenix Manufacturing 20. wer
Saturday night had discharged 125 men, IN
McNab 4 Harlan Manufacturing % are worH
ing three-fourths time. They employ l2o mef