The New York herald., 1873-11-15
NEW YORK.
The Outlook in Utica and syracuse-Mills
and Manufactories at Work-A Better
Prospect for the Winter.

and Mann fac ctories at WOrk-A Better
Prospect for the Winter.
UTICA Nov. IL. 1873.
Although q considerable reduction has been made
In the general working forces OF some OF the lead
ing mills and factories OF this city and vicinity, the
indications are that the majority OF the establish
ments Will Keep running during the winter Nearly
all or them are now running on full time with their
usual Iorce. The Utica Steam Cotton Mills, which
employ 700 men, run five days In the week, and the
Utica Steam W0olen Mills, belonging to A. T.
Stewart which have been closed OF late for
repairs. will resume operations on Monday with
an undiminfshed force. The Globe Woollen Mills
are also running on Iul time. The shoe manuac-
tories, which employ about 900 men, are IN the
same happy condition as their brethren In Roches.
ter. They are running night and day, and have as
much as they can do to fll all their orders.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR THR WINTER.
The Utica Steam Portable Engine Mandatory,
am told, may possibly stop work soon; but the
company are determined to keep right along
should nothing worse happen than mas already
tory are for the present idle; but by
next week they win be re-empoyed The Chad
establishments are stin wol KING on full time
and with M no reduction OF wages or iorce
a sg cs Ky seep 'ns at
work during the winter. "We shall keep
on WORKING said one OF them to me to-day.
las long as we have money enough to buy stamps"
termination to ight the crisis is but single indl-
cation OF tine general pluck OF the manufacturers.
They one and all say they will
HOLD OUT TO THE BITTER END.
so long as they can get money enough to keep their
macninery to work; and what is bet er stil, they
one and all Sesye snat they VIII s,s 9e abe 70 Keep
certainly far from beng pannicky.
THE ILI0N FACTORIES.
The Remington establishments in Iii0n, Herkimer
arm tn-6ay IN q or IN.
tleman connected with the "Armory," on full time
and wltI iull force. About i,Soo persons are
refer to states that they will be retained during the
winter and that no reduction in wages is oontem.
plated.
The Rome Iron Works, which employed about
out o. employment-at least the puddlers-made
an offer to the company, II retained, to take their
pay IN scrip, at three and four M months; 20 put the
could not keep the works going. 1t Is said that
the company has about $500, 600 worth o. stock in
the matter OF pudded iron, &C., and tnat the
works may, possibly, be opened during the winter
II the demand for rails justfes sucn thing. 1t is
estimated that about 5000 men Will be out OF en-
ployment during the win er IN Utica and vicinity.
may add Just here, as sort OF post note, that
tion In wages time has been made, at least so 1
/ have been informed by manufacturer who came
from the Falls to-day.
SYRACUSE, Nov. H. 1873.
The crisis has spent it's iorce iD this city, and 1t
is now the general belief OF business men that the
winter Will not be SO severe upon the community
in financial point of view as many were led to
think 1t would be few weeks ago. Con-
fidence has been almost completely restored.
and the general feeling is OF the most en-.
couraging character. From all that l have
been able to learn from the manufacturers
It would seem that the depression In New York
city two weeks ago had more to do with the de-
preston here than because OF any unsOundness OF
the banks OF Syracuse or the dstrust OF the bust
| ness men themselves. Still, the order OF the day
in most all the manufactures Is curtament, not
| so much on account OF the present money strin'
| gency as on account OF
| THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE FUTURE.
| The manufacturers are good spirits and declare
their ability TO get along throagh the winter with
/ out any serious danger OF a failure OF any OF the
1 large establishments But to make this assurance
dOu5y sure they have come to the conclusion
that lor the benefit OF the workingmen generally
a little hauling In % OF sail IS necessary. They
| piiIng up stock while collections are SO slow and
| in the lace of what they look upon as bare con.
| tingency Only-ol worse times to come. The re-
suit oI this conclusion is the In nearly oil the
| workshops-a reduction OF force. and in most
cases reduction oil time and wages.
There are about 800 men, ordinary lab0rers,
now cnga led on the city improvement work, who
will be. OF course, when the cold weather sets IN
discharged; but this IS only an annual occurrence
with the ordinary abOrers and cannot be placed as
| among one o the results oil the Crisis. There are
| also 500 men at work on the Central road where
the beds are being made Tor the new double
/ the employ OF the city and al about the same time.
There are usually about 5000 men employed
IN THE MACHINE SHOPS
| including railroad shops; 500 in the cabinet ware
| manu- ,act0res and 500 IN the tobacco trade, which
is quite large here. ABOUT ten per cent o. these
have been discharged Many OF the establish
ments have reduced the wages or the men they re-
| tain and reduced the working time also.