The New York herald., 1873-11-08

THE PANIC EEw HAkPsHIRE.
rhe financial panic has reached Nashua, and
general reduction OF help Ii being made through
out the various cotton mills and different manuiac
turing interests In the city.
AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.
The Ohio Tool Works are running on half time.
The Piqua Railroad shops have made reduction
OF Is per cent. The shops run by the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, and It's shops every
where share the rule.
oNE-HALF THE employees IN wETPORT, CONN, ARE
IDLE
In Westport, where capital OF over $500, 600 is
employed times are tight Out OF TOO operatives
about $50 are at work Lees cotton factory has
reduced its force and is running on short time;
the same with Kemper's morocco factory, which
usually employs rs to 100 hands. The Saugatuck
Manufacturing Company, which has had q force OF
l00 has reduced the number to rs.
SUSPENSION OF IRON WORKS.
The Brookve Jereysonian says:-The Brady's
Bend Iron Works, OF Brady's Bend, Armstrong
county, Pa, which gave employment to 600 men
and supported population OF 5000 people, and
whose works comprise four blast furnaces, coal
banks, &c. have sucoumbed TO the financial pres
sure and have ceased operations. The assets OF
the company, 1t Is said. will fall short OF their LA
bilities.
OPERATIVES OUT OF ExPLoYKENT IN NoRwALK,
CONN.
At Norwalk 1000 men and women are employed
in good times. The banks are reported "crawllng
along.n The Beatty Bros, straw hat manufac-
tureTs who have been closed several months, are
going 10 resume again, whicn will give employment
to many girls. The NOrwalk LOCK Company's
works are closed and 100 bands are lde: Ihe NOT,
employed. The hating interest Is parayzed The
Messrs. Smith, Palmer y Davenport Adams Bros
ing in the aggregate, in good times, 500 men, now
have much less Than o. ana tney report no pros
AT NoKRIsTowN, PA.
The Norristown. Pa-) Herald OF November
says:-"The manufacturers OF Norrstown anu VI
cinity are better on than persons engaged In
similar business elsewhere. To be sure our cotton
and wooen mills are still running, most not all
Of them on short time, however, but number OF
furnaces along the river have been put out OF
blast and others will follow suit, while the rolling
mills have almost entirely suspended work. The
number OF men thrown out OF employment in con-
sequence is truly alarming. In some localities,
rather than submit TO reduction o. WAGES Work th
absurdity OF this proceeding becomes more mani
fest when 1t is considered that employers, in most
instances, would rather deier operations. aud only
offer to proceed at reduction lor the oenent OF
those employed" -.
The Indianapolis Journal OF November says
'At the pork houses which are in operation in this
CITY there daily applications for work Dy nun
dreds OF men, who cannot be employed We're we
to say that every day thousand men are thus dis
appointed in their quest for something to do to
keep the wolf from the door the statement
would not be an exaggerat0n. The pork house
state that II Is ptliul TO hear the earnest ap'
peals for work that are made by men having fami-
lies dependent upon their labor, and to witness
their disappointnient when informed that there
are no vacancies in the working force to be hlled.
Another indication OF the stress OF these troub-
lous tunes is the large number OF people VINO
throng the pork houses for the purpose OF purchas.
the meat blocks, which are sold at cheap rates:
Hundreds OF persons, Old and young, large and
small, among whom are those apparently well-to-
do go daily to the pork houses on this business
NEW YORK IRON ORE MINES.
The Amenia (N " Times says that, on account
of the financial difficulties as much, perhaps. as
any thing, the ore bed at Mount Riga has been
closed for an indefinite period, thro wing number
OF laborers out OF employment; AMI the st0ppage
Of the Burden Company's works au Albany and the
furnaces at Troy has sackeDed the emand Tor ore
and necessitated the dlscharae Of / large number
OF hands and decrease in the OF lers wages at
the Manhattan mines at sharon .ation. TINS Is
the largest mine in the county ant brings an I'M
mense trade TO Amenia and its Gle se would mate
rally anect merchants. At the peekskill mine,
Squabbe Hole, they are not getting out much ore.
At Leedsvie small force only Is retained TO re.
move the soil and have things in readiness for
brisk business when the iron trade opens again.
The Gridey and Klcnarasoa eompan,es pa,nes
| trouble is apprenended for the present. Tne re-
ports IRON the mines at Ore Hill, Kent and Sails
| bury are very favorable.
| James Starord's spinning mill usually employs
| 40 hands; there are only four at work. In
| the same building are several other frms-Lees n
Leach, weavers and William Good. spinner OF fine
| yarns, both standing still, and Leach Bro., also
| yarn spinners, who are running on hree-quarter
| time
| Mrs Samuel Stanord's mill employs about 40
hands spinning yarns; 1t Is now closed.
Kenworthy 4 Bro. and Robert Wild. all spinners,
| have stopped operations.
Preston TWINS upper MILL employing so
hands IN the manufacture OF d0eskins, cotton
yarns, &c, has ceased operations. The lower mill
has also shut down.
Dawson L Robinson, manufacturers OF cotton
and woollen fabrics, employ about 10 hands, and
have entirely stopped operations.
The Pekin Mills, sydney J. Solms proprietor, are
completely shut down. This mill manufactures
Archibald Campbell Il Co.'s upper mill, which
manufactures cotton fabrics, is running about half
the carding and spinning departments on nine.
hour time and the weaving departments on iull
time. This establishment generally employs, when
IN full operation, 235 hands, 75 Of whom have been
discharged Tor the present.
CONDITION OF THE MILLS AT FRANKFORT. PA.
The cotton and woolen mills at Frankford are
generally running on reduced time, and two have
weeks The following is statement OF the condi-
ton OF the different mills, together with that OF
r. Garsed's Wingahocken cotton mill is running
on full time and employing $50 hands.
j. Cubert's Steauiast cotton mill Is running on
half time and employing about 15o hands,
Fosters carpet mill Is running on Ihree-f0urths
time and employing 200 hands.
Garsed Brothers. Frogmoor cotton mill is run
ming on nalf time and employing l25 hands.
Wild's woollen mill IS running during tour and
half days in the week anf employs so hands,
The Aramngo cotton mill, employing l40 hands,
has stopped work.
during four Gays in the week and employs $40
Greenwood h Balt's dye works are working on
one quarter time and employing 40 men.
Welsh Sons cotton mill, Aramingo, employing
l25 hands, stopped work en- irely two weeks ago.
Whittaker's cotton mill, north OF Frankford has
stopped temporarily Tor repairs.
William Harvey Rowlands steel works
running as their orders warrant, and have up 70
this time been enabled to keep on lull time They
employ 175 men.
N. II. Suppee's iron works and machine shops
employing 35 men, are running nine hours day,
nearly full time.
Yerkes 4 Plumb's edge-tool and hammer works
are running on full time and employing 45 men.
4. ID. Marshall's chandelier and gas fixtures
mandatory is running on full time and employing
40 men.
There are several other smaller establishments
which are working on reduced time generally nve
days in the week, and employing their full force OF
men.
IRON WORKERS IN MAINE.
The iron workers or Bangor were discharged on
Saturday night. The Eagle Mills OF West Chelms
lord commenced on three e-uuarters time aud the
Sargent Mill Of Granitevllle on half time on Mon
day.