The New York herald., 1873-11-13
CONNECTICUT.
In the Naugatuck Valley Factories
stopped at Derby-Sound Puritan Ad.
vice to the Operatives.


stopped At Derby-Sound Puritan Ad-
vice to the Operatives.
THoMAsToN. Nov. 10. 1873
This Is prominent town in the Naugatuck Val
ley 1t Is called Plymouth on the railroad and
has a population OF about 5000, solely given TO
manufactures here or in the neighborhood. The
Thomas clock factory, which employed $50 hands,
shut down for two weeks but has just started
again. The Plume. Atwood Company, makers OF
sheet metal and pin wire. employing from sixty to
seventy hands, have been running full time. The
Plymouth Granite Company have large force en-
gaged in quarrying stone for paving streets in
Brooklyn. They have made no reduction. Lower
down, at Union City, Tuttle 4 Whittemore,
patent railway springs, have reduced their help to
about thirty hands. The Lewis Manufacturing
Company, making cassimeres are running full time
at Naugatuck with moderate force OF help,
and at Beacon Falls the home Woolen Com
quarter time This company was Strengthened by
having its money locked up in suspended
York Beach Paper Manufacturing Company are
running full time at Seymour. The New Haven
Copper Company employing l50 hands at Seymour,
and the Douglas Manufacturing Company tools
and hardware) are running nine hours day.
FACTORIES STOPPED AT DERBY.
Derby has had the worst strain to bear OF any
place In the valley. IL has an extensive collection
OF manufacturing interests grouped around it. All
operations II is TO be feared for the rest OF the sea-
son, have ceased at the following factories:-
Sharon, Bassett Co., makers OF carriage clips
and axles r. N. Bassett hoop skirts; the Iron
and Steel Works the Birmingham Bleachery and
the 9. A, Sterling Organ Company.
RUNNING ON HALF TIME.
The Birmingham Carriage Axle Company Is run
ming on half time and may have to shut down al
together. The Shelton Company, engaged IN the
manufacture OF tacss, makes the same report.
RUNNING on FULL TIME
are Sorners Lewis Manufacturing Company
makers OF furniture extension tables, &C. Dir.
mingham Iron Foundry, star Pin Company, Howe
Pin Company, wilkins Bros, paper; Derby Build
ing and Lumber Company, ID. Bradley a son, SON.
ers q Howe aud W. II. x c. d. Sawyer. Though
running on full time several or these establish
ments have reduced the wages OF their help twenty
per cent. The operatives OF Derby are not as
thrifty as in other parts OF Connecticut. The local
organ has this much 10 say on the situation :-.For
the most part factories feel the hard times and
some have discharged their hands but we must be
careful and not overstate facts. II our laboring
people can so understand the times as accept OF
Q ialr reduction OF wages, and then stop wasting
hall OF what they do get In guzzlng bad beer and
worse whskey and smoking still worse tobacco
that will DO no harm. Wages must come down.
but work need not all stop.n
This Is pretty sound advice, and n the English
operatives, who are fond OF their beer and the
Germans, who are such slaves TO toDacco will only
practise the selfdenal OF their Yankee exemplars
they may manage TO pull through the winter on
their limited earnings.