The Portland daily press., 1873-10-31
MANUFACTURES.
Partial Suspension of Fall River Mills
Work. suspended at si,e Irou FURNACES, etc.

FALL RIVER Oct 30.-A meeting of repre-
sentatives from the different cotton manufac-
turing corporations in this city was held at the
Board OF Trade rooms last evening for the pur-
pose OF considering the questions of reducing
the working time in the mills. The mills were
nearly all represented
:, AFTER hearing reports from different estab-
Ishments and discussion on the subject it was
Vo voted mat on and after Tuesday, Nov 4th, the
mllls run on half time four DAYS each week.
| eight hours q day
All the mills, thirty-nine in number, came in
D. " ene arrangement, except the Mechanics and
poruef City, which have contracts for the
p p! OF November, and the Robson and Fail
a niser print works mills. These mills employ
aoout 10, ooO operatives, and when in full oper-
| $450, 00O - " "'o"'
NKw YORK, Oct 3O-A despatch from Pitts
p9Is, "a, says that the blast furnaces of
tI. o,'o q Co., on the Monongehela river
l nave suspended, and it is said that tn suspen-
son son ioreshadows the closing up of the remain
uer oI such furnaces in this city and the Ma
non ng and Shenango valleys There are eight
y, snese furnaces, employing about 10000
Reduction of Force and Wage. in Cen
tral New York.
A despatch from Rochester saws that the
manufacturing business in that city is more or
iess anecled by the stringency in the money
/ elTihet Ihere Is general reduction of the
FORCES employed and a reduction in the wages
Is anticipated There is always a reduction at
.hls tine OF year, but reduction this fall more
enan usual. The boot and shoe firms are run
ming On three-qdarters time and the clothing
men half time. A representative firm in the
cioehing business say they do not apprehend a
permanent depression in the business, but shall
open their shops fol spring trade later than US
uai' With smaller force and reduction of 10
| per cent. IN the wages, which the EMPLOYEES
are ready to accept. Three-fourths of the iron
q have ho1.~
DER are working on half time. This is fair
sample of the rest.
All the manufacturing industries in Syracuse
except salt are suffering very seriously. Nearly
every mandatory is running on half time.
Auburn appears less affected by the money
panic than any place in New York.
I'm New Hampshire.
The Cocheco mills in Dover, n H, are run.
ming on full time with their usual orders in ad-
vance, and have no thoughts of yielding to the
times The shoe manufacturers, although some
what embarrassed by their inability to get
money at the banks, are still hopeful and gen
orally at work
The Auisquam Mills at Rockport have sus-
panded work. About 800 operatives are thrown
out of employment
The South Adams manufacturers are think
ing seri ousy of reducing their productions, but
nothing definite has been decided
The Hartford Carpet Companys product ex-
ceeds that of year ago. and there is no imme-
uidtC piooptCI VI d HeCeSSlty Oh Curlalllny the
business.
Many of the builders and machinsts of
Hoyoke, it is said, will reduce the wages of
their employees ten per cent. after Nov. 1st.
The Silk and Iron Industries.
PATTERSON, n. j., Oct 3O-Dexter, Lam
bert q Co.'S silk mill resumed operations to-
day with a force of 200 hands.
The Strange silk mill in running on half time
but the wages have not been reduced
Covill & Booths silk mills are running with a
force OF less than 100 hands work ing three
fourths time When in full operation $50 are
employed
The Passaic rolling mill is working on full
time.
The Paterson Iron Co. is working 100 men,
and will continue through the winter.
The Latimer Boiler Works, Watson Manu-
featuring Co, and McNab Halan & Co. have
plenty of work ON hand and will probably con-
tinue through the winter.
Hartford Mamufacteries
HARTFORD, CT, Oct 30-Inquiry among the
manufacturing concerns in this city show that
there is to be no sweeping discharge of help
here in any establishments. The enquiries
have been made in establishments employing
altogether about 1000 men, and out of all these
less than one-third are subjected to any reduc-
ton whatever, and these only of the hours of
labor. every man having chance to earn some
thing All of the rest haYe a reasonable pros
pect of permanent anu steady work at full
time and at full wages.