New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-04
GENERAL PROSPECrS.

CUTTING DOWN TIME AND WAGES Al FAiI. HvrE.
FALL RIVER, Nov. 3.--In compliance vita
the now regulations majority Of the mills which shut
down to-day will eight hours per day Tor mo next
four days and shut down again on sathrdIy 'r'duc-
Of Is per cent on the wages OF the employees ~ the
Taunton Car Company is announced to-day, Ia eonse-
quence OF which % Of the carpenters or on strGr.
ASSIGNMENT OF THE MANSFIELD M3CmNE WORKS.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 3.-'rhe Mansfield Machine
Works at Mansfield, Ohio. made an assignment Oh Su-
urday The liabilities reported at siG7,o)o. The
Company claims to have assets Amounting to 500 eco.
This Is one Of the oldest establishments chat porou
Of the state.
A SCHENECTADY. SHAWL FACTORY OF Day ytnE.
SCHENECTADY, y. Y, Nov. The shawl
factory OF James Roy CO.. in this city, vnh employs
about 200 hands, will run on half time from to-day.
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CONDITION OF MANUFACTURES IN C!EVE-
LAND.
THE IRON MILLS AND FACTORIES RUNNINts On FufB
INTERRUPTIONS IN TINE PQssiE.'-pW on
AND LUMBER INTEREsTs-CLosING or FURNACES
AND MILLS IN THE MAHONNG AND snESRNGO
VALLEYS.
lFHoM SPECIAL coRRTsroSDENr or uIr rBIBUNri
CLEVELAND, Nov. 1.-The census OF 1870
gave Cleveland population OF 5000; and ii II d. me
as everybody here claims, that The city numbers
from 10000 20 10000 souls, the faet show, Tue
ordinary growth Of manufacture orTng mo
last three years. as the increased rcr1,a~
ton is almost entirely due to thosc Ihe otp
ia fast becoming second PiuenGrH, mech
10 the disgust Of the old residents rt nc "a DIOR 'le
dwelers on Eucd-ave, Who lid thCn,. ,f's cNC!uied
from the sunlight by the clouds Of smoke t agi0 nom
the blast furnaces and workshops, aud az compelled
to breathe coadust instead OF puro TIE. pooplo
would no doabt welcome money pane, oT aBv 0tner
commercial reyuslon that wouid Dive naur"'r res ~
all kinds out OF Cleveland. but from present appear
they not likely TO be Iriuro inns far mo
financial pressure has az, cted the muuf. -turag ir
erest less here than in any city OF tho VA the
country. With tho exception OF the Lake Shore Railroad
shops where thes wages OF labor .ldurct ~ per
cent Just before tina panic. aud mandatory O lamps
which has reduced time from ten eight hour day,
there has been scarcely any reduction either Of forcr
wages, time IN the factories and workshops o this
city This however. only applies TO the past FOR IL -
the unanimous opinion or employers that there mast zoe
large reduction, either In wages or bours Of employ
ment within the thirty days, unless the times i'm
prove. The business is by far the largest interest
here, and In all It's branches employs over '"'
men. There are four blast furnaces and seven
eight rolling .. mills, employing N'ose'"s'
5000 1000 men. Mr.. A. H. stno' TIesr
dent OF the Cleveland RollIngMil Company "h"h
controls tho largest establishment tho eJ BAYS that
the furnaces viii doubtless stop very soon ana whether
the will continue full force az al present.
depends on the events Of the next -FOUR weeks IL ~ I'M
practicable 10 run rolling mills on reduced hours of day
work and reduction In time ID made u VIII De by
running alternate weeks They have very good class
a, empov6s who are willing to follow the advice OF their
EMPLOYERS as to . reduction IN wages in time The
p,yroll OF tho Cleveland Rolling Mills amounts to about
$40 90 n month, and although thei Company have had
great difficulty IN getting currency. they have
never failed 10 pay promptly Approaching
their embarrassment in this regard, their employees
on the last payday, the 18th OF October voluntarily re-
turned s2QQeo OF the money. and tool the CaaS