New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-05

TO Europe. AT the same time great Improvements nave
been made by American manufacturers In uyeing 'ner
silks especially in producing perfect biack' 80 tn''
they arc ready to enter the market III compoioh WIN
the best foreign manufaeturers ana VIII be inc pooS
OF all TO keep M stock suiicieh'S laise " SuPP' wv
market as the demand grows
VIM Strange & co, manufacture silk ribbons ana sra
pie goods They have two factories ana employ oV
ban1s There has been reduction In number OF I'to
OF wages but they work only hall time each day lhey
expect to keep on but not making any sales, anu
their stock Is very heavy. Their goods have no liked
value they can't put price on them bu come one wiz
COW tbot he can luy them cheaper. They work from the
raw silk, which they import from Olha Jlll - I'm
Ming dyene and weaving. They have now no orders
md don't sell $500 worth Where they okut w 49,
They are working at dead loss ana oly ior lu9 ,, sim
~ their hands They can't say how long they VIII con-
tinuc The hands employed M the slh MI, arc 1 Tr
one-rbird men and the rest women ana chIdfeh my
can ali live on the WAGES received on mar u.ns,
though there are very few VINO nave sAFeu no, ~
when receiving fun pay. Mr.. Strange SAID that tne
meS trouble was he inability get money to pay
wages. The manufacturer5 had 20 yea NV ~, 20
evcrvrnng lie had heard surprise expressed that 30
few jobbers had failed. Il was not at an suIprslnE
the manufacturers could not alcrd to let len 90 uo"u
and had to bolster them up. .-.s
Dexter Lambert & Co. elk manufacturers st0ppou
work for ten days when tne pane n,st VIM force
reduced from $50 TO geo, working only nine hoHrs oach
duction Of from 10 to 20 per cent wages TIC sulet
tenden said that he could not tell no" long he eoui
ing up dead stock Unless things brighten up they VIII
certainly stop this month.
John KYLE late Mayor Of the city. carries on the
largest weaving business, having obtained contract
for furnishing A. T. stewart win domestic silks when
were formerly supplied by tho Cheney Brothers OF
Hartford IL was IN This factory that the flag which
surmounted tue dome of the NewNork crystal Palace
was woven Mr. KYLE occupies the MurTY mill and one
floor of the Dale mill. They have given mp nearly al
their spinning and turned Their attention 70 We'Nmg
In good times they employ $50 men. women, and chit
drer who Darn from sf5 10 s. per week. They
pl0y thee-iourths time and can make no definite
statement as 60 how long This is Likely to continue
b. b. Tits Phmnix Mil Is ono of the largest SIX fac-
tories In the CITY. 10 good times u EMPLOYS IIpn ~ ~
sos hands in the &" throwing" department and lo0 10
weaving There now rs in the throwing NM aud 10
weaving with baud looms; the power looms orc w
idle They expect 30 keep on durnc te present Wteh
WIN full lime but reduction Of % per cent ON wages
Trade IS standstili; they GET no Qrders ana can
foIm no idea 10 how long they VIII Keep on. lHey
expect, however, to make no change unit! tue lIot
Hlmil & Booth. silk manufacturers have two large
mills In which, IN good times they employ 40 nahds'
They running with 100 on threaluallers tliIe,
and VIII continue without iurher change thlough ulG
present week. the superintendent OF me WORKS san
that they stu Keep mp tic splniIS Gep tnul5u
they have considerably reduced IT, They nave recently
gone into ribbons and piece goods ana nave Impoysi
their quality and color 80 greatly atey thai "Itin nc
past they have beaten me importers, ne thOult
that Paterson had OF the best dyers IN the world
ana that they were bringing her eoors right up 10 me
mark. The panic came az most uOIlulat .ilc' JUS
as they were getting fairly under way. Az present
there Is no demand ana peoPc Wng 3"o WI 10, p95
except by check They have no 9dd dents Dut nave 10
grant extensions. The company do not know what ther
future Gcton will he, but they do not wish to aceuu'
Cotton manufacturing, which was extensively
carried on here, has disappeared loI tc pr sent 1A9
Lanes Industry MIL cioseq aoOu Two WecA ago, an
threw 60 hands out Of employment chiefly women aud
children TIE propretCrs say hat tney VIII start AGAIN
as soon as ttcro j. any demand Tor their goods. go
Maynoe & CO. occupy one door Of the Butler mlll and
have employed 100 hands u spinning cotton yarns Jhey
worked four DAYS List week, put is uhIerslOpu tlAt
they will not open their MN this week. ms lulOiiId-
ton however not Obained nom any one authOrHsi
10 speak for the frm Inc blilef company nave tlth
recently occupied the upper 1OOr OF the same mn Tor
cotton SPINNING out nalIns haa an opPoitdy 10 sei
GOT well OF the business D-fOre the panic stIdck
The Franklin Manufacturing Company make calico
prints and employ 29j women They nave made no re-
ing their Stock bat arc st making good sales. They
can't tell how ons his Will last or when they viii think
n hes; 10 stop Tncy have been behind manufaC.ur
ing for long time aud are insi catching mp I'm August
they had sales and az this season they ought
r. & II. Adams are engaged in the manufacture Of
musbeto-netting a"d buchrdII. Ihsy occupy large
mills the Harmony and tie Essex, ana in good times
SmpoS 1yI las Penrcy tpe for tioir 16da ana they
now have only fcW men aud boys-1ot 80 tI a-wOrk-
ing or the goods hand ard cleaning up the ma
cbincry The propriecr5 feel quito hopeful, however,
and say that their goods must be in demand heXt season,
and as they summer goods, the trade VIII open
early They cxp,ct that adls VIII brighten early next
Bachman Co. occupy the Hamilton Mil FOR the
100 hands, Rud have made reduction In NUMBERS or IN
wOlkny hours though they have reduced wages 10 per
cent Ordinarily thcy WORK Only on o.er5 Dll Tue ol-
ders are all filed and ID are aecuniuaung stock
There certain staple goods winch are ~ good one
year as another, ana they nave coielue1 10 Coniio
themselves 10 this class and keep on Tor me present
They don't attempt 10 form n.ahs very tar ahtad'
Inc Paterson Chemical WORKS are iAuhatey con
neccd with the silk and cotton MANUFACTURING, as they
produce the iin ana non solutions WIN SIleh ayes arc
prepared, and supply the nOInaAs WElch are uaeu Tor
co0rng black silks, not only In Paterson but ln every
,ieiIf IN morning that there was great
falling on in the demand for all the preparations used
in dyeing and that there was absolutely no demand Tor
morCants from any direction. TAis convinced
him that the Manufacture OF silk was
at complete staudstil all over The
country. The chemical work, also manufacture nitric
and muriatc acids and Fog these ttre Us some demand
This business has lle influence on the labor question,
MS ia nature is such that very employed in
conducting it NJ the best Of times The same is true OF the
'i5cob whitman q swiss who has introduced great IN
pr0vaments into the business has reduced ms force from
80 to 6 marriott stetnemcr nave reduced nom 0oto 2)
ana GreppO, from 40 20 10.
The Manhattan shirt Company-Levy Brothers Com
nany-emplOv IN prosperous times 300 hands, but have
now reduced their force 10 lJ, are accommodating large
stock They receiving no orders, aud speak with
certainty IN regard TO tine future.
After two days careful observation satisfied that
Mr. FOwler5 estimate Of 5000 hands already OF
IaI n-,DoI ~ - m 1 barr hive fnr The ro on
some one upon whom they can depend, place
where they make their home until better times. The
son Of one OF the wealthiest miOWners remarked last
night that lac had been accosted by beggar the
the first time in his life In Paterson, and
teman replied that for the last two weeks there mad
not been q day in which appliCa for food
had not visited his door; not professional beggars
bat hungry men and women who eagerly devoured ON
the spOt what was given them came after dark
saying they ashamed to do 50 Uy daylight soup
house has been ctartcd in "WeavcrtOwu but does not
have many visitors yet The establishment Of such
Of relief in various parts OF the city IS fully dis
cussed though every effort will be made 20 furnish work
rather than 10 provide charity.
1t is impossible 10 obtain any trustworthy data in
relation to the savings Of the WOrkmeD, the jealousy
which wOrkmen feel toward their employers (aided,
perhaps by some other causes) induces many carry
their money 10 the savings banks or Newark and New
York for deposit rather than put them in the savings
banks here. Tho Paterson Savings Institution has 532
accounts More than one-haf are with employees In
mills. These vary in amount from 81 TO hundreds each
Already these accounts being drawn upon though
very sparingly, showing that the same providence
which induced accumulation Is still operative.
Tie Secretary OF Todd 4 Ralcrty's mandatory told
your correspondent that the workers in were not
proyident men 50 far as his observation enabled him
form an opinion. They were paid semi-mOnthy. and as