The New York herald., 1873-11-09
men. w,tn no idea of taking any portion Of them


on again this winter
REDUCTION OF TINE IN A MACHINE SHOP.
Head. sisco 4 Co., Baldwinsville N. Y, machin-
lists ana pump blilders have reduced the working
time o. their employees to SIX hours.
the MACHINE SHOPS AT FiTCuBURG MASS.
The Fitchburg Machine Company has reduced
the number OF working hours 70 seven. Charles
II. Brown & 90. have followed suit. The Rohstone
Company went on eight honr5' time November !,
ana the PGtnam Company did The same on
Wednesday. retaining, as did the other companies
named, iull force.
pHE PANIC AFFECTING THE MOVEMENTS or CATTLE.
Not single car load oil cattle reached Albany
Sunday or on Sa,urday-lhe two great cattle days
OF the week. Such thing never occurred before
IN the istory OF est Albany. TO Iiom 1000
head TO zero IN single week l6 something 10 mar
vel oil.
THE PANIC IN THE BRITISH PROVINCES.
The financial panic here has had ITS enect on the
wick. At iIaliax business Is unusually ouil, and
az all the ports OF that province the trade win the
price lor fsl ana ~ oduce ls low.
RoME, WATERFOWL AND oGDENs8URG RAILROAD.
The Rome, Waterfown and O2dcnsburg railroad
Company have ued an oruer TO reduce the wages
o. sbop men Ten per cent, engineers eoai-purning
locomotives zen dollars month, hremcn 1ye DO
lars, aborers, ne pers &c, twenty-five cents day.
Ine eWk kloyes AcqDlesce ID the Judgment oi their
super0s.
THE SALISBURY tMAss,., MILLS,
The Merrimac Journal says the salisbury MlS
caTr6raGion last week suspended work IN ai No.
I, when had abono ninety hands ms corporation
las struggled bfavely TO Keep Their machnerJ run
ning and Snc hands at work; Aut the pressure ls
now too great.
The panic is ielt at Weisylile si.yhtly The rail-
road shops nave in consequence reduced thei time
ron ten to nine hours per day. a G ounury has
/, also made reductions IN wages ana time.
Ine rolling anu TN mlll wLich shut down ior
time Is now running again in some Of its depart
mchs, and IT Is hoped that soon ~ wili oe IN iuii
blast.
| FOOLISH STRIKERS.
strike was ocCaslOned on Tuesday, N0vem er
! 4, among part oil the employees lna Vermont
i Mills at Rutland, in consequence o. reduction of
! twenty per cent OF tne wages and the mn is now
SHUT doWn This not The work ui the entire
iorce but to SO grelt All eAteni That II D1 Game ne
cessary to stop. Some OF tne workmen were Wiling
to submit to his reduction, feeling tnat as better
10 work Tor small pay tnan nave no woik al al.
THE MILLS IN WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS,
/ cul taiimcnt Of labor has been made III seve al
| OF tue mills 0, Worcester county. The Hamilton
| Brush works and the Columbian Milis S0uihbriuge,
Isduceu their lunhhg Time 10 e'shl houis Oh lues.
( day. At Webster. the stevens Linen Company .
mi!is are running on three-quartei time and ~ IS
Understood that change viii be lade ON the stn
inst. ut the Siater mn. The uxprlage Mo9llcn
Minis have partially suspended operations, aud Will
run only two thirds OF their machinery ON three.
quarters time lUr The present.
/ TaE PANIC IN CONNECT CIT.
The Sprague nils at Baltic have not stopped,
| but are running on short time.
/ rne sash and piind establishments OF g. G. Bot
I tom aud henry Peale IN Norwich are running on
| three-lourths time.
I
! Haven and Hartford RAILROAD has reduced tle pay
| OF ali ~ men twenty Ter cenl IS Incorrect Inc
] yard men, who have been getting 81 10 per day,
are reduced to ST. 81, and portion OF those getting
/ $50 moltn OF over nave Deen cut down twelve
anu a hali per cent. The remainder of the better
paid class nave met no reduction or the iorty or
more wOrkmen discharged from the railroad le-
! par shops ~ New haven sX have sailed TO nng
| land To winter lhere. kennedy, the wrestler, Is
! among The discharged.
In Dris ol business very dun and, the factories
I running, most Oh them on eight hours but none
j have as yet shut down.
! The Norwich anu New York Transportation Com
! pany have iald up the City 0! Lawrence at New
London on account OF tile duness of ilelghrs. on
| the steamboat line between New Haven ana New
York the irelghtlng has diminished 10 an extent
sufficient to warrant the taxing OH of Que boat 30
that three boats are now inn instead ol lour. as
usual. The comIany employs ABOUT twenty five
hands less than before the panic.
MORE ABOUT THE CONDITION uF TIE MILLS AT
MASAYUNK, PA.
Fitzpatrick X Holt, manu- lacturers Of cotton and
wooiien goods, have suspended all w0rh Their
mill usually gives employment TO about seventy
| Neltzielder & Iepold, manufacturers OF cotton
| goods, have shut down. This Lrm employs l2o
4 hands.
James b. winpenny, OF the Arcola mills, employs
30 hanGs i'll the pianuiacture OF woohcn goods.
THIS mill has smut down completely.
Thomas :. Steele, proprietor OF the Eacle mills.
devoted 10 the manufacture of cotton and woolien
goods, employs 100 hands. 1nis mil mas closed. -.
! General Robert Patterson's mills, in which 500
/ hands are employed in the manufacture or cot
tonades have discharged no hands and are run
ming on full time. A redl lctOn OF fifteen per cent
has been made III wages.
Campbei's lower mil, the largest In Manayunk,
giving employment 10 $50 hands, has suspended
operations. Tine nan0s struck some time since, IN
consequence 0i a reduction OF fifteen per cent III
taeir wages ana the mil mas bt ell idle ever since.
Tlls mill makes checks, ginghams, &c.
Seyn SchOhe,d's mill, employing 100 hands Is
running three days IN the week on blankets aud
broadcloths. Wages nave been reduced h1'een
per cent this establishment, but the usual Orce
is retained.
Heft Ogle'a min and dye works, giving en-
poyment to Ia hands In he manufacture oI doe
skins and jeans are running lew hands IN the
dye house only The rest have been oiscaaree ell.
The Lincoln mills, run by David Wallace sons,
employing eighty nanus IN The manufacture oil j ans
and cotton yarns, have smut down,
A. K j. Pldtt's warn mil, III winch forty hands
are employed is running five days 10 the week.
No hands have been discharged.
Rice Il Bean, yarn inn,fs, employing about
ten hands, have stopped operations.