, 1873-11-09

but n worry small supply In the markot, dealers
for several montl's past having. purchased only
w1lat tlloy required to meet the tlomauis OF thor
customers. with tic exception u tho boot and
glloo business manufacturers aro gonoral1y COLI
ildcnt that tho prcse''s stato Of afaira will
continue pau'' only through tho mouth Of
l}.s n}ecombor, belt, aud y, many Of thom aro Of
will open during the mouth Of DeoomDor. The
boot manufacturers arc Of tho opinion Tint t,oir
business wll revive about tho middle Of Jal,na-
~, while tho slloo dealers aro confident that the
{SSaTy Sn ar M tue ae0 neX9 v @
feront establishments. npon which tho above con-
cl.,eionb nro baAcd,, quote = few concerning os-
tab1ishnentB TINT boro national reputation. -
THE AstEs pLow cotpANY,
manufacturers Of agricultural implements, arc
running full time with tho usual nu1nbor Of hands.
They hayo orders on hnnd which cannot bo filled,
without increasing their working force, until tho
middle Of January. Tho prospect is TINT they
will continue operating as at prosont through tho
THE RICE, BARTON rA1Es 1noN AND MACHINE
COMPANY,
manutaot,lrors Of paper, calioo printing, and
bleaching machlnory, aro running on full time,
with tue usual number Of hands, and havo a. yet
taken no action either as 10 reducing tho NUM-
ber Of worlmon or tho hours Of work,
r. wEssoN, n1rLE AND PISTOL MANuEAcrun1Na
is employing tho full number OF workmcn, and
running ten hours q day Tor tho prcsett.
tho working olaBseH havo not been reduced al-
though tho number of working hours hns boon
cut down from ten to seven.
r. Il. EAl1E CO.,
manufacturers of card clothing, on Grafton
atrcot, are running eight hours day with the
usual number Of lands.
THE WAsnnuRN srEE1 AND 1noN woHRB
have boon idlo Tor threo wooks, but will proba-
bly, resume business In few days.
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS.
IA fr1ntt1 n - trfr
goods. arc running eight hours day, with tho
reGular number Of operatives. 8. r. ueynood i
Co., boot manufacturers, .are employing thoir
usual number Of mon, and running full time.
ing any other wook Of tho year. This is an or
centionnl case,
Wood, Light Is Co., manufacturers Of muchsn-
sts' tools, aro running on full time, with throo~
probably soon rim eight hours day.
Z. Alien l. Co., firearms manufacturers, aro
running seven lours day, with tho full number
Of worknen.
TIE NAIL AND IRON MANUFACTURERS
doing business III Now Englund havo decided to
cont from tho first Of Decenbor. This deter
mination llas been reached after much conaulta-
ton, and Is based upon several roaBons. It is
claimed that tho present low prices yield
tho. tho manufacturers loas than living
losing mouoy: Tho stock of nails is running
low and in Wow Of tho prospect it is doomod
bottor to keep all tho men at work at reducel
wages than to turn part Of them of. Tho ro-
duotion il not to bo applied to tho poorer class
Of laborers now receiving s1.5o day. All the
Companies IN Massachusetts excepting the Fall
1iyor Iron Works. hnvo agreed to tue arrange
mcnt. Thoy arc tho Weymouth Iron Company,
OF Weymouth tho Parker Mill, Of Wareha,n,
mud tho Providence Iron Company, OF proyi
donce, r. l., tho last two mills being
under tho Same management. LaSal1e, Perkins
& Co.. Of the Bridgewater Somerset Iron Co., Of
Somerset; Old Colony Iron Co.. of Taunton:
fremont mon Nail c., Of TEemont Esst ;; ;B!ago"a;
Warellam, do yearly business of over 5G,000,-
000 The large establishment Of Coffin i Co.,
III Wareham, better known US the Pembroke Iron
Mills, had concluded to shut down entirely.
When tue operatives heard OF this they hold q
consultation and voluntarily proposed to
ACCEPT 4 afATEnrAL REDUCTION OF WAGES
it they could have continued employment. Un-
der these circumstances 1t has been determined
to keep the mills running.