The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-01-02
LABOR ITEMS.
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Several 49, eAurgh furnaces have
recommended blasting.
An attempt to settle a wages dispute
among the coal miners of West Yorkshire,
England, by arbitration, has failed.
Five hundred men will be employed till
next July by Woods 4 Co., manufacturers
of moving machines at Albany, in order TO
fill All English order.
The Niles Iron Company have COM
menced drilling for gas well near their
rolling mills at Niles.
The number Of persons employed in
American Lreweries Is IL, 1873, in malt
houses 3, So, in barley culture SO, 753A in
hop culture 5000, and the total employed
in all these branches amounts to G6,977.
The iron manufacturers Of Uniontown,
Pa, and Wheeling, West Varginia, OF its
vicinity, maintain stores at which their
hands trade at least two-thirds Of what
they earn. This is forbidden by law in
England, and 90 it should be in the United
States.
Aboat two hundred mechanics and labor
ers on the foundation of the new Custom
House and Postoffice building at st. Louis
were discharged on Thursday, and work
stopped, the appropriation having been ex-
hausted.
There is talk Of building the Reading
shops at st. Clan, to replace those burned
ut PAlo Alto, but Palo Alto objects most
strenuously. We confess we would like to
see St Clair get the benefit of them.
George <. Fi6eld, South Newmarket, N.
H., has built several locomotives for use
upon the wooden railways in the lun OF
Georgia. A lotion locomotive has lately
been turned out to 90 n that State, and
Mr. Fifeld il now making q heavy gang
mill for the same destination.
A Johnston paper says: The shook firm
Of Nutter, Cunningham & Co., COnemaugh
borough, last week received an order from
Cuba for $50, 600 shook, and employment
10 thas guaranteed TO the men for sonie
time to come.
The Farrell Foundry and Machine Com
pany; of Ansonia, Connecticut, are laying
the foundation for an addition to the south
end Of their works, to be built in the
spring. Wallace & Sons, Of Ansonia, are
building large extension to their rolling
mill
J. Park Alexander, proprietor Of the
Diamond Fire Brick Works, ut Akron,
Ohio, has Just shipped tho last load Of an
order for one hundred thousand brick.
The Cleveland branch Of his works, ut
Newburg, will be ready to start at once,
and, ewhen completed, will be one Of the
largest and most complete brick work in
the country.
A new frame building is being erected
on the site of the recently burned copper
works ct PheEixville The structure will
be 13Ox4O feet, and slated 1t will CONTAIN
two reducing furnaces and one refinery,
and will be ready for smelling by the mid
die Of this month. The ores to be used
will come from New Mexico, Texas, Mis-
sour, Virginia, and even from Cuba.
The Girard Rolling Mill Company is in
full blast, running day and night, and
with orders enough ahead to keep going
for seine time. The mill building proper
ty II 250x265 feet, and 10 in excellent re-
pair. There 10 in the building 16 furnaces,
one inch mill, one 10 inch mill, with ell
the necessary machinery'to successfully run
them. There in now being added, ana
will shortly be in operation, two bolt ma
chimes, four nut machines, three washer
machines, Of Q new and improved pattern
The link and pin machines, lately placed
in position, are doing nice work, and, no
doubt, this department will grow and be-
come an important branch Of the business;
the huge hammer, used for pointing the
car pins, moves with lightning rapidity and
in handsome piece Of machinery. In
these different departments are employed
about 176 men and boys.
The Carp Furnace will blow out again in
the course Of two or three !Reeks, by which
time she will have exhauSfed her supply Of
charcoal. She has been running very
slowly for some time, making only about
IL tons day. She will probably remain
out of blast till spripg. or until there is
better demand for pig The rolling mill
furnace in this citf has been doing splen-
did work lately, having achieved q daily
product of % tons, So much TO the credit
OF manager who secures the best OF skilled
superintsndsnce. The Kloman has ship
ped 81, ali t0ns ovev the Cleveland dock.
this year, and has yeA to ship 1000 tons TO
local furnaces. Munsipg furnace has blown
out for repairs. Will 20 into blast again
% soon a. repairs are made for the win-
ter The Bay continues blowing one stack.
making an average Of 80 tons daily. Bar
ges arc 10 Be put ON the soets t6transport
ore enough to stock Ne Bay and Mnnis-
ing furnaces until tbA opening Of naviqa-
sion in the spring. farqAssts Mss;.s Jssr.