The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-18
INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.
Cutting Down wage, Of Coal mi.e,

NAstA1& DoWA wages Oh CO8k Miners.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 17.-Notiees were posted
throughout the Cumberland coal region of
Maryland this morning by all companies that
on and after December 1st next, the price of
mining coal would be reduced from 80 to 40
cents per ton. 1t cannot yet be ascertained
what action, if any, the miners will take re-
gardlng he proposed re iuG ion.
Colorado Coal aimers puit Work.
DENVER, Nov. 7.-About 200 coal nineys
employed in the Walsenburg mines bg the
Colorado coal and iron company of this city,
went out on strike this morning.
Shoe Factory TO Begin Work.
CONCORD, N. H, Nov. lit is now def
nltely announced that work in the new shoe
factory, which has just been built by stock
company here, will begin on Monday, in the
cutting department at least. This viii be good
news TO the hundreds out of employment in
the city who have been depending upon the
new company for winter EN- mployment.
Cutting Down the Force as Sewing w,.
chine Works.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE $500 EMPLOYEES
in the Singer Sewing Machine Works at Eli
zaoethport, n. D., we're alarmed Saturday by
the announcement of the discharge OF 500 Of
their number, and that 500 moro would be dis
charged this week. The working hours have
been reduced to 4S per week. The reason for
the discharge is that the company ia TO atom
making tae " Did Family" machines Orders
oAo 6soO SloSh 1lOuI bAo COUbu ana West. and
the present demand is supplied from the COM
pany's works at Glasgow. The managers eY-
pect to re-empioy the hands about Jan. /.
Negro VS.. Chinese Labor.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17.-Mr. t. w, Ownby of
Bakerf1eld, California, is in this city for the
purpose OF arranging for conveyance over the
Union Pacific OF 1000 negroes from Tennessee
70 70 Sahlornls. He Is working for Hoggin and
Texts, who are large farmers in Kern county.
and who have tried the plan of employing
negroes on their farms instead of Cinnamon.
The Chinamen get about $25 month and ne
groes are employed at $12 month and board,
1n 1ns women at 20 and the boys at &c. About
900 OF them have already been tried on farms,
with admirable results. A lot of cotton was
successfully raised the past year as an expert
ment. MIR. Ownbey says that since the success
ofsthe negro plan he expects great many CAL
iiornla planters to adopt it and thus drive out
the Cinnamon.
Strikers Return to Work.
PIrTsBURG. Nov. 1.-THE wire drawers in
Oliver & Roberts wire mill who struck against
cut OF 10 per cent returned to work today at
10 per cent reduction.
The striking coal miners resumed work at
O'Neil, Wstons & Woods mines today and be-
fore the close OF the week it is expected all
the mines along the river will be in operation
at a reduction.
Reduction Of KrOn Workers Wages.
BosToN. Nov. 1.-THE nail and iron manu-
facturers of New Jersey and Eastern Pennsy
vania it ia claimed are now selling their pro-
ducts in the New England markets at lower
prices than our own manufacturers can at pre-
sent produce them. These latter having as
they claim exhausted all other resources to
cheaper the cost of production now feel oblig-
ed TO make reduction of 10 per cent in wages
to take effect on December 1, 1884, and notices
to this effect were posted today in the mills of
the following companies: Bridgswater Iron
Co., Weymouth Iron Co., Robinson Iron Co.,
Wareham Nail Co., East Bridgewater Iron
Co, fremont Nail Co., Fall River Iron Works
Co.