The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1884-10-11
Beauties of Protection.

Protectives tariffs, say the Republican party,
make the country prosperous and insure large
wages to the laboring man and mechanic. AS
that party has been in power for nearly
twenty-fou years, during which time the
country has had an abundance of protection
prosperity should be seen on all hands, and
the mechanic and laboring man should be
happy and contented with his pockets lined
with money earned on high wages.
Below we give some items on the industry
of the country and how workingmen are far
ing, taken from the news columns of the
Philadelphia Ledger, protection paper, the
past week:
The miners and coke drawers at the Nor.
rill and Cambria Coke Works in the Councils.
vile region have struck against proposed
reduction of 10 per cent in their wages. The
two works employ about 1000 men. The
rate of wages paid, which is uniform through.
out the region, is 50 cents per wagon for dig.
ging coal and 60 cents per oven for drawing
coke.
The strike of the miners of the Fourth Pool
is virtually ended, most of the pits being in
operation at reduced rates.
1t is stated that the employees of Oliver
Brothers & Phillips, in Pittsburg, have de.
cided to strike against the proposedreduction
in their wages. The mills were locked on
them on Tuesday, and 5000 men are out oil
employment.
The Chicopee Manufacturing Company, OF
Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, announce that,
from Monday next, they will run on three
quarter time FIVE days in the week. All the
other factories in Chicopee Falls are running
on short time.
1t is announced that the Atlantic Mills, in
Lawrence, Massachusetts, will shut down for
two weeks, beginning on the 18th inst.
The cotton-hannel department of the Ocean
Mill, at Newburyport, Massachusetts,, shut
down on Saturday for an indefinite period,
throwing 800 hands out of work.
The unskilled workmen employed in Oliver
Bros. & Phillips Iron Mills, in Pittsburg,
met on Saturday and decided to strike against
129 per cent. reduction.
1t is said that there are but few factories
and workshops in Trenton, New Jersey, and
its vicinity, that are in full operation at the
present time. "The rolling mill of the Tren-
ton Iron Company, employing $50 men, have
only worked on an average of fourteen days
shut down. The $50 men in the wire mill
Company is working its force of $50 men on
three-quarters time, and the Phoenix Iron
Company, which gives work to about 300 men,
has reduced its working time to hours day.
This rule has also been enforced in the shops
of the Trenton Wise and Tool Works. There
are from Is to 20 potteries in the city, and
all, with the exception of two or three, are
working on half time. The brickyards are
doing very little, and one or two of the rubber
works are in the same condition. The New
Jersey Steel and Iron Company give steady
employment to 900 men, and the Buckthorne
Fence Company to 100 men. Two or three
of the rubber works are busy and will proba-
bly, be so for month or so. On the whole,
throughout the city, things are not in salts
factory condition, being even worse than for
many years back"
The failures reported to Brddstreet's in the
past quarter, when incorporated with those
eported for the six months ending July 81
present formidable list. The gain in the
number of failures, as compared with the nine
months in preceding years, is more than
equaled by the increased indebtedness. The
total number of failures from Jan. LIST to
Sept. Both, this year, was $500, as compared
with 1858 in 1888, a gain of 944 or nearly
Is per cent. over the preceding year. The
increase in the number of failures this year as
compared with 1882 is 1896, gain of over
So per cent.
Final action in regard TO the contemplated
shut down in Fall River, Massachusetts, has
not yet been taken, but it is pretty certain
that general shut down will soon be ordered.
The stock on hand is nearly 100000 pieces,
with no prospect of immediate Improvement
in the market.
The Abbott Iron Mills, Baltimore, owing
to depression of the iron trade, have closed
up until business gets better.
Beginning on Monday next, the Appleton
Manufacturing Company and the Lowell Ma,
chine Shops, in Lowell Massachusetts, will
run on three-quarter time.
Orders have been received to close the
Reading Cotton Mills, in Reading Penna.
for one month, owing to over production and
slow sales. When in full operation the mil
employs $50 hands.
The Geddes Iron Works at Syracuse, New
York, have gone into the hands of receiver
A number of judgments have been entered
against the Company.