The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-06-02
FOR KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Items Of Industrial Importance Cleaned ioi
the Masses,

the Massees
The East Mauch Chunk silk mill en-
ploys about sixty hands.
Another discovery Of gold in North
Wales has been announced
The Spiegel furnaces of the Lehigh 1nc
Company have been relighted after one
years idleness.
The Knights employed on pier at
Portsmouth, Ont. have struck for an ad-
vance of 25 cents day.
The Adelaide Silk Mill at Allentown
employs 9l6 hands and pays out every
month $4,000 in wages.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has commenced work on its branches to
Freeland and Harieigh, in Luzerne County.
The Spiegel furnace at the Lehigh Zinc
and Iron Company's works, near Bethlehem,
which has been idle for some time, is again
in operation.
Notice of a reduction of 10 per cent in
the price of laborers' wages, to take effect
June ], has been posted at the Sharon Iron
Company's works. Nearly $50 men are
affected.
-Another glass factory will be located at
Findlay, o. This makes eleven since natur-
al gas was struck. The new place will em-
ploy 100 men. A speciality of the firm will
be lamp chimneys.
There has been no change in business
affairs during the past week, with except
ion of work at the Lehigh mines where a
two weeks lay off has been ordered in view
to restrict the output.
Tho Merton Iron Company's furnace at
West Conshohocken will go out of blast IN
June, as soon as the stock on hand is worked
up. The firnaca needs repairs, iron is low
and this is deemed the best time to close.
For the week ending May 10, there
were shipped over the L. & S. division of
the g. II, r.. of N. j., lis, AIS tons of coal,
a total for the year TO that date of 1,910,606
tons, an icrease of 69,202 as compared
with same date last year.
1t is rumored that notices of reduc-
tion of wages we're to be posted atthe Home
stead works of Carnegie, Phipps & Co.
There are nearly three thousand men en-
ployed at the works and the majority are
members of the Amalgamated Association.
The Locomotive Engineers Journal
estimates the railroad mileage of the world
as follows: America, 155,757 miles; Europe,
12l, POS; miles; Asia, 1871 miles; Aus
tralia, S045 miles, and that of Africa, 1885.
Germany leads the countries of Europe in
mileage.
Something new in the proft-sharing
line has been begun at Burnley, England.
Each employe is allowed to take e5 share
IN the concern, 10 be paid In installments.
At the end of year the profits of the con-
cern will be divided in proportion to each
PERSONS earnings.
The new Pennsylv mia, Poughkeepsia
and Boston Railroad Company is endeavor-
ing to secure the right of way for line to
run between Portland and Slatington. 1t is
proposed that the road shall be COMPLETED
between the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers
before the end of this year.
| . n IL VI tllc OHltdBO, MllWdu'
kee and ST. Paul Road were on Mon.
day notified that they have been assessed
one-third of their pay for the first six days
of the month to help the company pay dam
ages sustained through the 20" strike
Much indignation is felt of course.
The Warren Ledger reminds its read
ers that Russia leather is made in Connec
ticut; Bordeaux wine is manufactured il
California; Italian marble is quariied il
Kentuckey; French lace is woven in New
York; Marseillies linen is produced il
Massachusetts,; English cashmere is mad
, in~New HAMPSHIRE; Partisan art work come
from a shop in Boston; Spanish mackere
are caught on the New Jersey coast, AM
Havana cigars are rolled by the million il
Chicago.