The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-03
PROTECTION AND PLENTY"
Assowee or slee rAalfF BLESSINGS
Partial list ~ Business Troubles sRd la
beE strikes aiaee the Country Was
sawed Prem the Dangers 80 tFes
fFaaen-A startling Tshiblt.


those Of the Insurer and lhe LfrH We Dc,
naunee tho Mills bill as destructive 90 the
general business, ~ iabor, aud the farming
Interests OF the country"
September ~ -llaTrisan's letter Of No,
oepianoe I'VE believe Il 10 be one Of tho
worthy objects 0f tariff legislation a. pre-
serve tho American market Tor the American
producers aud % maintain the American
scale Ut wages by adequate discriminating
duties upon foreign competing products
Less work and lower wages must be accepted
~ The inevitable result 0t the increased 0iieF,
ing OF foreign goods Ia our markets"
NoreiHber q, isss- Deiedf % Gr8rer CieasldRd,
tariG' reform candidate for president
November l5-strike OF streeteaT employees
IN Brooklyn,
January I, lss0-Strike OF dock laborers at
Duluth and Of miners Ia Missouri.
January Failure Of tho Keeier mining com.
pany OF coyington, ny.
January e--strike of Higgins oarpetworkers.
January 9o-Great strike Of street.oar employ.
their defeat
February 2-Failure of Jacob Bossert, builder,
Brooklyni liabilities, $4,000.
February 6-Failure Of the }. ]. BsFas com.
pany (Limited), Battle Creek, Mich; liabili-
ties SSH, OBI.
February s--Failure Of the Pacific Guano com.
pany and Gildeu & Curtis Boston. Liablli-
ties about 81 100000.
February 9--Failure of the Ohio aud Western
coal aud iron company.
March Assignment OF II. 4. Gould, Boston,
dye stulls rubber, etc. liabilities about
Sl,00000O
Assignment or G. Morley Detroit, lumber,
liabilities 100000
March 4. 1850 inauguration ~ BENJAMIN Har-
rison, high proteotionfa, as president
March 5, lss9-Failure OF the Reading iron
works; liabilities OF about two million dol
lars; 1000 men thrown out Of employment
March Q, lSs9-Failure Of the Excelsior pottery
at Trenton y. j., employing 300 hands.
The Warwick manufacturing company,
Cleveland, o.. closed its doors in consequence
of depressed business
Cotton d Mulvey, shoe dealers, Providence,
r. J., assigned
The McLeewee & Knapp manufacturing
company, lamps. Is Barclay-st, New York,
sold out by the sheriff.
Joshua Henderson, carpenter and builder,
South Boston, Mass, failed.
March THE keystone rollng.mill Of Read
ing, and the roling.mills at Naomi and Gibral-
tar, Penn, shut down, throwing over six hun
dred men out OF employment.
March s-Assignment Of the Findlay (O.)
iron and steel company, with the principal
rolling.mill in the manufacturing center; liza
bilities over 100000
BufTord Sons photographic company, Boston.
suspended payment. Liabilities estimated at
100000.
L. o. DesforCes & Co. New Orleans and
Pittsburg, Pal assigned liabilities. Sl44,230.
5. Hood 4 CO., cigar manufacturers at l59
i. Seventy-sixth-st, New York, failed.
The Blackburn iron works, Is Court-st,
Brooklyn, called meeting OF creditors.
Thomas {. Cooper, wholesale dealer in
flour and provisions. Albany, n. Y, as.
signed; liabilities, 100000.
March li-Great strike OF Fall River weavers,
resulting in their return to work on the old
terms.
March 25-The dry-goods store of Schneider &
McWatters. Cleveland, o., closed by the
sheriff ON judgments aggregating $4,000.
Frank w. Adams, proprietor Of the Glen
dale wooden mills, Glendale, Mass made an
/ assignment.
Reese & Whiting, the oldest dry-goods
firm in Berlin Wis, assigned.
March 30-Strike Of streetcar men in Roches-
ter.
April l-Strike OF 200 men in the Dithridge
company glass-works, New Brighton, Pa.
April 9-Strike of Erie switchmen at Buffalo.
Strike of carpenters and painters at Buff
falo.
NJ Block & Co.. general merchants, POGO
hontas, Va. assigned.
April 5-Downs & Finch, shirt manufacturers,
at Nos 43 and 40 Leonard-st., assigned; liza
bilities S450,0C0.
April 9-Reduction of wages in the Clark thread
works, Newark, y. j.
A. w. Keeney paper-mil Rockford, H.,
assigned.
Strike Of st. Louis carpenters.
Strike over reduced wages in Clark thread
works, Newark, y. J..
April 1l-Shut-down of the Susquehanna iron
works.
April l3-Failure of the Plymouth rolling-miIl
company of Conshohocken, Pa.
April 15-Assignment Of the Conshohocken
lPa.) worsted mills company.
April 17-Assignment of T. F. Seaman, piano
manufacturer; liabilities 100000.
Return of ST. Paul car-drivers to work at
reduced wages.
May S-Announcement that the Warren fur
mace at Hackettstown, n. j., is to be blown
out on account of the dull state of the iron
market The company has 10000 tons of iron
on hand, and no market for it. The furnace
at Stanhope, \. j., is also to 60 out Tor
similar reason.
Failure of c. L&L.T. Frye, shoe manu-
facturers, Marlboro, Mass The factory. which
furnished employment to 200 people, closed.
Liabilities, about $4,000
Nav "A reduction OF % per cent in the wages
of the boot-cutters at the Meyer rubber works,
Midtown, \. j.
Notification to the Glass Blowers assem-
bly,, X. of l., Pittsburg of a material reduc-
ton in wages for the next blast, which will
begin on Sept. 1.
May 10-Scranton, Pa. Notices posted OF a re.
dnction of 10 per cent. in the wages of all
the employees of the Dickson manufacturing
company. The reduction affects about 900
men.
May 1S-Reduction of from 20 to so per cent.
in wages at Carnegie's homestead steel plant.
The delegates from fifteen of the principal
block-ooal mines of Indiana, representing
over 1000 men, met in Brazil. Ind, rejected
the operators demand for 20 cents reduction,
and declared a strike by a two-thirds vote.
The reduction is from 30 cents 10 20, the
largest ever demanded in the history of the
coal trade west.
Failure of the Amy manufacturing COM
pany, manufacturers OF ladies' fine cloths.
The compauy's mills are among the largest
in the Kensington fPhiladelphial district,
and employ about 100 hands.
So many iron-workerS in Pennsylvania are
out Of employment that the Allegheny Besse-
mer mills at Duquesne have had no trouble
in filling the places of strikers with non
union men, and the strike is practically fail
ure.
Receiver appointed for the West End min
ing company owning iron-mines in Hunter
don county, n. j., and Pennsylvania.
Assignment OF Cupples n HuTd booksell-
ers, and the Algonquin Press publishers, Bos-
ton.
June 2l.-Stories OF terrible suffering among
the striking miners ut Braidwood, Ill.
Big strike OF boot and shoe workers at