Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-30
The Effects OF Projection.

Workingmen and mechanics are earn
estly requested to read the following
facts and see what the reputed protection
Is doing for them. Here is partial list
of the different protected industries that
have reduced wages since the Mckinley
bill was passed, as prepared by the Bur,
ington Gazette:
Brooks Iron company, Birdshorough,
Penn, closed Feb 2, and $50 men thrown
out OF work because they refused to &C.
cept reduction of per cent.
Ellis & Lessig Iron and Steel COMPANY.
Pottstown. Penn, closed Feb. 2: 700
men out OF work because q reduction of
123 per cent was rejected.
Sturtevant Blower works, Jamaica
Plain, Mass reduction of from 10 to 80
per cent.
Pottstown Iron company, Pottstown,
Penn; reduction of 2 per cent
Bethlehem Iron company. Bethlehem,
Penn reduction of 10 per cent Feb.2.
Pennsylvania Steel company. Steelton,
Penn reduction of from s to 10 per
cent Feb 1.
bsckawanna Iron and Coal company,
Scranton, Penn; an average reduction
OF 30 cents day on Jan. l.
Homestead Steel works, Carnegie,
Phipps & Co.; 10 per cent by agreement.
Pullman Palace Car compspy's works:
new scale making reduction of about
10per cent. brought forward Jan. 1.
Otis Iron and Steel Company, Cleve-
land, Ohio; reduction OF 80 per cent.
Buckeye Mower and Reaper Works.
Akron, Ohio; reduction of from 80 to so
per cent. reported on Feb. 8.
The Crane Iron company. ALE ntown.
Penn; reduction of 10 per cent took
effect on Feb. Q.
The Lochiel Iron Works, at HARRISBURG
Penn have shut down-indefnitely it is
supposed-because Of q difference on the
wages question.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin. March %
The Reading Iron company. The g..
600 employees were told on March 81 tina:
. reduction of wages would be made on
April l..
Potts Brothers Iron company, Potts
town. Penn. Wages of puddlers re-
duced about per cent on March 16.
Lehigh Iron company, Allentown.
Penn. A reduction of 10 per cent Was
made on March 49,
On the 10Th inst about $50 of the men
employed in the pudding mills of the
Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works
company. 1t Richmond, Va, went out
on strike on account of a reduci ion OF
their wages from 81 to SO rs per ton
The Iron Age, March 2e,
The Glasgow Iron COMPANY, of Potts.
town, Penn. have posted notice of re-
duction ct wages in the puddle depart
ment. beginning March 16 from S.. rs 10
So so per ton. and of a reduction of z
per cent in the plate mill-The Iron Age.
March 12
The iron mining companies of the
northwest; 10 per cent or more; MANY
thousand men getting less pay or deprived
of work.
Southern Steel company, Chattanooga.
Tenn. 10 per cent for all employees who
were receiving more than 81 per day.
Emma Blast Furnace, Cleveland, Ohio.
10 per cent
Illinois Steel company. 500 men idle
on March 6 owing TO their REFUSED to &C.
cept what appears to have been reduc.
Ton.
Arcade File Works company, Sing Sing,
N. T., ordered q reduction of from Is per
cent to 40 per cent on August z.
Two hundred men employed by the
Gloucester Iron Works. Gloucester, N
j., out of work because they would not
accept a reduction in their wages. Aug.
90, 1891.
WOODEN AND woRsIEDs.
Hopedale Fabric Nill, Hopedale, Mass.
wages of weavers reduced % cents yard
last week.
Cocheeo Manufacturing company,
wages Of weavJrs reduced 4 per cent.
Ssxony Knitting Mil. Little Falls. N
T.. reduction of about 90 per cent.
Mer,imsc Mills, Lowell Mas, wages
OF male spinners refused cents per hun.
dred.