Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-10-08

apf,rcnt!cc aud had his ua1es advanced
70 81 cents per day from % cents.
40. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, Grafton, w. Va. % per cent y
No advances here, but the few that
Lave not been discharg ed by closing Of
fo4ndries, etc, have had their wages re-
duced in the last year from 1925 to
81 81.
IL. Wilkins & Close, May6eld, N.
T. Is 20 25 Der cent"
Mr. wilkins says the report ia fa' n
only the usual advances TO new hand.
have occurred
~. Close & Christie, Mayield, y.
Y. Is to rs per cent"
Same situation az No II.
"l3. Cantastota Knife Company, Can
'astota, \. Y, 10 per cent"
In 1891, by threatening to strike, the
-mployes got back about 10 per cent Of
the % per cent reduction made four o,
tive years :2o.
IL. New York Knife Company,
Walden, n. Y, 10 per cent
In April and in June, 1892, abou,
tw0-thirds Of the workers by having
union and bythreatening tostrike received
advance, OF from to 10 per cent
general reduction Of 10 per cent. oc-
CURED in 1885, which the company
promised to replace if Harrison was
elected.
'l5 Tho aston Knife Company,
Thonaston. Conn. 10 per cent"
Same situation as at No 13.
40. w. f. Epperson, i..doya, Ind,
10 per cent
Mr.. Eppsrsons reply to the Republi
can letter sent him is being widely cir
culated by Democrats. Instead of ad-
vancing wages he has had to shut down
bis healing factory part ., the time.
"17. Pittsburg Reduction Company,
Pftsburs, Penn, 10 per cent.
Inc proprietor knew of no advances
aud was surprised that such report
vas made.
'lS. Sultan Buggy and Carriage
Company, White Pigeon, Mich, 10 per
cent
No advances, but more work for the
ss sme pay.
"19. b. Howitzer, Chaseburg, Wis,
10 per cent"
Chaseburg has fifty inhabltants-No
HowitZer there.
"2o Enterprise Manufacturing Com
pany, Mannheim, Penn, 80 per cent"
The girls making socks aud ovcralls
at 50 50 to So week became dissatis
fed and were irregular at work. The
firm advanced piece prices from 35 to
dozen
''21. Shaw Stocking Company, Lowell,
Mass, 10 per cent"
The reduction by Law Of working hours
from sixty to fifty eight caused no re.
duction of wages Of day laborers, bat
piece workers may earn less.
"22. Kings County Knitting Company,
brooklyn, n. Y, per cent"
The ten or fifteen employees know OF
no advance.
"23. Western Knitting Mills, Roch-
ester, Mich, Is per cent
Four apprentices were advanced many
others of the one hundred employees re-
ceivcd reductions from Is to 12t cent,
Ter dozen.
''24. Western Knitting Mills, Detroit
Mich, Is per cent
Wages have not changed for eight
years.
80. I.r ley & Davis, Oriskany
/ Fal :, n. y, 25 to 80 cents a day
Tvo forcmen anu one apprentice ad
vahccd slightly; six weavers and one
in sher reduced from II to Is per cent
I WAGES of other five employees unchanged
.?G William Carter & Co., High,
/ "a .yIi.e, Mass, Is TO 50 cents day '
/ l've Of ninety employees were advanced
4 10 prevent them from returning to Eng
aui. 4 fca other changes IN the mills
werc made because new machines were
Introduced
! .27. Mccormick s Co., Harris
burg, Penn, Is 10 50 cents a day.
Forty laborers whose wages were re
duced from 81 % to $40 last fal! ha1
the ten cents restored in June. Forty
puailcrs on February IS. 1892, were re-
aucel from "a u IS. 80 per ton. Eighty
i've were thrown out IN March, 1892. by
/ the closing OF one furnace.
.2S. He tJohn Dewitt Warner sanulc
not for,et tie 25,oap emn!oyes in tnt
Fall RIVER cotton mills, VINO nad tAei
WAGES increased on Julv II.
Tie legal CHARGE OF hours from slx5!
~ i;ftv- ei 1At per week caused ~ r tat
..on .; wage. bees :" 'Ae en- 49, =
s.c.e caa.cOl1.as a ~.t.Ae 70 -. n.c