Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-15
new ENGLAND MILL NOTES.

The Hamilton mills at Amesbury, Mass.
are running again.
The BoZrahyillc cotton mill has resumed
operations at Norwich. Conn.
The Collins mills, OF Colirsville, Mass.
nave started mp with all handu-
The Clyde print works Of Providence, II. I.
resumed, and will run four days a week.
In Burrillyillc, r. l., several Of the large
mills have resumed after a brief shut down.
The Peabody cotton mills at Ncwburyport
Mass, have resumed. The weekly payroll Ii
$4,000.
The Pembroke mills at Pembroke. n. H.,
nave resumed operations with a full numbei
Of hands.
The Oak Valley wooden mill at Tarklin h
l., Is now in operation, after an idleness OF
six weeks
The Bigelow carpet mills at Clinton, Mass.
have shut down In several departments foi
an indefinite period.
The Middlesex mills at Lowell, Mass, re-
sumed on three-quarters time with its usual
Number Of employees.
The Russell manufacturing company o
Mi idletown, Conn, has started on full tim,
with almost 800 hands
The Collins mills in Dracut, Mass, have
startedu up with all hands at work, after 1
shutdown of four weeks.
In Westerly, r. l., some ofthe closed mills
have opened cu one-half time and some are
running three days week.
The Waltham, Mass, hleachcry and dye
works, employing about 800 hands has CLOSED
for an indefinite period.
The loom picker factory of the J. V. Alb
bot manufacturing company. East Dedham
Mass, will resume work, with full force Of
hands.
The A. G. Turner silk mill at Wlllimantic
IDnn., has resumed on full time and with q
full force, but on a cut OF 10 per cent in
wages.
In Watertown, Mass, the factory of Daily
i Co., which had shut down, is again run
ming on full time with its usual complement
Of men.
The print works in the Pawtucket Valley
Il. l., are now running in full, and operatives
at Clyde, PheniS and Natick are reported ae
all busy
Everywhcrr there seems to be feeling OF
restored confidence and renewed hope, a rest
full change from the pancky utterances OF
few weeks ago
The Co'heco Manufacturing Company OF
Dover, n. IL, has started up after shut
down Of three or four weeks. The mill en-
ploys about 1900 hands.
The new or No. wooden mill, formerly run
by G.. p Ladd h Son at Spencer. Mass,
which has been shut down since last May, has
started up TO run out the stock on hand.
Green and Shaw are the new firm.
In Waltham. Mass. over 1000 men went to
work in the Boston Manufacturing Compa-
ny mills after shut down OF over month.
For the present the men will work only every
other week.
The Amory mill at Manchester, n. H..
has resumed in every department. The mil!
has large nmber OF orders on hand and the
outlook is bright. These mills employ about
400 hands.
The main cotton and yarn department of
the Pacific mills at Lawrence, Mass, has
resumed operations, and 1t is stated that the
remaining departments Of the mIA will he
opened in about week.
The Middletown Conn, plate company
has started up, but with only part Of its
force. Other concerns In that city are run
uug on full time, and some have hard work to
keep with their orders.
Work has been resumed in two Of the three
large mills at North Bsllingham, Mass, oper-
ltcd by the Ray wooden company with full
force OF employees and Ii will be commenced
in the cOmpany's print works shortly
The Executive Committee OF the National
Textile workers of America passed resolu-
ions protesting against the cut-dOwn in
wages. and promising aid 10 Fall River
yaaver7 il a strike is inaugurated
The machinery in the Hamilton print works
and in the ingram department OF the Lowell,
Mass, carpet mill has started on full time.
The operatives In the brussels department OF
the Lowell company are on vacation OF two
weeks.
A. g. Dewey & Co, manufacturers Of fan
nell at QuechCe, Vt, and the Hartford Woolen
company, manufacturers OF satinctS, at Hart
ford village W have shut down their mills
for an indefinite period These mills give
employment to about 400 persons.
The Thomaon-Houston Electric Co. at
LYNN. Mass, will put their entire force OF
1000 men to work. The company has just
received orders TO the amount OF S6OO,OOO.
The steel foundry has started up and other
Iepartments are already running at full
blast.
The Walker K Pratt Manufacturing Com
panv. of Watertown. Mass. will start up their
plant next week This is the largest concern
In the town, and its employees receive the
highest wages. It was the longest shutdown
In the history OF the concern, which has been
running fully 40 years. The plant will start
up with Iull lOrce, uuu Tic loIhcI NakcS
will be paid
The continued idlencss Of the large cotton
mills at Three Rivers and Thorndike, Conn,
Is becoming source Of anxiety to the en-
plovees who have got nothing laid by. Al
ready some have had TO ask the town for as
sistance. and II the mills are not started be-
lore cold weather many more will be destitute.
The prospect for starting the mills is not con-
sidered promising.
Twenty-four mills in Fall River were re-
norted last week as idle, but it is expected
that majority of them will start sgain dur
ing the current week on reduced scale OF
wages. The idle mills We're American linen
Gwo), Anawan. Cornell, Durfee (three),
Fall River iron works (three), Flint. Granite
nwo), Laurel lake. Mechanics, Metacomet
Merchants (two), Robson, Seaconnet VAN
panoag two). Weetamoe.