The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-20

The labor vote in the great cities and
manufacturing centers voted against the
Republican party on the stupid plea that
the protective tariff did not help the wages
Of American labor; that wages were fixed
BY trades unions" The news from the
manufacturing states il not calcu lated to
furnish pleasant reading for American
isbor shat il still under the delusion that
the protective tariff did not help The wages
OF American labor to the extent ut least Of
preventing competition with the cheap
labor Of Great Britain and the continent.
II IL estimated that the loss to capital
on the shrinkage Of the stocks and bonds
Of railroad and industrial corporations
since the November elscsion 10 not less
than two billions Of dollars. It II 10
bor's turn now to feel the shoe pinch. The
Gripping Of capital. which employs labor.
Of cossrse, means disaster and distress to
wage workers through the enforced dis
charge Of labor. The Troy IN. W Steel
and Iron Company's works have closed
dowss. throwing 1900 men out Of employ
ment Word comes from Pittsburg that
for tie first time IN the history Of the trade
every plate glass factory in the United
Statsa 10 closed, and that indefinitely.
Fully 10000 men are idle ~ result. 1t is
the Impression that the factories will re-
sumo about the middle OF September.
Many Of the glass workers are in strait
ened circumstances and are entirely de.
IS T.,
land are reported ~ preparing to shut
dowa. George w. Bean. agent for the An
droseogg,n mill. in Lewiston, Me-, 10 re-
ported by the Boston Her aid as saying:
Before next October think tina help will get
q vacation in every cotton mill In Lewiston.
The trouble Is wholly with the tariff The sil-
yer issae 10 scare. IL congress comes out and
promises not TO medde with the tariff for three
years business would be all right
Word come, from the Merrimac mills at
Low ell, Mass. that at no time i'm mill his
tory had 1t been since 1873 so hard to raise
moray on mill productions. Owing to the
silver and tariff questions. people are
afra,s! to buy. The agent Of WOODEN mill
Is asioted ~ saying that wool is offered at
% eats cheaper than any year at this time
for ever decade. The offers are refused
and thc WOODEN mill, are piling up manu-
faciared goods. The same reports como
irorss the Arlington mills. whose agent
say.: ''oar wool shop is shut down be-
Gauge with these uncertain prices we do
not want To buy much wool" For the
sane reason the iobber does not buy Mr..
CLARK. treasurer of the Boot Cotton Mills.
say in the Boston Herald: NO mills are
nov selling all the goods they are making;
anG il this condition lasts long the manu-
faegire Of goods mus; stop"
Mills 1T Salem. \. J.; at Rochester, n.
II. a, Chester. Ia. nj Cohoes. y. ", are
reported as closed down. The Charles
fa1ser Company. Of Meriien. Conn, has
shut down its large factory indefinitely.
Th:s factory employs over LOO hands, all
Of asho;n ase thrown OUT OF employment
Thtre IS no prospect OF the works starting
again for several months. Nearly every
large mine in the Lake Superior region
has closed down completely or laid oil q
large part Of its men, and the presen. out.
ios,S Is AZ dreary as can be. Unless busi.
| neas bs ehtens up and the mines resume
operation before the long and bitter win.
ieg of upper Michis gan and Minnesota sets
In, there - certain 20 be very grea, suf-
ieE -ng. ever 10000 men are now reported
sd.c. Five thousand wage workers have
bean thrown ous OF employment, in In.
! dls,nspolis- The Boston Joaraa. com.
m:ais - io.loas upon the situation:
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al !. million sagp,ssea egs ef aarey earned IN
an Industry that tie ssee srxasrs ars ss.s,.
ns.se<s sAaa se deprived 10 . grsz, ex,sa, O,
sAs protection saas has na1ss ls wassi..s
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rasasy lEasssrtss tareass1ss, tAese shre~ aua.ts,
psisisons represent en.y . ssaAl portion OF ssoss
villa will be IN sasae9sly s1ccei ey ta.i1 Tin k<r.
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viz tsxl the affects 81 tree i-ase segsssassoa ID
f;ed the merchants ana sgazesrea vao viii
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