The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-08-11
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cotton mills have closed: A.. L. Sales
d Sons; Arnold & Perkins; Job b.
Fiske, Jr.; w. A. Iuman; VIM. Tinkham
g Co., and ]. d. Nichols & Sons.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.--sanford & Sons
carpet mills, employing 1000 hands have
ehut down indt flnitely, as have also the
Van Antwerp Koitting Mills; Johnston
Knitting Mile, aad Starin Silk Mills at
Fultonville.
The Cheney Silk Mills at Manchester,
Conn, are now running on short hours,
fye days per week.
New York. Cornelius N. Bliss said
that because of the dull trade several
important mills in Massachusetts,, Maine
aud Rhode Island would shut dowo. He
further said: 81 may say explicitly
that the mills I especially refer to arc
those of the Otis Company, with its
Palmer Mills. Similar action will be
taken by the following in the same con-
nection: Thorndyke Company, Boston
Duck Company, Bondesville Dye Works,
Cordes Mills, and Warder Cotton Mills.
The Columbian Manufacturing Company
Mills at Greeuville, N. H., will also stop.
This action will be taken ut the cad of
the present week, and it is intended to
keep these mills close for four weeks.
This will throw abou. 5000 people out
OF employment for that time"
CINCINNATI, O.-The DER Creek
Cotton Mills and the Belling Cotton
Factory have both, shut down indefiuite-
ly from dull trade.
METHEUN, Mass.-The Metheun Cot
ton Mill has suspended TO month; 800
operatives are thrown idle. The Knitted
Fabric Co., employing SO hands has also
c!osod for 90 days.
DAYvILLE, CoNN.-The Sabin L Sayles
Wooden Mill Co., the largest in east Con-
necticut has made an assignment. Col.
Chas. A. Rus ell, tho principal owner,
is the member of Congress from this
dist, let.
NEW BEDFoRD.-By united action all
the mills here have closed until the pros
pec's brighten; 10000 employees are
thrown out of work and $4,000 will
be lost to the city weekly.
GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass The
Everett Woolen Mills have closed for a
month; $50 hands.
LAWRENCE, MASS. According to the
notices po.ted the Atlantic Cotton Mills
closed "for month OF until the market
biightens. Notices were posted In the
Arlington mills, stating that the mills
will be closed next week for the remain
der of August. They employ 5000 op-
eratives, manufacture fine cotton and
worsted yarn, and ladies' fine otton and
worsted dress goods. The Pemberton
mills close the last two weeks In August.
AsBURY PARK, N. 1.-The Universal
Shirt Factory affecting 900 hands has
stopped running.
Norwich, CoNN.-The Lucas Bros.
Wooden Mills, and Hall Bros. Woolen
Mills have both closed for week.
The great Pouemah mills, one of the
strongest and richest cotton plants in the
world, employing 1900 hands, are
oSerstocked with goods, but announce
that there will be no suspension Of work.
The Clinton wooden mills during the
9 hours before closing produced more
goods than it has been able to dispose of
In the last two weeks.
AURORA, ILL., The cotton mill here
employing 500 hands is shut down indef
initely.
WoeNsocKET, r. I. Tho local plant
of the Valley Falls Co., end the one at
Valley Falls, the former running on $40
looms aud the latter 600 have both clos
ed.
FALL RIVER, MAss.--The directors
OF the Scaconnet mills held meeting
and voted to shut down Saturday night
until Sept. Il, or until the cloth market
shows signs of improvement. The
directors of the Flint mill voted to shut
down Monday for an indefinite period.
The directors Of the Wampanoag mills
voted to shut down next week and every
alternate week until the market improves.
The Anawan, Metacomet, Weetomoe,
and Fall River manufa ctory will shut
down next week for an ,idefnite period,
and 1t IL expected that the American
Linen Company will close It's mills next
Monday or later in the week.
CovER, N. H.-The Cooheco mills
will shut down on Saturday, August 10,
The print works, operated by the same
corporation, will also be closed.
BENNINsroN, VT.-The Bennington
wooden mills, owned and operated by
Holden, Leonard q Co., and the largest
In Vermont, reduced their working time
to eight hours, four days week, with
. probability Of half time shortly.
FALL RIVER. The mill situation has
reached tho strangest condition ever
known In the history of the local cotton