The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-08-25
THE BOTTOM NEARLY REACHED.
II Appears That Nearly An the Mills
of the Country are Closing.

OF the country arc Closing.
NEW ORLKANs, LA.-On account of
fSaToity of currency, Msginnis cotton
mills have closed.
LAWRENCE. MAss.-The mills of Con-
gressman Stevens & So:s at North An
dover, Andover, and Havcrhill will shut
down for an indefinite period after this
week. The firm is among the largest
individual wool manufacturers in tho
United States.
WooNsocKET, r. 1.-The Hamlet Cot
ton Mills. in this city, Frank u r,ss,
proprietor, employing 900 persons have
closed for two weeks. Occupants of tho
mill tenements will be charged no rent
during this psr,5d.
AMEsBuRY, Mass. = O., ders have been
received at the Hamilton Mills to run
only every Other week until further
notice.
SPRINeFIELD, Mass, The directors
OF the United S atos Whip Company
voted to shut down all the factories in
the whip syndicate until Aug. as, te-
cause of inability to dsposc of goods.
NoRwrcu. CoNN. Tho Clinton Wool
en- Mills Company at Bcln Hill have
posted notices stating that the mills will
be closed for two or three weeks.
AMSTERDAM, N. Y.-The Stewart
knitting Mills closed on Saturday night.
Mr.. Stewart says the mills will reopen ms
soon as the conditions o! the market war.
rants such course. The Liddlc Knit
ting aud Green Knitting C,mpaai s
mills have shut down. The mill of
Gardner & Wariirg will shut down
when the G 'ods now in process of man. /.
ufacture ere run out. Tho No. knit
ting mill OF Warren, De Forest & Co.,
closed for an indefinite time. They en-
pioy 300 hands in this mill. Thers arc
nearly a, GOO people now out of employ
mcnt in this city. The Salisbury mill
and the Leo Manufacturing Company
have rcopened, but they employ less than
15O hands.
NORTH ADAMS, NAss.-Thc Arnold
Print Works, the largest mills in this
town, together with tho Beaver and
Eclipse Mills of Gallup & lIoughton, in
this town, the Williamstown Manufactur
Ing Company in Williamstown, and the
North Pownal Manufacturing Company
at North Pownal, VT. mills which made
cloth for the Arnold Print Works, shut
down indefinitely Saturday night. More
than 2,c00 employees are affected.
- o. -H"@shtoa, -president of Arnold
Print Works, says: 'In view of the
unsettled condition of the business of the
country, we have decided to close our
mills until the situation improves. II
Congris, should take decisive action and
the situation should clear up we would
start up Immediately"
The mills have been run on full time
with nearly ali help until the present
time in the hope that times would i'm
prove.
The Henrietta Mills, Rutherford
county, N. c., are now running on half
time.
NEW BEDFORD MILLS START UP.
New BEDFORD, MASS. The Wam-
sutta mills started up Monday in accord
ance with their plan to run week on
and week off, which was announce
when the mills were closed last week
The situation is 50 much improved, how.
ever. that it is thought that it vii not
be necessary 10 close up at the end of
next week. In nearly all the mills in
town with the exception OF the Potomska
mills work will be gradually re.
sumed, beginning Monday. The City
Manufacturing Company, manufacturers
Of fine yarns, employing SIR hands, have
poated notices that the mills would be
shut down for the rest Of the week.
Work will be resumed Monday.
PRESIDENT EIEsTEIN's INTERPRETATION
OF THE MESSAGE.
SOMERvILLE, N. J.-David l.. Elm.
stein of New York is President of the
company operating the largo woollen
mills in Raritan, one mile above here,
in which about eleven hundred bands
are employed. The mills arc the back
bone of the town of Rartan, as nearly
every person in the place is in some way
supported by them. The mills have
been running on full time up to the
present.
When Mr.. Einstein read the Prcsident'i
message in the evening papers on Tues
dan he "a n.,aa lAn.AI.L.l IL. f.n..---