Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-09-15
RAPIDLY RESUMING
Many Business Enterprises Start
Up Again.
SOME WAGE REDUCTIONS REPORTED

Indications of Further Increased Produc.
tIon in the Immediate Future give
Promise of Renewed Prosperity In the
Ranks of the Toilers.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. l2.-Today all
but twenty-three Of the sixty-seyen mills
IN the city are in operation. Tney are run
ming on a reduced scale of wages varying
from to lax per cent. less than the sched-
ule of last week. There was no resistance
of any kind offered.
SPRISGFIELD, O., Sept. 12.-The Whitley
Mallsable Iron works started up with 200
hands. More will be put on in few days.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y, Sept. 12.-The EN-
pire State Knitting mills resumed work
after a suspension Of one month. John
Wiedrhold & Co., manufacturers Of wool
ems and underwear, also resumed opera
lions with limited number of hands
ERIE, Pa, Sept. 12.-Ths H. +. Watson
Paper company, which has been running
on half time, started on full time with
full force of 900 employees. The Erie Forge
works, which has been shut down COM
pletely, also started with full compile
ment Of men.
SoUrHISGToS, Conn, Sept. 12.-Al the
factories of the Peck, Stowe & Wilcox
company at Plantsville, East Berlin and
this place, started up on full time. For
month they have run on half time, and
last week shut down entirely.
Boston, Sept. l2.-The Walker & Pratt
foundry, at WATERFOWL, started up after
shut down of about tSyo months The en-
tire force has been put at work at the
former wages, although at present the
piece hands will not be given full days
work.
PROVIDENCE, r. L, Sept 12.-The mills
Of the Crompton company, at Crompton,
which have been closed since Aug. have
started again.
TROY, y. Y. Sept. l2.-William H. Van
Kleeck's brush factory, at Lansingburgh,
employing fifty hands, resumed work on
half time, and will probably go on full
time next.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Sept. l2.-The print
works Of the Pacific mills have started up,
and all that now remains closed of the
mills of this large operation is the lawn
department. The Washington mills have
partially resumed, and the entire plant
will be in operation next week. The Ar
lington, Atlantic, Pemberton and Everett
mills are yet closed however Small indus
tries throughout the city report business
better, and merchants are already feeling
the increase in trade.
TRENTON, n. j., Sept. 12.-The working
forces in three of the plants OF the pottery
syndicate were increased yesterday. All of
the syndicate's factories are now in opera
ton, but the full quota Of workmen are
not yet employed. Several independent
potteries started up yesterday with about
a half force A small number OF men have
been put to work in the rubber mills, and
Roeblings wire mill, which has been
closed for three weeks, resumed operations
with 100 men, The Wilson Wooden mills
also started up, giving employment to 700
hands The outlook for a general resump-
ton Of business in Trenton within two
weeks is good.
= PROVIDENCE, r. J., Sept. l2-The cut
down in wages Of the Rhode Island cotton
mill operatives, made inevitable by the
action of the Massachusetts, mill men, was
announced yesterday, the Lonsdale COM
pany and the firm Of b. b. 81 r. Knight
posting notices in their mills that 10 per
cent. reduction would go into effect Sept.
-. AS the HCJlOU Oh the lTihS ueutlOueO
decides that Of the smaller corporations in
this state they viii all doubtless take sim
liar action, and the reduction will be gen.
eral on the date mentioned.
GALLIPoLIs, O., Sept. l2.-The Gallipolis
and the Fuller Hutsenpillar furniture fac
tories, employing about 300 men, resumed
operations.
NORWICH, n. Y, Sept. 12.-The large
silk mills of the Norwich Silk Manufac-
turing company and the extensive works
OF the Norwich Cabinet company resumed
work on full time. The old scale Of prices
is maintained and all the old hands We're
re-employed.
RALEIGH, n. C, Sept. 12-The Egypt
coal mines, situated in Chatham and
Moore counties, which suspended opera
tons ten days ago, will resume work in
few days More than 100 men are en-
ployed at these mines, and several others
are being worked in this state.