The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-08-09
OVER TUE WORLD.
Items of Interest from all
Parts of the World.

Parts OF the World.
Helena, Mcnt.-J. III. Conrad &Co,,
merchants of Horn, this State have
assigned. The same firm also ran
a big mercantile establishment and
bank at Red Lodge, and these have
also been closed. The Park Coal
and Coke Company, of which ]. n.
Conrad is president, has also as.
signed.
Bostou.-F. A. Loring & Co.,
leather dealers, with tannery at
Woburn, have assigned to George
r. Fowler, lawyer, and Charles II.
Allen, president of the Central
National Bank.
Amesbury, Mass.-The Ames.
bury Shoe Company has made an
assignment to its treasurer and
George E. Gale, cashier of the
Amesbury National Bank.
Cleveland, Ohio. M. ]. Moriarty,
furniture dealer, assigned. Assets
$4,000, liabilities not known.
Chicago Francis E. Morse and
George Mitchell, real estate deal
ers, under the firm style Morse,
Mitchell & Williams, and Francis
E. Morse, doing business as Morse
& Son. each made a voluntary as
signment to E. II. Gary.
Fall River, Mass.-The Church
Brothers, fish and guano works at
Portsmouth, II. /. ceased operations,
and 247 men and eight steamers
are idle.
Nearly all of the hat factories in
Orange are closed. Work is going
on in only few of the largest fac
tories. The cause of these shut
downs is the failure of orders to
come in from the West, owing to
the stlingency of the money mar
ket.
Manchester, N. H.-The big
Amoskeag mills were closed to-.
day. This is the first suspension
of these factories for many years
and 5000 operatives are idle. The
Jefferson mills started up again
this morning, giving Employment
to 1000 hands who had been idle
for two weeks. All the remaining
Amoskeag mills are certain to re.
sumo work August 26, if not before,
but it will be on the basis of a gen.
eral reduction of wages, it is said, OF
10 per cent. Those receiving bet.
ter wages than the average will be
cut down Is per cent.
Norwalk, Conn.-Hutchison, Cole
& Co., shirt manufacturers having
factories in New York, Bridgeport
and this city, have notified their
employees that hereafter the facto.
ry here would run only three days
a week. The company employs
more than 1000 hands. J. H
Buckley & Sons, elastic wei
factory employing $50 hands, will
begin running on a three day SEIZED
ule tomorrow. The norwalk Lock
Company employees will work
only four days hereafter, and the
Norwalk iron company will also
decrease its output.
Boston The United States
Watch Company resumed work at
their factory Waltham this morn.
ing, with a full force, after two
weeks vacation. The men were
notified of reduction of Is pei
cent. in pay during the present
stagnation.
Hartford.-Orders were posted in
the factory of the American Writ.
ing Machine Company reducing
the hours of work to five hours g
day. All salaried help was reduced
in wages one-half. About 20(
hands are employed. The orders
came from the president of the
Type writer Trust.
Great harrington, Mass.-Tht
Everett wooden mills, employing
$50 hands, will shut down Satur
day for a month.
Providence.-William Tinkbau
& Co.'s mill at Burrillville is run
ming five days a week.
Hartford The we wing ant
dressing rooms of the Broadbrool
Company's cloth mills, at Broad
brook, will run only five days
week for the present.
Pittsburg.-In Pittsburg seven Q
) the Jones & Laughlin mills close
, down. A large number of men ar