Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-07-29
THOUSANDS THROWN OUT.


An Army of Idle Men Through tho Clos
Ing Down OF Many Zig Mills and Fac
tories.
OMAHA, Neb,, July 22.-The first band
of miners from Colorado hunting for
work and who were given free ride to
this city on freight train arrived dur
ing the morning. They say thousands
will follow. They are scattering for
the harvest-fields and iron mines of the
north and for Chicago.
MILTON MILLS, N. H., July 22.-The
agent of the Waumbeck company has
issued orders for closing the mills here
for six months, as soon as the goods
now in process of manufacture are
finished The reason assigned for this
action is n lack of orders, except at
ruinous prices. This is the first time
in the history of this company that
work has been ordered to cease on ac-
count of the condition of markets, and
the result of the present action will be
serious blow to many employees who
are dependent upon their earnings in
these mills for support.
PORTLAND, Me-, July 22-At a direct
ors' meeting Thursday 1t was decided
to shut down the mills of the Vest
brook Manufacturing company, makers
of ginghams, from July 20 to September
4. The monthly payroll is S20,0
There are three reasons that unite to
cause the shutting down. The goods
now being manufactured cannot be sold
until October, and no money can be
realized on them until next spring. 1t
is not deemed advisable to pile up
goods. The mill has been in operation
thirty years without shutdown, and
some repairs are necessary.
New YORK, July 22.-The effect of
the proposed closing of the large Amos
keag cotton plant in Manchester, N.
H., during the month of August has
been generally overestimated in the
opinion of many of the leading cotton
merchants of this city. 1t is regarded
as probable that many other mills in
New England, such as the Manchester
mills, the Pembroke, Webster, and
China mills and the York Manufactur-
ing company of Saco will shut dowu
but nevertheless the situation is not
considered an alarming one by the New
York merchants.
PLATTsBURG, n. Y, July 22.-The
Chateaugay Ore & Iron company, whose
mines and iron foundrieS are located at
Lyon Mountain, closed down Thursday,
as also did the Crown Point Iron COM
pany mines and iron makers at Crown
Point The cause given is dullness in
the iron trade. about 1000 men are
thrown out of employment. The prin-
cipal stockholders of both companies
are New Workers.
NoRwALK, Conn, July 22.-Norwalt
manufacturers are experiencing the
Gullest season they have ever known.
Hutchinson, Cole & Co., shirt manu-
facturers, have been shut down three
weeks. Roth 4; Goldsmith, corset man
ufacturers employing nearly 500 oper-
ativcs one of the largest concerns of
the kind in this country, are idle. Sew
eral hat shops employing hundreds of
men and women are doing practically
nothing and the Norwalll Lock COM
pany has laid off 100 MEN indefinitely be-
cause of dullness in trade. Business
men say that although they are selling
some goods collections are deplora bly,
poor.
WAUKEsHA, Wis, July 22.-Superin-
tendent McNaughton has caused to be
bulletined at the Wisconsin Central
locomotive repair shops an order clos
ing down all departments for the cur
rent month. At least 200 men are
thrown out of employment, only those
necessary to do temporary repairing
being retained.
WAUKEGAN, ILL.,. July 22.-Two more
new factories have been located at
South Waukegan. One is the Chicago
Double-Headed Safety Match company,
which will manufacture an improved
match without phosphorous that cam
not be injured by water. Work
on its building will begin within
thirty days. The main structure will
be so by $50 feet of brick. e. d..
Nix, of Oklahoma, is president of the
company. ID. S. Mckay is treasurer
and manager. The second factory will
be the II. w. Johns asbestus paint fac.
tory, which will erect brick buildings
and employ $50 men at the start. The
Lanyon zinc works and Morrow
Brothers works are being enlarged.
MILWAUKEE, July 22.-The Bay View
rolling mills of the Illinois Steel COM
pany, which were recently started up
at nearly their full capacity are gradu-
lily being closed again, and at the pres
ent time not more than half the plant
is in operation. Manager Hinton said
to-day that the shutting down of the
mills was owing to the exceedingly
dull condition of everything in these
times.
NATION, H., July a2.-The Peoria,
Decatur & Evansville railroad has
closed its machine shops at this place,
throwing about 200 men out of employ
ment. 1t is stated by the officials that
inability on the part of the company
to borrow money was the cause.
CLOWN TO FRAGMENTS