Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-10-17
HERE IS THE RECORD.
Manufacturing Establishments Which Closed or Reduced Wages at the
 Prospect of Free Trade.
Does Protection Protect tac Iaborer,
 as We'll ss the Manufacturer?

The following industrial notes are compiled from the industrial columns of the Engineering and Mining Journal. for each month during the l2 months from May 1893 to April 1894.
 The great iron and steel industry as represented by Carnegie and others has been the red flag which the democr tic free trade bull has particularly desired to gore. As witnesses the following notes, this great industry took means very quickly from the onslaught and the trust" CD quickly transferred the reductions upon their products Co the shoulders of their employees who doubtless can give the demo cratic brethren a decided answer 10 the question, does protection protecti Quickly following the disturbances in the iron and steel industry caHe the strikes and re- duced wages in the coal mines and iron mines, then followed those in the glass works then the cotton and textile manufscturies of New En- gland, next the cloak and garment makers and last the tin plate manu- factories, and so on down the line:
 MAY. 1893.
 The Catasauqua Manufacturing Company, on the 27th ult., ordered the following reduction of wages at its rolling mills at CatasSuqua and Fullerton, Pa, to take effect March 4: Puddlers, from $3.65 to $2.25 per ton; skilled laborers, 10 per cent; laborers, from $l.l5 to$l. 10 per day.
 A reduction of 10 per cent on all wages was made on the 1st inst at the Macungie, Pa, furnace of the Crane Iron Company.
 JUNE 1893.
 The furnace men, about 300 in number, of the Duquesne works of the Carnegie Steel company, have had notice of a 20 per cent reduc- tion in wages, to take effect May Sth.
 A press dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa, says that the Pit.sburg iron and steel manufacturers will prepare scale this year that will provide some heavy reductions in wages. Pudding. they claim. must come down to A ton, and the wages of fnishers In proportion, which is equivalent to a cut of about 20 per cent.
 JULY 1893.
 The Otis Steel Company, Limited of Cleveland. O., composed prinei- pally of English stockholders having notified their employees of a re- duction in wages varying from 10 to 20 per cent, which went into effect on Monday, July l7th. It Is claimed bv the firm that heretofore they have been paying wages higher than Is paid by Pittsburg competitors.
 The General electric company an nounces that it will shut down the iron foundry, at Lynn, employing 300 hands. The reason assigned is that castings can be bought outside cheaper than the company can make them. Works were started only a short time ago.
 The Rock Hill Coal and Iron company, owning two blast furnaces at Rock Hill, Huntingdon County, Pa, has ordered the furnaces banked, to remain so for a year, and discharge its hands, except a few of the chief officer>, who are reduced to half pay.
 In Pittsburg, July 18th, Jones & Laughlins signed tho steel scale of the Amalgamated Association. The result Is a compromise as the com pany proposes to cut of from 10 to % per cent in wages while the work men concede from 8 to b per cent. The iron scale was signed last week, as already noted. The company's works will resume within a few days. The rolling mill at Findlsy, O., has signed the iron scale making l3 Western mills which have so far adopted the new scale,
 AUGUST, 1893.
 The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, Pa, has announced reduction in the price paid for what is known as contract work, to take effect this week. The reduction which will affect 5000 men, amounts to about 10 per cent.
 It is reported that the Pottstown Iron Company's steel works, Potts town Pa, have closed without a promise of resumption. The puddle and plate mills of the same company, and nail factory, are all closed, but it is believed that the suspension of the latter departments will only be temporary. The Potts Bros. Iron Company, Pottstown, Pa, employ ing over l50 men, has closed its mills until the iron trade improves,
 The Parkesburg Iron Works, at Parkesburg, Pa, temporarily shut down August 2lst, for the first time in 50 years. About 900 hands are thrown out of employment.
 A notice was posted by the Lukens Iron and Steel Company, of Coatesvills, Pa, August 22d, stating that on September 4th the plate mills will drop to single turn, and there will be a general reduction of wages.
 The blast furnaces at the Central Works of the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, Cleveland O., closed down on the 22d inst, throw ing several hundred workmen out of employment. The furnaces are blown out entirely and indications point to long shutdown.
 The Thomson Houston Electric Welding Company, of Lynn, Mass, has discharged all but eight of its employees, and the company will not start up until general business conditions improve. The company employs 100 hands.
 The National Tube Works, of Me Keesport, Pa, started In partial operation August 2lst. Both turns I