The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-24


Ohio its statements ought to be salts
factory to the most skeptieal of repub-
leans as to the truth that industry is
booming under the new tariff law:
Muncie.
Business in every department of Mum
cies industries seems to be on the in
crease, and the factory hands, even those
who have suffered such big reduction in
wages. are happy at once more securing
steady employment. The merchants and
| everybody e,se throughout the metropolis
Of the gas belt are now feeling much en-
| couraged, and even at this late day in the
| season considrabl amount Of improve
ment is being done. and buildings are go
ing up in most every part OF the city.
a .arge number Of new residences are
| needed very badly. but the building boom
VIII not be commenced now until spring.
| The influx of people caused by the start
ing Of the Whitley maleable iron works
and the Patton hol.owware works, to-
| gether with the resumption Of the several
other industries has filed all vacant
houses: not a "for rent sign can be seen
in Muncie. Mechanics in every line Ell
gagged in hOusebuilding are working at a
! reduction in wages Of from 20 to 80 1-S
per cent. per day. P.asterers are swing
the trowel in Muncie for $1.75 per day,
| where they received SO for eight hours
work two years ago.
A strong labor organization is the bar
bers'. At s o'clock p. m. all BARRIERS quit
work and no shaving is done after II
o'clock Saturday night till z o'clock Mon
day m6rning. Lloyd Giffin, a Cincinnati
boy. is secretary OF the union
Bal Bros, fruit jar manufacturers, have
| been experiencing considerable trouble
this week with the $50 small boys en-
plOyed there at from SO to 50 per week.
| The wage scale for boys seems to be ad-
iusted according TO the boys size. re-
CARELESS of the amount of work he does.
Last Saturday the So boys quit work. de-
handing so cents more on the week. They
have caused the firm much trouble, and
in many instances their Places were filed
with men who worked for 81 per day. The
boys have finally decided to return to
work in a body on certain conditions,
which the company must observe or an
other strike will be precipitated.
There Is more Of a demand for small
boys in NIunce than the supply will meet.
| Consequently they are in rather an indie
pendent position.
Muncie has a new newspaper, the first
number Of which appeared Saturday the
goth inst. 1t is the Vanguard, published
by .. II. Hall and edited by Charles \.
| Mitchell, late of La Platte, Mo. l. takes
| no part in politics but is printed in the
interest Of organized labor The publica-
| ton day is Saturday Of each week, and
the paper is being pushed by the local
| trades council.
Several mo.ders at the Patton hollow
ware works refused to accept a reduc-
! ton in wages last week and quit work.
| Their places were filed with Others from
| Columbus. o.
EIwOOd.
With every factory in operation in this
city, the most of them at full capacity
! together with a decided increase Of work
in all other avenues of employment dur
| ing the past week. has tended to make The
| labor situation much brighter than for
| some time past.
Since last week nine new timing stacks
! have been put in operation at the Ameri-
can tin-plate factory, which had been
| closed down partially for repairs, and
| business is once more on the boom DIT that
| institution, at the old scale Of wages, with
| the understanding that no reduction in
wages will be asked unless other factories
/ reduce wages.
From present indications Elwood will
| soon have another tin-plate factory, which
| is TO be fOur-mill plant. 1t is beng or
| ganiZed by a leading stakeholder Of tbs
| American tin-plate plant, who wants 10
| enter the business on a larger scale than
| at present, and it will be a joint stock
company, COMPOSED Of local capital i,
will have a capacity of $500 boxes per
week, and employ $50 men. This will
make the tin-plate output Of ElwOod fac
| tories $500 boxes per week, as soon is the
| American plants gets to running at fun
| capacity and will give employment to
nearly 1000 men in this industry.
The trouble at the Elwood radiator plant
| has been adjusted and the striking en-
| ployes have all returned TO work having
been paid in full the amount due them,
] the non-payment of which was the cause
Of the strike.
At the Elwood steam forge works
] twenty-five additional men are at wJrk
| this week, and the output is encouraging
| for a rush of work during the winter
months. The company hope to be run
ming at full capacity before the HOLIDAYS
| and if the present rate of orders coming
| in continues they will have no trouble in
being able to do so.
| The past week has witnessed a decided
| increase in the output and shipment of
stock at the George A. Macbeth lamp
| chimney plant, and it is now being run
| day and night at its fullest capacity. The
| firm makes what is known to the trade
as lead" chimneys exclusively, but ar
! rangements are making to provide for the
| manufacture of lime" chimneys also, in
| order to supply the trade with either kind.
| If these arrangement are carried out it
will greatly increase the business Of this
| already immense plant, and furnish en-
ployment to large number of additional
hands.
There is a suit or unusual interest pend
| ing i'm the circuit court relative to the
Kelly ak company. When that plant re-
| moved from Louisville to Alexandria, it
was to receive cash bonus in considera-
| ton of locating their plant there. The
factory was built. and is now in operation.
but the Alexandria land company has re-
| fused to pay over the cash bonus that was
agreed upon. The Kelly people have the
matter in court, ana the defense hinges
upon the question of lottery in the sale
Of the lots, as they were drawn by
| chance. There is considerable feeling over
| the matter. and there Is no telling what
the result may be, as, If the case is de-
| cided adversely, the Kelly factory may be
| located. elsewhere, and removed from
| Alexandra.
The situation at the other Alexandria
| factories may be summarized as follows:
| The w. c. DePauw window glass factory
| is enjoying an increase or orders, and sew
| enty-five more hands are at work this
| week The Alexandria window glass
| factory, which has usually employed less
| than one hundred men, has now consider
! ably more than that number on the pay
| roll The Lppincott lamp chimney works
are running at full capacity, and 400 men
and boys are making things lively at this
| plant A large number of boys are en-
| pIoyed at this plant. Taken altogether
| the outlook for Alexandria is brighter
! than at any time for eighteen months The
new water works plant, costing between
| $50 900 and $4,000 will soon be completed,
| and will be one of the finest in the state.
|