The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-01-18
THE sIEN AT MARsHAILToN.

UnIc-r Something soon Turns Up There
WILL be Hundreds In Want, ana the
Rslief CaminIttee VIII Have Many
Demands.
A reporter yesterday afternoon
visited Mnrshallton for the purpose of
tinding out something abouJ the tiDan
cial condition OF it's residents. Like
all other little towns where there is
only ono industry. The majority Of the
peoIlie depelded upon thu Marahall- \
ton Iron Works for a living. In the
Iron Works from $50 10 200 rnsn used
to work, and they believing that every
thing would go ulong all iight,s lived
in most instances from hand to mouth,
md consequently they IRE left to-day
without amy means Of support and no
prospect of work. Two of the men
who worked In the mills own their
own houses. about fifteen others are
in houses they call their own, but
which are held through the building
loan at Newport.
Twenty families OF the workmen
live In houses belonging to MIR. Bring
hurst, and the balance OF the men are
in houses belonging to other .,arties.
Several of the men have shares in the
Newport Building Loan, md an effort
; will be made to suspend payment OF
dues for three months until some
thing definite can be learned and That
the present depression may lie safely
tided over. The men used to be paid
by check and these checks were taken
as cash by William Mccullough. and
then he depended on the firm for the
redemption OF tine same.
some Time bsfore Christmas Mr.. Nc
Cullough had 1890 worth of those
/. checks. and III consequence OF the
I company going under, Mr.. MoOul-
Tough could not meet his demands
, and his grocery store passed into the
/ hands of Sheriff Gould. as stated in
yesterdays REPUBLICAN. Mccullough
| had refused to honor tho two last pays
1 and Mr.. Bringhurst advanced Tho
|, money to him to do SO. His store is
not closed, but is duiug business on a
| cash basis, and he is taking the dine
: bills. with which the men received
/ their last pay, as cash.
|. The laborerR were only earning BJ
cents day, and when after Christmas
J.. a notice was posted that another re-
o duction of is per cent. would go into
a effect. the men then considered Thai
some thing WIS wrong aud that they
, were not wanted to work. 1t Is said
j at MnrshalIton that had not the levy
been male Tor ono day more that the
I con- pHny would have received an or
1 der that would enable It TO. run tht
, works three months steady. Bui
!, where would the men come from
r The men were not Inclined to wori
for S. and so cents a day.
v Some OF the people are 10 want nj
4 present, but for time ut least they
1 will not DO allowed to suffer. rev. Il
X. Miller and Rev c. II. Williams h avi
IL visited all the homns OF the men Il
j. find out who wanted for anything, ant
Ia To- .
Rev. T. X. Miller, presidents Rev. q
Ii n. Williams, secretary, and John Gro
"a zier, Dir. L. Ii. Ball George Splcer and
Ellshu Barton. The houses at Mar
+. shallton wero lighted by electricity
q from the plant at the works, but none
/ OF the people have to reeort to the
lamp again. Some OF tho farmers II
q the vicinity have offered the men nj
N the iirewood they can cut. and will
their homes.
Three Of the men went to Milltowl
yesterday and received large Wagon
L. load Of cabbage and some turnips ans
II potatoes.
ic Four of the men who worked in tn
q. works boarded a freight train on Tues
- day morning and have gone TO Reac
a ing in search OF work. The men d
~ not care to talk about the sad state G
n affairs at the place. They said the
a ha We made poor wages and now ar
ID without money or fiiends. What the
a. earned was only sufficient to kee
it tn cir bodies and souls together.
w They would not DO able to NOV
s2 away from there even " n chance Oh
arise to do so. Should the works nc
in resume in the near future under SON
to management, then there will be oil
ur pal ling need of much work for tn
se relief committee. as hundreds will
In without fuel or food.
ct The relief committee have attende
/ I o the needs of five families who u
of n need at AIarshallton.