The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.
What the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette Reports.

Inc sentinel again Acknowledges Its IN
debtedness to the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette. the leading republican organ Of
Ohio. for its testimony to the swelling
tide Of industrial prosperity. and especial
~ in Indiana The following are taken
from its issue Of Sunday:
In General.
Mobile, Ala, reports a gradual and
steady Improvement in all branches of
business and industry in that city. The
building trade is said to Zoe exceptionally
good.
a settlement has been effected between
the Cornice workers union of Chicago
and their employers. and the strike.
which has been of several months dura-
ton. has been declared off. Mutual con-
cessiOns We're made in the new agree
ment. the journeymen continuing 10 work
for the old sca.e-35 cents an hour. eight
hours to constitute a days work-the
contractors agreeing to employ none but
union men, while the latter agree TO
work only for members Of the Contract
ors' association.
The mammoth tin-p.ate pant Of the
Norwood manufacturing company a
Gas City, Ind, has been put in full opera
ton after a long season Of idleness, and
the old scale of wages viii be paid. Two
hundred men will be employed.
Almost every fOctOry in Hartford,
Conn. has increased the force Of work
ingmen during the past few weeks, and
O. ShOrt-time schedule which has pre-
vailed for more than a yesr has been
almost universally dropped y similar
revival of manufacturing business in
Meridian, Bridgeport and other cities Of
that state is reported.
The Portage iron company, at Duncan
vile. Pa, has resumed operations in all
departments on double turn.
The plant Of the Stewart Wire COM
pany, at Easton, Pa, is again running
full. having been idle since Jan. 10. Sew
eral hundred men are given employment.
large additional force Of men viii soon
go 10 work on the Norfolk and Carolina
chemica. works, in course Of cons ruction
at Primers Point. near Norfolk. in order
TO try and get the plant in operation by
spring. When completed several hundred
men vii be given steady employment.
The window glass factory at Barnes
vile, o., has resumed full operations, af-
ter a shut down of twenty months. En-
pioyment is given to a .arge number Of
persons who have been out Of work near
~ all Of that time, and the weekly pay
roll viii amount to $4,000.
The Cleveland twist drill company is
now running a full force Of men, working
ten hours a day. The outlook there is
reported better than for many months.
L Alt new DldSL furnace OF the Sd4tIn IRON
company at LeetOnia, O., went into b,ast
last week. This viii add the names Of
several new men to the payroll.
The Huntington glass works at Central
CITY resumed work Oct. 1, and il is
rumored that the Central City g.ass works
will begin operations also and that both
plants will be under the same manage
ment
The largest car wheel works south of
the Ohio river ara nearing completion at
Len0ir City. Tenn. and will be put in
operation at an early date at which time
employment viii be given to more than a
thousand men.
The Pennsylvania steel company has
just issued an order making the working
time in its shops eight hours day. with
no reduction in wages, to be effective on
and after March l.
Youngstown. o.
Among the mil owners the feeling is
that while they do not expect a boom
they believe that there viii be a steady
demand for iron. with an upward tendency
in prices that will be sufficient to run
the mills through the winter. and give
employment to the ir0nWOrkerS. At one
Of the mills of the Brown Bonnell iron
company -arg5r product was turned out
last week than was. ever known i'm its his
tory, and as an employe said: They are
not stacking il up in the warehouse
tittlrl ne D-tSt luIl aces are not sta h
ing up any BeS5emer pig i'm their yards,
and while the price is lower than they care
II see it. there seems 10 be a demand for
all they can turn out.
By reason Of the large contracts offered
them the American tube and iron COM
pany recently decided To run its extensive
plant here every day and night. inc,ud-
ing Sundays. When the employees earned
of the projected move 10 run without stop
ping for Sunday they called a meeting TO
consider the matter II was represented
by the management that the extra time
was necessary in order 10 fl the large
contracts The sentiment Of the employees
was practically unanimous against work
ing on Sunday. and the management was
informed that any attempt 10 enforce the
order would result in a strike. In order
10 avoid shutdown at this time, il was
decided by the company To continue on
dOuble turn through the week and smut
down Saturday night
Manager Fitch of the New York cleo
trio company. which began business here
several months ago. manufacturing cleo
trio supplies. said today: We are rushed
with orders. and though we have been
running until midnight every night for the
past month. are at east two months be-
hind in our orders The outlook was
never more promising and we have de-
cided to greatly enlarge our capacity and
working force as soon as we can secure
the machinery. Orders are coming i'm at
a rate showing a Lively resumption in
business"
Muncie.
The last but one of Muncie's factories
will be at work next week The Nelson
fruit jar glass company has decided to
put their factory in operation, and ma
terial has been ordered to make some re-
pairs before the start which will likely be
made some time next week This will
leave but one idle factory in Muncie.
namely, the Port glass works This
factory. too will start some time next
month The Nelson factory viii employ
about one hundred hands.
The Leader glass company of West
Muncie is putting i'm two patent tanks
which viii replace the old furnaces Tie
work will soon be completed, and the
factory will resume operations.
The new scrap iron furnaces are about
completed. and this new department.
doubling the capacity of The plant. viii be
ready for work by the first of the year
This mill has added steel barrel hoops To
their output. and they are turning out
the first lot of this product ever made in
the gas belt
The financial condition of the White
River iron and Steel works seems to e..
in a very muddled condition since the
big effort is being made TO st-aighten out
the affairs. and III the meantime che mill
keeps working full force.
The immense Whitley malleable cast
ings works in Wysor Heights are EoW
running on full time, and everything is
moving as smoothly as could be desired
even i'm such a finely equipped establish
ment. The normal opening of the big
factory will be held next Tuesday ON
81.