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

day:
From 1900 to 10000 workmen have
been given steady employment at Brad
dock. Pa, during the past five weeks.
The Gadsden CAla) car-worl1s have re- |
sumed after a long period OF tdleness. !
Employment is given to several hundred !
men.
The Morton tin-plate works at Cam
bridge, o., will be in operation by Dec !
10. giving employment to several hum |
dred men.
Pope, the bicycle man. is erecting q |
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES plant for |
rolling steel tubing at Hartford. Conn Il
will employ 1000 men.
The largest leather board factory in the !
state will be put in operation at Town |
send Harbor. Mass. about Oct l, giving !
employment TO 1000 men.
Work has been resumed in every de-
partment Of The New Haven clock COM
pany's works at New Haven, Conn, Civ
ing employment TO 500 persons.
The pudding mills of the Old Dominion
iron and steel works Of Richmond, va,
have been put in operation and large
portion Of the plant is now at work.
The extensive silk mills at Carlisle, Pa,
which have suspended work during the
past eight months are, now running 1ull
time, with an increased force of men,
The American manufacturing company
of Brooklyn announces that while bag
ging is now free Of duty 1t will continue
to pay the old scale Of wages to It's en-
ployes.
The Gaffney Is. c. cotton mills are
adding new machinery. Twelve thousand
spindles and 800 looms will be operated
day and night, requiring several hundred
operatives.
Conditions continue to improve at Nash
vile. During the week several factories
put on extra men and it can now be safe
~ said that there are no skilled workIneh
idle in Nashville.
Boston. Mass. Oct. 1.-The Boston d
Albany began today to run its shops on
fun time. eight hours a day for six days
in a week. They have been running only
three days in a week.
Work has been resumed at the Pitts
burg locomotive works, the plant having
been shut down for several weeks. All
the old employees were returned TO their
places. at the old scale of wages.
Tamaqua. Pa, oct. IA large coal
washery was opened for operation here
today by eX-Reglster Of wills Samuel
Beard. This washery viii give employ
ment TO over one hundred men and boys.
The Spring Valley QI) miners returned
to work last Monday, after beng ldle
nearly four months. Rents and coal VIII
| bp reduced in proportion to the reduction
| that the men suffer under the Columbus
| scale.
The large paper mills at Valley Falls.
| r. l., which have been for long Tune
! idle, are to be converted i'm to factories
| for the manufacture of cotton warps.
Employment will be given to several
| hundred men.
Trenton. n. J.. Oct. 2-The New Jer-
| sey steel and iron company today re-
sumed work in their rolling-mill depart
| ment after a shutdown of four months,
| Several hundred men have thereby been
! given employment.
The City manufacturing company, New
| Bedford, Mass, started on Monday morn
| ing at the old scale of wages. rms means
| that $50 of the operatives out on a strike
were given employment. as the mill en-
| plOys this number.
| The Standard wheel company, manu-
| facturers of wagon and carriage wheels,
| expect to start up their several factories
| in Indiana by Oct. l. Except the Terre
| Haute works, these plants have been idle
for nearly two years.
| Philadelphia, oct. 2-Superintendent
| Bottomly of Prlestley's wooden mills.
| Camden. which have been closed since
| Wednesday owing TO strike of the weaX-
| ers, announced yesterday that the mlll
| would be open for business this morning.
Beaver Falls. Pa. Oct. 2.-Messrs.
| Thornton and Slaven two practical pot
] ters of a party of five who recently ar
| rived IN this country from England ana
| Scotland, are trying TO form a company
| here for the manufacture of fine pieak
chinaware.
Reading. Pa. Oct. 1.-The Packerack
| mill of the Reading paper company was
| started UP full-handed after long sus-
| pension. 1t will be run on double turn,
| giving employment to fifty men. The out
| look for the winter in the paper business
Is reported good.
Anderson, Ind. Oct indianapolis
| parties, headed by w. ". Spencer and
| Friedrich Frank, today located here, and,
with local capitalists. organized the An
derson coiled hoop company, 10 manufac-
ture heading slaves, boxes, baskets, fenc-
ing and other brentwood work
The Youngstown co. iron and steel
| roofing company is new concern, which
now has under construction number or
large buildings suitable for the manu-
facture of metal roofing, siding and cell
| ing. When completed, employment Will
be given to several hundred men.
The citizens of New Lisbon. o., have
raised $50. 900 Of the 100000 required to
secure the location of a large tin-plate
mandatory, and the remaining portion
is expected to be obtained shortly. The
|
ployment to several HUNDRED workmen.
Within two months over 5000 men
| have resumed work in the mills, factories
and workshops at Wheeling, w. Va,
Martins Ferry and Bellaire, Q. The
major portion Of these men are now re-
| ceiVing steady work for the first time in
fourteen months and an air of prosperity
is plainly visible.
| Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-The South steel
mills of the Lackawanna iron and steel
company. which shut down indefinitely on
| Saturday night last, were compelled to
! unbank their fires and gather their thou
sand worlmen together again yesterday
to fill the orders which had come in the
| interval. BY noon every department OF
the mills was in full blast again.
Lebanon. Pa. oct Another industry
has been located here by number OF
| capitalists of this city. The industry viii
be known as the keystone match ana ma
chine company, and received its charter
from the state department today The
company will manufacture matches and
matchmaking machines. and has CAPT
tai of 500, 900. Ground was broken this
morning at Twelfth and Walnut-sts. FOL
the erection of the new plant.
, Anderson, Ind, oct. 4.-Ground was
broken today for the National tin-platt
mill the first building to be elghty-seVer
: bv 500 feet. and six mills to be in opera
ton within ninety days and six more
, within eighteen months. This will make
one Of the largest tin-plate plants N tht
United States. The National tin plate
company has Incorporated, with a CAPT
raj of S15O 600 with Phil Matter of Ma