Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-18
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS
Encouraging Evidences at Many Indus.
trial Oenters.
Resumption of Activity in Mills and
FactOries-Better Times for the
WOrkingmen Indicated.

| WOrkingmen Indicated.
| Despite the evidences Of distress so pain
! fully apparent in that city, says the New
York Herald, in an article reviewing the
situation in the east, there are signs
abroad Of gradual revival Of industry
| and return of better times
This is no mere assumption founded on
hope. but is a plain statement of fact based
on accurate reports obtained by the Herald
from industrial centers near at hand. They
show that the sun Of prosperity is already
| peeping above the horizon and must ere
long disspate the mists Of business depres-
sion. But the facts need no Interpreter,
| they speak for themselves
More Orders for Goods Ahead Than
! This Time Last Yenr.
| The Caldwell Lawn Mower Company of
Newburg. N. Y, which recently started up
| again, has more orders for goods ahead
| now than it had at this time last year.
| This week 1t has a full force of skilled men
at work, and in few days it will be turn
| Ing out lV0 lawn mowers a day.
| The Brokaw Manufacturing Company of
Newburg. makers of flannel shirts and
other outing goods, which started up a
| few days ago. has put up big signs on the
front of It's building offering to give EN-
ployment to all the sewing machine opera
! tors who apply
The big print mills Of Garner & Co., at
Wappinger's Falls. Duchess county,
| which were shut down for few weeks,
are now running until . or 10 o'clock at
| night. The company has made no reduc-
| ton in the wages of its employees.
| Inc Firth mills at West Cornwall will
start up on Wednesday. Wages have been
| reduced there II IL per cent, but the full
| cd
business warrants. This company manu-
| ractures tapestry carpets and employs 200
| persons. who have voted to accept the re-
| duction Of wages.
| Men Who Have Been Idle Six Month.
| Finding Work in YOnkers.
Nearly $3.50 people have gone to work in
Yonkers, N. Y. since January 1, after an
idleness Of six months. The big carpet
mills Of the Alexander Smith Sons Car
pet Company, the most important industry
In Yonkers and the largest carpet mills in
the United States. which closed in July
last, have resumed work with about 1000
hands. or half the full complement, at a
| reduction of about % per cent The start
| Ing OF these mills has also given employ-
nent 10 several hundred men engaged in
teamng and other work dependent on the
| mills.
| The W. F. Washburn brass and iron
! works. which closed last month when the
| T.,
a few days. preparations for resuming be-
ing now under way. These works employ
| about go men.
All of the SILK Mills in Paterson Have
Resumed.
The outlook for the silk business in Pat
| erson, N. j., Is Frightening materially and
in short while all the mills will be run
ming at their fullest capacity.
All of the silk mills. both large and small
that closed down in August and September
| have resumed business. Most of the fac
tories are running ten hours a day, a few
| are still on three-quarters time, but grad
ually assuming their normal activity
| Looms that have been idle for six months
are being started on the finest of brocade
| satin silks. The greatest activity is seen
In the ribbon mills.
Manufacturers are working on spring or
| GERS, ana very little of the present product
| goes to the stock room Stocks in the
hands OF jObbers and agents are small
| manufacturers are therefore hopeful that
the spring trade. Tor which preparation is
| now being made. will be fully up to that
| Of 1883, though a little late.
The following mills. which were closed a
rev weeks ago, are now running on full
| time and employing almost their full COM
PIGMENT or hands: Levy Brothers, Hess
| Goldsmith q Co.; Ashley Il Bailey Hamii
| 4 Booth, Doherty 4 Wadsworth and the
| Holmes Silk Company.
is Also COnSlQSTaDle activity in the
William Strange mills, Pelgrim Il Movers
Bamford Brothers. Hand Il Sons, the Pat
erson Ribbon Company and other large rib
Don ana piece goods mills. where new looms
| are being started daily.
Very Little Distress Now Exi.t,,r In
Scranton.
The starting up Of the South Scranton
Pa. steel mills during the HOLIDAYS gave
thousands of Industrious men an oppor-
tuntty to earn bread for themselves ana
FAMILIES, who were on the verge of want
Inc number OF persons now in need there
| Is comparatively small. compared with
| other places. The st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety and the various other charitable Or
CARNATIONS which address themselves to
the practical work of caring for the needy
are amply able to relieve all who apply to
them Tor assistance without making any
special appeal to the public for aid. There
has been nothing like the restitution re-
ported from other cities in Scranton this
winter and the bulk of the distress report
| ed some weeks ago was among the steel
workers, who are now employed once more
Coal Mines All In Operation and Few
Men Vow Idle.
All the coal mines at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
| are in operation. The railroad shops are in
| full blast" and there are few idle men
The Lehigh Valley strike threw a number
out, but all expect to return in a short
| time.
| The Mauch Chunk shoe factory, employ
ing $50 hands. which was closed during
! December. has resumed, the wages Of the
employees being advanced from 5 to 10 per
cent.
The Carbon Iron and Steel Company has
| one furnace in blast on reduced force and
| time.
The various foundres and machine shops
throughout the country are working stead
! lily.
Mills That Have Resumed Work, With
Others to Follow.
The Warren Foundry and Machine Com
pany of Phillipsburg, n. j., which shut
| down the third week in December, is now
| employing it's entire force of $50 men, with
| wages reduced 10 per cent. The American
sheet mill, in Phillipsburg, n. j.. employ
| ing 100 hands, will resume on February l.
| The National Switch and Signal Com
pany of Eastou, Pa, will resume work ere
long. 1t will employ more than 100 hands.
| Mills Starting Up and business Look
ing Better I'm Central Connecticut.