The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-10-20
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
MILLS AND FACTORIES THAT HAVE
BEEN IDLE ARE REsUMINa ALL
ALONG THE LINE,

BEEN IDLE ARE RESIMlN0 ALL
ALONG THE LINE,
has these items;
The onion iron works at Eric, Pa,
have resumed operations after
long idleness.
The Gadsden ALA carworks
have resumed after long period of
idleness. Employment is given 10
several hundred men.
Work has been resumed at the
Pittsburg locomotive works, the
plant having been shut down for
several weeks. All the old employ
ees were returned to their places, at
the old scale of wages.
The large papermills at Valley
Falls, r. l., which have been for
long time idle, are to be converted
into factories for the manufacture
of cotton wraps. Employment will
be given to several hundred men.
The Gaffney Is. c. cottonmills
are adding new machinery. Twelve
thousand spindes and 300 looms
will be operated day and night, re
quiring several hundred operatives.
The extensive silkmills at Car
Isle, Pa, which have suspended
work during the past eight months
are now running full time with an
increased force of men.
Within two months over 5000
men have resumed work in the mills
factories and workshops at Wheel
ing, W. Va, Martins Ferry and
Bellaire, o. The major portion of
these men are now receiving steady
work for the first time in IA months
and an air of prosperity is plainly
visible.
The largest leatherboard factory
in the state will be put in operation
at Townsend Harbor, Mass about
Oct. lst, giving employment to 1000
men.
From 1900 to 10000 workmen
have been given steady employment
at Braddock, Pa, during the past
five weeks.
The Youngstown CO., Iron and
Steel Roofing company is a new con
eern, which now has under con
struction a number of large build
ings suitable for the manufacture of
metal roofing, siding and ceiling.
When completed, employment will
be given to several hundred men.
The Standard Wheel company,
manufacturers of wagon and car
riage wheels, expect to start up
their several factories in Indiana by
Oct. 1. Except the Terre Haute
works, these plants have been idle
for nearly two years.
The pudding mills of the Old Do
minion iron and steel works of
Richmond, Va, have been put in
operation and large portion of the
plant is now at work.
The City Manufacturing company
New Bedford, Mass, started on Mon
day morning at the old scale Of wa
ges. This means that $50 ii the OPP
eratives out on q strike were given
employment, as the mill employs
this number.
The citizens of NeR Lisbon, O.,
have raised $4,000 of the 100000
required to secure the location of
large tinplate mandatory, and the
remaining portion is expected to be
obtained shortly The concern,
when completed, will give employ
ment to several hundred workmen.
Work has been resumed in every
of the New Haven Clock
company's works at New Haven,
Conn, giving employment to 500
persons.
The Spring Valley Oils, miners
to work last Monday, after
being idle nearly four months. Rents
and coal will be reduced in proper
tion to the reduction that the men
suffer under the Columbus scale
The American Manufacturing
company of Brooklyn announces
that while bagging is now free of du-
ty it will contine to pay the old scale
of wages to its employees.
The Morton tinplate works at
Cambridge, 0. will be in operation
by Dec. Is, giving employment to
several hundred men.
Conditions continue to improve at
During the week several
factories put on extra men and it
can now be safely said that there
are no skilled workmen idle in
Pope, the bicycle man, is erecting
a $750,000 plant for rolling steel
tubing at Hartford, Conn. 1t will
emDloy 1000 men.