Evening star., 1896-11-09
work day and NIGHT to tiil am accamulation

work day and night to All an accumulation
of conditioned orders.
Heiming & Mcnamara win change from
Laidlaw, Dunn & Gordon. pump manu-
facturers. will Immediately put on q full
force of employees.
At Iyorydale Proctor & Gamble are great
ly increasing the number Of their employees.
in order to work the plant to its fun capac-
ity.
Warren, Ohio. reports orders given for
increasing the working force OF the War
rem city boiler works to fill orders for a
new grain elevator. the building OF which
was conditioned.
The Aetna Machinery Company of Cleve-
land announces that it will at once employ
110 men. and open its factory.
The Acme Machinery Company's works,
which have been working on part time, will
be put on full time.
Wages Raised.
Bentley & Gerwig. proprietors Of the big
furniture factory at Parkersburg, w. Va.
have posted notice in their factory that
they will give their men higher wages.
George Ecker, proprietor Of the saw mill
at Nico4ette, called the men together and
read them a letter, dated November 3. from
the proprietors. saying in the event OF NC
kinley's election to order 800 RATS OF tim
ber. and if Bryan was elected to close down
indefinitely.
The Kanawha wooden mills. Charleston.
w. Va, resumed Thursday.
In the Lumber Business.
The result of the election Is already felt
in the lumber business. Orders are COM
ing in fast and some large sales have been
made. A. c. Mclean of Saginaw, Mich.
who operates a line Of lumber lighters, put
on 125 more men today and wanted as
many more. but could not obtain them.
WicEaS rof fhara nd hOi RI
ings have added forty men to their force.
The United States Graphite Company Of
Saginaw, whose mines are in Sonora, Mex
leo. have ordered operations resumed and
Will during the ensuing six months OF dry
season. take out the largest tonnage ever
mined by the company.
Good Effect in the South.
Che ettanooga special says one boiler
firm Of that city has just received orders
for half million feet Of boiler tubing and
for 500 tons of steel, that all the furnaces
and rolling mills in that region have either
resumed or are preparing for immediate
resumption, and that the Chattanooga
Brewing Company has just contracted for
a $4,000 addition to it's bottling depart
rlent.
The Newport, KY, rolling mill employees
were paid $500 in gold Saturday Three
men, however, who preferred 1t, were paid
in silver.
In the East.
The Manhattan silver-plate factory of
Lyons. N. Y, which has been running ir-
regularly since January last, has COM
nienced running at nights account of
large orders conditioned on the election re-
suit The New Haven silver-plate factory
ard A. II. Towar & Co.'S siver-plate fac
tory have both started up on full time.
L mere Is even scarcity Of employees at
present. The Jacob Fisher pottery, estab-
lished in 1875, is now running full blast for
tie first time in many months. The result
of all this is that the produce handlers are
now able to secure money with which to
move the big apple crop, which is estimated
at three-quarters of million barrels
There has been an increase in farm produce
prices also and collections are said to be
improving.
The Wyoming Valley lace mills at Wilkes
barre. Pa, which have been idle more or
less for several months. will resume today.
Fer the past two days large mail and tele
graph orders have been coming in. The
mills will be run on full time.
Business industries il Franklin county,
n. Y. have been revived during the last
few days. The Mcmillan wooden mills of
Malone, n. Y, which have been closed for
some time, will start today on full time
With 100 hands. The Chateaugay ore and
iron works opened their mines November
4. employing large force of men, These
mines have been closed for three years.
Notes From the West.
The American Glucose Company notified
its workmen at Peoria, ILL.,, Saturday to re-
pert for duty November 16. at which time
recent reduction of 10 per cent in wages
will be restored.
The Herrick Refrigerator Company Of
Waterloo. Iowa, has leased a mandatory
al Karsas City and will Immediately begin
the production of refrigerators, butchers
coolers. counters and bank fixtures, hiring
100 men from the start. The lease was
made conditional on the election of Nc
Kinley.
Silver Mine to Open.
Carson, New, paper states that one of
the important silver mines in Nevada, after
being closed some time, will at once open
in full blast Two hundred men have been
engaged to commence work at once and
others will be put on later This mine is
the Cortez Limited and Is strictly silver
Over 100000 Men.
The New York World today prints a list
Of mills and factories that have reopened
or increased their force since election day.
The list includes establishments employing
16i, $50 men.