Evening star., 1896-11-12
HAVE GONE TO WORK
Fires Lighted Again in Many Mills
and Factories.
INCREASED ACTIVITY IN POrTERIES
Large Orders Come to the Iron
Foundries at Chicago.
CURRENT NOTES OF LABOR

The slattley plow works of Springfield,
Ill, which have been idle for two months
have resumed operations. with seventy
fVe OF the 200 employees at work The Wa
bash railroad shops, which have been rum
nlng with half a force, began running with
the full force this week. Charlie Ridgeey
president of the Springfield Iron Company
says that 1t Is indefinite when the rolling
mills, which give employment TO GO TO 40
men, and which closed MAY l. will again
open. The watch factory which has only
employed 40 hands for some time will not
Increase the force for some time at least
A great brick plant is to be established
In proximity to San Francisco which will
add materially to the city's manufacturing
interests and through new methods may
lead TO revolution In that important in
dustry- An organization has been incor-
porated, under the name of the California
Stone Brick Company. which proposes to
eApend $C,OoO In the purchase OF a site
and the erection OF a building for the man
uiacture or bricks from sand, no other in
gradients entering into their composition
than is contained In sand OF earth.
There Is a marked improvement in busi-
ness among the extensive potteries at East
Liverpool, Ohio. The manufacturers say
that since the presidential election numer-
ols orders have been received, and that
although this is generally considered the
dull season, enough orders have been re-
celVed IN most cases to keep the plants
running until after the holidays.
The Mckinley business boom has struck
Chester, Pa, and the trade depression that
existed there SO long is now being sup
planted by an era of business activity. The
hammers OF the boiler maker and the iron
steamship builder and kindred industries
are now beginning to he heard again.
workshops are filling up with busy
alT .l.aiaa
suit of long enforced idleness. are being
replaced by the bright and satisfied looks
of men who are able to look forward TO
times OF profitable employment and pros
perity.
The Industrial World of Chicago SAYS:
Iron has experienced the impulses of a
new and more active life. Pig iron has
again advanced from 70 to 80 cents per
ton, according to delivery, and No. 2 local
coke Is quoted Sl1.25 TO SLID. Southern
foundry is also correspondingly higher, and
No. foundry is now selling at Sll. 40 and
better. Orders during the past week have
been the largest in many months. They
come from many sources, and indicate a
wide awakening Of n dustrial activity. The
plate mills al South Chicago have reopened,
and Tor all kinds Of finished mill products
there is much better inquiry. But the mills
have been famiShed for orders and there is
no Improvement In prices"
The Hooksett mills at Suncook, y. H.
VIII start ap on the LIST of December, after
a shutdown for repairs and lack of orders
Of fifteen weeks. The mills give employ
ment to 800 hands, and cotton goods are
manufactured.
E. c. Stearns e. Company, bicycle MAX
ers at Syracuse, y. Y, whose factory mas
been closed for several months, will reopen
Monday, with a force of l,2v0 men, at the
same time increasing wages 10 and in some
cases ~ per cent.
There is to be a new rubber mill started
at Bristol X. L., for the manufacture of
gossamer garments. The building will cost
S2o.Uu, and the moEey to be expended in
the enterprise is all Rhode Island capital
A meeting of Arkansas lumber manufar-
turers was held at Little Rock, Ark TO in
formally talk over the situation i'm the lum-
ber trade. Many of those in attendance re-
ported an increased demand, with stiffen-
ing prices. Many of the large mills have
booked orders far ahead