The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-06-13
THE TARIFF TINKER.
Results OF Free-Trade Ideas In
Eastern Experience.
Conditions. Not Theories, That Confront
Manufacturers and wage-Earners-
Mills shut Down. Run ON Part Time
or Forced Into Insolvency.


textile trade papers:
Rowland, Croft, Sons & Co., Camden.
n. j., TO three-quarters time.
Waterloo Wooden company. Waterloo,
N. Y. running three days week.
A strike was inaugurated at the
works of the Firth Carpet company,
West Cornwall, N. Y. The trouble has
been brewing since January I. when
the firm found itself unable TO give an
increase in wages promised some time
previous.
Myra Hosiery company. 1T North
Fourth street, Philadelphia, assigned
for the benefit of creditors.
Cutter Silk Manufacturing company,
West Bethlehem, Pa. assigned.
The wooden mill of James Lee g. Sons.
Bridgeport. Pa, shut down indefinite
ly.
Sayles a. jerks, Warren, Mass. ten
per cent. reduction in wages.
Webster Wcolen company, Sabattus,
Me-. running on two-thirds time.
fremont Worsted company. of Me-
thuen, Mass. running time three days
, a week.
Cabot Manufacturing company,
Brunswick, Me-. 100 employees out OF
work.
White Bros, manufacturers of dem
inns, Winchendon Springs, Mass, about
TO close their mills, which are the Glen
allan mills, Winchendon; Jaffrey mills,
East Jaffrey, N. III.
Biglow Carpet company, Clinton.
Mass, closed indefinitely.
Springfield worsted mills. Borden
town, n. j., running three days a week.
Mcrino Manufacturing company, Oh
NEVILLE, X. l., and all the mills in the
Woonasquatucket valley have decided
TO reduce running time or cut wages at
once.
The Copley Knitting Mill company,
Coplay, Pa, has made an assignment.
Merrimac Manufacturing company,
Lowell. Mass. shut down cotton and
print works, throwing out 1900 cru
ploycs and stopping a weekly pay roll
of $4,000.
Eben s. Stevens, Quinebaug, Conn,
ten per cent. reduction in wages.
Sixty weavers on strike at the looms
of the Boston Manufacturing company,
Waltham, Mass, because Of the low
price offered on n new line of mixed
goods.
Twenty-four men discharged from the
Empire print works, Bloomfield, Nj.
The Wilton On. H. wooden company
shut down indefinitely, throwing 300
people out of work.
Most OF the operatives in the gingham
department of the Highland Park man
ufacturing company, Charlotte, n. c.,
have gone on strike because of reduc-
ton in wages of PA cents per cut.
A cut of ten per cent. in wages of the
Farnumsville. cotton mills, Grafton,
Mass.
Central Mills company, Southbridge,
Mass, reduced wages ten per cent, .af-
fecting 23o employees.
Halifax hosiery mills at Lakeport. n.
H.. knocked down at auction to Hiram
Leonard, of Boston, for S10,70o. The
property cost over 100000.
The Amoskeag Manufacturing COM
pany, OF Manchester, lost ST., 900 on its
drive" OF Three-Star ginghams in New
York.
Talcott Brothers wooden mills, Tai
louisville, Conn, running five days
week.
Farwcll wooden mills, Central Falls,
II. l., running five days week
Mount Pleasant mill, New Bedford,
Mass, sold at auction. The old stock
holders receive about five per cent. of
the money which they invested in IL.
Lawrence mills, Lowell, Mass, change
from cloth TO hosiery manufacturing,
will cause a reduction OF from 1900 TO
1000 names on the pay-rolls OF that
company.
Receiver Dooley, Of the First national
bank, filed the banks claim against the
insolvent Natchaug Silk company, Will
mantle, Conn, April 9. for money had
and received, $327,0 less notes as
signed TO Pangburn, New York, SCI, 504,
making n total of $260. 23o, with interest.
The 1000 operatives of the Eagle and
Phoenix mills. Columbus, Ca. out on
strike and mills closed.
Collinsville and Navy Yard wooden
mills, Lowell, Mass, shut down part of
their plants on account of the dull mar
kct. The situation In Lowell is causing
apprehension among the operatives.
Connolly mills, Wilton, n. H.. shut
down.
The committee appointed to raise
$4,000 (by selling factory bonds) to
pay of the debts OF the Portsmouth
(ya.) cotton mills. and thereby take the
property out OF the hands Of the re-
ceiver. failed to accomplish their pur-
pose. and the mill remains in the re-
ceiver's hands.
Digelow carpet company, OF Clinton,
Mass, running three days week.
Millbury cotton mills. Millbury, Mass.
acut down OF ten per cent. in wages.
The wooden mills in Rockville. Conn.
npe running hardly half Of their ma
chinery and only 40 hours a week.
Sixty weavers left their looms at the
Ttoefon Manufacturing COMMANDS mills