Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-11-14
WHEELS REvoLvE.
Reports of the Business Revival
Are Encouraging.
Thousands of Idle Men Arc Given EN-
ployment-The Wages of Some Are
Advanced-Industrial Out
look Bright.

giving employment to 100 skilled work.
men.
The Oliver Iron and Steel company
will start their plant in full Wednesday
morning, employing 600 men.
The Clinton Furnace company, To-
Gated on the South side, will start up In
full Tuesday, giving work to 300 men.
The Westinghouse Electric company,
which has been running but five days
per week, Monday started up on six
day schedule, giving one more days
work to 1000 men.
The Carnegie company has closed Ed
gar Thomson steel works for repairs
and additions. Work will resume on
Thursday with 1900 men.
The pudding department of the Sligo
iron works is undergoing repairs, with
| the intention to start in full the latter
part of this week.
Bristol, Conn, Nov. 10-A business
revival is felt here, and the most notable
instance of it is found at the works of
the Bristol Brass and Clock company:
Beginning Monday night, the factory
will run overtime. This course is neces-
sary to fill orders which have been re-
| ceived.
Manchester, Conn, Nov. 1o.-The big
silk mills of the Cheney Brothers began
a full-time schedule Monday. The
works have been running at reduced
time for more than three years. The
change affects $500 employees.
Cleveland, o., Nov. 10.-J. C. Moore
head, general superintendent of the
Erie railroad here, has issued an order
which will affect for the better several
thousand men. The order calls for
longer hours and increased pay and
more men.
Baltimore, Md, Nov. 1o.-The John
| s. Gibbs company, one of the largest
| canning industries in the state, has in
| creased wages 25 per cent. to take ef-
feet at once. Seventy-five men will be
benefited from two to three dollars per
week. Mr.. Gibbs says there is an un-
precedented era of prosperity ahead
and he expects all the packing firms in
the city to follow his example.
Meadville, Pa, Nov. 1O.-The Erie rail-
road car shops in this city started run
ming on full time Monday. The road eN
poets big increase in freight traffic on
account of the revival of business.
Sedalia, Mo-. Nov. 1O.-After working
one-half force on one-half time for
| several months past, the Missouri Pa
cific shops here on Monday put full
force of men, 500 in number, to work on
full time.
Huntington, w. Va, Nov. 10.-The
car shops of the Chesapeake & Ohio
railway in this city, employing 700 men,
began Monday morning ten-hour day.
The shops have been on eight-hour time
for year past.
La Porte, Ind, Nov. 10.-The Porter
brick yards located at Chesterton,
which have been idle for six months, re-
sumed operations Monday morning.
Fifteen hundred men returned to work.
The syndicate operating the Porter
yards control immense brick-making
industries in Ohio, Michigan and Illi-
nois, and the resumption of work fur
nishes employment to over 5000 men.
Ashland, KY, Nov. 1O-The Ironton
fire brick works and the Parker and
Austin fire brick works, both located
ct Coal Grove, opposite here, have re-
sumed operations. The Ashland Steel
coSupany's plant and the Norton nail
works are both actively engaged in
preparations for resuming work. A
dispatch from Stonega, Va. says that
the Virginia Coal and Iron company
has fred so new coke ovens.
Cleveland, o.. Nov. 10.-"The return
ing wave of prosperity has struck the
mining industry and has infused life and
vigor," said Frank Rockefeller Monday.
The mines owned by Air. Rockefeller in
the Lake Superior region will be opened
in few days and will give employment
to about 1900 men. These mines have
been idle since last July. The order to
open them has been sent out by Mr..
Rockefeller The extensive mines
owned by John ID. Rockefeller will re-
sumo operations soon and will put n
greater number of men to work than
those of his brother.
Richmond, Va, Nov. 10.-The Trade
gear iron works started up its spike
mill Monday morning, which gives a
considerable number of men employ
ment. The two street railway COM
panies. most of the tobacco factories
and quite n number of other concerns
paid their employees in gold on Satur-
day. 1t is confidently believed now that
work on the proposed great terminal
improvements here by the Chesapeake
e. Ohio Railroad company will be begun
no later than next spring. The work
involves the expenditure of several mil
lions of dollars. The Richmond loco
motive and machine works are negotiat-
ing with several railroads for the con-
struction of locomotives and have been
notified by the seaboard air line that
they will at once order 12 locomotives
All the bank officials and mercantile
agencies as well as the jobbers and man
ufacturers here are decidedly cheerful
over the outlook.
Harrisburg, Pa, Nov. 1o.-Col. John
Moller, of this city, is in receipt of u
letter from his brother, Philip Moller
who is one of the members of a firm op-
Grating big tin plate and glass plant
ut Anderson, Ind. In the letter Mr.