The San Francisco call., 1896-11-07
Four Thousand Idle Workmen
Have Already Found
Employment.
NEW LIFE IN ALL QUARTERS.
The Drummer Prepares for the Road
and God Comes From Its
Hiding. Place.

CANTON OHIO Nov. GA local even.
ing paper SAYS. While the furnaces and
boilers in the shops outside of Canton are
being lighted and work has begun, Canton
manufacturers are not behind in the gem
eralawakening TO the prospect of increased
business. Scores of telegraphic orders
were sent over the Western Union lines
within forty-eight hours after it was known
that Mckinley had been elected. These
kilograms were orders for new machinery
to replace that which had be broken.
When these machines had been disabled
they were allowed to remain so and set
aside as they were not needed. Many
have become rusted by months of le-
ness aud the manufacturers are now bring
ing them out, cleaning them up. ordering
necessary parts and getting ready for busi-
ness.
Immediately after the announcement of
the election of Mckinley, the Canton Iron
Mills began an addition to their plant.
The new building will be used in the man
ufacture OF galvanized iron.
WOONSOCKET, R. l.. Nov. 6. The
River Spinning Company's factory, after
months of alternate periods of idIeness
and short time, started Wednesday morn
ing on full time. The large cotton-mills
at Slatersville will start on full time next
Monday morning and run to their full
capacity.
The officers of the Glenmark Knitting
Company in this city, said to be the larg-
est knitting concern in the country, which
has been running only several hours daily
for a month past, decided to-day to run
full time owing to the large orders COM
ing in. Industrial conditions generally
are much improved over two months ago.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 6.-The Erie
Railroad officials have just issued instrnc-
tions to three of their principal locomo-
tive repair shops to work their forces all
the daylight hours during November,
which means nine hours instead of eight.
CANONSBURG, PA, Nov. 6.-The elec-
tion of Mckinley has started industrial
matters booming here. at the iron and
the steel mill the men had been working
half time, but yesterday they started in on
full time
RITTANNING, Pa. Nov. 6-The Kit
tanning Iron and Steel Company's works
at this place, which have been idle for
months, will start I'D in week as q con-
sequence of the election
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 6-Railroad
ticket agents report that during the past
twenty-four hours greater number of
commercial travellers have left the city in
the interest of their respective houses
than at any time since last March. There
is. a general revival of business in all
manufacturing concerns, and it is estl-
mated that in the starting up of IRON
mills. factories and other Establishments,
u-hi how hao i1la tb
at least 1000 men have found employment.
The local banks report heavy deposits of
gold during the past twenty-four hours,
and this is regarded as indicative of pop
ular movement which will bring out the
gold from its hiding places.
MASSILLON, OHIO, Nov. 6-The Null
Inns Coal Company will open four new
mines in the Massillon district, and work
will begin on one at once. This venture
is due to the election of Mckinley.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, Nov. 6.-The
result of the Presidential election has had
the effect to stimulate the furniture in
dustry OF this city in all OF its depart
ments. Tie Phoenix Company, which has
been closed down for several months, has
started its first department and the other
departments will be started next week.
The factory employs 500 men.
The Widdicomb Company started their
shop department to-day and the finishing
departments will resume next week. This
com pany employs 600 workmen.
The Nelson d Matter Company bought
lot of lum Der, conditional on McKinley's
election, ten cars of which have already
arrived and the rest is on the way. The
company employs about 400 men.
The Grand Rapids Brush Company will
start up Monday with 200 men. All the
other forty factories of the city are pre-
pairing to resume work with full force of
men. The Hamilton cycle factory will
double its force and run full time.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Nov. 6. = Greater
activity is apparent in the industrial in
stitutions since Wednesday than at any
time during the year. Every mill and
workshop in Pittsburg is operating more
actively or is preparing TO start Monday.
A number of departments which have
been entirely idle or operated spasmodi-
cally since the summer shutdown will be
in operation next week.
The only industry which has not yet
felt the thrill of reviving confidence is
window glass. Activity in this line is de-
layed because of the inability of the work
ers and manufacturers TO agree on the
wage scale. 1t is thought a conference
will be held soon and that an agreement
will be arrived at.
PITTSBURG. Pa, Nov. 6.-The Car
negie Steel Company to-day decided to
make improvem ents to its plant involving
an expenditure of s5o0.00o The order
work upon which was stopped about three
months since. It was also decided to
complete the Butler and Pittsburg Rail-
road to the lakes which the Carnegie
Company Las building, work on which
was partially suspended. Contracts were
let to-day amounting to $250,0O0.