The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-27
Number Of Employees In the Large Manufac-
turing Concerns In State.
THE BIG lEWELRY MANUFACTURES.
Largest Employer Of Labor IS Thsodore ". Foster
Oslby & Barton RoId Second Place Smallest
Cotton Mill in the Stale.

The annual report Of the state fac
tory inspectors which has just been
raised. gives much information in re-
gard To the number of employees work
ing in mills, shops and large stores
throughout the state. The inspectors
have not had any difficulty in securing
the Information they required, for in
there queries there are no financial
questions involved and the manufac-
turers have answered very freely.
According to the report of the mills
and shops Inspected the four big mills
Of the Atlantic Company at Oneyville.
employ the most persons. The total
reaches 2603, of whom 975 are men. 1ll9
women, 377 boys and lS2 girls (under
16). The Charles Fletcher worsted mills
at Olneyville employ 1873 persons all
told. a majority of them being males.
The Riverside worsted mills at Olney-
Vile have 1897 employees, the females
predominating. The Wanskuck wors-
ted mills have $40 on the pay roll. The
Peace DaM worsted mill has 59i hands.
the Weybosset worsted mill 5S5, the
Lorraine worsted mills at Pawtucket
GA. and the Lorraine cotton mills 4S3.
The largest cotton mill In the state
in the number of hands employed--is
the Manvlle mill in Cumberland. which
has 1902 hands-760 Of them men. The
Natick mill OF the Knignts-the largest
individual cotton mill I'm the country
has more looms and splndles than the
Manville mill, but employs a few less
mi
has 722 hands; the Crompton mill $40;
the Pontiac mill. Riverpont. 5l6; the
Social mill and Globe mill, Woonsock-
ct. respectively 6i9 and 46l; the Slater
Cotton Company, Pawtucket. 532; the
r.. Jenckes colored cotton yarn mill for
woolen manufactures), 536; the Slater
colored cotton goods mill at Statewide.
North Smithsheld. SAC; the United
States Cotton Company, Central Falls.
6s7: the Ann and Hope mill, Lonsdale.
SOL and the Berkeley mill, iSS The
four mills of the Lonsdale Company at
Lonsdale. have 1879 employees in all
The Coats Thread Company at Paw
tucket have 20o9 hands, of whom 1855
are women. The Gorham Manufactur-
ing Company has ll40 or whom but "a
are women. while the Brown d Sharpe
Company has but women out of l555
hands. The American Screw Company
employs 1882 hands Ia it's four mills in
this city. The Fletcher Manufacturing
Company Oapes and braids) has 700
hands, OF whom 53l are women. The
Nicholson File Company employs $50
persons. the Oakdale butterlne factory
50. the British Hosiery Company at
Thornton i76 and the Kendall Manu-
featuring Company tsoapine and soap
liz.
The National india Rubber Company
at Bristol has ss1 hands, the Woon-
socket Rubber Company 697, the Joseph
Banigan Rubber Company. Providence,
! SOC. the Davol Itubber Company $50, the
J A. O. Bourn Rubber Mil l56 and the
Mechanical Fabric Company rubber
( tres) l6f. Among the jewellery manu-
/ factories i'm this city that of Theodore
w. Foster employs the largest number
of hands. his total reaching $50. Ostby
& Barton haveY2 243 hands, w. j. :.
! Blacklngton 90, s. q ~. Lederer 2lS.
Esser & Rarry 1i5, Hamilton a. Ham
| ilton 1876. Waite. Thresher & Co. 12h,
| Park Bros. a. Rogers l25, William Loeb
| & Company lO5, Marden q Kittlety lO1
| and Martin Copeland e. Co. l0l.
| OF the dry goods stores, the Boston
I Store leads all competitors with 609
! employees. Shepard & co. have 90.
| OCiorman q co. 2G0 r.. II. Gladdng &
! co. 40 and L. j.. Newell & Son 20. Di-
monds store, at Randall square, is not
| given in the list j ". Barnaby Il Com
pany employ 81 hands. III. NJ. Coombs
| a Co. the state bOokbinders. have 32
| the American Electrical Works. Phil
! lipsdale. East Providence. 500. and
Shartenburg & Robinson. dry goods,
! Pawtucket. 81. The smallest cotton mill
i'm the state is the Edwars cotton yarn
mill at Canonchet, Honkinton.