The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-03-28
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Germany Imports Many Tons Of Loss--A Novel
Order Tor Porcelain Factory.

Our consular agent at Eibenstock,
Germany, Mr.. Harris, states that in
1890 100000 tons OF logs were inn
ported into Germany. In 1893 3,ooo,o 600
tons were imported, or an increase Of
80 I-3 per cent. During this same
period sawed lumber increased from
,2oo.oo tons to 100000 tons, or an
increase OF about 100 per cent. Sawmill
owners OF the German empire are be.
ginning to agitate in favor OF higher
tariff on sawed lumber.
A porcelain factory in Graeienthal
Germany, has received an order from
England for 5000 dozen figures repre-
senting a wounded British soldier with
bandaged head, standing up erect, gun
in hand, ready to face the approaching
enemy despite his wounds. A second
order is for a number OF British sol.
diers standing by their guns pointed
at the enemy.
Referring to the shell factory OF the
Beers recently destroyed az Johannes
burg, the Electrician. of London, states
that all the machinery in the plant was
driven by electric power, and that orig
lnally it was the largest engineering
works of the kind in South Africa, the
machinery alone having cost $500 900.
a branch OF the American Handle
Factory OF Knoxville, Tenn, located at
West Point, Miss, has completed a new
plant with capacity OF 200 dozen han
dies a day. Among the first orders is
one from a Liverpool firm for 1000
dozen handles 20 be used by the Brit
ish government in South Africa.
While the British army colors, stand
ed a,,1 10
by hand, Jacks flags are made by sew
ing machines, 10 enormous machines
being driven throughout the course OF
4 long day by gas engines, and tended
by nearly 20 women,
Six hundred oi the men engaged in
building the military road from San
Juan to Arcibo, Puerto Rico, have gone
out on strike. They demand a living
wage. They have been getting forty
cents day for ten hours work and
want fifty.
The sash, door and blind manufac-
turcrs OF Chicago and its vicinity have
voted to close their mills until the labor
troubles are adjusted. By this action
4ooo men are added to the $4,000 idle.
The shipments OF crossties from the
port OF Brunswick, Ga, for the months
OF January and February, 1000, were
the largest in the history OF the indus
try at that port, aggregating 5o6,SS3,
Two hundred thousand natives of
China, Japan, Russia and Siberia are
now employed in supplying material
for the bridges required on the East
crn Railway in China.
Another large mill will be located
near Aiken, S c. This will be S6oo,-
600 plant, and it is announced by
Messrs. Charles Warren Davis & Co.,
OF Augusta, Ga.
The new uniform potters scale OF
wages has been adopted by sixty manu-
iacturers employing about $4,000 men.
10th workmen and employers hail it
with satisfaction.
Fifty carpenters employed at the
Union Drydock in Buffalo have quit
work in sympathy with the iron workers
and machinists who have been out for
several weeks.
The strike OF cigarmakers in New
York City is complicated by a decision
OF some OF the largest concerns to oper-
ate their factories on half time only.
The union label OF the United Gar
ment Workers is now issued to thirty
eight clothing manufacturers in the
United States and Canada.
The organized lightweight coopers
OF New York City have made general
demand for nine-hour work day. to
go into effect on Nav /.
Stove moulders have been given a
iliteen per cent. wage advance by the
Stove Founders National Association
meeting at Atlanta. Ga.
The hardcst-worked persons in Ba-
varia are the waiter-girls. They are
busy fourteen to sixteen hours a day,
and never get day off.
The National Tube Company has in
creased by ten per cent. the wages OF
the 10000 men in its fifteen factories.
Twenty-Five girls employed in the
Wyoming Valley Lace Mills, at Wilkes
barre, Penn, are on strike.
The strike of the coal miners in Bo-
hemia and Silesia, Austria, has collapsed
owing to the lack OF funds.
The 500 employees OF the Warrenville,
5; c. cotton mill are on strike for
higher wages.