New-York tribune., 1908-03-10
MILLS on SHORT TINE.
Result of Depression in Nesc Eng
Iand-I Fec Resume H0rk.

Iostor March e-Thorsands of employees OF New
England mills and factories went on short tine
basis TODAY, following several months Of jepres-
siou- In several places however. reports come OF
sacto-ies resl.ming work after shutdown or in
c-easins- their running time In the next lie"
weeks many mills viii he put on short time, so
sla7 no boom in industrial circles is looked for at
present The Hargraves & Parker No i mills. in
fsH River. went a four-days-a-week basis 10
cav while the King Philip and Ancona mills re
eurYed operations temporarily
.-he Fisher Manufacturing Company's cotton
mills al FSsherviile Mass employing seven hun-
ares hands were shat down to-day until next
Monday. The Cabot mills, of Brunswick, Ne with
es-ht hundred hands. went schedule Of four
tazs week to-day The cotton mills at froFi-
se7-ce Tyoonsocke1 Centrevlie, Riverpolnt. Arctlc
Natick Idpptr, Pontiac. Jackson and White Rock
f J. and ~ Lodgeyille Hebronvlle. Readr1Ile and
Manchaug Mass all owned by 3 3 & p Knight
sna employing six thousand operatives. went on a
,l7ree-oua-1er time schedule to-day
The Putnam Manufacturing Company's cotton
mills went on three-and- day schedule and
she Nightingale and Powhatan mills Of Putnam.
Corn have reduced the time TO four days weekly
.At.oui seven hundred hands are affected
The Edwards cotton mills. of Augusta Ne en-
o'oxirZ one thousand hands adopted half-time
schedule to-day. and the Within machine shops. at
whitinsyiIle. Mass making cotton mill machinery.
~i1h eighteen hundred men, reduced the time 10
eoT1y-fve hours week
In NiiIIlaTy about one hundred hands are affected
a the Bovden feItinC mills which will run four
eaa-s a week until further notice
g>11rrailr7e-r Of production is also approved by
,he s-hcopee cotton mills Of Chicopee Fails 1890
hands: Dwight mills Chcopee, $500 operatives:
Salmon Falls mills Salmon Falls y. H, 70o oPer-
atives: Naurheag cotton mills. Salem, 1900 hands
snd ether concerns
TIE Jevver, piano factories il Leon1insrer went
OF q four days = week schedule to-day
THE Talbot wooen mills. 81 North Bilerica-
which have six hundred hands. began running five
ssvs a week to-day instead Of four. previously
In Gardner Mass. the furniture factory OF P
Derby q Co. began running five days weekly this
morning an increase Of ten hours weekly for S25
eroploves At the z F. Stone Lumber and Box
Cornpar1v's mill in Spencer the fifty employees
agreed 10 8 per cent cut in wages in order 70
enable the mill resume work to-day
The working time the plant OF the Waltham
Watch Company. at Waltham. was increased by
seven hours a week to-day. making total Of
<or-v-seven ard half hours weekly
TIE s y. Warren Cornpanys paper mills at
westtrook. Ne. employing a thousand operatives
began curtailing to-day By running five, instead OF
rx. days week
Clinton. Mass. March e.-The Lancaster cotton
mills which have running full time al winter
VIII shut down on Wednesday night Tor the remain
der Of the week according TO notices posted to-day
Two thousand hands are affected Il was stated
rbar Il is impossible tel this cine y neither
further cI1rrailueat after this week would be
found necessary
The spinning department Of the BEelo| carpet
ro1npapv which has been running four days a
week for some time past shut down tonight Tor
she remainder Of this week