The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-10
MILLS STILL
CURTAILING
Short Time In New England
Factories
SOME ESUMPTI0NS
Conditions Improving in the Steel Trade
More Men Are Put to Work
in the Pennsylvania
Plants.
SOME ASSUMPTIONS

Boston, March TO-. Thousands 81 en-.
ployes 81 New England mills and fae
tories went an a short time basis yes
tefday. following several months of de-
preston IN SOME places, however. re-.
ports come Of several factories rrsum-
ing work after a shutdown or sncreas.
ing their running time. III the next few
weeks many mills will 20 ON short time.
80 that no hoom In industrial cisrses
i looked for at prescat Most Of she
mills affected are arranging their time
schedules 50 as to bear as light IS pos
sible on the operatives 1t II expected
that The Fail River Manufacturers A.
oeiation II meeting hate Yesterday
took some action on the question ot
further restricting the OUTPUT ef Print
cIeths in that city, Is per cent. dursRg
The next two Or three months. The
HarggaVes and Parker No. mills In Fall
River went on i four DAYS a week basis
Yesterday. while the King Philip and
Aneoaa resumed operations teniporar.
ily
The Fisher Manufacturing Company's
retten mills at Baskerville, Mass. ems
plnyiRg seven hundred hands, were shut
doga yesterday until next Monday the
tigss tinle he plant has been stopped I'M
aitcen years The Cabot mills al Bruins
wick. Ne. which are controlled by TIE
Fisher Company. went o. / schedule 81
tou days a week west erday The Cahns
Company hiss eight hundred enpleyes
Toe eott0n nills at Providence. Woan
sasket DeRtFeYiile, Rirerpaint, Arytic
Natiek Iippitl Pontiac, Jackson and
White Rock, r. L and 1t DoirevilIe.
hehroHFille Reaafille and MamgAsug
Mass, all owned BIZ h e. i r. Knight.
and employing six thousand Operatives.
went an tAree qaargef-time schedule
yesterday morning The Putnam Manu-
featuring CompaHy's cotton mills went
On 4 St. day schedule aud the Ni9htins
gale and PpwhRttan mills 81 Putnam.
Conn, have reduced the time 90 four
days weeklE Ahoat seven hundred
hands are affected TIE Edwards Get
tan Ahlis uf Augusta Me- employing
oue thousand adopted a haif.time sehea
Ule yesterday ANA The Within Machine
Shops al Nhitinsyiiie Mass. with eigh-
teen hHnare3 men reduced the time IA
fert y-hre hours a week The Within
shops make cotton min machinery III
MillharY about enc hundred hands are
Affected 81 the BoRaen Felsing Mills,
whieh Will fgsn goug aags a seek until
Further uatEse
Ihs 1eWtst plane Factories IN keamia
sser went ad four iaxs j week schedule
yesterday The Tagha4 woeem milis w
North Biileriea. which have siN huR
aFed hands. hsgan running i've days
week yesterday iusseSa ai fatg a. pre-
FiaussY
In 0ap1ner, Mass. the furniture fae
tory of + Derby 5 ed. began running
fst DAYS weekly yesterday morning. an
inrrease Qf ton hours agek N for aa5
employees W3th slse exception 81 Hey
wnaa Brothers and Wakehela Company,
NhieA has sixty per cent q the EN-
paoyes Ia fall time. the other GaFiner
factories are running nu rp3peed sehel
ule TIE = 81 Stone Lumber s BOX
C9mpaRys miii in SpsHeer whiah has
aaen closed started again Yesterday
The 6ftv employees agreed ta a ten PER
cent eut II wages ID oFfsr "a enable
tke miil to resume work
The working tsrae az the plant az the
Wai3aam Watch Company W4s Increased
ay seNen hours 4 week EesseF1ay usaN
Ing total az 4fas working haurs weeS
Is. The Aspsaaes ard Hathaway malls
II Nea Bedford. employing 2fEe bands
resumed work YESTERDAY. after a short
shutdown. The s ID Warren Company
aaper mills a Messhraak, Ale. employ
az con operatives. hegiH eagSallinE this
weeS hv running TIRE INSTEAD 81 SIX
iavs 7 week These mills never aave
sAus down except faF repairs. and sell
lom have beea fosce3 50 cmsAii them
production