Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-09
IN THE LABOR WORLD
NEW ENGLAND EMPLOYEES ON
SHORT-TIME. BASIS.

BOSTON, March 9.-ThOuSandS OF en-
ployes of New England mills and fac
tories went on a short-time basis today
following several months of depression.
In some places however. reports come OF
several factories resuming work after
shutdown or increasing their running
time. The Hargraves Parker No. l mills,
in Fall River. went on four days a
week basis today, while the King Ph1iip
and Ancona resumed operations Temporal
rily.
The Fisher Manufacturing Company S
cotton mills at Baskerville, Mass, en-
ploying 100 hands. were shut down today
until next Monday.
The Cabot mills of Brunswick. Me. with
800 hands, went on schedule of four
days a week.
The cotton mills at Providence, Woon-
socket, Centerville, Riverpoint Arctic.
Natick. Lippitt. Pontiac. Jackson and
'. nite Rock, r. l., and at Dodgeville.
Hebronville. Readville. Mass. all owned
by B. B. and r. knight. and employing
5000 operatives. went on a three-quarter
time schedule.
The Putnam Manufacturing Company S
cotton mills went on three and half
schedule and the Nightingale and Pow
hatan mills of Putnam, Conn. have re-
duced the time to four days weekly.
About 100 hands are affected.
The Edwards cotton mills at Augusta,
Me-, employing 1000 hands. adopted a
half-time schedule today. and the Within
machine shops at Whitlnville; Mass, max
ing cotton mill machinery, with 1,SOO men.
reuuced the time to forty-tive hours
week.
In Mllbury about 100 hands are af-
fected at the Bowden telling mills which
will run fouT days week until furtner
notice
Curtaiment Of production is also APP
proved by the Chicopee cotton mills OF
Chicopee Falls, 1900 hands; Dwight mills
of Chicopee. 1.5OO operatives; SALMON
Falls mills, Salmon Falls. N. H.. 100 OPP
eratives: Naumkeag cotton mills. Salem,
1900 hands. and other concerns.
The Jewett piano factory in Leominster
went on ur-days-a-week schedule to-
day.
Talbot wooden mills of North Billerica.
which have 600 hands. began running
five days week today instead of four, as
previously.
In Gardner, Mass, the furniture fac
tory of P. Derby & Co. began running
five days weekly this morning, an in.
crease of ten hours weekly for 325 en-
ployes.
The working time at the plant Of the
Waltham Watch Company. at Waltham,
was increased by seven hours week to-
day, making total of 471a working hours
weekly. The Acushnet and Hathaway
mills, at New Bedford, employing 2,07O
hands. resumed work today.
l. The S. d. Warren COmpanyS paper
mills. at .Westbrook. Me-. employing 900
operatives. began cuftailing today by rum
ming five instead of six days a week.
Appeal for the Unemployed.
PHILADELPHIA. March 9.-At a gen.
eral conference of unemployed held in
the northeastern section of the city yes
terday a committee was appointed to go
before city councils and request that an
appropriation be made to relieve the dis
tress among the unemployed, and that
city contracts be pushed as much as
possible in order to give work to many
who have earned nothing in months. A
member of the executive committee Of the
central union of textile workers said:
Fully 10 per cent of workers at the
and have not been working for some
time. AS a result we are starving. We
must have relief and we must have 1t i'm
mediately."
Improvement at Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, Pa, March 9-Indus-
trial conditions are showing an improve
ment hereabouts. At the Pennsylvania
steel works there will be an additional
open-hearth furnace started and prepa.
rations to start others are being made.
Two blast furnaces are being repaired.
The Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending
Company is running. it's plant on a good
accumulation of small orders. and the
Central iron and steel works is running
about 80 per cent of its capacity. with
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