Year: 1873

employ thirty men; some nave peen or VIII be dis
charged; hours reduced from ten to eight; no re-
The Kelly Lamp Works employ fifty men, and are
engaged principally in the manufacture OF head
lights for locomotives and railroad lanterns gem
orally. The business mas been badly crippled by
the shaky situation Of AFFAIRS among the railroads.
II between now and the lst OF January no change
discharged 1 GOO good idea Of m how WITH the railroad com
panes are crippled can be had from the fact that
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad sent the
months irom date, for the immense xssna sum
Of $685. In payment for lamps; Wnlie
N ss S Tes q "
told me that the collections OF the firm oy reason
Of the panic mad fallen on nom 5000 70 sSIo PEI
day. Mr.. Kelly, OF the lamp works, stases tuat ~
with take the business mly year to recover rom
the present depression. AZ


Cunningham Son. carriage makers M nave uro- or,
charged 300 OF the 400 men they have been em-


Vickerys cotton mills have been closed entirely,
200 women being thereby thrown out oi employ


The Kidd Iron Works have reduced their force
one-haf and the men at WORK nave oeen put on ~
the SO so they were getting before the panic, the
firm doing this simply TO keep the men rom want; M
largest firm in the city, have still at work rom GOO
10 700 men, whom they will keep at work SO long
as the trade Is as good as II IS n9w & Is
reduce stock, and thus some OF the men VIII nave
to go. There are about Z, 500 men in the employ OF



lieyed that 500 OF these will be thrown out
OF employment. II the situation becomes worse.


THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.


Now, to sum up the situation. II VIII pc seen Dy
the facts have given above that the outlook Is not
so bad as it might be, but II the employers are at
least on the surface hopeful and not despairlng 1t
is quite the reverse with the worklngmen gen.
orally in the city. They are anxious and lear
full lest every day win be their last
they lose Whatever job they now have
there is little or no prospect Of their getting any
work for the winter. 1t Is estimated that OF the
ual labor skilled and otherwise, at least one naf
will be thrown out OF employment during the win
ter. OF this $4,000 5000 are in the furniture bus-
ness, 200 of whom i'll have probably nothing to
do after next month Thus lar individual cases Oh
hardship caused by the general dulness have been
very few. Yet nave heard OF two or three cases
peculiarly distressing. One was that OF q black
smith, who had been In the employ OF one nrm Tor
thirteen years. In good times he was able to make
good wages, and every dollar he earned over and
above what was spent for food and clothing he
invested in the purchase of a house and lot.
He came before city offictal yesterday ana
told pitiful story; how though he had nome OF
his own, vet he hadn't dollar in the world and
had wife and seven children who had not tasted
food for nearly TWO days. And yet, strong man
and willing as he was 60 work, he could not get
anything to do


THE RICH AND THE POOH.


The feeling among the rich and well to do Of the
middle classes in the city is one OF charity and
good WILL and learn that II the distress should
become such among the laboring classes as TO ne
cessitare public aid every rich man will contribute
freely to the establishment OF s0up-house--Or at
least some kind of house where the really needy
can find shelter as well as food. 1t Is to be hoped
that the depression may pass away before anything
OF this kind Is needed, but the outlook at present.
despite the encouraging views taken OF these affairs
by the manufacturers and business men generally
is dark and forbidding.