The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1873, Page 7

7 LABOR REFORMERS. A Meeting of the. Representatives of Labor at Tammany Hall. The City and National Government Called Upon to Find Employment, A meeting was neld Iast night, in Tammany Hall, bythe various organizations of the Workingmen’s Union, at which about 600 persons were present. ‘The platform was occupied by about 20 of the Gifferent officers of the union. The chair was taken by Mr. George Blair, of the packing box makers of New York, and, Mr. Osborne Ward was selected as one of the secretaries. The speeches ‘were very extreme in their character, and were largely famed with the doctrines of the Inter- nationalists and Communism. These sentiments received the most enthustastic applause, The practical part of the meeting was the asking of the City authorities to provide public employment, THE SPEECHES. Mr. GrorGE BLarm, of the packing box makers, said that the meeting had been called together for the purpose of laying before 1t some considerations fm reference to the condition of the laboring Glasses, which wero already in a condition of Pressing necessity, and which promised to be very much greater. The call was the same ‘as that which was made in 1861, and the time has come when it has been found necee- gary to teach the masters that the servants had some rights, It is expected that thousands of the Wworkingmen will soon be walking about in enforced idleness, He concluded by asking the meeting to nominate a Secretary, which they did by nominating Mr. Ward, who then read the following ble and resolutions, which the meeting lopted:— THE RESOLUTIONS. ‘Whereas, The condition of the working people of this city urgently demands the immediate attention and Prompt action of the public authorities; therefore, | Resolved, That we demand that the Common Oouncit and heads of departments, in order to relieve the neces sities of the unemployed, place more work in the market Resol That woe demand that the Con feels ia ve of the contracts for public improvemets now in is hands, and issue bonds to meet all the public require- Hpents and place thei In the market for sale to the high- er. |) That shoula Yhe Comptroller fail to sell the aforesaid, then that he issue city scrip, in sums of $10 and $21, for the purpose of baying the laborers for wo ved, That the workmen should be employed with- out reference to any political influence, but solely with Regard to their capacity, fitness and necessity, solved, That all workmen employed on the public "ks should be residents of the city and county of New ved, That the national government, be requosted tho authoriuiss of the city of New York to loan to sald ity. $10,000,000 out of the Reserve Fund for the purpose of labor. Resolved, That the building of all vessels of war eevee by, Con ress be iminediately commenced in the Bavy yards by the national government, Resolved, That we condewn the acticn of the Legisla- ture of 1873 in paaeing. a law which calls for the letting ‘ot the public works. . That we condemn the employment ot non- rosident workmen in preference or in the stead of the tap peyiog laborers ot this city and county. Resolved, That we call the attention of the pnblic to a Statement of Commismoner Budd of recent date, and that we fully concur in kis view as expressed therein in re- Jation to having the work done on the ground. Resolved, That for the purpose of relleving our nt necessities We petition for the appropriation of a sum sufficient to pay for the cutting of the stone for public yurposes during the winter, in order that It may be ready setting as soon as the weather is favorable. solved, That while we are in iavor of an ‘‘In tustrial uilding” ‘and “rapid transit,” we believe that they ould be constructed by the county or State, and that we are op; | to loaning money ‘to private corporations. ont , That in the event of the Common Council joa money to the “Industrial Exhibition.” they (pore, we supervisory power over the construction of ts buildings, and shoni¢ require the materials to be of American manufacture. The work to be done on the frou and the men to be residents of the city and GOVERNMENT THE GUARDIAN OF INDUSTRY. Mr. Tuompson, of the Workingmen’s Association, Baid that this was the second meeting of its kind that had been held in this city demanding public employment by the workingmen ot the public av- thorities, The first was held about two years ago im Tompkins square. He said that they were ad- Vocating a new idea—that the government alone should be entrusted with the industries of this country, and that no longer shoula private corporations obtain from the industrial Classes their strength for their own private randizement. The government that failed to ve liberty, life and happiness to every person under its protection failed in its frst duty. Wiat shall be done with the tide of emigration that was seeking these shores? He contended that it was the duty of government to discipline and organize this labor. This winter oe city is Mled with unemployed men, and they jave made this city beauteous, for which they have rendered an equivalent for their bread. Now they are paupers. e propose that the authori- ties shall furnish employment for these men, or by the Eternal there will be a _revolu- here! (Cheers.) We do not want sou bouses; that is a degradation of our manhood, What we want ts employment. When that day came they would find no more stock jobbing in Wali street. Who speculated with the products of industry? The workingmen had the power of the ballot in their hands, and this was more powerful ‘han the sword or the press. Capital as bad a Jong day, but its days are num- bered; an now has come the day when labor will be the master. The speaker then stated that the Senate of the United States had sold itself for gold. But when they got the working- men there this would not occur. As to foreign [ae Safe he said that there was room enough for The grandeur of this country will never fil! its position in the place of the world until labor is recognized, through [spate as its agent. It was degrading know that 50,000 men this winter were starving for want ofemployment. ‘There never was a time im the history of this country when industry was more needed. But, then, it was said that money cannot be obtained. But all that was required for that was a few reams of printing paper and a aed aeers, and that was why they called for ty bonds.” THE COMPTROLLER AND THE CONTRACTS, Mr. RopeKt Crows, of the tailors, then addressed Meeting, and aiter eset J to the recent many frauds he denounced the establishment ot soup kitchens, and urged the employment of men op public works, as done in Brooklyn. He @aid that, if Commissioner Van Nort and Comptrolier Green wished that the work- en of this city should be employed on the formation of an underground railroad there are 75 proposals in the hands of Van Nort for grading and paving and opening streets. Let Van Nort and Green put their heads together and get men to work. Then two-thirds of the unemployed tn this city would be set to work. The city of New York could not go ahead until men were selectea for public office for their qualifications to fill that office. He hoped that a delegation of workingmen ‘would be appointed to see the Comptrolier as to the contracts that that officer had his feet upon. He did not betieve that either Van Nort or Green had hearts, and if they granted this they would do it because they wanted the votes of the working- men. ButifMr. Green wished to be the next Mayor of New York let him employ the working men Of this city, and if he does this, by the gods! he shall have my vote. (Loud cheers and laughter.) Mr. of the painters, then spoke in behalf of the object of the meeting, and said that there-were 5 THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND GIRLS employed in this city, who averaged as wages not more than $3 50 @ week. is Was, too, in a land devoted tothe inheritance of life, liberty and the ult of happiness. The ballot bow was power- unless we demand the inauguration of the referendum, by which the laws went back to the ple. Then we should have no salary grabbers e DI Grant. The power of mone; gone #0 far that workingmen are not allowed to tae unless the dogs of those who govern first bark. Let workingmen demand that as citizens work should be supplied them, and thatwe are entitied to our subsistence. In the Department of Parks it was found by recent legislation that no contract over $1,000 could be given out except to contractors. (“Shame !”) ‘Mr. Tuompgon, of the bricklayers, said that the Andastry of the country was DESTROYED BY THE SPECULATORS. He asked for nothing from ‘this city for which he should not render his equivaient, The maxim of this country to-day was to degrade the working. man, The resources of the municipal government Were sufficient to give all the unemployed work. If this was not done why the workingmen com- mitted no sin if they went and took the flour and bread that were in the city. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Henry Rorry, of the stonecutters, then ad- Greased the meeting, and urged that there was no necessity for the want of labor. ‘This was brought about by men and women living too fast, and also by the limiting the jount of work of the city ernment that s hot be submitted to con- ract to the amount of $1,000. He complained that atonecutting for this city was done “down East”? ‘and the workingmen of tifis city were deprived of bas oy aa of earning their food by their labor. Mr. King, of the plasterers, and a delegation from Philadel oke, after whi jaar spoke, which the meeting aa- CONNECTICUT, Dainess in New London—Decline in the Whaling Business—State of the Face tories, New LONDON, Nov. 14, 1873, ‘The number of manufacturers in this cool city by the Sound is limited. It is @ brave and beautiful Place in the gladsome summer months, when the @allant yachtsmen of New York come down to Genco and bagg ih the auniles of New Angiand fo- J, with whgge condidon be Nad ARY aoguainty NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. male beauty, such as it is; but now, when the trees are bare and yachting looks as much out of season as bathing, @ cloud of duiness has crept over New London, and what with the panic and the falling off in the whaling business there is little more fe left than one might find in 4 grave- yard. There was @ time when this port equipped and sent forth in the season a fleet of seventy-five vessels to the whaling grounds, This has now fallen off to avout twenty, and there fs little hope the number will ever mach exceed that figure, WHALING IN THE PAST. Speaking to Mr. Williams, of the firm of Williams & Haven, great whaling men, whose ships are on all the oceans of the earth, from the South to the North Poie, I learned, as I supposed, that the panic had but little efect on their business, “Whaling,” said he, “has declined. Where 16 years ago there gas a fleet of 600 American ves- sels engaged in the business there are now only 250, You see petroleam and the new oil they are mak- ing from cotton seed haye cut in on tne whale oil trade and reduced its profits andimportance, Nor is there the same demand for whalebone. We have only 10 vessels engaged now in tpe business, At this time of the year there is nothing done. The boats go out generally from June to September and return from April to July. We are now chiefly in the guano and seal fur trade. In partner- ship with another firm we have leased the Seai Islands of Alaska irom the government, and down in the Indian Ocean, at the islands of Kerguelen and Providence, we have three ships in the seal fishing, and other ships off the west coast of South America carrying guano to the Southern States.” The falling off in this whaling business was a loss to New London, but, with the ineunctive turn for manufacturing characteristic of Connecti- cut people, factories were established or extended, and though the whalers are no longer such a source 01 Wealth to the community other things have been made to yield a revenue in their place. NO DECREASE OF SHIPWRIGHTS’ WAGES. A considerable feet of vessels 1s still owned by this port and most of them are doing a safe coast- ing trafic. Out of the five steamers plying be- tween New London and New York, two are laid up on account of the hard times. Though vessels are here for sale and building has fallen off 50 per cent, shipwrights are as high priced in their wages as in the best of days. ANXIOUS FOR A WAR WITH SPAIN. The talk of the town to-day is the probability of & war with Spain. It would be very popular among the New Londoners, Naval officers out of work who are stopping around here, are beside them- selves, with joyful anticipation of such a prospect. ‘The natives are marine in their tastes, and, clean and airy as the town appears, the smell and pres- ence of tar are sufficiently palpable to indicate the presence of a seafaring population. The govern- ment could,easily man @ tew line of battle ships from the unemployed sailors of the port. THE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. The number of operatives out of work is about ning on three-quarter time, and out of its ordinary 100, The Albertson & Dongias machine shop.s run- force of 120 men, employs at present 100, There has been no reduction of pay, and whether the shop Will continue as it is depends on trade. The Wilson Manufacturing Company are aiso on three- quarter time. They have discharged some of their hands. The Attwood silk thread factory is on half time, with 30 bands; no reduction of wages. The New London woollen mill has 80 hands employed on fuli time and pay. Brown’s cotton gn factory bas 60 men engaged at half time. oodworth’s paper mills are on half time, with 12 hands. Warner’s tannery on full time, with the same number. The Mountain Avenue Shirt Factory, working on five-sixth time, has discharged ten per cent of the 120 hands it em- ployea. Dudley & Stevens’ carriage factory 18 running full capacity and discharging none of its help. bertson’s paper mills are fully employed. These constitute the industrial activities of New London, and manage to circulate enough money to keep the population of 8,000 or 9,000 tolerably comiortablo. PENNSYLVANIA. Hard Times in the Coal Regions—Coal Companies Working Three-quarter Time. WILKESBARRE, Nov. 12, 1873. ‘Thus far in the financial crisis the coal operators have borne up bravely against the pressure, keep- ing the production up to the ordinary standard for the time of yearand giving employment to the average number of men. But it is noticeable that the “hard times” have crept into the coal regions, and the coal corporations indicate a disposition to curtail operations for atime at least, just the same as other people are doing. On Monday next the Wilkesbarré Coal and Iron Company, a branch of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company of Mauch Chunk, will inaugurate a reduction in business by putting their men on THREB-QUARTER TIME. This step has been rendered necessary by the great falling off in the demand for coal incident to the decline of the iron interest inthe Lehigh Val- ley, and from the fact that the company have no further room for stocking coal, their yards and wharves being filled to their utmost capacity. The other companies in Wyoming Valley will, no doubt, fallinto the policy of the corpare don alluded to and reduce their production fully one-fourth. It is intimated that the short time will be but tempo- rary, probably a month or six weeks; but parties prolessing to be fully posted in relation to THE COAL TBADE declare that it is hardly possible that active pro- duction of coal will be commenced’ again before March or April. Any decline in the coal business in this regio produces an immediate depression in all other branches of industry, and it may ve said that all kinds of business in Wyoming now stale, flat and unprofit- remain so for the coming four or five months. Money is quite as scarce here as elsewhere, the banks afford no atcommodations worth speaking of, and as tor making collections on old accounts, that is simply out of the question for the present. And yet our people do not appear to be very desponding under the hard times. They are hopeful and seem DETERMINED TO MAKR THE BEST OF MATTERS as they transpire. Moderation and-a spirit of forbearance prevail, and everybody is calmly awaiting the advent of better days. The increas- ing confidence exhibite] in the cities and the prospects that currency will soon be put in circula- tion in New York and Philadelphia produce a more cheerful feeling here, and the prospects are that we shall all get over the winter without much sugering or any greater business embarrassments. NORTH CAROLINA. Wilmington Feeiing the Effects of the Stringency in Money, but Better off Than Any Other Southern City—The Poor Not Saffering. WILMINGTON, Nov. 9, 1873, Of.serious commercial disaster and of actual suffering occasioned by the late panic it is abso- lutely certain that this city has known less than has been experienced by any city of equal size in the Union. And the curious feature of the com- parative insensibility of Wilmington to the throbs which haye so convulsed other cities 1s that here ta the chief commercial centre of a State which supplies 60 vast un amount of staples which may truthiully be characterized as indispensable, not only to the commerce of the Union, but to the comfortable existence of many thousands of people throughout the world, As an important centre for cotton, as the most important DEPOT OF NAVAL STORES in the world, and as the seat of an immense lum- ber interest, it would be reasonable to infer that Wilmington and its sustaining back country must be largely the creditor of New York and its chief dependencies, That such is not now the case, is a matter which the merchants here are less anxious than they are willing to rejoice over. The status of commercial affairs here jast now may be sum- warily stated as follows:—In naval storee there has been o shrinkage of values sufficient to au- thorize the statement aL ness in this im- ortant line of commerce here has seriously suf- fered; the cotton market has, as it has everywhere else, perceptibly yielded to the financial depression at the North; the lumber trade has also buffered from the same cause that has depressed the cotton market, though it has been omy, within ‘the last week that any of the sawmills navdistopped work, while many are yet at work, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF WILMINGTON so far as 1 am permitted to accept the state of the banks as indices, The three, banks with which the merchants transact their business are Peneays sound and their solvency is not questioned for a moment. When the financial panic was at its height there was little of the apprehension felt in other cities because it was known that the bankers had been engage. in none of the speculations which invoived many Southern banking houses in the fall of leading banking houses at the North. Indeed one of the city banks here in a circular recently issued makes the foi- lowing boast:—"This bank and its branches paid currency for all demands during the late pantc and did not resort to the use of certified checks or Clearing House certificates,’’ Satisfied that the only true method of ascertaining the real influence upon @ community of such a financial crisis as that which now afflicts the country was to consult prom- inent and reliable sources Of injormation, I have been at gome pains to-day to do xo. To Colonel De Rossett, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and a prominent member Of one of the oldest mer- cantile establishments in the South, I am indebted neral statementas to the condition of ven above. Captain Gramger, President oAthe Bank'of New Hanover, aheten views not dissimilar to those of Colonel De ett, He feels assured that Wilmington is infinitely BETTER OFF THAN ANY OTHER SOUTHERN CIT? —e He expressed the opinion that but for the low price of cotton there was no reason why the financial trouble at the North, gave very semanas, snould affect Wilmington, since New York owes the peo- ple here no money, “All that our people now need,” satd Captain Grainger, “is that they shall get their produce to mar'et and then be able to ind purchasers.” Remembering the value of hewspapers as barometers of the condition of the commuaity in which Sar sre published, your cor- respondent called upon Mr, Bernard, the editor of the Star, one of the most enterprising paper pub- lishers im the Southern country. He believed that MATTERS HAD REACHED THEIR WORST STAGE in this city during the last half of September; thay since the culmination of the financial troubles 1 New York affairs have steadily, though slowly, im- proved here, and that all that is needed to proauce @ comfortable commercial and financial. statos in Wilmington is that a ready market be ‘teund for the abundant and vaiuable produce of which it is the depot. In consequence of the absence of the great manufacturing establishments so numerous at the North there been litle suffering occa- sloned by THE DISCHARGE OY OPERATIVES. The negroes discharged from the sawmills easily find employment in ovher branches of. labor, and they require very little to meet their simple and inexpensive wants, I have heard of the discharge of employe at a few manufacturing establish- ments within the city limits, but tne number is smalland there is not the slightest indication of unusual sudering among the poor of the city. A More Hopefal Aspect Than Might be Expectcd—A = Little Accommodation Only Necessary to Bridge over the ‘Winter. RaLEzian, Nov. 8, 1873. Although Wilmington is the chief city, both in commerce and population, Raleigh is the money centre of North Carolina, The three banks here control half the banking capital in the State, and their lines of discount have usually extended ac- commodation to Wilmington and various of the other business centres of North Carolina... It ws creditable to the intelligence af the people, and public confidence pays & handsome tribute to the character of the men who constitute the bank- ing and commercial community of the State, that at no time has there been # panic in North Carolina, The crisis of low prices seriously stagnates trade and impedes the progress of business, but a panic, or loss of confidence, there is not the least evidence of here. Your correspondent has been at consideraple pains to get at the true state of affairs here and throughou the State, and, after three days of patient inquiry, is enabled to give the impressions of the leading men representing the various lines of business in the State. STATE FINANCES, According to the last published report of the Comptroller of the Currency, North Carolina has ab authorized and outstanding circulation of $1,733,420 against a banking capital of $5,000,000 before the war when the laws of the State allowed the banks to issue three for one, thus making a circulation of $15,000,000 at the breaking out of the war. The actual capital was then more than $5 per capita and the circulation some $15, as againsta per capita circulation of $1 62now. ‘The Comptroller, in his report, makes the mistake of limiting the ante-bellum circulation of South Carolina to the actual banking capital authorized, whereas the laws of the S‘ate permitted an issue of $3 for every gold dollar held by tne banks. I am as ked bere to call his at ention wo the error, Under the national banking system North Oaro- lina is put down by the Comptroller as being en- titled to an issue of six and a halt millions, appor- tioned on population and wealth, whereas she actually has little over a million andahalf. Busi- hess men here point to the fact that the Eastern and Northern States have issued much more than their share, and thus overfavored by the govern- Ment and overied with currency they have gam- bled away their trust, overreached — themselves and distressed the country with this temporary ruin of trade. THE PEOPLE CONFIDENT. . But the people here are hopeful. Well-grounded in confidence, one for another, they are all working together, determined to weather the storm, with- out the loss of a singie one of the crew, satisfied that they are on the course to and daily nearing the harvor of “peace and plenty.” Not @ single lailure has thus far occurred in Raleigh, and scarcely one attributable to the present crisis in the State, and bankers, merchants, capitalists and farmers all seem determined that there shall be none. The banks of this city—and the same is true of those of the State—are in better condition than on the day of Jay Cooke’s failure. They have never discontinued discounting, and keeping themselves in condition to meet every legitimate demand upon them they are still affording every posslble relief and accommodation to the public. COMMERUIAL BRCURM The merchants are in good spirits and confident of meeting their obligations as they mature. Their customers and those to whom they made advances for the cotton crop are coming up and paying part, and in throwing just enough of their produce into the market to relieve their merchants all hands appear to feel satisfied that the worst the crisis can do for them is to dissipate anticipated profits. THE COTTON TRADE. Of the crop of 1871 Raleigh handled about 17,000 bales; of 1873, 22,000, and of dl crop 25,000 Was the anticipation. 4,600 bales, or nearly one- fifth of . the expected eee been already re- ceived, and, compared with the operations in 1871, the receipts are 800 bales heavier to this date than up to the same date in November of that year. AS against this date last year the receipts are 800 bales short, Cotton was then quoted 17c. &@ 1739c., now it is 11 4sc. RAILROAD FREIGHTS AND TRANSPORTATION. Dr. W. J. Hawkins, President of tae Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, informs me that voth outgoing and incoming freights are greatly diminished and travel much stagnated, but he is confident of maintaining himself, and has neither reduced time, wages, nor discharged any of his force, either in the shops-or on the road. Mr. George T. Jones, agent of the North Carolina division of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, reports a heavy falling off in freights. COTTON FACTORIES FIRM. Colonel Thomas M. Holt, of Alamance, one of the largest cotton manufacturers of the State, injorms AN correspondent that E. M. Hoit’s Sons and J. . & W. E. Holt & Co., of Graham; Holt & Newlin, of Saxapahaw, and Holt & Moore, of Haw River, are all running on full time and wages, and that baer will all continue to run without change. 'y formation jrom Fayetteville, in the south- east of the State, is to the effect that the Bluff, Rockfish and Beaver Creek cotton mills are ali running on full time, and thé same is true of the other cotton mills of the State. 1 apprehend, how- ever, that there must be some reduction in the manuiacturing operations of this State, but no total suspensions, The large tobacco manufactories at Durham and elsewhere are all reported to be running on full time and wages, Nab @reduction in poth ma} take place any d ‘am confident that the ped ple of North Carolina have the ability and the de- termination to preserve themselves from serious disaster, and that they will stand in position to gather the first fruits of trade when it shall open again. g together, and one helping another, The farmers are masters of the situation. They have generally paid their labor, and while ok lo not owe any- thing, the bulk of the indebtedness resting on farmers is with the commission merchants and the banks, Farmers who owe are selling enough cot- ton to keep their merchants afloat, and the banks are taking part pay and extending paper. In this way business is going on to & successful issue, ‘The State has produced a fair supply of breadatuils and is amply provisioned for the winter, and in any event there cannot be an unusual amount of suffer- ing among the population of North Carolina, The climate is mild, nearly every family has produced something, and fuel is convenient to almost every household in the State. The situation in prospec- tive presents North Carolina in a light more ad- vantageous, in many respects, than many other States of the Union, and the circumstances of this crisis, her condition in it, and the bearing of her people under it, cannot fail to attract that atten- tion of capital and immigrayon which wil in a few years doubly compensate her for all the sacri- fices of the great crisis of 1873, THE CRISIS ELSEWHERE. THE WORST KIND OF HARD TIMES. The Midiand Railroad owes laborers over $500,000, DISTILLERIRS RUNNING ON PULL TIMB, ‘There are five large distilleries within one mile oft Lynchburg, Tenn., all running on full time, NO REDUCTION ON ALPACA GOODS, ‘The Jamestown (N. Y.) alpaca milis are to have ® consuming capacity of 10,000 pounds of wool weekly. THE CaR WORKS AT INDIANAPOLIS, IND. The Car Works Company at Indianapolis have gradually discharged their workmen until only about 100 ont of 230, thetr usual force, remain. LET ALL HAVE THEIR SHARW OF SUFFERING, While the railroad companies are taking the hard times as a pretext for discharging a large number of their workmen, reducing the wages of others and running their shops on half and three-quarter time, it would be well to consider the feasibility of reducing the salaries of the officers of the various Toads, AN OASIS IN THE FINANCIAL DESERT, The Sandusky (Ohio) Register sent a reporter among the shops and business cstablisnments of that city, and learns that the financial disturbance hag not been felt much in Sandusky. ‘TIMR REDUCED. a The employés of the Lehiga Valley Railroad in vipocquwe alone at south Hasvou, ny LoVe DoeM All interests appear to be working | reduced to nine hours’ work per day. A® yet no one has been discharged, but it is appreuended that the force will ve lessened, GLASS WORKS STOPPED. On Saturday, Nuvember 8, the fire at the Glass Works at Covington, Pa., went out, and conse- quently over 30 men are thrown out of employ- ment. What the company intend doing is not at preseut known, THB PITTSBURG (PA.) MINERS, The Pittsburg miners lave not mace much by their strike, entailimg a loss of $200,000, Finally they concluded to resume work at the old price. But the employers pow decline to pay even that. ‘The miners will have to accept any price now, OF do worse. THE MANUPACTORIES AT NORTH aDaMs, MASS. Retrencliment is the order of the day among the manufacturers in the vicinity of North Adams. Messrs. W. W. Freeman & Co, cotton manu- facturers, have reduced their payroli one-fifth in amount, and Messrs, Houghton, Galloupe, Smith & Co, will foiiow their example. These firms em- Ploy ah aggregate of 2,500 people. Nackinton & Co., employing 2,000 persons, are ronuing their milis only Seven and one-half hours ha and have decreased their pay rol) oue- hal Messrs. Briggs Brothere aud Harvey Arnold & Co, are running on full time. THE IRON INTERESTS OF O1IO. ees county has eight blast furpaces all rup- ning. The upper furnace, at Steubenville, is turning out 40 tons of tron per day. The Valley rolling mull, at Youngstown, ie ex- pected to resume operations shortiy. The biast furnace at Lroudale, near Steubenville, ip idle, but itis thought 1 will be started again belore long, ‘The new Masilion rolling mill can be ready in twenty days tor the manufacture of bar iron, but the company Will not start their mill until a better feeling exists in the iron market. THE PANIC IN ROCHESTER, § Y. ‘The panic has void the hardest on the branches of business depending on railroad work, the ma- whine shops, loundries, &, The outlook for these branches 18 uot very promising. Some work 16 being done on long tine. Orders from several rali- road companies received lately by one or two Manufacturing concerns Will not be filled, the credit of the compauies not being considered ood, Resumption of work ls not anticipated be- jore next Kummer, Some mone have discharged men and reduced the hours of labor on those re- mnaining. ‘wenty-fve hundred men are depend. ent for their living on this department of basiuess- ‘The furniture ware manufactarers employ in this city generally 2,000 or 3,000 persons. any of the mmanulactories have ceased work and the men beca discharged, One, OC, J, tlayden & Co., Keep all of their men at work, but on reduced time and pay. They have @ full stock aud do not need to pur- chase. Arrangements with merchants to accept ordesr for provisions, clothing, &c., enable them to keep on with their work without total payments in currency. The effect on those people who are able to buy cabinet ware is that they get goods at cost price and sometimes less. Work geuerally will be resumed as soon as confidence is restored ip monetary circies. PROBABLE TERMINATION OF A LONG STRIKE. The Troy Times of November 12 says:—‘“A rumor is being circulated at the iron works to the effect that Corning’s mills will resume operations on Monday next, the nen having accepted the reduc- tion of 15 per cent in wages, This is a step in the right direction, and will no doubt be tne cause ol preventing much suffering from want and pri- vation, Itisalso stated that steps are being taken by the puddlers employed in Burden’s steam mill on the fats, looking towards a resumption of Work in that mil. A meeting of the puddiers was held on Saturday night, and a committee was ap- pointed to wait on the Messrs. Burden and inform them of the determination. The committee subse- quently reused to act, and Mr. Burden has as yet received no notice of the meeting. It is under- stood that in case the men return to work the will be paid as usual, and that summer prices will be paid them and @ year’s steady work guaran- teed. From indications it would seem that there is a prospect of a speedy termination of the long strike. It was six months on the 10th of November since this strike commenced, it being the longest and most disastrous ove that ever occurred at the tron works.” WHISKEY AND BEER IN KENTUCKY. The Louisville Journal of November 11 says:— The whiskey distilleries of the city are, with but one or two exceptions, od idie, although it is usual, aa we have stated, with distillers to com- mence operations about the 15th of October. When that time of the present season arrived the pros- pects were 80 discouraging that it was deemed politic not to start until the juture might appear more favorable. The consequence of this step was, that although there were no workingmen thrown directly out of work, yet about 160 men who in- tended finding employment in this direction must seek it, for a time, at Jeast, 1n some other. It ts esti- Mated that not over one-third of the distilleries throughout the State are in operation. It is generally contemplated, however, to resume ope- Tations about the ist of January, and perhaps earlier, The reason for the dulness of the market is apparent. Sales cannot be made because cash is demanded, no one being able, or at least willing, to sell on time, and the cash of the country is secreteg in stockings or ho&rded in bank, beside the large outlay required for excise. The breweries are. on the contrary, in @ prosperous condition. They have neither lessened their hours of iabor, reduced wages, nor diminished their force of em- eles The reason for this prosperity 1s evident. (heir sales are made in small lots to small dealers. Cash is, in consequence, readily obtained, And it is an admitted fact that beer “drinking is liable to no Variation. It is always iD “good demand,” and never has the been among its consumers. on t he harder and gloomier the times, the greater Al! be ite flow, THE SPRAGUE SUSPENSION. Meeting of Noyt, Spragues & Co.'s Cred. itors—A Sult Against One of the | Sprague Corporations. PROVIDENCE, R, I., NOV. 15, 1873. A meeting of the creditors @f Hoyt, Spragues & Co., resident in this city, was held in Horse Guards Hall at eleven o’clock to-day, to consider whether they wil be represented at a meeting of creditors in New York next Wednesday. There were pres- ent between 78 and 100 persons. William 8. Pat- ten, cashier of the Manufacturers’ Nationa! Bank, presided. William C. Chapin, in behalf of Hoyt, Spragues & Co., presented the following statement of the condition of the firm :— LiABILitine. Notes payable on seceptance (of which are dratts of the A. W. Sprague Manutacturing Company $5,813,380). 00... cece seeneee * Due banks and others, borrowed on collaterals. Due consignors and tor money in trust. : Due on sundry small accounts. Total... ” Assi Due from the A, & W. Sprague Manu- facturing Company ......... Due from open accounts on books... Due on unmatured dratts drawn the Atlantic Delaine Compan: Riverside Mills. . i Due from consignees and cured by goods in hand, mills and machinery... Cash and bilis receivable Bonds, stocks, real estate and good SUSPENGED ACCOURES......-.e0006 18,277 130,612 2,469,106 thers se- real @etate, "807,408 2, 158 B04 Snrvlut of assets ovor liabilities. $2,221,282 The meeting alter discussion rejected the resolu- tion to appoint a committee to attend the meeting of creditors in New York, and passed the foliow- ing:— 4 Resolved, That it is deemed inexpedient for this mect- ing to appoint any committee to attend the meeting of the creditors of Mésere. Hoyt, Sprague & Co., to be hoiden in New York on the igth inst, inasmuch ‘as the benks and other large creditors of said firm in thie city and vicinity will doubtless be represented at that meeting individuaily. The meeting then adjourned. A Suit Against the Atlantic Delainc Companys PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Nov. 15, 1873, In the United States Court, in the case of Lu- cinda James, administratrix, against the Atlantic Delaine Company, 1n which a decree had been ren- dered at a former term of the Court in favor of the complainant, the counsel for the complainant this morning moved the Cours for an injunction against the corporation and the appointment of a receiver of the property. A citation wae ordered to issue, returnable next Tuesday. CONSEQUENCES OF A WILL ROBBERY IN | JERSEY, In February, 1869, in Hope township, Warner county, N. J, Abram M. Vliet, a wealthy farmer, died, leaving @ wil This will distrinuted his estate #0 that his sons received the lion’s share and his daughters $3,000 each only. When he died, how- ever, the will could not be found, and, under in- structions of the Court, the estate was dividea share and share alike to each of the children. Recently it transpired that the will had been stolen by & young man Damed Albertson, whose father had been given possexsion of it. He and another young scapegrace named Barton had been hired, a8 alleged, to steal the will by the husbands of the daughters, and were to receive $2,500, Barton received $1,480 on the spot. Affidavits to these facts have been made ana it seems likely that Jonathan Lunday and G. BE. Albertson, husbands of the two daughters, wall get into trouble. ‘Ihe property altogether was worth about $50,000. FATAL HATCRWAY CASUALTY, On Friday evening Mr, and Mrs, Leveredge, colored people, with thelr son Eliner, 12 years of age, went to call on some friends at No. 212 Broadway, and subsequently missing the little boy search was made for him, when his ad body was found lyin, the au ment, he having fatlen through 1 Leds | from the Ofth floor, It is supposed that dece: fell through the hatchway while at play on the top floor of the building. wou Kessler war notised 40 hold an imguest STATION HOUSE GUESTS. Where the Poor Sleep and What They Say About the Hard Times. OUSTING THE “REVOLVERS.” Lodgers’ Rooms and How They Are Conducted. In most of the station houses in the city is an apartment called “the lodgers’ room.’ It 1s in- tended and is now used for the homeless poor of both sexes. The space tn some of the stations does not admit of this accommodation, because the houses were selected for police purposes before the idea of giving shelter to the needy was adopted, In the larger and more modernly con- structed places, however, some attempt is made @t giving them shelter, These apartments are | divided into one, two, three, and sometimes four rooms, one or two, as the occasion demands, being given up to the females, and the remainder to the men, They are kept scrupulously clean and healthy and are regularly inspected by the physician of the district. In each room, some eight or ten inches from the floor, are large iron frames, with supports on the inside edge, to receive and sustain the boards that are the beds of the “lodgers.” These frames are in- tended to keep them froin the foor and give room for a current of air to sweep underneath, and are, in realty, bedsteads. They are slizhtly elevated at the wall ends and Incline gradually out, The boards are all separate, and as the ‘dodger’ enters the room at night he carries his plank with him from the yard below and returns it to the same place on leaving in the morning. Every afternoon the planks are washed by the doormen attached to the station. houses, and by night they are again ary, clean and ready for use, This operation in the station house is called “MAKING THE BEDS,” and is sometimes performed by one of the “lodgers.” When this is the cage the man is ap- pointed “captain of the squad’ for the night, and the honor is much sought after, Naturally the doorman is @ great authority among the “lodgers,’’ but, the door closed upon him, the “captain of the squad’’ becomes the ruler. He decides who shall have the softest (?) bed; whether the fat man, with the etubbly beard and red face, is encroach- ing on the space of the lean man, with no beard and pale face; who shall have the nearest place in | front of the stove, or which of the claimants at the water tank shall have the first show.” He orders that the small boy with the big boots shall take them off aud not kick the clothes off the - big boy with no boots, He takes the first drink from the only whiskey bottle in the party, and then in- vites whoever he likes to join him in a carousal. after another to keep the children I had to send my shame and self-res) after We can’t sleep at home, you see, we no homes, Two or three of us married men together what we squeeze out during the a ay for a room for the women and children to i ‘at night. They have the same fare there a8 wo have here, only perhaps not so much fire; have boards and empty stomachs. Where it is end, heaven only knows, but something tm gone and done soou, for the numbers are ing every day.” A seCnm rather well clad young map, about 25 years old, entering the room at that moment, he was asked why he went there to sleep. “I have no other place,” he answered, ‘I have been aii over this town looking for work and I can’s find any; I am @ paperyox maker by trade, and @ good worker, but there’ trey | to do, Lm wile Ing to take @ job at anytlung and for anything, but lcan’t get one. There’s what my last employers” in Broome street think of me,’ said he, pulling two recommendations out of bis pocket. They gave him a character for honesty, sobriety and industry. As they were handed back to him again he remarked, “Now, with these my hand | can’t get employmen' although [ have offered to work for my a week—or anything they like to give me, No use, no use, This is the third time I have slept here, 4nd | have not eaten a bite since yesterday at four o’olock.”? “Now,” sald a man, jumping up from the middie of the party stretched on the boards, “what chance have | to teed my five children, my mother and my wile against that young man. He’s twenty years younger than me and better able to Work. Young, quick and strong, and can’t get work to do at FOUR DOLLARS A WEEK? What am I to do? lle down and starve, and see my children do the same thing? Great God!—and in America!” Every one in the room was now attentive, and a ais demeanored man of abont ifty rose and si _ “{ suppose you have interest in this subject or you would not be here. Now, if you will take the trouvie to look into that next room you will find twenty Germans there who have not been in this country year, any one of Shout, and many ot them not three montis. That’s one of the reasons why you find us here. Another ig somewhat connected with the strikes last summer, but the greatest of all is the villany of . those scoundrels in Wall street. I have no objec- tion to people coming here trom other countries. I am in favor of populating the Provinces, but [ think some measures might be taken to prevent them from contributing to this sort of thing. Why, bless you, seme of these Germans sleeping on the boards tn there have as thuch as $100 on their per- sons. Of course, others have none at all, but it does seem hard that poor men, born on the soll, are turned from the door into the cold for want of room, while these fellows are |, _ here that they may save a few cents. am ert born, and 80 was my family for generations, and I never thought | should see my country brought down to tus. Why, even the Spaniards | insult our flag, ana, like poor, starved curs, we cannot even turn our heads back to snarl at them. 1 have a daughter at the Normal School, and do you know what I’m gotng to do befom I take her away? Steal! Now, there it is.’ What he said was strictly truq The room ad- Joining contained almost all Germans. Many of them looked like recent arrivals, and not one could speak English, In the Twenty-ninth precinct there were forty-two men, and the same story Waa told, even down to the Germans, “The captain of the squad” in this room was 3 nervous, fidgetty little man, and he had evidently managed to find sufficient beverage somewhere to make his tongue wag unevenly. “We are all hard-working men,’ ne said, ‘“‘ex- cept them Dutch tn the next room.” He seemed to be “down on” the Dutch. “I don’t know nothin’ about them, an’ I don’t want to. We’re most of us married) men, I’m @ plasterer, but I aint had nothin’ to do for two. months. 1 hada little in the bank, and that stood us for a while; but when it run out,.and 4 could get nothin’ to'do, except an odd job now and then for a day or two, the clothes and furniture had to go, and at last herelam. In the day time [ shovel inaton of coal or do any kind of an odd job can get fora trifie, and it manages to buy If he is a selfish and guzzling ‘captain of the squad,” which is not an unfrequent specimen, he may drink it ail himself, and then sing the ‘boys’? @ comic song, ‘on the quiet,” or ask the fellow with the new clay pipe to give him “a draw.” He decides who shall sleep next the door, ang&who furthest from the fire—whether the young man with the horse blanket came by that article hon, estly, and whether it should not be applied to the comfort of the ‘captain of the squad,” as being a thing in dispute. He orders tne long, emacfsted- looking boy on the middie plank not to go on dream- img that he is eating ‘a square meal’ in that way and dancing with delight at the novelty of a full stomach, for he’s kicking his neighbors, and neither the idea nor its effects are pleasing to them. He listens to the complaint that the big man in the flannel shirt has taken a ‘‘clfaw” anda Pipeful out of the common store of tobacco, and decides in favor of the big man, because he is afraid of him. He settles all disputes, listens to all grievances, takes the best of everything—which can never be said to be very heavy spoll—for him- self, and the poor “lodgers” find they have only | fled from a grasping, grinding, pitiless world out- side to be ruled by an upstart despot in “the read. But, now, isn’t that i 24 QUEER EMPLOYMENT in New York for a man who served his time to his trade? That man and me—ne’s @ stone cutter— have a room between us for the women and enlld~ ren, and his wife can’t go out because she’s got nothing on her but anold wrapper, and the win- ter’s here. That’s the truth, sir.” Said the stone cutter:—“I was born in this street, on this very block, and the first time I ever put my foot ing station house was to go there to ask for a bed; you know what kind of a one it is. \A man will stand a good deal vatil he sees his children starving; and there are thousands of men in New York, the greatest city in the world, looking & that opera- tion to-day.”? : One of the Germans in this batch could speak English, He said he’had been in the country two years, Was employed in the country, but, getting discharged, he came to New York to look for some- thing to do, The others, he said, were all newly arrived, some three months in the coun: and others less. Captain McElwain,tn the Twentieth pre- cinct, had forty-nine men. The rooms and most of the cells were crammed, and he had turned away as many more. Here, too, there were Germans ee and the same story about the difti- culty of getting work. Céptaim McElwain said the men were of a very umich better class than he ever saw before applying for lodging, and it was ex- tremely painful to see their dejected faces when told there was no more room. There were sixty- three men in the Fourteenth precinct, and ‘all they could hold in the Eighth, Ninth, Sixth, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteegth. AM the lodgers’ room,” who would give himself the airs of | the King of the Beggars. When THE LABOR MARKET is in a healthy condition and employment is easily procured or procurable at all “the lodgers’ room” becomes the headquarters of the careless, the Idle and the drunken. One after another they roll into the station house in every stage of alcoholism, and at once give themselves up to the drowsy dis- posings of the prison. In very fine weather this worthiess, degraded class take the fields and parks im preference to ‘the lodgers’ room,’ and pass their nights beneath the stars. They sometimes patronize the docks and bulkheads at the water's edge and sleep upon the piers or under them, or in any convenient and cosey nook that may happen to be at hand. The great and endéavor of these men and women ig to procure whiskey, or the vile compaund dis- pensed in “bucket shops” under that name, or money to buy it. Food never thought of; that comes of itself, and if it does not the other sup- plies its place and is much more welcome to the polluted palate. Terrible as the assertion is, its truth is be bec question—women are the best pro- viders and the greediest consumers. As active beggars and stealthy, noiseless purioiners, they are ubapproachavie, and the men who have been moving around the town all day, watching and waitin but never succeeding, arrive at night empty ded, while the women put in a pleasant appearance and a well-fliled bottie. Then the pipe of peace and good fellowship is lighted. Whether in station house, on pier, in fleld or garret and the narrow necked bowl'circulates. Sometimes cards are imtroduced before the party get too drunk, and freqentiy they indulge in @ ‘row’ all round, for there ts considerable ‘fight’ in the whiskey they drink. These people are very adroit and cunning in their way. They avoid a8 much as possible going to the same station house often. They don’t want thelr faces known, and they avoid as much as they can being denominated “revolvers,” the name given by the police to THE CONSTANT VISITOR to ‘the lodgers’ room.’’ Sergeant Murray, of the Fifteenth precinct, was obliged, afew nights ago, to deny an old “revolving” friend. “What! said he indignantly and with many ao roll of his unsteady eye, “not admit me! Well, this is nice, and the cold weather just here, too, Sergeant! Sergeant! these are evil days that you and I have fallen upon. Deny me the privilege of my old habitation’ This is an outrage—monstrous. Why, sire | could not sleep comfortably off that board; the outline of my figure is, worn into it most graceiully and beautitully. ‘Time, time alone could do that, sir; and now you say I must not go in. Sergeant, Sergeant, now say did you ever in your Mile, sir, see me—” “sober? no, indeed, Mr. McLoughlan, I never did.” And whose was the fault? Whose? Whose? The wicked, heartiess worid that went back on me and wouid not give me a chance. You would not know me now; but once [ had my three square meals a day, and four if | wanted them, Couldn’t miss ‘em then; ‘twould kill me now to eat twice at the same hour in a month. Being hungry, Lord! it’s nothing when you're used to it! Mere mechanical things teach human nature to do anything. Good night, Sergeant; very sorry. ey the way, [could go around to Mr. Kenealy's if I had ten cents. ‘Last time I shai] ever ask—until you're @ captain, Fay you back certainly to-marrow. You haven't got it for that purpose? Ah, well, let us hope the times will soon improve, and respectable men won't be driven into the streets like this, The “revolvers’’ no longer find places in the station houses, because the demand for shelter of realy respectable looking. deserving men, is so great. in winter time the number of “odgers”’ in- creases, but this winter there ts notaccommodation for one-fifth the applicants. Not only ts there a great difference in the numbers, but there 1s a most marked and painful difference in the people. In- stead of the old “revolvers,” quiet, hard working men now present themselves at the desk, and with eyes cast down, ask permission to remain over night. The police in every case give these men the preference, and sent away the “revolv- ers;"’ but the most distregsing feavure of this state Of things is that THERE 18 NOT ROOM FOR ALL, In the = Fifteenth Precinct last night there the ‘lodgers rooms”? some were Valking; but all were hungry and many were des- perate. “The captain of squad’? was @ busy, oare- ul Man, Who did his best to make them comiorta- bie. To a question from the writer he said :— “There ain’t @ man in this room but 1s willing to work and hastried hard to get it. Do you think they’a come here if they had any other piace; no, sir, they would not. A poor workimrman is acre times @ proud man and tis is the last place Ne would think of, to come to jor’ a night's lodging. But you see we lave got down to it and most of u have wives and families. I walked the streets [oF Mt four nights before 1 could, bring myse down to come in here; but the cold wee t of clouming drove me to it at last. Livan’ sold a ify shipgs, but they went ane captains and sergeants testified to the seeming re- spectability and standiag of the men, and ex- ressed themselves strongly on the necessity of irther accommodation for the people. As figures are supposed to tell the trath in @ more forcibie and direct manner than anything else,-the follow- ing statistics are given. They carry an aspect of the state of affairs that nothing but them could show, and yet they present to the mind but an in- adequate picture of what really exists. Six hun- dred and forty-four men and boys and 240 women, and girls slept in the “lodgers’ rooms’ in the city last Thureday night. On the corresponding. night in 1872 the total number accommodated was and the greater part of these were “revolvers,” Friday night last the number increased, and last night it was still larger. uring the year ending April 5, 1871, there were 141,788 persons provided with lodgings; in 1872, 147,427; and up to the 4th of April, 1873, 153,384, This shows that under a comparatively healthy state of affairs the number has gone on increasing steadily, and it may be easily conecaes what it wili De at the end of this year. Remedies are being suggested on all stdes to help the people, but some- thing should be done at once, and the easiest thing and the one to lend the greatest aid at the mo- ment, would be the establishment of supplemental “lodgings” close to the station houses and under the control of tne police. THE HARLEM BOILER EXPLOSION. Coroner Kessler was yesterday engaged at the Twelfth precinct station house, Harlem, in issuing subpoenas for witnesses to attend the investigation into tne boiler explosion which occurred, on Tues- day last, near 128th street, The Coroner nas already engaged Mr. Belknap to make a thorough examina- tion of the various parts of the boiler, with a view to determining the cause o! the explosion. Mr. Belknap will be ready to give his testimony on Wednesday next, and several other experts will be also subpoenaed for the investigation, which will be held at the Coroners’ Office on that day. Several broken parts of the boiler will be shown to the jury, in order that they may intelligently under- stand the opinions of the experts, Mr. Dillon, the ‘Contractor, Arrested— His Sub-Contractors Held to Bail—An Important Witnes Yesterday morning Detectives Bennett and Moore: of the Central Office, brought to the Coroners’,ofice Mr. Sidney Dillon, one of the con- tractors for the work in 128th street and Fourth avenue, where the explosion occurred a few days ago with such disastrous results, and also Horace J. Beemer and Andrew Coyne, the sub-contrac- tors, Coroner Kessler required the defendants to give bail in the sum of $25,000 each, which they did forthwith, Mr. James N. Smith, of No. 265 @linton avenue, Brooklyn, be- comin bondsman for Mr. Bitlon, who lives it 0. 5 West Thirty-seventh street, whereupon the latter gentleman gave the requisite security for the further appearance of Messrs. Beemer & Coyne, who were owners of the exploded boiler. The parties were then released and pro- ceeded about their business. Mr. Coyne hves at No. 1 East 127th street, as also does Mr. Beemer. Mr. Clyde, of the firm of Dillon, Clyde & Co., bg} absent at his home in Springfield, Mass., will appear on Tuesday next and give ball im the lee amount with his partner, Mr. Dillon. AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. On Friday Captain Titeodore RK. Bennett, of the Twelfth precinct police, received & 50s of which the following is a copy, in regard to a witness who could testify as to the condition of the collapsed boiler :— SET informed by Captain Tallman, Of ee ee a New Haven Coinpany, that Henry White, a licensed engineer, of Payne's ae Hed the Attentlon of the engineer of the exploded botler to the de- fective condition of paid bolle sovera aye previous. to 4) belie’ 4 pecan net Tor the Coroner take this mode. of faving him subpanaed. Respectfully, CUXssrorp, te has been summoned to appear and aftnis testimony during the investigation, which is to.be commenced on Wednesday next, CALIFORNIA JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 1878, A despatch from San Juan South to-day says: By the arrival of the stage from New ldra we learn that a sheep herder was murdered in that place on the 12th inst, by two men, one of whom is named Chaves, His companion belo to Vas quez’s gang. They fired six shots into victim and then Chaves cut his throat, but the other murderer was caught and a lynch jary. He confessed hia participation in crime and was hanged. His name apd the name of the murdered wan are UAkROWD, acc aa