[Newspaper]
Publication: The Muncie Daily Times
Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 15, no. 75, p. 1, col. 2
THOUSANDS PAID OUT
TO THE TOILERS IN MUNCIE FACTORIES
FOR LAST WEEK.
Indiana Iron Company Heads the List
With $12,000 — Nearly all Muncie
Industries now at Work.
With the exception of the Port and Nelson glass factories, all of Muncie's big manufacturing concerns are once more being operated and a majority of them on full time. Some of them pay semi-monthly and did not pay their employees last Saturday but many others did and as a result a very large amount of money was paid out for labor Saturday evening.
The Indiana Iron company heads the list having paid their laborers [dollar:$12,000] for work during the past two weeks. This is not a fair estimate, as the mill was not fully operated all the time.
The Midland steel company paid out [dollar:$7,500] besides [dollar:$200] for work on the new furnace being erected.
The Whiteley Malleable Castings Company paid out [dollar:$3,100] for last week's work and are increasing steadily.
This is pay day at Ball Bros., and over [dollar:$4,000] is being distributed for the past two weeks' work.
Maring - Hart & Co. paid [dollar:$2,300] for week's labor and the men employed at the Over glass works earn about [dollar:$2,000] per week.
The Asphalt Paving Company paid out [dollar:$2,000] for last week's work on the streets. Mock & Baker, who crush the stone used, paid out an additional 0.
The Common Sense Engine Company paid out [dollar:$1,800] for last week's work, and the rivet factory, Shoe factory, Handle factory, and Heat, Light & Power Company paid out the same amount.
The Hemingray Glass Company paid [dollar:$1,200] for the same time.
The White River Iron and Steel Company paid out [dollar:$1,000] for last week's labor; the Muncie Muck Bar Company, [dollar:$1,000].
The weekly pay roll of the Muncie Flint Glass Company is about [dollar:$3,000]. It was not regular pay day there Saturday but the boys employed received [dollar:$500].
The Pulp Company, not fully at work, paid [dollar:$400]; Magic Canning factory, [dollar:$800]; Indiana Bridge Company [dollar:$600]; Bell Stove works, [dollar:$400]; J. H. Smith & Co., [dollar:$300]; Muncie Wheel Company, [dollar:$600]; Muncie Iron and Steel Company, [dollar:$600]; A. L. Johnson & Co., [dollar:$300]; Muncie Iron Company, [dollar:$125]; McKendry Heading factory, [dollar:$100]; B. W. Bennett brick yard, [dollar:$200]; Hubbel Sulky Harrow Company, [dollar:$150; Viguier Washing Machine Company [dollar:$100]; Gorman Butter Dish factory[dollar:$150]; J. M. Moody & Son [dollar:$100]; Nelson & Miller planing mill [dollar:$100]; Reed Box factory [dollar:$100]; Muncie Foundry & machine shop [dollar:$300]; John Moore, assisting in street paving work, [dollar:$200]. There are several other concerns that paid out large sums on Saturday and others that do not pay until this week. This makes [dollar:$50,325] paid out in wages for a week that is not an average. The glass factories do not pay in full until the close of the season. They get each week a sum known as "market money" but a majority of them only draw a small weekly allowance until the close of the season when full settlement is made.
