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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 15, 2014
Caption: Baltimore Sun August 14, 1877
Additional Description: Resumption of Work at Laurel Mills—
Work for several Hundred Operatives, &c.

The Laurel Mills in Prince George's county Md., on the Washington Branch, Baltimore and Ohio railroad, twenty-two miles from Baltimore, will commence work to-day under the company recently organized, with Mr. James A. Gary president. The factory bell will ring out at six o' clock A. M. for the first time since the suspension last April. A supply of raw cotton was sent down from Baltimore last Sunday, and yesterday was being conveyed to the mill. Gen. G.H. Nye who has engaged in the business of manufacturing cotton for over thirty years, and for several years past near Montreal, Canada, has been placed in charge as superintendent....

...station, and certainty of a renewed business was glad tidings to the operatives so long out of work, and to the merchants and shopkeepers who have felt the loss of their trade. Many of the working people have been in great need during the halt time. but aid has been kindly furnished them from various sources, and few or no cases of actual suffering for food have been reported. In a day or two, which may be re...Close-up of photo on marker
Submitted: November 22, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p292935
File Size: 2.339 Megabytes

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