Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-01
CAUSES OF STRIKES.
The Number, Location, Causes and Results
of Strikes and Lock-0uts for the
Year 1880.
Report Of Nr. Joseph ID. Weeks. Who Has
Been Employed by the Census Burean
to Investigate Causes ot the
Labor Tr, ubles.
COMMISSIONER WEEKS REPORT.

Labor Tr, ubles.
COMMISSIONER WEEKS REPORT,
WtSHINGTuN, April y. Mr. Joseph u
Wroks who has been employed under the
tcusus Bureau in making an invest gatlOn
into the number, location, causes aud results
ui strikes and lock outs dur ng the calendar
year rs has Just completed his report. In
hl, ctlcr of trausmittal To the Supcr.ntend-
yut G.. the Census, he says: Those who IN
der-taud the difficulties in the way of such
an invest eutjon a this will not be surprised
NJ ms ucumpletcncss. and especially at its
failure 10 secure records of the number OF
employees engaged in all the strikes and Iock'
ont, reporJed, as wei as the number Of days
a. d uu cunt of wages lost
lu thcoutsct O. the report he states that
both the employers aud employed, as class,
hes tate to engage in strike or lockout,
especially after having experienced the ds-
ustrous effects OF these Industrial agitot'ons
The cOudt on of mutal resTes and fOrUear
Ruue between these two clasSc1 has been
growing in this country, and strikes have
grown not less fregueut but they are under
taken only when Il is felt tina, there is no
other resource He states that in h,s Efforts
to get informal on OF strikes, he sent out
l,2.O rculars to bo employees and employ
crs who were directly concerned and he
adds that most Of the replies were received
from employers and very few from the EN-.
ploye, The latter either making no re-
sp0use or refusing the desired Information,
living as Their reason that it might be used
to Their sudvantage by the employers.
I.t. fFfH hn oh.
served the tendency of the wOrkmcn TO mag
My strike and of employers to d sparage
rs Importance, and as the bulk Of the H.
tOrmrt ON ,aiue from tho latter the state
mouts made ID the report aN % the number
ul str hos the men co, Crruel in etc, nre
under,lutcd rather than the reverse
Ihc d.HCrouCe Between str he and lock-
ont is stated to , the stoppage Of work n
the first Instance growing out Of some de-
mJut Or other act on OF the employees and in
the latter Instance from some demand or
act on on the part of employers which is re
: sicd 10y the wurhmrn In some cases, If
agreement hctWnrn the employers or the en-
plo,cS work is stopped n one establishment
because OF The cE stence OF strike or q
lOrk ont in another. of the total number of
strikes the word be ~ used to include
both SIR kcrs aud lock outS-rCportcd in l'sl
which WAS 49, Pennsylvania with 30, New
York with lUi and ohio with So, are cred
with jui. or - 4 per cent
the strikes are more treIucnt wh lie very in
frequent IN agricultural trade, where large
b dies of men are collected together lhe
same is true of those en- -ugcd In profess on
MI und personal services. Domestic servants
and tho great body of unclassihrd laborers,
| wh Ch two groups include more than y per
| cent o. those engaged in personal and pro
| lc-s onal services do not str + e at all, or at
| least do not str he in such way a. to get the
i iunt into tie papers.
/ a. rpnDTtgI o.
| prominent 'rnIcs are a. oIloWs; &6 IN ron
| and stCe. Hdustr cs; los IN Goa mlnng; 10 IN
| the textile trades f. N gar max ng; 80 n
| building trades; 4G in transportation; @S n
/ prul ny trades; I n glass industries; u IN
/ y Nno max ng, aud II IN boot ana shoe max
! 'ng
Mr. Weeks tn nks that the frequency or
| slUke- Is not Whol y uur 10 the hEEfeEalIon
| Wl Workm"h al ccr'nn points. IN Hreai
| hr rlNIU more thau twenty NV P'r 'eui. pi
the strikes occur IN the building trades ana
! Wl lr the metal traIcS' m l[ ana toAtIe
| trades rank next, murh lhe eret Ter propor
| toni . per rcn':-ot inc strN9s reported
| in TINS country IA lhN were caused ny alher
cnrcs rs 10 rates of wages and Of these j2 per
| cent we're Tor an ad thce anu va per cent
! were against ItdncNof'
! ~ 'h' H'oit H!puIlu"l I ,"iiII''iIc,' - rsPcc'
/ aIl hoUneap III lhe ovl Any >'oe 'FadeN'
methods OF work ana rH'eS oI 'h' ssnop oc-
! cns.onrI ~ many sttlhtN hN ra'e> OF waves
! Al ne rrSu is OF ohly ~ strlkrS are fepof'ed'
| ma ut thl~ huhlI et $50 per t'u' were success
! luI, " per cent were c"HllTou'>'" anu -
| per cent were uneHcVeNslu. Ivory >trlkt
/ IN ''NH'tO'i WIN HpHIS ga -"','' "tie Hil
! suCcrN~lHl WUli" tnoNc IclHl hG 10 payment
! ol wages were uniformly sHSoocdod- II
>hou|l as" h' ho.eu Ihdl ~ hes Ero"hI
/ ont OF 'r hHhuN LOT al "dNdu't are lnucr
/ more Ilnf'.mlN lInshcc"sNllu than thOst
| aga MT a. REDUCTION. ,. ,.-..c
/ lu cuull Nn> ul trade tnat JUSTLY an ad
/ vance u j. hlucH mora 20 M 't>t oI lil,