Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-24


1856, were as follows; From spirits,
s6o,6sl ,ss5; from tobacco, $50, l8G,9is:
from iefInented liquors, SIS, 662, $50; from
miscellaneous items, Sl79,7SS; total,
ssi,6t i25l, or an increase OF S2,974, O4S
over inc COLLECTIONS for the correspond
ing period OF tho last fiscal year.
The increase was $780, on spirits.
hl,2sO,l5l on tobacco and Ss93, s0T on
itrmented liquors.
The aggregate receipts for aarch, 1885,
Were so49, S25 greater than the receipts
for March, 1885
STRIKE STATISTICS.
Advance sheets Of the report Of Joseph
D. weeks, expert and special agent Of
the census bureau, upon strikes and lock
outs occurring within the United States
during tue calendar year 1885 have been
received by the interior department.
me records, show, he says, that many
strikes and lockouts still grow out Of the
most trivial causes. 1t Is also trne, es-
peeialiy Ia localities where large bodies
oi workmen are gathered that there Will
always be found men who too frequently
from sinister and mercenary motives Gre
ate dissensions and try to inaugurate
strikes and when strikes are in progress
their duration Is apt TO be prolonged by
the efforts OF such persons Yet the ten
deney as stated is toward less frequent
strikes and lockouts.
The number of strikes in certain prom
inent trades as given in the report are as
follows Iron and steel indus
tries, 1885, coal-minlng, los; tex
tile trades, &C; cigar-making, AZ;
building trades, SO; transportation, 8G /;
printing trades, 2s; glass industries, 81 ;
piano making, IA; boot and shoe max
ing, il.
Much the greater proportion, ~ per
cent, of strikes aud lockouts reported
upon were caused by the difference as to
the rate of wages. A total Of sos, or
about 81 per cent. OF those relating to
rates of wages, or 62 per cent of all,
were for an advance, and II, or IL per
cent. of those relating to rates OF wages,
or ~ per cent. of all, were against re-
duction.
Strikes growing out of demands for an
advance were much more uniformly sue
cessiul than those against a reduction.
| In conditions of trade that Justify au
advance it is much more to the interest
OF the employer to give than
to have his works stopped.
OF the SlS strikes, the results of 4Sl, OIL
80 per cent, are given. OF these l59, OF
30 per cent, were successful, So, OF
IL per cent, were compromised and 22i
or I per cent, were unsuccessful.
1t will be noted that while a larger
number Of strikes, sos out Of SIS, were
! for an advance in wages, larger
proportion of strikes for this cause
were successful, than for any Other
of the important classes. OF the S07
strikes for an advance, Of which the re.
suits are given, l27, or II per cent, were
| successful, 60, or 20 per cent, were com
| promises, and lis, or SO per cent, were
unsuccessful. On the other hand, Of A
strikes or lockouts, where the demand
was against reduction insisted
on by the employer, three only
of these of which the result Is
given were successful, eight were com
promised and thirty-four were unsuccess.
| full. OF the other classes, those involving
questions relating TO payment of wages
were quite uniformly successful. Out OF
twenty strikes in connection with pay.
ment of wages, OF which the results are
given IL or 50 per cent. were success
full, per cent. were compromised aud
per cent. are reported as unsuccessful
On the other hand, every strike in con-
nection with the hours of labor, Of which
the result is given, were unsuccessful.
In questions relating 10 the administra
tion and methods of work, strikes were
as rule unsuccessful.
OF the sl3 stoppages by causes reported
upon, Gl0, or SO per cent, were strikes
So, or II per cent, were lock-outs.
OF eighty-flye lock-outs that are clsssi'
fled the results of ffty-two are given. o
these ten, or 10 per cent. were success
full, thirty-four, or about 90 per cent.
were unsuccessful, while eight, or abou
10 per cent, were compromised.
From 4l4 of the 762 strikes, reports
were received showing the number o
meu idle in these cases 10 have been l2S
262, making an average OF about $40 mel
10 each strike.
The report concludes; AS to wage
lost it appears that G4,779 employees los
So, III ,097, which would be at the rate o
S57 each. AS the entire number OF EN-
ployes as estimated wcs 1873, 1862, the tota
loss OF wages on this average would b.
SI3, 003, 500, which would have been re
celved had the works run constantly. 0
course there would be number o
Offsets to this, for in case the strike
were successful the additional wage
would compensate for portion OF thi
loss.
In other cases Were unionism existe'
In the trades in which there were strikes
the men received strike pay or strik
benefits, but strike benefits were II
most cases simply refunding o
money that had been previous
lly paid. Then in many case
parties on strike secured employment il
other industries aud hence their actua
loss when idle would be what wages the,
would have earned at their old iaDo
minus what they did earn in presumably
less profitable employment
Pan.EIeoirie Investigation.
WAsuiNGroN, April 2S.--Before tn
Pan-E!ectrlc investigating committee to
day Dunn of Arkansas said he made som
inquiries during the Forty-seventh con
gress about the Pan-Electric, as some Q
, Ais personal friends connected with ina
! company found that they could not bu
J stock, as the company declined to SCI
pending the decision Of the courts oil IN
question OF infringement. He afterward
iaor,,.I thot Rngard a f,OoneV were VIII