Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-01-13
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In 1887. the report says, there were accord
80 n the best information obtainable. S53
II2I details of which are not available
TIL r3port shows that during the six years
ddamTarad bv the investigation New York
had the largest 10th huh mo srIas end 1nc
LIS there being for the former 9,249
I'll for the latter 1,528. The building
frades furnished 5000 of the total number OF
Establishments engaged in strikes. The total
s11,Tnher of employees involved in the whole
-,,IIber of strikes for the entire period is
Iboyln TO have been 1,31S,624. The number
Of employees originating the strikes was
i020,Sj2. The number of employees in
alr was 1902, O45, while the
WhoIe number employed in the establish
r,ants involved after the strikes occurred
Iras / 1852 a loss Of %, 1913. There were
strike, and 81, 4S3 were brought from other
places than those in which the strikes
occurred. In 2,1S2 establishments lock-
outs were ordered during the pc
Rod named In these there were 1898
arnDloyes before the lock-outs occurred, and
5f9 1876 after the lock-outs, while the number
actually locked out was 159 ,54S. There were
13 g76 new employees secured at the close of
Iock-Outs. and ), 6S2 were brought from other
places than those in which the lock-outs oc-
Cured.
OF the whole number of employees involved
in strikes during the six years covered by
the report 1856 per cent. were males and
II A per cent were females OF those in
volved in lOck-outS during the same period
IS IS per cent. were males and 31.22 per cent.
were females.
An examination of the tables appended to
the report shows that New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, Ohio md illinois
represent n. "a per cent. of the whole number
OF establishments affected by strikes
throughout the country and $3.50 per
cent of the lock-outs These five
States, it is stated, contain ~ per
cent of all the manufacturing establishments
and employ IS per cent. of the capital invested
in mechanical industries Of the United States.
OF the y, 1876 establishments in which strikes
occurred, in 10, 341, or 81. II per cent, of the
whole. strikes were ordered by labor organ
izations while of the 2, 1872 establishments in
which lOck-outs occurred 1853, or 30 81 per
cent, were ordered by combinations of man
ayers. OF the whole number of establish
ments subjected to strikes there We're
or 60.19 per cent; on account of lock-
out 62.6O per cent. The average
duration of stoppage on account of
strikes was % l days; for lock-outS, % days.
The results of the strikes so far as gaining
the objects sOug ht are concerned, are shown
to be as follows: Success followed in 10, 4O7
cases, or 46. 50 per cent of the whole; partial
success in 004 or Is. 45 per cent. OF the whole,
and failure followed in $40 cases, or 81. 50 per
cent of the whole. By lOckOutS 564 establish
ments or p. So per cent. of the whole sue
ceeded in gaining their point: 100 or ST
per cent, partly succeeded, and ], SOB or 59.o0
per cent. failed. AS to causes or objects OF
strikes it is shown that increase of wages was
the principal one-42 A per cent. The other
leading causes are given as follows: For re-
duCtiOn of hours, ~. 45 per cent; against re-
ductiOn of wages, z. IS per cent; for increase
of wages and reduction OF hours, 7.o( per
cent; against increase of hours, 62 per cent;
total for the five leading causes, 77.S3 per
cent; all other causes, % II per cent.
Losses to strikers during the six years COW
cred by the Investigations were Sol SIG, l65;
losses to employees through lock- outs for
the same period, So, 132, III, or a total
wage loss to employees of S59,9o,oo2;;
lock-outs in 24,51S establishments, or an
average loss of 81, AS to each establishment
or Of nearly $40 to each striker involved.
The assistance given to each striker for the
same period, so far as ascertainable, amounted
to $. ;;j:25. O57: to those suffering from lock-
outs; 81, 105. 53S, or a total of 81, 43O, $50
The employers losses through strikes for
the six years amounted to $50, 732, 653;
through lock outs, S., 432, 261; or a total loss
to the establishments involved of S34, 164, 914.
The tables appended to the report also
show that the chief burden of strikes was borne
by Is industries, namely: Boots and shoes,
552 establishments; brc<Ipaking ,47S; building
trades, 500: clothing, FPS; cooperage, 4S4;
food preparations, 1,419; furniture, 49l; lum-
Der, 395; metals and metallic goods, 1,595;
mining, 1000; stone, 46S; tobacco, :, 500;
transportation, LAS These represent 1875
per cent of the whole number subjected to
strikes. In lock-outs five trades bore oO per
cent. of the whole burden, as follows: BOGUS
and shoes, 155 establishments: building
trades, 531; clothing, 773; metals and me,
talllc goods, rs, and tobacco, 20, or a UoIa