The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-21
TIE-UPS HAVE RESULTED MORE
DISAsTRoUsLY TO LABOR
THAN TO CAPITAL.
A STORY TOLD IN FIGURES.
PLACES OF QUARTER MILLION
STRIKERS Now FILLED BY
New MEN.

lations OF capital to labor, so far as these
apply to strikes and lockouts, during the
past seven and half years, are exhaust
lively treated in the annual report of
Colonel Carroll D. Wright, the Commits
sioner of Labor, which is made public to-
day.
The report shows that during the fore
going period Illinois had the largest num-
Der of establishments affected both by
strikes and lockouts, there having been
10000 of the former and 1893 of the latter.
New York came second on the list with
9140 establishments involved in strikes and
723 lockouts, and Pennsylvania third with
1919 strikes and 400 lockouts.
The industries most affected by strikes
during the seven and IA half years included
in the report were the building trades
with 20,785 establishments involved, coal
and coke with $685. clothing with 3041,
tobacco with 2506, food preparations with
1898, stone quarrying and cutting with
1893, metals and metallic goods with 1884,
transportation with 1927 printing and
publishing with COS, boots and shoes with
6O7, furniture with 459, wooden goods with
400, and brick with 406 esta blishments,
while those most affected by lockouts were
the building trades with 1900, stone quarry
ing and cutting with 4s9, clothing with
AL, brewing with $50, boots and shoes with
100, metals and metallic goods with 12S,
and transportation with 10 esta bills hments
involved.
The total number of employees involved
or thrown out of employment during the
period covered by the report was 1891 ,205.
The total number of strikers, or persons
originating the strikes, was 1884 212.
There were 239.431 new employees after
the strikes of the foregoing period, of
which 1881 were brought from other
places. Lockouts were ordered in 1858 es-
Establishments. having 274,657 employees
before the lockouts, of which 205, 1867 were
thrown out of employment in consequence
thereof. These establishments secured
q ,465 new employees after the lockouts,
$500 of which were brought from other
places.
An interesting feature of the report is
the tabular statement showing the States
in which the majority of the strikes and
lockouts were located. These were five in
number and were. respectively, Illinois,
Kansas, New York, Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania. The strikes in this quintet of COM
monwealths were about 70 per cent of the
whole number of establishments in the
United States affected by strikes, while the
lockouts were about 70 per cent of all those
throughout the country. The report shows
that these five States contained 81 per cent
of all the manufacturing Adjustments,
and employed Sc per cent of the capital
invested in the mechanical industries of
the country, taking the census Of 1890 as
the basis of computation.
The report shows that out of total of
10, 4SS strikes for the entire country more
than 56 per cent occurred in twenty-six
cities. The number of establishments in
volved in strikes in the United States were
1888, of which number 81 per cent &C.
CURED in the foregoing cities, which are as
follows: New York, Brooklyn, Chicago,
Boston, Allegheny, Pitrsburg, Philadel.
phia, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee,
Lynn. Fall River, San Francisco, Balti-
more, New Haven, Newark, Cleveland,
Rochester, indianapolis, Haverhill. Min
neapolis, Paterson, Buffalo, Jersey City,
st. Paul and Troy.
More than 40 per cent of the strikes in
these cities, which aggregated 1909, &C.
Cured in New York, where the wage loss
OF employees was nearly $4,000, 900, exclu-
sive of $4,000 contributed to them by
other labor organizations, while the loss to
employers was little more than So, 500. 900.
The total wage loss to the employees dur
ing the foregoing period in these twenty
six cities was, in round numbers, $50, OOO,-
600, while the loss to employers was some
thing less than S29, 900. The number
Of &c a..
for the same period was small in the ag-
gregate, but the losses incurred were
enormously increased. The total was 244
lockouts with a loss of wages to the EN-.
ployes of $12, 000, 900, while that of the en-
ployers was nearly nalf that sum.
For the period covered by the report out
of the 46, 1863 establishments affected by
strikes, success in their demand was
gained by the employees in 20,397; partial
success was gained in ATS establishments.
and failure followed in 1857 establish
ments. Out of the 1858 establishments
having lockouts 1883 succeeded in gaining
their demands; 391 partially succeeded,
and 1858 failed.
The leading cause of strikes was for an
increase of wages, and these represent 25
per cent of the whole number. Thirteen
per cent were for reduction of hours 8
per cent were against reduction of wages;
per cent were sympathetic; 6 per cent
were for increase of wages and reduction
OF hours 4 per cent were against employ
ment OF non-union men, and per cent for
q recognition of the union. The remain
der of the strikes are attributed to q num-
Der of other causes of no especial general
interest.
Gold Reserve Reduced.
WASHINGTON, D. c., October 90