The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-21
STATISTICS OF THE STRIKES
Interesting Facts From the Report of
Commissioner Wright.
THE GREAT LOSS TO THE WORKERS
In Thirteen and Half Years the Employees
Sacrificed Through Strikes and Lookouts
$19O, ,493, ,3s2, While Employers Lost
$94, 1876, ,s37-one Half Successful.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Elm his tenth an
nual report, devoted to strikes and lock
outs, which has just been completed, Hon
Carroll d. Wright, commissioner of labor,
computes that the loss to employees in es-
Establishments in which lockouts and strikes
occurred during the thirteen and half
years ending June 3d. 1894, amounted to
$3.50, 493, ,3S2, and to employers to Sgi, ,S25,-
S37 The loss to employees on account Of
strikes was Sl63, ,sO7, S66, and on account of
lockouts, 266S5, 516; to employers on ao-
count of strikes, 1882, 500, 1856 and on ac-
count of lockouts, Sl2, 295, 4bl
The number of establishments involved
in strikes in this period was 60, 167, and
the number Of persons thrown out Of en-
ployment by reason of strikes, 314, 4O6,
making an average loss to the employees of
each establishment of s., 86S and to each
person of $44. The number of establish
ments involved in lockouts was 6O67, and
the number of persons locked out 366, $50.
These persons lost an average of S73 each.
The assistance given to strikers and the
subjects of lockouts during the period
amounted, as far as ascertainable, to Sl3,-
43S, ,7O4, OF little over per cent. of the
total loss to employees,
This report will cover about 1 POO pages,
and gives all the information ascertain
able concerning strikes and lockouts for
the seven and half years ending June 30,
1894, especially covered by the report. 1t,
however, includes the figures given in
previous report on the same subject. clos
ing with 1885. The report is largely de-
voted to tables showing the causes, dura-
tions location and cost of these labor dis
turbances, and also gives many other facts
of interest bearing upon strikes and lock-
outs.
One of the most important tables given
is that relating to the causes of strikes
This table shows that more than a fourth
of them We're caused by a refusal to accede
to demand for increase of wages, over l3
per cent. for a refusal to concede a reduc-
tion of hours, and more than per cent
by the determination of employers to re-
duCe wages There were 1920, or almost
per cent. of the strikes caused by sym
pathetic action with other strikes and
! 1858 were occasioned by the employment
of non union men. The industries most
affected by strikes in the past seven and a
half years were the building trades, with
90, 7S5 establishments involved. After these
in the order Of Importance came coal and
coke, clothing, tobacco, food preparations
stone quarrying, etc.
Out of total of 10, ,4SS strikes in the en-
tire country for this period $500 or to ex-
ceed 56 per cent, occurred in twenty-six of
the principal cities, while of the establish
ments involved in lockouts over 81 per
cent occurred in these cities. Fifty-nine
per cent of the establishments engaged in
strikes were closed ON an average of %
days, and 64 per cent. of those engaged in
lockout for an average of 80 days. the loss
of time in other cases being only tempor-
airy. In each case there We're few estab-
lishments closed permanently.
Success was gained by the employees in
over 43 per cent. of the strikes, partial sue
cess in over 10 per cent, while the remain
| ing As per cent. were failures. Over As per
cent of the lockouts succeeded completely
and over 10 per cent. partially.
In the successful strikes 500, 992 persons
were thrown out of employment, 3l8, ,sOl
in those partially successful, and 1,4O0, 9SS
in those which failed. OF the total mum
Der of persons thrown out of employment
by strikes in the entire period of thirteen
and "a half years SIS per cent. We're fe
males, and by lockouts e2.53
OF the 10, ,4S2 strikes which occurred in
the seven and half years especially GOV
cred by the present report 1896 were or
dered by labor organizations, while Of the
442 lockouts of this period only 81 were or
dered by organizations of employers.
Sixty-nine per cent. of all the strike:
and rs per cent. of all the lockouts of the
seven and a half year period treated of oc
Cured in the five states of Illinois, New
York, Pennsylvania Ohio and Massachu
setts, Illinois taking the lead of all the
states of the union.