Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-03
Statistics Gathered From the Ma
tional Bureau,
4 HISTORY OF THIRTEEN YEARS.
Losses on Account of Industrial Dis
turbnncc~-Causcs Of strtLcs and
Their Cost--sieagre Assistance.

. lfA fsnr. 4 In
90 pu, covers me periou from sanuas'
'ssi )" 'une " is,'' whiuh was plae"eaNy
he eesianing Of that epoeh-makins event
,..., ~ 49, -
covered ny the Uhii1 npnuai report OF tne
commissioner OF labor. the public IN more
or lesa familiar with the facts set forth.
But those details conta ped In the bulletin
which cover the seven uni half years
aimee the third annual report was issued,
and which are taken from the tenth mn.
nual report, not yet published. will afrord
food for reflection 10 the careful student
OF labor economies. The Bulletin says;
During the seven and one-half years
included IN the tenth annual report III
| nois shows The largest nuniocr q estao,
ashmcnts affected, both by strikes anu
and iigS OF the latter, Next come NeM
| \ ork. with $40 establishments inNoivru
IN strikes and i?s u .ocs9Hhs' and sv ann
| 40 in .oekoutA,
The induslrles most affected by striknf
eiuded In the tenth annual report were
| The BUILDING trades. with 9,isS estapHAn.
mcnts tnNoyed; coal and coke Win s sySs'
Ic.ol hing, with sou; tobacco, with seuo'
| food preparations. with 49,, stone uue,
| rying and cutting, with iseti meth.s Ano
metallic goods, with 1884; transportation,
| with 1871, printing anu pug,lshilg M VII
| COS. boots ana shnes, win W iutnNurv,
| with $50; wooden goods, with ~, anu
1IisM WIN w ,s.n,oa hv loeiiouts were
the bu lding trades. WITH 1901 stone au, ,,,
rying and euttlog, with W eloIhl9g, wisn
with 1901 metals and metallic goods, WAN
| lss and transportation WIN IL. cs'"'"s"
ments involved. ,,,,,,,,r,,,,
| NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
The total number OF employees involved
or thrown out OF employment In tho whole
number Of strikes for the period from
| fonuor,, 1 1867 IN luna IN 1904 was q g1i
~ nor 'ne sa'us pV,,oe wv 49,, ",
" Mich ub,sIi were brought froin Other
plaeea. For tlls poriod Tho nor cent of
Sow employees after S strike ne Of ~ the total
was "a, ana nc per cent Of employes
u g nsw em arS SsH Sftd Ra stTks "''s
For INC period o. seven and one-llali
ye1nr inv9isod In ,he tenth enpna, r9p,Srt.
menls, having atcsl empoyea before the
seekouts, OF when 2OS,sGI we're throSn out
1hcse estnblishments secured 500 new
employees atlor the loekouts. ~ 800 Of
An esaminStionf Of the tenth annual re-
port shows that curing thS seven ana one
half years included N It, d9.@ per cent
q NIL tho Establishments arseled by
iockoutS were located In tho i've stntes
q Illinois, Massaehuseits, New York.
ONO anu ItnHNAlNulll1s l1urlflk tnn flA
years Immediately preceding tho above
pcIlod, II IL shown IN tho third annual re-
| port that 1lh per cent OF all establish.
inenta In the country, 10 Car az strNcs
were concerned, and SagS por cont OF All
the establishments IN the country. so TAI
as lookouts were concerned, wufo found
, IN tho same Sfntcs
~ ,I,tr or YAuop rpo,,p,v,
NVuhbGe'
In tho case or both strikes and lockouts
tho greatest number OF dIsturbau.es oe,
a,,rrad d, ,,.en,,,..t, ,o.t,,,, .t,in, -, "a,
euiiVu :" Nt",' Ola tsaii's s.'s' VI Ni'
country, namely New YORK; Boston
I Mass Chicago, H.; Allegheny and Pius
hv,,, pa ph,inaainh,a pc ct,c,,,,,l
o'h, - s'i' - N,'N'''''', , :,
! ohloi san hr -nclsco, coli nuNtrhlll
! MhbA.i St' Ihui, Minn brooklyn, n, A.
st, Louis Mo- NJ lwaukee. WIS, Mlnno
, apollH, Mimi; indianapolis, lh1. hosh =
! | ter, y. " hiehmond, Va BuuRo, NJ =,
, seattle, WaAh.i Detfolt Mich; hnrinY
: | held, Mass. New liHNeH tunn,' .fhld
! IN re, Md Newark. N J'i Weburn' Mas
oH, Of total lo q loAS 4, strikes ior ca n
e,rrea in lilo tw.f,lysslS eitlss m n,Ians,
above The number Of establishment
inNolved IN sirlkHs IN NE nnisSJ slSto
= whish numSSr q. d. on q. I'd pcr e n,
occurred IN the twenty-s'x qltIes. M
wage less 10 employees through slr lsqs y
: tho tMenty-slS Slses was f9i,uss, W. o.
7 bsaihtt slLWS. 10 ~ lng ch ny rtnh''g