New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-21
ENORMOUS LOSS OF WAGES
STRIKES HAVE COST THE STRIKERS
ss5,ooo,OOo IN SEVEN YEARS
THE ross or EMPLOYERS PLACED AT 800 600 COO
LocXot;Ts ALSO EXPENSIVE LCXChiES-
LESS THAN HALF OF THE

rrYr o-r or rvpr OVERS PLACED AT 500 oooo oo-
roc;,or.rs ALSO EXPENSIVE LUxuRIEs-
LESS THAN HALF OF THE
STRIKES SUCCESSFUL.
washingtoh, Oct 2O-The relations OF capitai 70
labor so far as these apply to Strikes ana
during the last seven and one-half years n,oroi
haustlvey treated in the annual report VI hor
Carroll d. Wright. the Commissioners Va -,
which is made public to-day. The report
that during the foregoing period Illinois hau -.
largest number OF establishments aHec'cu' 49, -,
strikes and lockout. there having been INV, -
the former and I 1893 OF the latter Ne"-'o'N 80
second on the list. with $50 estapNsh'i'e,s -.
volved in strikes and 723 IN lockouts. ana rem"
svlvaua third with S2l9 strikes and ~ iochou'''
The Industries most affected by Strikes uu'''s
the seven and one-haf years included III Tue
mort we're the building trades with zo'o1 cs'aD
lIshments involved, coal and coke with 0's'o c'o
ing with 3OA tobacco with 25o6. food prepai ""oo a
with 1893 stone quarrles and cutting Win A'''
.o.o,s ard metallic goods with l,s3t transporta-
ton with 1871 printing and publishing Win oo''
boots and shoes with COZ. furniture with 1o' "oo
goods with 409 and brick with 400 es'apNs""o".'
while those most affected by lockouts were '''
building trades with 800 stone quarryihs anu cu.
TING with 4s9 clothing with 43l. brewing with 49,
boots and shoes with $780, metals ana metai'c soou'
with i2s and transportation with liz es'aoiS"'''''
involved. - ..-o,,,
The total number Of employees involved or thrown
out NJ employment during the period covered ny
the report was 239l.2O3
An interesting feature Of the report is the taoua'
statements showing the States in which the ma
iority of the strikes and lockouts were lovatru'
These were five in number and were respe,1'ptsry'
sy,yana The strikes in this quintet OF coillnvn
wcalths about 10 per cent OF me Wioe 5000
bv strikes while the lockouts were about 20 per
cent OF all those throughout the country ne re-
Cent Of ali the manufacturing establishments ana
employed IS per of the capita invested IN me
census Of 1890 as the basis of computation
NewYork City the wage loss OF wfs
them by other labor organizations while the loss OF
employers was little more than 90 @SvW ~ k Ioss
to The employees Of 100000 against $500 for or
the employers The total number OF strikes os N ~
W WseeS Was s7s7e7s5 While the loss 70 employers
was 100000 In Chicago where the StpiKes ag
50 c)oOOO while that of the employers was neahty
o In Paterson ,S J loss w ne sm rnS was
more than 81 100000 against ha;f that sum lot
the n yfwentysX leading manufacturing cities
was in round numbers $S5GecVo wnile me Joss u
The number Of ockouts as compared with the
strikes for the same period was sna IN rnr s
creased The total was 2lt ockouts with loss OF
wages to the employees of 100000 while the loss OF
employers nearly half that sum
For the period covered by the report out Of the
$3.50 establishments affected by strikes, success IN
their demands was gained by the employees IN M, ~
397: Partial gained in AII5 establish
ments and failure followed In 26SI Establishments
out of the 1853 establishments having .ockouts,
Ss3 succeeded in gaining their demands; 3sl par
tally succeeded and l55S failed. The leading cause
of strikes for an increase Of wages. and these
represent q per cent OF the whole number thirteen
per cent were for reduction OF hours; per cent
were against reduction Of wages: per cent were
sympathetic per cent were for increase OF wages
and reduction Of hours; per cent were against en-
ployment of non-union men, and per cent Tor a
recognition Of the union. The remainder OF the
strikes attributed to a number of other causes
OF no especial general interest.