New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
CONDITION OF WORKING PEOPLE.
ANIMAL. REPORT OF THE LABOR COMMISSIONER
OF THE STATE

.>,N,A1 REPORT OF THE LABOR COMMISSIONER
OF THE STATE.
..A,r March 1.-The thirteenth annual report
-, -. commissioner Of the Bureau of Statistics
- labor OF the State Of New-York will be sub
roi,,ed 10 the Legislature tomorrow 1t treats
largely OF the benefits OF organized labor and
.rou,h of the movement On July !, 1894. there
go ,57 1877 members In $50 labor organizations in
IN. State The greater portion OF these $50 unions
aaded Il 46 members their lists during the year
covered by the inquiry, while In the same period
s,xtv-sevcn new organizations were formed with
o membership OF 1913, making total In s27 unions
ond assemblies July l. 1925, OF 1929 members,
on increase OF % 034. or H65 per cent Later re-
no,,s indicate that in the latter half of 1895 they
a.,ned some 10000 members In addition 10 this
II IS estimated that there are 5000 members at
tacbed 10 the unions that have failed 10 RESPOND
IN the bureaus schedule, together with those that
vere organized since July last, showing that IN
the State there are at the present time more imam
a25 900 organized wage-earners
tn. figures devoted TO workngwomen Demon
srate that on July !. 1884, there were 7,iSS women
members in 10 ORGANIZATIONS while on the same
date Of 1895 the returns from 80 unions showed d
female membership of 1902. gain OF ZoI4 OF o'''
per cent . ard
~. re,ative working hours as compared with the
r.nort Of 1894 the report for the year 1888 SHOWS
some Improvement. In los trades and cailihsS' IL
separate organizations report an increase III Vac
10 a decrease. 704 report no change whiie a oD n'
state the wage rates. AS to the WORKING tl'"e " ''
same number of occupations, Is organizations 'eP0'
an Increase Gs decrease, 7S9 report no chahSe'
while 80 did not answer the question relative 10
hours of labor
Fifty-seven divisions Of working time are re-
norted by S3 organizations and these hours OF iaoor
range all the way from day returned ny d car
cium light operators union, TO IRON 10 10 40 60,
reported an organization of clerks anu sdIcst.i
Fifty-four organizations. having ~ 10y .rrc
say their labor hours Irregular ne -. a..
rs branches of trade, and this short worKlns u"S
is enjoyed by $3.50 members OF -Oo !Ti ,Ir
among these members being lN2l women, ~ ~
ions that have for the most part e*la"I's!cu tic
Industry while the observance OF lhe es"e
hour rule is general in the 0IgaiilZaeio,.s ,Sa a
cgarmakers and cigar packers, me laws % ~ arS
tyDographical unions provide that GoiIpoSI'oIe
employed typesetting machihes sil@ "a h ornanj
more than eight hours day. rev OF l'le o. Fam
cations affiliated with the other nuus,i ISs aio ~
port that their members are employed e'sH' "ouiS
a day. r,.o.,,,s -eror.
that they have established nine hour WORKING Gay
for their % $40 members. ESQ OF whom are Women
The ten-hour rule is reported by 81 oIsdlzd %
having a 100 members 3743 Of this number being
, .,o-a o-o "A 5o4 mem
hersr;sI being women-in Il Organizations .
limited number Of organizations composed OF
bakers and confectioners. BARRIERS. oaI Ienaeir.
cisrts and statesmen coach drivers cooks. mattress
~aters mineral water bottlers and drivers, stage
mechan.cs and trainmen report thdt 'heT members
work more than twelve hours a day;
considerable space is devoted in the report 70 the
rssS NJ legislation in the matter Of city bakeshops,
life and limb mechanics liens and tenemen'-house
cigarnak!ng.