The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-28
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sisa. so7, ssf, to which mus, be added the
assistance TO employees given in money by
labor organizations-slo. sIs.so The loss
TO the employers was So. si4. <os. These
losses were occasioned by strikes. Now
refer to the iockouts. The aggregate
wag loss TO employees from lockouts. the
commissioned OF labor states, was s2s.sSs.-
SIG. The assistance to employees by labor
organizations was ss.s24 rs. while the loss
TO employers was So. 225. s5i-
In a comparatively late report OF the
commissioner Is a table giving the nuin-
Der and the characteristics OF all strikes
and lockouts had in Illinois In the eight
years from 1856 to 1894. The wage loss
to Illinois workers In that time aggre-
gated sfs. 1000. The loss To employers
was si5.ss2. nos. Eiehty-two per cent. Of
the strikes We're ordered by labor organ-
i~zations. Eighteen per cent. were lock-
outs ordered by employers organizations
The average duration OF strikes was
twenty-five days and the average dura-
ton OF lockouts forty-seven DAYS, More
recent strikes and lockouts In this state
are probably well enough remembered by
participa nts in them.
What Is to be the money cost Of the
great strike of the coal miners now In
progress no one can tell. but Il is certain
10 be enormous, The wages Of lA,No
w " tiiRhet hf''A NhhfE tfRf w FtfN'
amount In even "a weeks time TO a big
sum. The contributions Of w-orkingmen's
organizations TO the support OF strikers
must be large. What ultimate gain may
result TO the strikers remains 10 be seen.
IL IL be an increase of wages, then the
difference between the wages before paid
and those to be paid will so lust so far
to offset the cost OF tho strike.
Many persons are under the impression
that sfrfkna ar. NJ Auacrfran origin They
were first known In England and next In
France. But nowhere have they been ex-
perienced for more than about twPnty-Aix
years. In 1894 combinations OF working
men against employers ceased 70 be Grim
inal by English law. and the history OF
workingmen since that time has been In
creasingiy a history Of strikes. Some OF
the greater ones may be recalled In
March, 1857, the farm laborers OF Buck
~inghamshire, England struck for higher
wages. and with some measure of sue
cess. In the same year the engine drivers
on the london and Brighton railway
struck for higher WAGES and some other
concessions. The result was a compro-
mise. The next year the engine drivers
and some others on another English rail-
way struck in consequence OF the refusal
Of indoor work 20 a few ~ their mum
her. THIS was defeated. Coon after the
London 1ourneymen tailors struck for
higher wages. but returned TO work on
their employers terms, In a trial arising
from this strike the practice OF picket
ing" or following and abusing nouuniou
men was exposed. In isss tho London cab
drivers n owners struck work because
certain privileged cabs only were allowed
upon the premises of The railways. The
strike failed.
Now. 10 40 over 70 France In January,
and again ln March. 1871. the ~orkmen ~
sehneider's great iron and steel works ~
Crouxot struck IA -onseqnen o. "A quar-
rel about a berent fund and the dismissal
~ a Troublesome workman A military
force put down the movement IN tire
same year 1909 work people struck a,
M~ulhouse. and befure troops were saGt 10
restore auiet a large factory was burned
0ther ri had already taken place al