The evening times., 1901-08-22

Estimate Of the Losses Sustained
Through the steel strike.

lhFouEh N the Steel strike
NEW YORK, Aug. An interesting
estimate of tho cost of the steel strike
to the public. the workers involved. and
the Morgan trust is furnished by the
PittsbUrg correspondent Of the Com
mercial Advertiser The correspondent,
in commenting on the struggle between
organized labor and the combine says
that it has degenerated into . fSht Of
money against determination. OF the
purse against pride.
The fund OF the Amalgamated AssO-
citation OF Iron. Steel and Tin Workers
IS not nearly sufficient 70 enable Il 20
cope with the biiuou-doIlar United States
Steel Corporation. The surplus in the
treasury. which is not more than S70.0lO.
must be devoted 20 paying 81 a week 20
the members Of the association who are
idle because of the diSa greement between
their leaders and the mill owners The
assessments that can be levied and the
voluntary contributions together, 81 Is es-
timated. viii not amount 10 more than
&s9,cot a month. all of which IL the cousti-
tuition Of the association Is to b. complied
with. must 20 10 AmaIgamated men.
About l5.o00 Members Of the ANA }gamat-
I'd Association are on strike. To provide
tor them viii require about Sc. .OGj a week
But, IN addition 10 that President Shader
has promised 20 provide for all non-union
men who leave work in sympathy with
the Anna lgamated Association That
promise carries with II an immense obH-
cation. Il is estimated that at least l00-
Ce1 nOn-associatlon mcE have struck II
they are to receive the same allowance as
the Amalgamated Tncr the weekly ex-
penditure from the associations treasU-
~ viii amount 10 Sf50.oo1. not counting the
routine expenditures for Office work and
pay for organizers on duty
The promise OF aid from the Federation
Of Labor IS limited by a clause In the con-
stitution Of the Federation The assess
ment Of I per cent per member weekly for
strike fund purposes is all that is permit
ted- Calculating the total membership Of
the Federation al I2cO09. that would give
a possible total contribution Of $1,000 a
week, OF 10000 a year Of fifty working
weeks But il must be remembered that
the Federation has given something like
$4,000 70 aid the striking mschinists dur
ing the present year. That sum must be
deducted from the total possible contribu-
ton Of the Federation for the present
year 10 aid the Amalga mated strikers
Aid from the Federation other than that
must be provided by a special assessment
Of the FederatiOn's members Il is doubt
the power 10 levy that
80 Tar as the treasury Of the Amaiga-
mated Association is concerned therefore
the strikers md themselves lameutzbly
lacking IN funds The officers say. how
ever that the true Anal "A mated men will
rot ask for relief at the rate OF 81 weekly
NAT may be correct OF the men who
make large salaries. but 4 the promise OF
the officials 70 provide FOR the poorer
strlkerS Is fulfilled the treasury OF the
analgamat6d viii be depleted scarceIv
lSss rapidly The poorer strikers viii IN
slst on getting the pittance from n.
strike fund for which the CONSTITUTION
provides
To estimate the loss in wages the stril,-
ers have suffered is difficult When for
mer President n NJ Garland. Of the
Amalgauated AssOCiatiO was before L.
congressional Committee on Wars and
Means some years ago in a labor en-
qulry. ne estimated the avers ge wages Of
steel workers at s. per day. Calculating
that 10000 men are Idle from the present
strike, to accept the associations figures.
the loss in wages is $3.50 00O per day
The total number OF men idle uD to the
declaration Of the general strike was es-
tlmated at 10000 Those were out twenty
eight days before the 5000 others the
association ngures) were rendered idle
by the second call OF President Shafer
and the sympathy strikes that followed
The following table Will give idea OF
the mems loss.
STRIKERS Loss.
S360 go per day for ne davs-..... g 90. 600
$1,000 per day for twenty-eisht days. s,s50,J00
Total wage loss thus :ar..-....---.--- 66OOO0O
The actual loss in money TO the steel
corporation is largely probIematicaL The
following figures are approximately cor
rect. making. however. no allowance for
the fact that business lost is in many
cases merely business deferred
STEEL CORPORATIONS loss
PROFIT on 10000 tons, at slO........-. 10000
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