The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-03
TWENTIETH REPORT
CONNECTICUT BUREAU OF Ed
B0R STATISTICS.

New Factory Butldings Butlt-saastt-
ties of abe CIties-Direetory of Labor
UnIons a Feature of Responsibilities
and Lackouts Described.
Labor Commissioner Scoyille submit
ted the twentieth annual report Of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics to the gov
ernor yesterday. The report contains
among other things very complete ex-
tracts from recent decisions of the Con-
necticut courts upon cases relating to
the interests of labor. In these deci-
sions the so-called "anti-conspiracy"
law, and the term boycott" is clearly
defined.
Considerable space in the report is
devoted to the celebrated case of D. z.
.Loewe &; Company against the officers
of the American Federation OF Labor,
the officers of the United States Hat
tiers of America and a large number Of
individual members Of both organiza-
tons alleging unlawful conspiracy.
This case is treated upon extensively
in the report as is also the more recent
case of Martin Lawlor' against c. H.
Merritt & Son, familiarly known as the
Label Case" The memorandum of
Judge Robinson's decision on the de-
PENDANTS demurrers to the complaint
| is given in full.
PART I. NEW FACTORY CON.
STRUCTION. ., =
During the year last past, the report
| says, there were one hundred and for
| ty-ive new buildings erected or addi
| tons made to plants already existing;
| these We're built by one hundred differ
| ent firms, corporations or individuals;
the cost of these buildings is reported
by Commissioner Scoville to have beer
1,7S2,66s 90, as against an expenditure
for the same purpose in 1903 of $2,367,
213.9S. 7,
PART II. MUNICIPAL STATISTICS
| The report contains a large amount
/ OF useful data upon the salaries of Off
GERS of the cities and boroughs within
| the state; also remuneration of mem
/ bers Of, police and fire departments, the
\ cost of street lighting and Of water
/ Referring to the cost Of street lighting
/ the report says without taking into
consideration the hours run nor the
! candle power of the electric arc lamps
| in use within the cities and boroughs
! of the state for purposes of street
/ lighting, the average cost to the mum
i cipalities is $S1.S9 pere light per year
PART III. STATISTICS OF MANU-
i FACTURES.
4 In addition IN eta
| concerning the manufacturing indus
| tries of the state, the commissioner ex
| hibits some interesting figures in rela,
| ton to the prevailing hours of labor.
| He explains in his text that persons
Eengaged. in the building trades are not
Econsidered, the purpose being to exhib.
1t. the hours OF labor in comparison
EWith the same industries during the
Fsame periods. Continuing, the report
says that, in 1860, 1851 per cent. Of the
employees in the state were employed so
hours per week and 2o,3s per cent. over
ten hours per day, intlsS0, the number
|employed over sixty hours per week
declined to 1913 per cent, but in 1892
increased to 1881 per cent; in this
year 1929 operatives were represents
ed Concerning the year 1904 the re-
port says, the whole number EN-
Logged represented in this period is 14n-
SAB, of which IA per cent. are shown to
have been employed over sixty. hours
per week, 4O.39 per cent. were customa-
rily engaged in their avocations ten
hours per day and 59.17 per cent. We're
employed under sixty hours per week.
Carrying the computation further
down the scale, the commissioner finds
that 22.02 per cent. of the whole num-.
Der considered were employed fifty-five
hours per week>or under" Il
In the matter of annual and daily
earnings the report states that Sass. As
was the average annual and S1.59 the,
average daily earnings per person en-.
ployed in the 1,o11 establishments CON
sidered, the number of employees being
140,S4S.
PART ". LABOR oRGANIZA-
TIONS.
A very complete directory Of the la
Dor unions, and the post office address
es of their secretaries is given in this
part of the report. Commissioner SEQ.
vile found that there were 524 organi-
cations in the state which are classified
as Labor Unions" located in forty
seven different towns.
PART ". STRIKES AND LOCK-
OUTS.
The report gives brief description
of the thirty-six labor disturbances of
which the bureau had been Informed.
A statement in tabulated form Is also
given, showing the data of each diff
Guilty, occupation of those involved, by
couse of strike or lockout and result
The report says that during 1904
there were 1850 persons involved in
these disturbances, that CLIPS working
days were lost because of them,
amount of wages lost computed at $t.95
per day, $97 1862.
Twenty-one different occupations
were represented, average number of
employees involved 7497, average time
lost 226S days, and loss in wages $S6.06
per employee engaged.
FRED PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT BJJ-
REAUS.
. In his report concerning the opera
tino Of ies;o