Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-29
Calais. . unions with 9S members.

HallOWCll. unions With 323 members.
HOulton, 8 unions with 1893 members, in
GLIDING not reporting.
Hurricane Isle. 3 unions with 12S mem
bers. including l not reporting member
, ship.
Isle au Haut, / union with 20 members.
Jay, 3 unions with 2lS members,
JOnesport, 2 unions with 100 members.
Lewiston. u unions with G67 members.
Lisbon, unions with 100 members
Madison, unions with aO members.
Matinicus Isle plantation. l union with
Is members.
Milbridgc, union with IS members.
Mllinocket, unions with 1O7 members.
Mount Desert, 3 unions with 10 MEM
bers. including l not reporting.
Muscle Ridge plantation, / union with
to members.
Old Town, 1 union with 20 members.
Orono. urdonS with As members.
Portland. 30 unions with $50 members
including | not reporting membership
ROckland, 5 unions with 369 members
including not reporting.
RumfOrd. ) unions with 80 members, in
GLIDING not reporting membership.
Saco. union with $50 members.
Saint George. unions with &C members
Skowlegan L unions with 279 members.
Solon. union with "a members.
South Thomaston. unions with no
membership reported, including not re-
porting and not reporting membership.
StoningtOn. 5 unions with 3!5 members,
including not reporting membership.
Sullivan. unions with 12G members.
Swans Island, union with - members.
Ninalhavcn, i unions with 80 members.
WaldObOro 3 unions with 1H members.
Watervillr. unions with 3i2 members.
Winter 1Iarbor. l union with 70 MEM
bcrs.
Winthrop. l union with II members.
LOCKOUTS IN MAINE. 1SS1-19OO.
During the twenty years above NEIL
in, no AZ nf
Maine lockouts. against H. strikes
for the same time. OF the lOckOuts
one occurred in 1885. . in 1856, l in
1889. in 1892, 1 in 1894. in 1898. OF
this number l was ordered by labor
ordered.
The number of establishments closed
was SO; aggregate number Of days
closed, 4412: average days closed.
1875
The number of establishments in
volved was 20. The aggregate number
of days until the employees locked out
were re-employed or their places filled
by others, in the 20 establishments,
was 6,5S5. an average of 94.1 to an
establishment. The number of estab-
liShments in which lOckOuts succeeded
was 81; succeeded partly. 6; failed, 81
The loss in wages to employees in all
the esta adjustments was $530,543; loss
to employers. S179.550. The employees
locked out received assistance to the
amount of s63.433
The total number of hands employed
VIXEN lockouts were declared was 1913,
of whom $3.50 were males, and 1923
far,a1nc Tho IF
employees locked out was 1912, throw
ing $3.50 out of employment. of whom
1876 were males, and lib were fe-
males. The total number of new en-
ployes after the lockouts was 1876. all
males. OF the new employees. 1,341
were brought from other places.
THE MANUFACTURE OF CLOTH
The manufacture of clothing has
many changes and a large
number of concerns have dropped out
Of the business but our returns show but
little variation in the number COM
mencinE business on each of the last
three decades prior to 1900. One COM
pany commenced business in 1845. one
in 1865. seven from 1870 to 1879. six
from 1880 to 1889, seven from 1890 to
1899. and seven from 1900 to 1905. five
of the latter having been started with
i'll the present year.
Nearly all rent the buildings III
which the business is carried on.
Electric power is used in IS plants.
steam in 6. water in 4. gasoline in /.
foot power in 4. hand power in /. and
not reported.
With one exception the plants are
all owned in Maine. OF the 30 con-
Germs, Is manufacture on their own
account. while at IL plants the work
l.; done for parties outside Of the State.
Nineteen returns show an aggre-
gate of $234 100 as the value of their
plants
Twelve plants give $44?652 as the
aggregate cost of materials. and fifteen
give s1,O93.200 as the aggregate value
of their product AS these fifteen plants
employ less than half the total number
of hands. we should be perfectly safe
in estimating the total value of pro-
duction ut about s2.2OO.0OO.
In the thirty plants 234 men and
1.O1S women are employed in the
shops, q total Of 1872. while the num-
Der employed in homes. generally only
part OF the time, is somewhat over
1000. although the exact number cam
rot be asccrtained. as it varies greatly.
The hours of labor are 10 in fifteen
plants. . IL in two. 9 in eleven, and
two not reported.
The lowest weekly wages given for
men are $3.50. and the highest $500.
with an average of s10.S2. The lowest
weekly wages given for women arc
$3.50, and the highest $1,000, with an
average of s6.78.
In nineteen plants all the work is
done in the shop. while in eleven, more
or less of the work is given out to be
done in homes.
From seven plants the goods are all
sold in Maine. while the markets Of
all the others cover Il wider field, some
extending to only one or two nearby
states. and others covering the entire
country.
From twenty plants the reports come
that the demand for their products is
in ha&