New-York tribune., 1908-04-20
ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED.
Representative Unions Report One
third of Membership Idle.

Albany. April l9.-The quarterly issue of The
New York Labor Bulletin published by the State
Department Of Labor, has just been made public
Its contents summarized follows
Monthly, returns as to unemployment from Sc
lected trade unions throughout the state represent
ing approximately 100000 organized wage earners
labor market OF the financial panic of last Octo-
Der During the hrst SIX months Of 1907 idleness
before. but continued impr0v ement had by mid
Terv t1oef m tb me IN & 81 dnpaTe
with 76D. this Improvement of the first half year
he Rev se York R 5udins 1f 2 tradss But
coupled with the extensive strike of commercial
sHddeny Upward in mt the ater month % o condons
N N the 9uilaing traces did not improve in Septem,
the clothing and metal trades, 50 that. by October
nearly twice great as in 1906 and much above
Inc a{erage & for 1902 TO 1905 Upon The labor mar
preston following close after the October panic.
the principal organized trades and leaving approx
mately every third member of the representative
ship. idle at the end Of December as compared with
percentages varying from Iii to 2$.l with aver
Tor the state as whole does not quite equal that
last Bueti Indicating Rs' signify iF e worse s condi &
Hs Re state an 'h The than In the b ds of Of
the year appear in the building clothing, metal and
PAL industries one exception fo The nTevaiIihg IN
with ii percentage OF idleness Q1D which com
pares not unfavoTa bly, with previous years
Strikes and iockouts and the number Of em-
Roytess participating in them We're less numerous
IN @ the fourth quarter Of 1907 than in 1906, but
oep s1l much above the figures for 1905 1904 or
recty 1922 workpeope were begun in the fourth
quarter 1907, as compared with foTtythree new dis
October J. 1907 to March i la6S the sfat ,res n an
of Mediation and Arbitration interyened in twenty
one industrial disputes all strikes lockouts
rm OF New York CITY and the union OF its ems @
@ question OF piece prices to arbi-
the hrst case Of arbitration by the bureau since
csI,v 6 roiSr 'co ] WI oe eApIesseu uIiTIl- @
are evident But in five of the Jwenty-one inter
nents resulted lmnaediately and directly from the
bureau efforts. The unfavorable relations in
New York city growing out of the defermina ton Of
conditions following the compostors, Strikes for
Isnl holrS IN 1906, have recently been considerably
ers association, the Printers League now repre-
dre5 en1Doye 81 y S liGfiI ana De 'hrHSana 'e nuIi
lients ana scales with the cOmpositors ana press
men and preliminary agreements with the press
feeders and assistants general scale for the lat
Ter being under arbitration. A new Bookbinders'
League similar to the Printers League, has signed
4grsenIents with the several local unions OF book
DI@TTs N td5 ne metropolis On the other hand an
ing appears IN the recent controversy between the
Union the validity of their national agreement
negotiated last year, to succeed. fye-year agree
were made 10 New York State as well as federal
courts for njunctions to prevent strikes as being
arrangements of the agreement
The Bulletin publishes article by Chief Fac
tory inspector Walng. containing suggestions 10
Aeve, says the chief inspector. I'VE are justified
arv frsae {i SIm II 6F3' % %l @ 5Gfs9 fn3 IN m % GIa
air an hour for each person. and the removal of
stances Should fSl below below ] @ CUBIC GS feet a an hour
,he Ihe summary Of work of deputy inspectors fcr
begun. as compared with ninety-nine in the fourth
quarter OF 800 the great majority OF these Q@}l
were child labor cases. including forty-fOur for
violation of the new eight-hour law of 1897 for
the provision Of that salute which forbids the
work Of such -ndren after o'clock p. Ad
a total Of i12g rs enploves in The so11s Establish
ments inspected during the year OF these. l0S6555
force including 3s 505 women over sixteen years Of
age Children between fourteen aid sixteen years
old numbered 14,32S, of whom 1871 were in the
shops The proportion Of children fourteen to six
teen years Of age to total empoyes both office and
1876, when the proportion was l24
During the year ended September 30. 1907, total
Of l94Sl employees in factories and quarres in New
This Is nearly six thousand greater than the num-
the number which was reported in lStS; IhIs m
crease represents only nearer approach 70 com
factory accidents are on the increase or not. Not
Uithstanding the great progress toward completes
that that goal has been attained as pointed out in
the annual report oi the Hoinnllssioner OF laooI
in 1901 numbered $44, a compared with 25s for the
cenber Of 1907 ere were 454 accidents reported
as compared with 4,6l6 in the same months Of 1885;
forces in factories on account of the business de-
preston fdia %tclueilc loi tt q9dItJI mum
hered seventy-eight against eghty-siX the year
1.-THE Bqeta % t @ contains tie PrsyanF M ss oPiniG9f n3gs
states Supreme Court touching the interests Of
labor
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