New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-21
FEW WORK|NGMEN IDLE
Percentage Of Unemployed IN
State Less than for 7 Years.
ORGANIZATIONS INCREASE
Unions Greater than Ever BE-
fore, State Labor Depart
ment Reports.

Albany. July 2O.-Thc number OF laoo'
examinations i'm the state Is increas'hs
and tbo uorcentage of idlcncss amous
their members is decreasing. On Ma ''
81 there were $50 organizations III '"'
state. with a membership Of 65SS'S' Az
increase from September 30, 1917, oil oi
organizations and 1915 members '"''
- a.. larger Increase I'm membership IN SIX
months than has been recorded IN any
other entire year according TO the qu''
forty bulletin Of the state Labor l''-
partmcnt issued to-day
Rcturns from practically all labor Or
carnations in the states sho" thdt lo'
SIS. 7a6 members from whom idlenesS
turns were received. 1913 per cent "e.'
idle on tho laat working day IN Ma'N"
This is not only smaller percentage
than FOR March 1912. but IS smaller Una"
,ho, Tor ap,. March since 1906. the bull
Ictn declares.
"Thc showing is especially faVorao.'.
+, continue. lin view Of the fact tnat
tho number from whom reports were re-
ceivcd exceeded by more than 'V''"" '''
number reported in March. l''l' "i''''
showed tho greatest number from "hon
rcnorts had been received in any MaI'h'
Better Demand for Labor.
"rhc returns as TO causes % IdleheS'
make il clear that the reduction III in''
noss this YEAR was due ChioHy 10 a
hotter demand tor labor Thus. WhN'
Tin. number OF members reporting wa
one-f,urth greater this March than IaS'
practically the same number were
no,tcd as idle FOR lack OK work WI"
,vo.tbirde az many more idle than ''s'
,os, an account Of labor disputes ana
l,,tlo change as to the number idle on &C
count of disability. OF tho leading l'''''
tries tho building end metal ma'h'h''I
trades showed tho greatest improve" ''
ovc- last wear. I'm none ~ the thie' l"'
,,istrlcs which reported an increase Jul
,fl,poss- theatres and music, tobacco an"
,.,,tIi, cuploymcnt was such incrcds
large. ,..-..
In tho clothing and toNtilc industry
r.rfIcularlv iu tho garment trades the
Greatest increase ion membership was ie-
poricd In the food. liquor ana topa ''o
industries small decreases were recorded
The increase among organized women
from September. 1919. 10 March l'I''
was relatively much greater than ainoh-
r-.p the rcport saws. This increase u
continues was chiefly among the clothing
trades I'm New York City where W per
cent ~ the organized women arc found.
Tho number Of nov strikes and lock-
outs recorded in the first quarter OF 1910
vas considerably greater than Tor the cor
demanding psriod last year. and the num-
bor ~ workers involved was much great
o. than I'm the first quarter Of any year
sip-, records have been kept ~ COM
psrcd with 1911. there were ~
strikes and lockouts this year. az against
., Ias, year. with So.l4e employees IN
,olycd this year. as against S.SlS last
wear. and with l.016,13S working Gays
lost IN tho quarter by reason ~ disputes
- against i03.7lS last year. In addlton
IN tho time lost by reason OF the ne"
disputcs. there was loss OF fNN''-'H
v orkinr DAYS in the quarter by reason OF
disnut.g continued from the previous
quarter practically all Of which was oc-
casioncd 10y the strike Of men cio'h'nH
workers In New York Cty, which was
ended on March -.
The largest nov dispute Of the quarter
was that of garment workers IN Ro'h-
ester. and there were four separate
strikes. each " importance, in New YORK
three among the clothing workers anu
one among the cooks and walters.