The Connecticut labor press., 1921-01-14
Strikers Cause Loss
of1,3O7,6OO Days
Here In 7lU0 Years
Report of Commissioner Hyde
Shows That 75,943 Workers
Were Affected-Won in 10
Strikes and Lost in 18O and
Compromised in 81 Cases.

According to the report of the bureau
November 80, 1920, there were 28O
strikes in this state. The report has
been submitted to the governor by
William S. Hyde, commissioner of the
department of labor and factory in
spection. These strikes affected 75,o43
employees, with an approximate loss of
Ass days to employees and approxi-
mately ], 1907, ,508 days to the employees.
In lo instances the demands of the en-
ployes were granted in full, in 81 cases
the result was compromise and the
remaining 180 cases were unsuccessful.
Waterbury had the most strikes, II;
Hartford and New Haven had 27 each
and Bridgeport had "a. New Britain
was next with 10 and rre fewest strikes
were in Putnam and Derby, which had
three each. The Waterbury strikes af-
fected the largest number of employees,
1889. The number affected in Hart
ford was 400, in New Haven, 1888;
in Bridgeport 1884, and in New Brit
ain, 44o. Bristol had FIVE strikes. Only
10 days were lost thereby.
According to occupations, the shops
had the most strikes, SO. Laborers were
next with 80 and carpenters, masons
and plaStererS followed with "a. Among
the occupations in which there was but
one strike were BARRIERS, brewery help,
caulkers, core makers, corset makers,
drop forgers, drivers, dyerS, elevator
operators, furriers, lock makers, meat
cutters, motormen, conductors, stage
hands, stevedores, stone cutters, tube
makers and watch makers.
AS is always the case there were few
strikes during the winter. The strikes
doomed large when the trout fishing
and baseball seasons began. In 1919
there were 40 strikes in June and As
in July while there were but five in
February. In 1920 January and Febru-
ary each had three strikes, while April
had So.
The new factory construction and
additions, as shown by the report, cost
$23,645,847. In Hartford Is factories
put up new buildings or made additions.
activity in the building of tenement
houses. There were 200 more built than
in the preceding two years, with cor
responding increase of 2, 147 more tene-
ments. The increased number of tene-
ments indicates the increased number
of large apartment houses.
Hartford built about three times as
many tenements as New Haven or
Bridgeport Hartford built, 1,345
Bridgeport, 463; New Haven, 4o7; Wat
erbury, 31o; New Britain, 312; West
Hartford, "a, and East Hartford, rs.
Norwalk and Hamden built the smallest
number, four each.
The number of occupational diseases
reported was liz, a decrease of 1873.
New Haven reported but one case in
the two years, while Bridgeport re-
ported 54 in 1918-1o and 81 in 1o1o-2O.
The occupational diseases reported are
illuminate intoxication, cacokala rash,
lead poisoning, acute eczema, muclos
ulmar and oil infection.
The free employment bureaus filled
66,o7 places as compared with 65,943
for the preceding two years: The aver
age cost for each position filled was Al
cents. In the II months ending June
80, 1920, the applications for employ
ment were: Hartford, 1870; New
erbury, $50; Norwalk 1000. Appli
cations for help we're: Hartford, l6,-
311; New Haven, 14,811; Bridgeport,
1890; Waterbury, 11,431; Norwich,
5000. Situations secured we're: Hart
ford, 1917; New Haven, 1873;
Bridgeport, 1888; Waterbury, 7,74o;
Norwich, 4,872-
The maximum wage paid for chauf-
feurs in positions filled by the free en-
ployment offices in Hartford in January,
1919, was $50 week, with room. In
June of that year the maximum was
$40: In January. 1920, it was $50 and
in June, 1920, SIS. In June, 1920 men
cooks were getting from $40 to 500 a
month in Hartford, $28 to $40 in
Bridgeport, where women cooks got $35
to SOS, in New Haven, men cooks got
from $18 to $50 and women $40 to $40,
in Norwich the men cooks got $3.50 and
women cooks $17, in Waterbury, men
cooks got Is and women $40.