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STRIKERS AND EMPLOYEES THROWN OUT OF WORK IN ESTABLISHMENTS INVOLVED IN STRIKES ORDERED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT SO ORdered, BY INDUSTRIES, 1881 TO 1905-Concluded.

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In the building trades 96.12 per cent of the strikers and 96.06 per cent of the employees thrown out of work were in ordered strikes. In the manufacture of men's clothing 96.94 per cent of the strikers and 97.18 per cent of the employees thrown out of work were in ordered strikes. In coal and coke the percentages were 81.16 and 77.88 per cent, respectively; in cotton goods, 64.57 and 58.30 per cent; in foundries and machine shops, 84.01 and 84.53 per cent; in railroad transportation, $0.07 and $5.56 per cent.

The table by States and geographical divisions follows:

STRIKERS AND EMPLOYEES THROWN OUT OF WORK IN ESTABLISHMENTS INVOLVED IN STRIKES ORDERED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND NOT so ordered, BY STATES AND GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS, 1881 TO 1905.

[See Table VIII, pages 492 to 495, for notes relating to strikes not reported whether ordered or not ordered and general strikes extending into two or more States.]

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a Not including 12 establishments not reported.
Not including 21 establishments not reported.

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20. 13 63,781,228
32.04

76.61 1,154,631

23.39

274,659

66. 27

139,780

33.73

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80.04

537,153

19.96

17.67

300,530

81.64

67,582

18.36

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In New York 87.15 per cent of the strikers and 86.88 per cent of the employees thrown out of work were in strikes ordered by labor organizations; in Pennsylvania the percentages were 76.94 and 72.97 per cent, respectively; in Illinois, 87.47 and 87.32 per cent; in Ohio, 82.19 and 80.74 per cent; in Massachusetts, 79.90 and 75.69 per cent.

In the North Atlantic division 79.87 per cent of the strikers and 76.61 per cent of the employees thrown out of work were in strikes ordered by labor organizations; in the South Atlantic division the percentages were 67.96 and 66.27 per cent, respectively; in the North Central, 80.89 and 80.04 per cent; in the South Central, 82.33 and 81.64 per cent; and in the Western 79.74 and 78.48 per cent. DURATION OF STRIKES, ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED, AND TIME CLOSED."

The following three tables show the average duration of strikes per establishment, the per cent of establishments in which strikes occurred which were closed by strikes, and the average days closed per establishment. The first table of the series presents these data by years, the second by industries, and the third by States and geographical divisions. The table by years follows:

DURATION OF STRIKES, NUMBER AND PER CENT OF ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED, AND AVERAGE DAYS CLOSED, BY YEARS, 1881 TO 1905.

[See Table IV, pages 478 and 479, for notes relating to establishments closed permanently, establishments in which strike was pending at the close of some one of the four investigations included in this report, and establishments in which duration or time closed was not reported.]

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The presentation of strikes by years shows that the average duration per establishment for the 25 years from 1881 to 1905 was 25.4 days. During these years the average duration of strikes varied from 12.7 days in 1881 to 35.5 days in 1904. Of all establishments involved in strikes during these years 61.38 per cent were closed, and the average number of days closed per establishment was 20.1. The per cent of establishments in which strikes occurred which were closed by strikes varied from 45.54 per cent in 1905 to 85.82 per cent in 1895. The average days closed per establishment varied from 12.1 in 1881 to 36.9 in 1894.

The table presenting these data by industries follows:

DURATION OF STRIKES, NUMBER AND PER CENT OF ESTABLISHMENTs closed, AND AVERAGE DAYS CLOSED, BY INDUSTRIES, 1881 TO 1905.

[See Table III, pages 472 to 477, for notes relating to establishments closed permanently, establishments in which strike was pending at the close of some one of the four investigations included in this report, and establishments in which duration or time closed was not reported.]

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a Including 1 strike involving nearly all industries in New Orleans, the principal industry affected

DURATION OF STRIKES, NUMBER AND PER CENT OF ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED, AND AVERAGE DAYS CLOSED, BY INDUSTRIES, 1881 TO 1905-Concluded.

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The above table shows that the average duration of strikes per establishment varied from 4.6 days in agriculture to 83.2 days in ore mining. Industries showing high averages are pottery, 66.5 days; gloves and mittens, 54.6 days; coal and coke, 50.9 days.

An interesting column in this table is the one showing the per cent of establishments involved which were closed by strike. The percentages varied from 9.72 per cent in slaughtering and meat packing to 96.71 per cent in coal and coke. Industries showing a low percentage of establishments closed are lithographing 10 per cent and car building 13.68 per cent. Industries showing a high percentage of establishments closed are water transportation 92.46 per cent, women's clothing 85.20 per cent, ore mining 84.55 per cent, laundry work 83.82 per cent, and men's clothing 82.86 per cent. The average days closed varied from 3.1 in blacksmithing and horse

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