ITALY. The statistics of strikes in Italy were compiled from annual reports published since 1892 by the Italian statistical bureau. They cover labor disputes beginning with the year 1879 for general industrial occupations, not including agriculture. Separate reports of strikes in agricultural occupations have been published to cover the period beginning with the year 1881. While the data for later years are more complete than for the earlier periods, the general method of presentation has changed but little since the first publication, so that the summaries are comparable from year to year throughout. Statistics of strikes and lockouts are presented separately. The following table presents a summary of the principal facts in relation to strikes in Italy in industries other than agriculture during the years 1879 to 1903, inclusive: STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY YEARS, 1879 TO 1903. a Including 5 strikes the results of which were not reported. Not reported. Including 1 strike the results of which were not reported. d Including 7 strikes the results of which were not reported. e Including 2 strikes the results of which were not reported. f Including 8 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 4 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 10 strikes the results of which were not reported. * Including 3 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 6 strikes the results of which were not reported. * Including 11 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 9 strikes the results of which were not reported. m Including 25 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 143 strikes the results of which were not reported. • This total does not agree with the total in table showing strikes by number of strikers involved, page 898; the computation is made, however, from figures in the original reports. The above table covers a period of 25 years, during which 5,267 strikes were reported; 5,220 of these strikes involved a total of 1,208,049 strikers, while in 5,184 strikes an aggregate loss of 12,203,266 working-days is reported. During the ten years 1894 to 1903 there were 561,422 men, 214,584 women, and 106,655 children under 15 years of age engaged in the strikes reported. Of the 5,124 strikes for which results were reported, 1,268, or 24.8 per cent, succeeded; 1,944, or 37.9 per cent, were partially successful, and 1,912, or 37.3 per cent,, failed. Strikes of agricultural laborers are not included in the foregoing table, and the following table is presented to show the number of strikes, strikers, and days lost in agricultural occupations for a period of 23 years: STRIKES IN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN ITALY, BY YEARS, 1881 TO 1903. More than half the 1,170 strikes occurring in agricultural occupations for the period covered by the above table were in the year 1901, the next largest number taking place in the succeeding year. The next table shows data for lockouts for a period of 25 years and includes agricultural disturbances. LOCKOUTS IN ITALY, BY YEARS, 1879 TO 1903. a Not reported. From this table it appears that lockouts are of comparatively infrequent occurrence in Italian industries. The average length varies from a single day in 1880 to a little above two weeks in 1897 and 1903. In the next table the strikes occurring within the period 1892 to 1903 are classified according to the industries affected. Results are shown for nearly all the strikes reported, as well as the number of strikers engaged. Strikes in agricultural employments are not included. RESULTS OF STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY INDUSTRIES, 1892 TO 1903. Textile industries lead in the number both of strikes and strikers. In only three groups-those of mining and quarrying, wood working, and transportation-does the number of successful strikes equal the number of those that failed. The totals show, as in the case of the table for the longer period on page 894, that the number of strikes succeeding partly slightly exceeds the number that failed, which in turn is considerably larger than the total number of successful strikes. In the following tables are presented the strikes occurring within the same period as the above, showing the strikes and strikers for each year separately, in the same industry groups as were used in the foregoing table: STRIKES AND STRIKERS IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY YEARS AND INDUSTRIES, 1892 TO 1903. STRIKES AND STRIKERS IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY YEARS AND INDUSTRIES, 1892 TO 1903-Concluded. The two tables following show for industries other than agriculture the strikes occurring from 1879 to 1903, classified first by days of duration and second by number of strikers involved. The data for the years 1879 to 1891, inclusive, are combined, those for subsequent years being shown separately. STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY DURATION AND YEARS, 1879-1891 TO 1903. a This total does not agree with the figures given in the general table of strikes, p. 894; the figures are reproduced, however, as shown in the original report. STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE IN ITALY, BY NUMBER OF STRIKERS INVOLVED AND YEARS, 1879-1891 TO 1903. Strikers in- | 1879- | 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. Total. volved. 1891. a This total does not agree with the figures given in the general table of strikes, p. 894; the figures are |