TABLE IX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Continued.

1882-Concluded.

Cause or object.

Against discharge of employees, foremen, etc...

Against discharge of union employees.

Against discharge of union employees and employment of nonunion

men...

Against employment of additional apprentices..

Against employment of colored men

Against employment of more than two apprentices to a glass furnace
Against employment of nonunion men, foremen, etc..

Against employment of women..

Against extra work without extra pay

Against filling slack

Against fines for imperfect work

Against increase of apprentices..

Against increase of hours..

Against obnoxious rules

Against obnoxious rules and for impartial treatment of union leaders. Against performing work for another establishment in which strike was pending

1

Against poor quality of material.

2

Against poor quality of material and excessive speed of machinery
Against reduction of force

Against reduction of wages...

Against reduction of wages and change from day to piece work Against reduction of wages and for limitation of number of apprentices..

Against reduction of wages and for reinstatement of discharged employee

Against reduction of wages and signing contracts.

Against subcontracting.

For equal distribution of work.

1

1

For equal rate of wages winter and summer.

For full pay for extra work

1

For increase and readjustment of wages.

For increase of force.

1

For increase of wages...

1,553

914

143

496

For increase of wages and against use of machine-made horseshoes
For increase of wages and discharge of nonunion employees
For increase of wages and reduction of hours

For increase of wages, reduction of hours, and discharge of foreman.
For limitation of number of apprentices..

For limitation of number of apprentices and against employment of
helpers and nonunion men..

For pay for dead work..

For pay for overtime...

For payment of wages overdue.

For payment of wages overdue and against being compelled to trade

For reinstatement of discharged employees and recognition of union.

For reinstatement of discharged employees, foremen, etc..

TABLE IX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Continued.

Against increase of hours and reduction of wages..

Against increase of work without increase of pay

Against introduction of coal screens.

Against introduction of two-loom system.

Against machine work..

Against making six heats per day.

Against miners being compelled to pay for cotton and oil used.
Against obnoxious rules.

Against performing work for another establishment in which strike

was pending...

Against poor quality of material

Against reduction of force..

Against reduction of force and wages

Against reduction of wages.

Against reduction of wages and for discharge of yard master.

Against reduction of wages and for limitation of number of apprentices

For abolition of Sunday work without extra pay, reduction of day

turn to eight hours equalization of pay between sexes for same work, and universal increase of wages.

For adoption of fixed scale

For adoption of union, etc., rules

For adoption of union, etc., rules and scale..

1

3

1

For adoption of union, etc., scale.

For discharge of employees, foremen, etc.

For discharge of foreman, and reinstatement of discharged employees..

For discharge of nonunion employees.

1 2

4

1

7

For increase of wages and discharge of employees, foremen, etc
For increase of wages and discharge of nonunion employees.
For increase of wages and enforcement of union indenture rules.
For increase of wages and increase of running time..
For increase of wages and limitation of number of apprentices.
For increase of wages and reduction of hours

For increase of wages and reinstatement of discharged employees
For increase of wages awarded by arbitration board

For limitation of number of apprentices....

For pay for lost time..

For pay for props and against docking

For pay for slack..

For payment of wages overdue.

1.

1

1

132

132

2

2

270

1

1

1

TABLE IX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Continued.

Against reduction of wages and contract system..

1

Against reduction of wages and discharge of employees, foremen, etc.

1

Against reduction of wages and for limitation of number of appren

tices

Against signing contracts allowing firm to pay any bill presented against employees..

Against system of bunch breaking

For adoption of union, etc., rules..

For discharge of employees, firemen, etc.

For discharge of foreman and against team system of working.

For discharge of nonunion employees...

For discharge of nonunion foreman, adoption of union scale, and equal distribution of work

8

1

11

1

1

1

3

For employment of additional helpers

1

For employment of check weighmen

1

1

1

For enforcement of union indenture rules

1

For increase of wages and against employment of nonunion men
For increase of wages and against obnoxious rules...

TABLE IX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Continued.

For reduction of hours and against employment of additional apprentices

1

Against adoption of proposed scale..

Against alleged excessive docking and discharge of employees.
Against allowing nonunion men in a striking establishment to per-

Against change of pay day

Against change of rules..

Against change of working hours

Against discharge of employees, foremen, etc

Against discharge of union employees..

Against double-header freight trains.

Against employment of additional apprentices

Against employment of apprentices.

Against employment of Chinese labor..

2

Against employment of colored men

1

Against employment of convict labor

Against employment of foreign labor..

1

Against employment of nonunion men, foremen, etc.

Against extra work without extra pay

5

Against filling orders for mines in which strike was pending.

1

Against fines for imperfect work..........

2

Against increase of hours...

Against interchanging ready-set matter..

Against introduction of machinery.

Against making a certain style of chain

T

Against miners being compelled to pay for cotton and oil used.
Against obnoxious rules.

2

2

Against patent matter.

1

Against performing work for another establishment in which strike was pending....

Against using patterns of establishment in which strike was pending..

For adoption of fixed scale and against discharge of union employees.

1

TABLE IX.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Continued.

For discharge of employees, foremen, etc

For discharge of foreman and against employment of Chinese labor

1

For discharge of foreman and reinstatement of discharged employees
For discharge of nonunion employees

For employment of additional helpers.

For employment of check weighman

1

For enforcement of mining laws concerning the placing of timbers.
For enforcement of union indenture rules.

1

1

For increase of wages and change of length of cut (cotton weavers)
For increase of wages and change of rules..

Against change from day to piece work

Against change from piece to day work and discharge of employees.
Against change in kind of scales

Against change in method of tanning.

Against change of coal screen

4

Against change of pay day

Against change of rules

Against demand of employers to leave Cigar Makers' International
Union...

Against compressing cotton to be transported by boycotted steamship company

Against employment of additional apprentices.

Against employment of apprentices

Against employment of cigarmakers belonging to the Cuban Federation...

Against employment of convict labor

Against employment of foreign labor

Against employment of foreign labor and extra hours.

Against employment of girls as folders in bleachery

2

12

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