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

For payment of wages overdue..

For increase of wages, Saturday half holiday, and extra pay for overtime..

For increase of wages, semimonthly payment, reduction in price of
powder, abolition of sliding scale and truck system, and recogni-
tion of union...

For increase of wages, time and a half for overtime, double time for
Sundays and holidays, and against employment of nonunion men.
For increase of wages, time and a half for overtime, double time
for Sundays and holidays, etc...

For increase of wages, time and a half for overtime, Saturday half holiday, and adoption of union rules.

For increase of wages, time and a half for overtime, Sundays, and holidays, and reinstatement of discharged foreman..

For pay for extra work.

For pay for overtime.

For pay for overtime and reinstatement of discharged employees..
For payment in cash instead of by check..

For payment of wages overdue and regular payment..

1

1

11

3

3

For privilege of using elevator.

For recognition of committee of employees...

For recognition of union....

For recognition of union and admission of walking delegate.

For recognition of union and adoption of union rules..

1

For recognition of union and adoption of union scale..

For recognition of union and against discharge of employees..

2

For recognition of union and against subcontracting to nonunion contractors.

For recognition of union and union label to be put on product...
For recognition of union, time and a half for overtime, and against
Sunday work

1

1

For reduction in amount of work required to be done and employment of additional rammers.

3

3

For reduction in price of newspapers..

1

For reduction in price of newspapers and rebate on unsold papers...
For reduction in price of powder and lower topping of cars...
For reduction in price of powder, privilege of riding down slope to
work, and against alleged excessive docking

1

For reduction of hours.

For reduction of hours and adoption of union rules..

For reduction of hours and against employment of nonunion men For reduction of hours and against employment of nonunion men and use of material from nonunion establishments

For reduction of hours and enforcement of union scale.
For reduction of hours and recognition of union..

For reduction of hours and reinstatement of discharged employees..
For reduction of hours and Saturday half holiday..

For reduction of hours, discharge of company's physician, and
against being compelled to trade at company's store..
For reduction of hours, limitation of number of apprentices, and
against employment of monthly and yearly men
For reduction of hours on Saturday

For reduction of hours, recognition of union, and adoption of union scale

For reduction of hours, time and a half for overtime, and double time for Sundays and holidays.

For reduction of hours, time and & half for overtime, double time for Sundays, and against employment of nonunion men..

For regular payment and against employer's wife working in shop and acting as boss in his absence..

1

For reinstatement of discharged employees.

96

40

For reinstatement of discharged employees and against discharge of union men without cause..

1

For reinstatement of discharged employees and against working overtime..

1

TABLE IX.—CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY YEARS-Concluded.

1900-Concluded.

Cause or object.

For reinstatement of discharged employees and recognition of union.
For reinstatement of discharged employees to former positions..
For reinstatement of discharged foreman

For reinstatement of discharged foreman and discharge of superin-
tendent...

For reinstatement of discharged forewoman

For removal of machinery or increase of wages..

For renewal of scale.

For restoration of wages..

For restoration of wages and reduction of hours.

For Saturday half holiday.

For semimonthly payment.

For semimonthly payment, lower topping of cars, discharge of foreman, and appointment of check weighman..

For time and a half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays.

For weekly payment.

For weekly payment and against being compelled to buy powder...
In sympathy with locked-out employees elsewhere

In sympathy with strike elsewhere..

To compel employees to join union or for their discharge

To compel employees to withdraw from journeymen's union.

To compel employer to close store at 6 p. m..

To compel employer to furnish trusses and hoops.

To compel employer to have factory open and material ready for

work at 6 a. m.

1

To compel employer to join masters' association.

To compel employer to pay judgment awarded employee for injuries received..

1

To compel employer to put union label on product
To compel employer to remove refuse from mine

1

To compel employer to retain part of employees' wages to pay dues, etc., to union

To compel employer to retain part of employees' wages to pay dues, etc., to union, and against employment of nonunion men.

To compel employer to sign agreement

To compel employer to sign a year's contract.

To compel employer to sign union contract.

To compel manager to join mine managers' union

To enforce agreement...

To enforce payment of dues, fines, etc., by delinquent members of unions, or for their discharge..

Total........

a Not including 2 establishments not reported.

9, 248 b 4, 286 b1, 903 b 3,041

Not including 2 establishments in which strike was still pending January 29, 1901, 2 establishments in which strike was still pending February 4, 1901, 1 establishment in which strike was still pending. February 13, 1901, 3 establishments in which strike was still pending March 14, 1901, 1 establishment in which strike was still pending March 20, 1901, and 9 establishments not reported.

LAB 1901-30

TABLE X.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY INDUSTRIES.

Against new system of keeping time

Against reduction of wages..

Against reduction of wages, and for change from piece to day work

and reinstatement of discharged employees...

Against reduction of wages and for privilege of organizing union...
Against working with colored men..

For increase of wages and reduction of hours

For limitation of number of apprentices and against employment of

Against being compelled to do special work without extra pay.

Establishments.

Against change from day to piece work

Against change from piece to day work

Against being compelled to do special work without extra pay and

for reinstatement of discharged employees..

Against being compelled to work on holidays..

Against change from piece to day work and for increase of wages

Against change from wooden to iron molds and poor quality of material....

Against change in method of doing work.

3

Against change in method of doing work and for adoption of union scale

Against change in method of doing work and for reinstatement of discharged employees

Against change in method of doing work and reduction of wages
Against change in position of employees.

Against changing rate of pay on account of new machinery

Against classification of work made by firm.

Against discharge of employees, foremen, etc..

Against discharge of union employees.

Against employment of additional apprentices and retention of part of wages

Against employment of nonunion men

Against employment of nonunion men, foreman, etc

Against fines for imperfect work..

21

Against increase of amount of work required to be done.
Against increase of hours.

Against introduction of machinery.

13

Against introduction of machinery and employment of boys

Against introduction of machinery and employment of nonunion men
Against introduction of machinery and reduction of wages..
Against lasters furnishing their own tacks and pegs..

13

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30

1

2

10

1

2

11

1

Against McKay stitchers being compelled to furnish their own needles..

1

Against obnoxious rules

5

TABLE X.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY INDUSTRIES-Continued. BOOTS AND SHOES-Continued.

Cause or object.

Establishments.

Sue

Succeeded.

ceeded Failed. partly.

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

Against poor quality of material....

Against reduction and for increase of wages

Against reduction of wages..

153

Against reduction of wages and employment of nonunion men.

Against reduction of wages and for discharge of foreman..
Against reduction of wages and for recognition of union
Against reduction of wages and for regular payment

Against reduction of wages and for reinstatement of discharged employees.....

Against reduction of wages caused by reduction of hours..

Against retention of part of wages as guaranty.

Against scale presented by State board of arbitration

Against use of lockers and system of checking for wearing apparel while at work......

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

1

For adoption of union scale and against employment of nonunion

men..

For change from day to piece work.

8

12

17

For change from day to piece work and abolition of ironclad contract...

2

1

For change from day to piece work and reinstatement of discharged employees

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

For discharge of forewoman..

For discharge of forewoman and against team system of working

For discharge of nonunion foreman

For discharge of superintendent.

For enforcement of union rules

For enforcement of union scale

For equal distribution of work

8

10

15

2

1

1

7

3

24

For increase and readjustment of wages

For increase of hours and wages..

For increase of wages..

For increase of wages and against alleged excessive docking..
For increase of wages and against employment of nonunion men

For increase of wages and reduction of hours..

For increase of wages and reinstatement of discharged employees

For increase of wages and to compel employer to furnish stock and lasting racks..

2

For payment of wages overdue.

4

For recognition of union

For reinstatement and increase of wages of employees involved in strike elsewhere ..........

TABLE X.-CAUSES, ETC., OF STRIKES, BY INDUSTRIES-Continued. BOOTS AND SHOES-Concluded.

Cause or object.

Establishments.

Suc

Succeeded.

ceeded Failed. partly.

For reinstatement of discharged employees.

38

For reinstatement of discharged employees and recognition of union.
For reinstatement of discharged employees, foremen, etc..
For reinstatement of discharged employees, recognition of union,
and against change from day to piece work.

11

For removal of machinery or increase of wages.

For reinstatement of discharged foreman..

For reinstatement, with union scale, of employees involved in former strike

For restoration of wages..

For restoration of wages and recognition of union

In sympathy with strike elsewhere

84 28

13

7

1

For weekly payment

To enforce payment of dues, fines, etc., by delinquent members of unions, or for their discharge..

Against employment of nonunion men and for increase of wages and reduction of hours....

For admission of walking delegates and free beer during working hours

For adoption of new scale

7

7

For adoption of union rules

For adoption of union rules and reinstatement of discharged employees...

20

20

For adoption of union rules and union scale

For adoption of union scale

2

For discharge of employees belonging to another labor organization.
For discharge of foreman..

For increase of wages, reduction of hours, and recognition of union.
For payment of wages to employee injured while on duty.
For privilege of carrying beer home...

For reduction of hours and to compel employer to sign union contract.
For reinstatement of discharged employees

To enforce payment of dues, fines, etc., by delinquent members of union, or for their discharge...

Against agreement made by employers not to sell union brick to establishment in which strike was pending

26

Against change from semimonthly to monthly payment

26
1

Against change in method of doing work and reduction of wages...
Against deduction from wages on account of holiday

Against employment of nonunion men..

Against employment of nonunion men and for recognition of union.