The next two tables show, for the agricultural and for the other industries, respectively, the results of strikes, arranged according to causes: RESULTS OF STRIKES IN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, BY CAUSES, 1901. Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per Num- Per ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. ber. cent. RESULTS OF STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, BY CAUSES, 1901. a Results of 25 strikes, involving 5,566 strikers, not reported. In 30 instances in 1901 employers closed their establishments for the purpose of accomplishing certain objects, sometimes of a political and sometimes of a business nature. Of these shut downs, only 6 were directed against employees and can be properly classed as lockouts. These 6 lockouts affected 937 employees, of whom 595 were mon, 283 were women, and 59 were children 15 years of age or under. The following table shows the method of settlement of the strikes and lockouts, arranged according to results. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS, BY METHod of settlEMENT, 1901. b Results not reported in 3 strikes. Of the disputes classed as lockouts only 6 were lockouts proper; the others were shut-downs not directed against employees. d Not including 28 strikes for which results were not reported. STRIKES DURING TWENTY-THREE YEARS.--The following two tables contain a summary of the more important facts in relation to strikes in agricultural occupations for the years 1881 to 1901, and in the other industries for the years 1879 to 1901, respectively: STRIKES IN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS, BY YEARS, 1881 TO 1901. STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, BY YEARS, 1879 TO 1901. Strikes which Strikers. Strikes Strikes Aggre Children 15 days days of Men. ceeded. Women. years of Total. work were partly. re age ori ported. 28 under. ported. 1880. 5,900 1881. 8,272 1882. 5.854 1883. 12,900 1884. 23,967 1885. 34,166 82 1886. 16,951 95 1887. 69 25,027 66 21 91.9 95. 25. 119 111.697 244.293 56.772 218,612 (a) 28.974 95 191, 204 123 215.80 1890. 139 133 38,402 129 167, 657 1891 c421 c 401 128 34, 733 123 258,059 1892. d 119 21 33 57 117 30,800 114 216, 907 1893. € 131 34 41 127 (b) 32, 109 122 234,223 1894. f109 35 103 19.766 8,890 103 323, 261 1895. 126 11.788 5, 192 2,327 19,307 126 125, 968 1896 . 210 210 39,955 34, 264 21,832 96,051 210 1, 152, 503 1897 217 38, 435 16,326 76,570 217 1,113,535 1898. 256 68 118 256 22,112 9,571 4, 022 35,705 256 239,292 1899. 259 11,280 3,686 43, 194 259 231,590 1900. 143 128 383 59,750 16,292 4,816 80,858 1901.. #1,042 294 40,683 18, 468 196, 540 1,042 2,146, 184 1,4023, 861 310,797 159, 607 75, 416 901, 208 3,825 8,124, 637 e Including strikes occurring during the years 1879 to 1890, but not including 76 strikes the results of which were not reported. d Including 5 strikes the results of which were not reported. e Including 10 strikes the results of which were not reported. Including 6 strikes the results of which were not reported. gIncluding 25 strikes the results of which were not reported. *Including 122 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 290; the computation is made, however, from figures in the original reports. Not including figures for 1879 to 1893. The other data concerning strikes for a series of years are shown only for the industries other than agriculture. The following table shows the number and result of strikes and the number of strikers, by industries, for the period 1892 to 1901: SUMMARY OF STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, BY INDUSTRIES, FOR THE PERIOD 1892 TO 1901. The next table shows the causes of strikes, by years, from 1879-1891 to 1901: CAUSES OF STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, 1879-1891 TO 1901. a The causes were not reported in the case of 76 strikes. The two following tables show the strikes for the period 1879 to 1891, and for each year 1892 to 1900, classified according to duration and the number of strikers involved, respectively: STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, BY DURATION, 1879-1891 TO 1901. Days of duration. 1879-1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. Total. a This total does not agree with the figures given in the general table of strikes, page 288; the figures are reproduced, however, as shown in the original report. STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, BY NUMBER OF STRIKERS INVOLVED, 1879-1891 TO 1901. Strikers involved. 187 -1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. Total. a This total does not agree with the figures given in the general table of strikes, page 288; the figures are reproduced, however, as shown in the original repor'. The results of strikes for the period 1879-1891 to 1901 are shown in the following table: RESULTS OF STRIKES IN INDUSTRIES OTHER THAN AGRICULTURE, 1879–1891 TO 1901. Werkstakingen en Uitsluitingen in Nederland gedurende 1901, 1902, 1903. Bijvoegsel van het Tijdschrift van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Afl. 2, 1903, 53 pp.; Afl. 3-4, 1903, 28 pp.; Afl. 7, 1904, 43 pp. These three volumes, which are published in the form of supplements to the Review of the Central Bureau of Statistics of the Netherlands, contain the first three annual reports on strikes and lockouts in that country. The information is given in the form of an analysis, with summary tables and a tabular statement showing in detail the important facts concerning each strike and lockout. The report for 1903 contains. comparative tables for the three years. STRIKES. There were 115 strikes reported in 1901, 128 in 1902, and 149 in 1903. The number of establishments involved and persons affected were not reported in the case of all of these strikes. Eightyfour of the strikes in 1901 involved 192 establishments, 113 strikes in 1902 involved 394 establishments, and 132 strikes in 1903 involved 327 establishments. Fifty-eight of the strikes in 1901 affected 4,182 employees, 119 strikes in 1902 affected 12,652 employees, and 136 strikes in 1903 affected 33,487 employees. The following table shows for each of the years 1901, 1902, and 1903 the number of strikes, establishments involved, and employees affected in each group of industries. |