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DATES ON WHICH LOCKOUT BEGAN AND ENDED.

Number 104. Report lockout began November 1st, ended 9th. Number days lost, 6. Number people affected, 23. Successful, not arbitrated. Question: Advance of wages. Complained because two men were required to do what three had formerly done.

DATES ON WHICH STRIKE BEGAN AND ENDED.

Number 30. Reports strike began April 30th, not yet ended. Number of days lost, 90. Number of people affected, 160. Question: Higher wages and shorter days.

Number 4c. Reports strike beginning April 16, ended April 22. Number of days lost, 6. Number of people affected, 150. Question in dispute: Wage increase of 20 cents per day. Not granted.

Number 59. Reports strike, days lost, 15. Number of people affected, 160. Question: Higher wages.

Number 76. Reports strike beginning July 1, ending July 15. Number days lost, 15. Number people affected, 225. Strike was successful. Question: Puddlers demanded Pittsburg or western wage scale price.

Number 172. Report strike beginning May 27, Number days lost, 8. Number people affected, 96. cessful, not arbitrated. Question: For advance granted, men returned to work.

ending June 4. Strike not sucin wages, not

Number 179. Report strike beginning May 1, secured injunction final hearing not called. Number people affected, 9. Question: Demanded 40 cents per day minimum rate.

CAUSES GIVEN FOR DAYS LOST IN IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY.

Number 33. Report idle account floods in early part

spring, last of year business depression, Number 105. Report idle repairing and holidays,..... Numbers A. B. C. D and E.3. Report idle in the five

plants owned by one company 11 months lack of orders.

Numbers A. B. C. E. F. H. I. J. and 5. Report idle in

the 9 plants owned by one company account high
water and business depression,

Numbers A. B. and C.8. Report idle in the plants
owned by one company, business depression,
Number 9. Report idle lack of orders,

Number 13. Report idle account high water, etc.,
Number 39. Report idle week of July 4, and Thanks-
giving week, shut down indefinately December 7.
Number 51. Report idle June 29 to July 8 and shut
down December 11, business depression,

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Number 115. Report idle January 8 to April 3, account fire, on week business depression,

103 Days.

Number 161.

Number 162.

Number 131. Report idle holidays, repairs, dull trade,
Number 136. Report idle five weeks, holidays and busi-
ness depression,

Number 158. Report idle three months first of year,
constructing, three weeks, business depression,
Report idle making improvements,.
Report idle lack of orders,

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Number 6 A.6 and B.6. Report idle,

Number 10. Report idle repairing and holidays,

Number 43. Report idle one month inventorying,

69 Days.

23 Days.

38 Days.

Number 71. Report idle,

70 Days.

Number 104. Report idle lack of specifications on

41 Days.

orders,

25 firms report idle account business depression,...... 9 firms report idle account repairs and business depression,

11 firms report idle account of repairs,

1,186 Days.

609 Days. 139 Days.

NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY.

Number of accidents non-fatal,

Number of accidents fatal, .

1,179

176

TIN PLATE-BLACK PLATE WORKS.

PRODUCTION OF TIN PLATE IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 1907.

Number of plants in operation,

Total number of hot mills,

Total number of cold mills,

Total number of tin and terne sets,

Daily capacity of black plate (pounds),

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Daily capacity of tin and terne plate (pounds),
Capital invested (realty, machinery, business, etc.),
Average number of days in operation (a plant con-
sidered in operation when one or more hot mills
worked),

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Average number of working people employed,

16

168

168

272

3,318,700

3,082,600

$8,198,605

197

7.365

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Production of black plate for tinning (pounds),

Production of black plate for tinning but not tinned

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Market value of black plate, but not tinned,

Market value of sheets and plates other than black plate,

Value of entire production tinned and untinned, Average value per hundred pounds of tinned and terned production,

Average value per ton of 2,000 pounds of black plate not

tinned,

.....

Average value of production for each employe,

$1,992,477

$55,147

$22,980,589

$3.95

$29 80 $3,127 73

TIN PLATE-BLACK PLATE WORKS.

COMPARISON OF TOTALS FOR THE YEARS 1896, 1901, 1906 AND 1907.

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TOTAL PRODUCTION OF BLACK PLATE IN POUNDS TINNED AND UNTINNED.

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