33 Companies do not report the nationality of employes. 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 IN- Number 33. Report idle account floods in early part plants owned by one company 11 months lack of 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, 37 Days 29 Days. 292 Days. 225 Days. 24 Days. Number 13. Report idle account high water, etc., .... 84 Days. 23 Days. 50 Days. 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 158. Report idle three months first of year, re 54 Days. 30 Days. ... 105 Days. 88 Days. 73 Days. 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), Daily capacity of tin and terne plate (pounds), ... Average number of working people employed, 16 168 168 272 3,318,700 3,082,600 $8,198,605 197 7.365 Production of black plate for tinning (pounds), Production of black plate for tinning but not tinned Market value of black plate, but not tinned, Market value of sheets and plates other than black 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. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF BLACK PLATE IN POUNDS TINNED AND UNTINNED. |