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BULLETIN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. VOLUME I-NOVEM BER, 1895-NOVEMBER, 1896. EDITED B Y CARROLL D. WRIGHT, COMMISSIONER. OREN W. WEAVER, CHIEF CLERK. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT P R IN T IN G 1896. O F F IC E . C O N T E S T S OF V O L U M E I. No. 1.—NOVEMBER, 1895. Page. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 5-8 Strikes and lockouts in the United States from January 1, 1881, to June 30, 1894............................................................................................................................ 9-25 Strikes and lockouts in Great Britain and Ireland in recent years................... 26-35 Strikes in France in recent years........................................................................... 36-41 Strikes in Italy in recent years....................................... - ....................................... 42-44 Strikes in Austria in recent years........................................................................... 45-47 Private and public debt in the United States, by George K. Holmes, formerly special agent in charge o f division o f farms, homes, and mortgages in Eleventh C ensus...................................................................................................... 48-59 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: Connecticut............................................................................................................ 60-64 Indiana.................................................................................................................... 64-69 M ich ig an ........................... 69-71 M inn esota.............................................................................................................. 71-77 M issouri.............. 77-80 Wisconsin .............................................................................................................. 81-83 Digest o f the report by Miss Collet on the statistics o f employment o f women and girls in England and W ales........................................................................... 84-94 Employer and employee under the common law, by Victor H. Olmsted and Stephen D. Fessenden, o f the Department o f Labor....................................... 95-107 Bureaus o f statistics o f labor.................................................................................... 108-111 No. 2. —JANUARY, 1896. The poor colonies o f Holland, by J. Howard Gore, Ph. D., o f Columbian Uni versity .............................................................................................................. The industrial revolution in Japan, by William Eleroy Curtis........................ Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: C olora d o................................................................................................................ Illin o is.................................................................................................................... M ain e............................... Maryland................................................................................................................ New H am pshire................................................................................................... O h io ........................................................................................................................ Trade unions in Great Britain and Ireland............................................................ Wages and hours o f labor in Great Britain and Ireland................................... Strikes in Switzerland in recent years................................................ Notes concerning the money o f the United States and other countries, by William C. Hunt, o f the Department o f Labor................................................. The wealth and receipts and expenses o f the United States, by William M. Steuart, o f the Department o f Labor................................................................. Decisions o f courts affecting labor........................................................................... Extract relating to labor from the new constitution o f Utah.......................... Note regarding bureaus o f statistics o f labor........................................................ 113-126 127-146 147 147-155 155-157 157,158 158-161 161-165 166-169 170-176 177-180 181-196 197-200 201-218 219 220 hi IV CONTENTS. No. 3.—MARCH, 1896. Page. Editorial n o t e ..................................................................................................... 221,222 Industrial communities, by W . F. W illoughby, o f tbe Department o f L abor.. 223-264 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: C on n ecticu t................................................................................................. 265-267 268 I o w a ....................................................................................................................... M on tan a....................................................................................................... 268, 269 270 Nebraska................................. .............................................................................. New Y ork ..................................................... 271-273 North C a rolin a..................................................................................................... 274,275 North D akota......................................................................................................... 275, 276 Pennsylvania......................................................................................................... 276-278 Rhode Is la n d ......................................................................................................... 278-280 Tennessee .............................................................................................................. 280,281 W est V irg in ia ....................................................................................................... 281, 282 Ninth report on the annual statistics o f manufactures in Massachusetts___ 283-288 Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications................................................... 289-312 Decisions o f courts affecting labor........................................................................... 313-332 333 Extract relating to labor from the new constitution o f South Carolina......... No. 4.—MAY, 1896. Industrial communities, by W . F. W illoughby, o f the Department o f Labor.. 335-359 The sweating system, by Henry White, general secretary United Garment Workers o f A m erica............................................................................................... 360-379 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: Massachusetts....................................................................................................... 380-386 M issouri................................................ 386-388 U t a h ....................................................................................................................... 388, 389 Second annual report on the building and loan associations o f California... 390-392 Annual report on the cooperative savings and loan associations o f New York. 393, 394 Decennial census o f Kansas for 1895....................................................................... 395 Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications.................................................. 396-416 Annual statistical abstracts........................................................................................ 417-424 Decisions o f courts affecting la bor........................................................................... 425-442 No. 5.—JULY, 1896. Convict la b o r ................................................................................................................ 443-478 Industrial communities, by W. F. W illoughby, o f the Department o f L a b or.. 479-517 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: M aryland................................................................................................................ 518 M ich igan ................................................................................................................ 519,520 North C arolina..................................................................................................... 520-522 Report o f the Massachusetts board to investigate the subject o f the unem p loy ed ........................................................................................................................ 523-525 Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications.................................................. 526-540 Decisions o f courts affecting la b o r ......................................................................... 541-563 Protection o f garment workers in sweat shops in Maryland............................ 564 Recent Government contracts.................................................................................. 565 No. 6.—SEPTEMBER, 1896. Industrial communities, by W . F. W illoughby, o f the Department o f Labor. Cooperative distribution, by Edward W. Bemis, Ph. D .................................... Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: K an sas.................................................................................................................... Montana.................................................................................................................. New Jersey ............................................................................................................. 567-609 610-644 645-647 647, 648 648-652 CONTENTS. V Fago. Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications............................ ..................... 653-659 Decisions o f courts affecting la b o r ......................................................................... 660-689 Recent Government con tra cts.................................................................................. 690, 691 No. 7.—NOVEMBER, 1896. Industrial communities, by W. F. W illoughby, o f the Department of Labor. 693-720 Rates o f wages paid under public and private contract, by Ethelbert Stew art, o f the Department o f L a b o r ......................................................................... 721-753 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: Pennsylvania........................................................................................................ 754-757 Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications................................................ - 758-773 Decisions o f courts affecting labor.......................................................................... 774-799 Laws o f various States relating to labor enacted since January 1,1896........, 800-809 Recent Government con tra cts................................................................................ . 810,811 6329—No. 7-----9 INDEX Page. Annual report on the cooperative savings and loan associations o f New York. 393, 394 Annual statistical abstracts...................................................................................... 417-424 B elgium ................................................................................................................. 418 H o lla n d ................................................................................................................. 418,419 F ran ce.................................................................................................................... 419 Great Britain........................................................................................................ 420 Germany............................................. - ................................................................. 420 Austria.................................................................................................................... 421 Sw itzerlan d.......................................................................................................... 421, 422 I t a l y ....................................................................................................................... 422 Russia..................................................................................................................... 423 N orw a y .................................................................................................................. 423 Sweden................................................................................................................... 424 D enm ark................................................................................................................ 424 Building and loan associations: C a liforn ia.............................................................................................................. 390-392 New Y o r k ............... .............................................................................................. 393, 394 C on n ecticu t............................................................................................... 60, 61,266,267 M issouri..................................................................................................................... 79,80 New Jersey................................... 1 ...................................................................... 652 Bureaus o f statistics o f labor, dates o f establishment of, e tc.................... 108-111, 220 Convict labor................................................................................................................ 443-478 Cooperative distribution........................................................................................... 610-644 Debt, private and public, in the United States.................................................... 48-59 Decennial census o f Kansas for 1895....................................................................... 395 Decisions o f courts affecting la bor: Appropriation o f money in aid o f textile schools—constitutionality o f sta tu te................................................................................................................ 660 Assignment for the benefit o f creditors—preferred claims—wages........... 660, 661 Attorneys7fees in suits for wages—lien for w ages....................................... 661-663 B lacklistin g.......................................................................................................... 437 Blacklisting—recovery o f damages................................................................. 217,218 Breach o f contract o f employment—damages............................................... 684, 685 Cause o f discharge to be furnished upon demand—unconstitutionality o f sta tu te .......................................................................................................... 201-203 Chinese exclusion acts....................................................................................... 547, 548 Chinese laborers—deportation.......................................................................... 663, 664 Coal mine regulations and inspection—unconstitutionality o f statute.. 207-211 Coal mining—weighing product before screening....................................... 664, 665 Conspiracy—b oy cotts.......................................................................................... 783-786 Conspiracy—strikes—obstructing the m ails.................................................. 213, 214 Conspiracy—unlawful combinations............................................................... 786-788 Constitutionality o f act providing for attorneys’ fees in suits for wages. 425-427 VII VIII INDEX. Decisions o f courts affecting labor—Concluded. Page. Constitutionality o f law requiring blowers for emery w heels................. 548-551 Constitutionality o f mechanics’ lien la w ................................... .................... 313, 314 Constitutionality o f proposed law regulating payment o f wages........... 314-317 Contract o f em ploym ent.....................- ............................................................. 331,332 Corporations—liability o f stockholders for wages............. .......................... 427,428 Employers’ lia b ility ...................................................... 323-325, 438, 555, 556, 562, 563 Employers’ liability—assumption o f risks............................ . 216,217, 665-667, 685 Employers’ liability—defective ways, works, or machinery......... . .......... 667, 668 Employers’ liability—fellow-servants................................ 211, 212,214, 215, 788-798 Employers’ liability—mining companies........................................................ 325-327 212, Employers’ liability—railroad com panies...................................................... 213, 319-321, 327-330, 428-436, 438, 439,541-544, 551-555, 685-689, 774, 775 Employers’ liability—railroad companies—annulment o f statute by adop tion o f constitution......................................................................................... 775-777 Employers’ liability—railroad companies—fellow -servants...................... 777-780 Employers’ liability—vice-principal............................................................... 556-558 Factories and workshops—hours o f labor—unconstitutionality o f statute. 203-206 Fellow-servant act o f Texas............................................................... 321-323, 544-547 Injunctions against labor organizations.......................................................... 560-562 Master and servant—term o f employment . .................................................. 669, 670 Protection o f employees as members o f labor unions— unconstitution ality o f statute................................................................................................... 206, 207 Railroad aid association—acceptance o f benefits—release o f claim ......... 558560, 678-682 Seamen—extra w ag es.......................................................................................... 798-799 Strikes, conspiracy, labor combinations not unlaw ful................................ 439,440 Strikes, intimidation, etc.—right o f court to interfere by injunction___ 440-442 Sunday labor—barbers—constitutionality o f statute.................................. 670-678 Unlawful payment o f w ages............................................................................... 317-319 Wages exempt from garnishment........................ 682-684 W eighing coal at mines—constitutionality o f statute................................ 780-783 Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications: Strikes and lockouts in Great Britain in recent years................................ 26-35 Strikes in France in recent years..................................................................... 36-41 Strikes in Italy in recent years.......................................................................... 42-44 Strikes in Austria in recent y e a r s ........................................... ............ 45-47, 294-299 Report by Miss Collet on the statistics o f employment o f women and girls in England and W ales............................................................................. 84-94 Trade unions in Great Britain and Ireland.................................................... 166-169 Wages and hours o f labor in Great Britain and Ireland............................ 170-176 Strikes in Switzerland in recent years............................................................ 177-180 Report o f the royal commission on the liquor traffic in Canada............. 289-291 Annual report o f the bureau o f industries for the Province o f Ontario, 1894 ................................................................. 291-293 Fourth annual report o f the department o f labor o f New Zealand......... 300, 301 Histoire 6conomique de la propriety, des salaires, des denrees et de tous les prix en general, depuis l’an 1200 jusqu’en l’an 1800................. 301-304 Conseil sup^rieur du travail, ministere de Pagriculture, de l’industrie et des travaux pu blics................................... 304-306 Hygiene et securit6 des travailleurs dans les ateliers industriels: Legis lation franyaise et 6trangere......................................................................... 306,307 Les syndicats ouvriers aux Etats-Unis............................................................ 307 Etude sur les derniers resultats des assurances sociales en Allemagne et en Autriche................................................................................................... 308 Congres international des accidents du travail et des assurances sociales. 308,309 INDEX. IX Digest o f recent foreign statistical publications—Concluded. Page. Bulletin de la soci^te fran^aise des habitations a bon march6................. 309 Bulletin de la participation aux benefices...................................................... 310 Bulletin de FInstitut International de Statistique....................................... 310-312 Album de statistique graphique de 1894........................................................ 312 General report on the wages o f the manual-labor classes in the United Kingdom, etc., 1886 and 1891......................................................................... 396-403 Erhebung liber Verhaltnisse im Handwerk veranstaltet im Sommer 1895. 403-409 Drucksachen der Kommission fur Arbeiterstatistik..................................... 409-411 Die Belegschaft der Bergwerke und Salinen im Oberbergamtsbezirk Dortmund, nach der Ziihlung vom 16. Dezember 1893.............................. 411-416 Annual statistical abstracts.............................................................................. 417-424 Systematisches Yerzeichnis der Gewerbe fiir statistische Zwecke der Handels- und Gewerbekammern in den im Reichsrathe vertretenen Konigreichen und Liindern............................................................................ 526 Die gewerblichen Genossenschaften in Oesterreich..................................... 526-529 Statistique des greves et des recours a la conciliation et a l ’arbitrage survenus pendant Fannee 1895....................................................................... 530-535 Report o f the strikes and lockouts o f 1894 in Great Britain and Ireland. 536-540 La petite industrie: Salaires et dur6e du travail; Tome II, Le vetement a P a r is ...................................................- ........................................................... 653, 654 Repartition des salairefc du personnel ouvrier dans les manufactures de 654-657 l ’Rtat et les compagnies de chemins de fe r ........................................ Statistica degli scioperi avvenuti nelF industria e nelF agricoltura durante F anno 1894.......................................................................................... 657-659 Bulletin de FInstitut International de Statistique....................................... 758-761 Minimum de salaire. Enquete—Mai 1896. Rapport presents au conseil communal au nom de la commission d’enquete, par M. le Bourgmestre.................................................................................................................. 761-764 Travail du dimanche: Etablissements ‘ industriels (non compris les mines, minieres et carrieres).......................................................................... 764-772 Fourth annual report o f the Government labor bureau o f New South Wales for the year ending February 17, 1896............................................. 772, 773 Fifth annual report o f the department o f labor o f New Zealand for the year ending March 31,1896 ............................................................................ 773 Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics: Colorado................................................................................................................. 147 C on n ecticu t............................................................................................... 60-64, 265-267 Illin o is.................................................................................................................... 147-155 Indiana................................................................................................................... 64-69 I o w a ....................................................................................................................... 268 K an sas.................................................................................................................... 645-647 M ain e...................................................................................................................... 155-157 Maryland........................................................................................................ 157,158, 518 M assachusetts....................................................................................................... 380-386 M ich igan .................................................................................................... 69-71, 519, 520 M innesota................................. 71-77 Missouri...................................................................................................... 77-80,386-388 Montana.................................................................................................. 268,269,647,648 Nebraska................................................................................................................ 270 New Hampshire.................................................................................................... 158-161 New Jersey............................................................................................................ 648-652 New Y o r k .............................................................................................................. 271-273 North C a rolin a..................................................................................... 274, 275, 520-522 North Dakota...................................................... ................................................. 275, 276 X INDEX. Digest o f recent reports o f State bureaus o f labor statistics—Concluded. Page. O hio.......................................................................................................................... 161-165 Pennsylvania.......................................................................................... 276-278,754-757 Rhode Isla n d ......................................................................................................... 278-280 Tennessee................................................................................................................ 280,281 U t a h ......................................................... 388,389 W est Virginia......................................................................................................... 281,282 W iscon sin .............................................................................................................. 81-83 Editorial note concerning the relation o f wages to cost o f production in the United States............................................................................................................ 221, 222 Employer and employee under the common la w ................................................... 95-107 Government co n tra cts......................................................................... 565, 690, 691, 810,811 Industrial communities: Introduction................................................................................. 223-227 Coal mining company o f Anzin, France.......................................................... 228-264 Coal mining company o f Blanzy, France........................................ 335-359 Iron and steel works o f Friedrich Krupp, Essen, Germany....................... 479-517 Familistere society o f Guise, France................................................................ 567-609 Mariemont and Bascoup Coal Mining Company, B e lg iu m ........................ 694-704 Vieille-Montagne Zinc Mining and Smelting Company, Belgium............. 704-714 Netherlands Yeast and Alcohol Factory, Agneta Park, Delft, H olla n d ... 714-719 Chocolate factory o f Menier, Noisiel, F r a n ce ........... ; ................................. 719 Iron and steel works o f Schneider & Co., Le Creuzot, F ra n ce................. 720 Industrial revolution in J a p a n ................................................................................ 127-146 Introduction.................................................................................................................. 5-8 Laws relating to la b or: I o w a ........................................................................................................................ 800-802 Maryland......................................................................................................... 564,802,803 M assachusetts....................................................................................................... 803-805 M ississippi......................................... ................................................................... 805, 806 O hio......................................................................................................................... 806-808 South Carolina....................................................................................................... 333 U ta h ........................................................................................................................ 219 V irginia................................................................................................................... 808,809 Manufactures in Massachusetts, ninth report on the annual statistics o f ___ 283-288 Money o f the United States and other countries, notes con cern in g................. 181-196 Poor colonies o f H o lla n d ........................................................................................... 113-126 Strikes in Austria in recent years................................................................. 45-47, 294-299 Strikes in France in recent y e a r s ........................................... ...................... 36-41,530-535 Strikes in Italy in recent y e a r s..................................................................... 42-44, 657-659 Strikes in Switzerland in recent years..................................................................... 177-180 Strikes and lockouts in Great Britain and Ireland in recent years........ 26-35, 536-540 Strikes and lockouts in the United States from January 1, 1881, to June 30, 1894.............. 9-25 Sweat shops in Maryland, law for protection o f garment workers i n ............. 564 Sweating system ........................................................................................................... 360-379 Trade unions in Great Britain and Irela n d ............................................................ 166-169 Unemployed, report o f the Massachusetts board to investigate the subject o f the . . . " ..........................................................................................-............................ 523-525 Wages and hours o f labor in Great Britain and Ireland..................................... 170-176 Wages paid under public and private c o n tra ct.................................................... 721-753 Wealth and receipts and expenses o f the United States...................................... 197-200
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