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Show The Year's Strikes. J According to the report of the secretary H of tbs American Federation of Labor, ther.- Ware 1167 Strikes during the yeor II ended October 31. says the American Monthly Review of Reviews The record f for the' calendar v,;ir 1V05 cannot bo ma- terlall different. H The 'figures are distinctly surprising at ! first sight but one must bear In mind that i the great majority of the strikes of any I ' year wholly escape, not only general, but 'i even local, attention. It Is somewhat re- I assuring 10 learn that not more than 107,- 000 working men and women were In- I volved In the total number of strikes named The Inference from this ltm of j information coincides with tho general lm- 1 reaelon that. In a comparative sens- 1 0 r.-peut the ve.ir h 1 been tolerably peace- ful. It has been an extrnordlmry one, H nevertheless In the fundamental truths It has brought homo to organized labor It has taught the public manv lessons, though the Important strikes those that I vers more than local Issues may be counted on the fingers of one hand. |