| Show M SUUCiijS IN outlEtS ohe Springfield Ilapubllcin commenting com-menting upon tbo record 01 strikes In be United Slates for lIe years 183104 01 reported by lbs United State bureau of labor statistics oSeerTO that tbe elrlkee II Ibe number 0 Iabllbmnllnvolvet Is I cunolded decreased I after 1838 the year of Ills Uajmuket masiacre In Chicago In 1S80 there was again a elide Increase I which culminated In Soc Cblcsgn railway riots Tbe two years 1SS1 and Ifc84 eland out prominently bath Be regarda the number ol cstabllibtnents Involved and labor en out ol employment but lu tbe former year there waa u great revival ol business activity and workmen work-men struck lor ulRber waiet In tbe latter year tbero wero bard tImes and strikes were tried as a means 01 1 inventing in-venting reduotlouof wages Another tact noticed In tbe tabulated tabulat-ed record Is I rather startling It Is I shown Ibat since 1881 there bas been a a gradual Increaie lu the number ol failures of strikes to accomplish the object In vluw In the year mentlouej about twothirds of Ibe strikes were IOCEf5 lot The following years fall ore became morn numerous aud lu 1691 over 60 percent are set down in bEll thaI Is I of 68G etrlkoa only 3o > succeeded It would therefore appear ap-pear tbat tbe time is I approsoiiiug when strikes moat 0ba discarded as u weapon cither far defensive or lUau Ivo fHlue08 |
