Show STRIKES daring the year tar 1886 strike strikes were nuth numerous erous and cost costly Y they resulted in much loa loss of time and property and in in fame instances inet ancee lei of life opinion opinions as to the gain goin or loss log to labor I 1 through the interception ot of production by the prevail ence of strikes differ the emp employer layer claims that thai harbas hc jaae suffered much from these regrettable af fiure al but that his employee emp loyes auf buffered more than he did on the other giand the emp employee loyes xi bile they acknowledge considerable iou loss a and n amu dmu much cai sif suffering fering claim clairn that the benefits to labor auf out ow weigh any uv untoward toward af attendant cir cum stances an approximation however ho however gever gives the following result oat ou rf about strikes in he CY 1 agiou jard h d U untried and ana fields of labor in the united states during the year 1886 emp employee loyes secured the whole or a part of their demands in about 2000 instance instances and failed in the remaining 1600 1500 1 MUM I 1 Z A k thi anlage ad jrex in I 1 k es U u 11 it ia anol readily accessible in an article in the new york morning journal recently a writer made an attempt information referred toj ut u P otty only partially y fcc ucc eal I 1 1 big la es estimates jiete 91 ar are use useful tul they gite give a fair view of what was accomplished by strikes during the 06 pa passed used year betat 43 1 jtb h ta thab of the engineers ia inroad idt sadan in newark on the bif let ot of january who after a tie up of ene one day were allowed a red reduction act to it of h our f eleven leven to nine hour i middle of january men and women employ td in cigar making were locked out by the tenement bouse house manufacturer manufacturers 0 became because they refused to cousen content t to a reduction of wages the contest in fedei 1 iek sandl ended by pait t ahl ei emp moyces being rel reinstated and part being left out in the cold it is estimated that this lockout CO cost the em employ pao 1 l CB ees 0 and nd their employers employ era about the same time occurred e of ayi e kereen n pa corx for O 0 per cen cent t raise men lasted several weeks and end endi ed in a compromise there were numerous minor minor a in various parts of bf ia ibe the two first monias of the year including an unsuccessful strike ot of colored rail ail road employees in jeorgia against the appointment of a colored foreman biam then came south western strike on the ifie gould system which took dat oat over 00 men and is estima estimated tid a to have hiv e cost tl the railway companies immediately concerned ile in mulct ieli et ing ga a incidental injury throng throughout bout the whole country of over it proved disastrous to the a etri tri kere kers g not half of whom were taken inken tag ing k back after a lose ion of i ahe t ll 11 il it against of ahe ad a vi vice 1 ce 1 of f the knights of labor executive board employee employees of the ad avenue street railway in in new york struck truck because ot of an alleged viola lion tion I 1 of agreement on the part of the copany op any q the ariki c aps ft a hailu failure ra ilu aft after r costing the strikers strikers at least and the company as m much u ch more i O 0 re then there were the strikes in chicago at the mccormick works and 1 1 tha lacking 1043 with the eight hour bour agitation en tailed a lotof thousand thousands ot 61 dollars and resulted reaul ted in mis misfortune fortuno in vari ous other directions itie said that of the si anarchist arch orn 0 on may 4 virtually ended ili the 0 eight t w 7 7 hour strike there but not before S any cession bad had 46 been AV effused IV ir it is estimated he J V L f y eight conr strike ih ugh oit ait afe a country cost the at bankers rike ra in tv neighborhood of but it m matoin adall ti hd avs w la ju iiri may Y occurred the lockout of female collar at st troy it lasted five beeba chih th the girls affer 1 it ie had CZ alem r employed r re a 0 in addition there was a lo 10 lock textile N ay r involving persons two lockout lockouts ai ga cohoes involving astrike of null ope at ka Manch chesie carer r and arid 4 mil enill I 1 I 1 band hands at gloucester J and 04 fair tv the result abawi strikes to b it very costly agency 6 for t or securing 9 TP recognition cognition of the claims of w work or ing fig arned men that they are uncertain t a and h d not infrequently entail hard hard elife at and nd sti that they oy some soine cimei lead Idad to acta acts of violence ald and bloodshed with suc uch h an p elpe ape fience hence all will admit that aBt tike should be a last resort na to bo 6 used only when every every other saria bas failed to bring about the desired des ir ed ob object act t |