The Great Steel Strike and its LessonsFoster, William Z.
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The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons
Foster, William Z.
Steel Strike, U.S., 1919-1920; United States Steel Corporation
South Chicago 6,616 Blacksmiths 5,699
Chicago Heights 569 Boilermakers 2,097
Misc. Chicago Dist 3,871 Brick & Clay Workers 187
Pittsburgh 8,970 Bricklayers 581
Johnstown 11,846 Coopers 138
Butler 2,519 Electrical Workers 8,481
Monessen & Donora 8,665 Foundry Employees 2,406
New Castle 2,710 Hod Carriers 2,335
Homestead 3,571 Iron, Steel & Tin Wkrs. 70,026
Braddock & Rankin 4,044 Iron Workers 5,829
Clairton 2,970 Machinists 12,406
McKeesport 3,963 Metal Polishers 349
Gary 7,092 M. M. & Smelter Wkrs. 15,223
Indiana Harbor 4,654 Mine Workers 1,538
Joliet 3,497 Moulders 1,382
Milwaukee 681 Pattern Makers -
Waukegan 1,212 Plumbers 1,369
DeKalb 332 Quarry Workers 725
Aurora 242 Railway Carmen 5,045
Pullman 4,073 Seamen -
Kenosha 585 Sheet Metal Workers 377
Hammond 1,102 Stationary Engineers 2,194
Wheeling Dist. 5,028 Stationary Firemen 5,321
Farrell & Sharon 3,794 Steam Shovelmen 2
Cleveland 17,305 Switchmen 440
Sparrows Point 93 Unclassified 12,552
Brackenridge & Natrona 2,110
East Pittsburgh 146
East Liverpool 50
Warren & Niles 474
Minnesota Dist. 185
Pueblo 3,113
Coatesville 828
Steubenville Dist. 4,108
Birmingham Dist. 1,470
Canton & Massillon 5,705
Vandergrift 1,986
Buffalo & Lackawanna 6,179
Youngstown 19,040
Peoria 984
Decatur 320
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_Total by Localities_ 156,702 _Total by Trades_ 156,702
This report includes only those members actually signed up by the
National Committee for Organizing Iron and Steel Workers, and from whose
initiation fees $1.00 apiece was deducted and forwarded to the general
office of the National Committee. It represents approximately 50 to 60
per cent. of the total number of steel workers organized during the
campaign, and is minimum in every respect.
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