The I. W. W.: A Study of American SyndicalismBrissenden, Paul F. (Paul Frederick)
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The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism
Brissenden, Paul F. (Paul Frederick)
Industrial Workers of the World; Syndicalism
[N] Sources: _Industrial Worker_ (I), August, 1906; _Miners Magazine_,
Sept. 7, 1905, p. 15; Marot, _American Labor Unions_, p. 59; St. John,
_op. cit._, p. 23.
[O] Sources: _Proceedings 2nd I. W. W. Convention_, p. 43; _Third I.
W. W. Convention, Official Report No. 1_, p. 2; Report of the I. W. W.
to the Stuttgart International Socialist Congress, _Industrial Union
Bulletin_, August 10, 1907, p. 3, col. 3; Massachusetts Bureau of Labor
and Industry, _Annual Report on Labor Organizations_, 2nd to 7th,
inclusive (1909-1914); _The Industrial Worker_, May 14, 1910, p. 2, and
Jan. 5, 1911, p. 2; Marot, _op. cit._, Appendix.
[P] Sources: _Miners Magazine_, issues from Oct. 1, 1906, to Feb. 1,
1907; Report of the secretary-treasurer to 3rd I. W. W. Convention,
_Industrial Union Bulletin_, Sept. 14, 1907, p. 7, col. 1.
[Q] Number issued up to Feb. 1, 1906, including 185 charters issued to
the Mining Department (W. F. of M.) (_Miners Magazine_, Feb. 22, 1906,
p. 14).
[R] _Solidarity_, May 27, 1916, p. 3, col. 1. This figure is for the
first five months of 1916.
[S] Figures in the Detroit column are from Oct. 1, 1908.
[T] W. F. M. (Mining Department) locals. _Miners Magazine_, Sept. 7,
1905, p. 15.
[U] Oct. 1, 1907, to Oct. 1, 1908 (_Industrial Union Bulletin_, Oct.
10, 1908, p. 2, col. 3).
TABLE B.--COMPARATIVE MEMBERSHIP FIGURES, 1910[727]
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| | | Members of the I. W. W.
| | |----------------------------
| | | | Per | Per
| | | | cent. | cent.
|Total | Members of | | of all |of total
|number of | Labor | | trade | in
|persons |Organizations | Number. | union- | ind-
Industry. |in the | | | ists. | ustry.
|industry. |--------------+-----------+--------+-------
| | |Per |Chi- |Det- | | | |
| | Number. |cent|cago.|roit.| C.| D.| C.| D.
-------------------------+----------+---------+----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---
Mining[728] | 834,456| 254,779|30.5| 200| .. | 0.1| ..|0.0| ..
Clothing industries[729] | 608,892| 102,972|16.9| .. | 300 | ..|0.3| ..|0.0
Quarrying | 85,919| 6,309| 7.3| | | | | |
Production of salt, oil | | | | | | | | |
and natural gas | 37,476| | | | | | | |
Chemical and allied | | | | | | | | |
industries | 73,585| 268| 0.4| | | | | |
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