Part 3 — APPENDIX IV. Membership Statistics.

TABLE A.—Membership Figures—Detroit and Chicago Factions

Total Membership. Membership cards issued. Number of National Industrial Unions.[N] Number of Local Unions.[O] Number of Charters issued to Local Unions.[P] Cumulative number of charters issued.[S] Number of locals disbanded. Cumulative number of locals disbanded.

Secretary-Treasurer. Barnett.[G] Miscellaneous.[H]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1905 14,000 14,300 —- [E] 2 [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]

1906 23,219[A] 10,400 60,000 [E] 2 394 466[Q] 466 185[T] 185

113 579

200 281 860

1907 5,931 6,700 28,000 [E] [E] 362 118 928

Chicago. Detroit. C. D. C. D. C. C. C. D. C. D. C. D. C. D. C. D.

1908 5,397 —— 13,200 —— —— [E] [E] 322 164 1102 63[U] 248

1909 3,719 —— 10,700 —— —— —— [E] [E] 100 23 90 1 1192 1 33 281 [E]

1910 4,617 —— 9,100 —— 9,137[I] 3,475[I] [E] 1 97 14 160 7 1352 8 54 16 335 16

98

115

1911 4,330 10,000 12,800 3,500 —— —— 60,000[J] [E] 115 26 150 18 1502 26 69 6 404 22

105

107

1912 18,387 20,000 18,300 10,700 —— 9,765 9,000[K] [E] 210 34 190 32 1692 58 53 24 457 46

1913 14,851 11,000[C] 14,300 5,000 23,061 —— [E] 3 236 58 236 22 1928 80 99 17 556 63

70,000 39

1914 11,365 —— 12,000 2,000 14,310 —— [E] 3 150 50 78 14 2006 94 125 4 681 67

23,840 128 49

222

1915 15,000[B] 5,000[D] —— —— 70,000 —— 191,293[L] [E] 300 51 [E] 2 [E] 96 [E] [E] [E] [E]

15,000[M] 150 25

1916 60,000 [E] 35,000 4 535 33[R] [E] [E] [E]

85,000

300,000[L] 350

1917 60,000[F] —— 200,000 [E] 6 [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]

NOTES TO TABLE A.

TABLE B.—Comparative Membership Figures, 1910[727]

Industry. Total number of persons in the industry. Members of Labor Organizations. Members of the I. W. W.

Number. Per cent. of all trade unionists. Per cent. of total in industry.

Number. Per cent. Chicago. Detroit. 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

Clay, glass and stone industries 309,341 63,416 20.5

Food and kindred products[730] 299,176 22,744 7.6 100 ... 0.4 ... 0.0 ...

Iron and steel products 1,746,387 173,169 9.9 300 600 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0

Leather industries 293,035 42,644 14.5

Liquor and beverage industries 73,475 49,665 67.6

Lumber and furniture 597,174 63,934 10.7 1300 200 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.0

Metal industries (except iron and steel) 320,041 15,013 4.7

Paper and pulp industries 101,797 2,683 2.6

Printing and bookbinding 249,456 85,479 34.3

Textile industries 800,251 29,862 3.7 4300 300 14.4 1.0 0.5 0.0

Miscellaneous industries:

Button factories 12,879 32 0.2

Broom & brush factories 12,922 897 6.9

Charcoal and coke works 23,294 500 2.1

Cigar and tobacco factories 170,904 46,742 27.3 100 200 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.1

Electric light & power plants, electric supply factories, etc. 252,883 36,092 14.3

Gas works 22,783 605 2.6

Oil refineries and turpentine distilleries 22,551

Rubber factories 45,864 50 0.1

Straw factories 6,458 684 10.6

Other miscellaneous and not specified industries 323,534

Transportation[731] 2,862,260 494,662 17.3 1000 ... 0.2 ... 0.0

Hand trades 713,659 4,346 0.6

Building trades 2,444,395 396,674 16.2 150 400 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Stationary engineers 215,053 9,990 4.6

Stationary firemen 84,685 8,100 9.5

Trade 3,411,677 17,676 0.5

Public service (not elsewhere classified) 441,180 11,843 2.6

Professional service 1,628,970 77,976 4.8

Domestic and personal service 3,691,493 65,579 1.8 150 ... 0.2 ... 0.0

Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry 12,640,734 2,262 0.0

Proprietary, official and supervisory groups 980,012

Clerical groups 1,696,061 28,853 1.7

I. W. W. mixed locals ... ... ... 1437 1475

Total 38,134,712 2,116,500 5.5 9037 3475 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0

TABLE C.—Membership of Certain Unions and Groups of Unions in the United States, 1897-1914[732] (00's omitted.)

Name of union and industrial group 97. 98. 99. 00. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Mining and Quarrying (8 organizations).

W. F. M. 80 100 120 140 177 196 283 241 263 286 442 305 353 371 502 492 495 369

U. M. W. 97 329 618 1155 1980 1753 2472 2510 2650 2307 2607 2520 2652 2314 2563 2893 3777 3390

Total in group 209 442 749 1307 2171 1964 2795 2789 2962 2653 3120 2897 3071 2749 3107 3429 4315 3802

United Metal Workers ... ... ... 10 21 43 87 96 [733]

Textile group (9 organizations)

Textile Workers 27 25 22 34 27 106 150 105 100 100 114 129 100 100 100 109 162 180

Total in group 81 85 69 80 70 147 195 151 145 147 161 176 148 214 217 230 295 303

Lumber and Wood Working group (8 organizations) 55 117 159 256 318 341 479 516 419 359 270 198 190 280 290 255 251 248

Bakery Workers 20 21 31 45 64 102 154 162 120 106 110 105 107 127 138 146 151 157

Brewery Workers 100 100 107 183 235 291 300 305 340 360 400 425 452 454 533 625 650 676

Restaurant and Trade group (6 organizations) 64 92 121 280 408 575 1144 1338 949 895 916 949 581 594 631 686 913 948

I. W. W. (Chicago) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 104 67 132 107 91 138 183 143 120

I. W. W. (Detroit) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 107 50 20

Total in all groups 4445 4971 6041 8654 11,236 13,743 19,129 20,726 19,450 19,063 20,776 20,904 20,031 21,380 23,365 24,408 27,010 26,744

TABLE D.—Membership of the I. W. W. (Chicago and Detroit) and of all Labor Organizations in the U. S., 1905-1917[734]

Members of labor organizations in the U. S. Members of the I. W. W.

Chicago. Detroit.

(St. John)[735] (Barnett) (Barnett)

1905 1,945,000 23,219 14,300

1906 1,906,300 ... 10,400

1907 2,077,600 5,931 6,700

1908 2,090,400 5,397 13,200

1909 2,003,100 3,719 10,700

1910 2,138,000 4,617 9,100 3,475[739]

1911 2,336,000 4,330 13,800 3,500

1912 2,440,800 18,387 18,300 10,700

1913 2,701,000 14,851 14,300 5,000

1914 2,674,400 11,365 12,000 2,000

1915 ... 15,000[736] ... 2,000

1916 ... 60,000[737]

1917 ... 200,000[738]

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