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Strikes and labor statistics in 1890 compared Britain and US
The article compares strikes in 1890 across the United States and Great Britain, noting 3,164 strikes in Britain and 1,028 in Britain’s board of trade report for 1890. It cites 392,981 people involved in 738 strikes and describes a large Durham district strike with 100,000 coal miners idle from March 12 to June 1, resulting in a 10 percent wage cut and furnace closures.
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Missouri
Mr. West
Maine
United
Department of Labor
Finance Committee
Ne Finance Committee
Fall River
Mass
Chicago
Dubuque
United States
Financial Committee
England
America
Daniel McKeever
H. Herman Sternbach & Co
New York
West
Passlpeee Co
Dressy
Manchester Mills
Manchester
N. H
Lawrence
Agivalis Mills
Provi- Atlantic
Saat Eis Co
Farr Alpaca Company
Holyoke
Messrs
William H. Burgess & Co
Paris
Goodall Worsted Company
Sanford
Charles 8. Landers
Landers, Frary & Clarke
New Britain
Conn
Landers
W. F. Rockwell
Miller Brothers’ Cutlery Company
J. Schoenhof
Tam
John de Witt
New York World
Commissioner of Labor
Warner
Great Britain
British Board of Trade
Durham
Senstor