20 .\SSOCIATION OF IRON, STEEL AND TIN WORKERS \^l ^2 



and the "model" in organization. The sixth, or Youngs- 

 town, district ranked second. The eighth, or Eastern dis- 

 trict, although it had at this time a large number of local 

 unions, was never permanently organized. 



The accompanying table shows the decline of the organi- 

 zation from 1892 to 1912, and its very partial recovery in 

 recent years. The three big strikes — in the years 1892, 

 1901 and 1910 — ^tell their own silent story in the figures. 

 The Pittsburgh and Youngstown districts, it will be noticed, 

 lost their position of prestige for organization ; effective 



Growth of the Sons of Vulcan 



» Overestimated. 



