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HISTORY 



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organization shifted to the West, where unionism in these 

 trades is still alive. Repeated efforts have been made to 

 regam the East, and various expedients have been adopted 

 from time to time, but without success. 



Growth and Decline of the Amalgamated Association 



Year 



1877. 

 1878. 



1879. 

 1880. 

 I881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 1884. 

 1885. 

 1886. 

 1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1 891. 

 1892. 



1893. 

 1894. 



1895. 

 1896. 



1897. 

 1898. , 

 1899.. 

 1900. . 



1901 . . 



1902. . 



1903. . 



1904. . 



1905. . 



1906. . 



1907. . 

 1908. . 

 1909. . 

 I9IO. . 



1911 . . 



1912. . 

 1913- • 

 1914- • 



>9i5. . 

 1916. . 



Number 

 Delegates 



75 



89 

 105 

 193 

 173 

 213 

 153 

 149 



88 

 121 

 172 

 194 

 194 

 253 

 294 

 254 

 168 



96 



85 

 ni 



123 



117 

 140 

 202 

 200 

 212 

 201 

 207 

 166 

 170 

 150 

 115 



97 

 116 



69 



69 



87 

 88 

 81 

 99 



Number 

 Lodges 



III 



113 

 104 



166 

 197 

 183 

 160 

 107 

 106 



154 

 172 

 189 



234 

 290 

 291 



234 

 150 

 125 

 132 



145 

 153 

 145 

 181 

 160 

 174 

 185 

 183 

 157 

 144 

 139 

 124 

 114 

 103 

 85 



77 

 79 

 87 

 85 

 90 



Members 



3,755 



4,044 



5,400 



9,550 



10,359 



16,003 



11,800 



9,242 



5,702 



7,219 

 11,426 

 14.946 

 16,117 

 20,781 

 24,068 

 20,975 

 13,613 

 10,000 

 10,000 

 11,000 

 10,500 

 10,050 

 11,050 

 14,035 

 13,893 

 U.467 

 15.198 

 14.306 

 10,904 

 11,410 

 10,216 

 7.472 

 6,295 

 8.257 

 4,355 

 4,318 

 6,304 

 6,880 

 7.283 

 7,860 



Average Lodge 

 Membership 



34 

 36 

 52 

 62 

 62 

 81 

 64 

 58 

 53 

 68 



74 

 87 

 85 

 89 

 83 

 72 



58 



67 

 80 



83 

 72 

 66 

 76 



78 

 87 

 83 

 82 



78 

 69 



79 

 73 

 60 



55 

 80 



51 

 56 

 80 



79 

 86 



87 



