﻿OOLITIC LIMESTOXE INDUSTRY 



107 



Rate per Hour. 





1900. 



ms. 



Head sawyers - . . . 





22* 







20 



Sawyers , . . 





IS* 







22* 







1S4 







20 



Mill laborers - , . . 





15 







28* 







21 







17 







15 





or: 



27i 







25 



Ingersoll helpers 



12* 



15 







16 







22* 



Wardwell helpers 



12* 



15 







16 



Steam drill runners 



IT* 



21 







15 







21 





12* 



15 





-f a 



184 





12* 



15 



Derrick runners 



17* 



21 



Derrick helpers 



14 



17 



Teams 



. 30 



35 



Strippers 



12* 



15 



Scabblers 



14 



18 



At the time of the settlement of the strike it Avas agreed that 

 all workmen shonlcl be taken back and that none should suffer 

 discrimination on account of the part taken in the strike. This 

 agreement was observed in all but two cases. One man who had 

 been promoted to the place of head sawyer shortly before the 

 strike began was refused that position, but employed in a subor- 

 dinate one : and another who was refused a place by his former 

 employer, later secured work in another mill. 



Although only about one-sixth of the men involved in the 

 Bedford strike were organized, union and non-union men seemed 

 to be in substantial harmony throughout the strike, and the un- 

 organized workmen shared in the beneficial results of the strike 

 as well as their organized fellows. There were no attempts to 

 operate the quarries and mills against the opposition of the work- 

 men, nor were there any disturbances or hostile demonstrations. 



