CAUSES AND RESULTS OF STRIKES IN GERMANY, BY YEARS, 1899 TO 1905-Concluded. The statistics of strikes and lockouts in Great Britain and Ireland were compiled from the annual reports published by the British labor department since 1889. The first report, that for 1888, is not so comprehensive as those for subsequent years, and has therefore been excluded from the present compilation. The report for 1889 includes 15 strikes which began in 1888. In all other cases, except where otherwise indicated, the figures for total strikes and lockouts represent those beginning in each specified year. The reports for 1889 to 1893, inclusive, consider strikes and lockouts separately in most of the tables, but in the reports for subsequent years the strikes and lockouts are combined. Other changes that may have been made in the method of presentation from time to time are mentioned in connection with the tables. These various changes make it impossible to present for comparison in the same table the more important facts published in relation to labor disputes for the entire period. The three following tables, therefore, show the statistics of disputes, grouped by years for which they are comparable, namely, 1889 to 1893, 1894 and 1895, and 1896 STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BY YEARS, 1889 TO 1993. [Under "Aggregate working-days lost by all employees thrown out of work" is included the number of days lost on account of strikes beginning in each specified year, regardless of time of ending.] a This number does not agree with the statement in footnote n, page 880. The number here given is, however, according to the original report. b Including lockouts for which aggregate working days lost were reported. c See note b. STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BY YEARS, 1894 AND 1895. [Under "Aggregate working-days lost by all employees thrown out of work" is included the number of days lost on account of strikes and lockouts beginning in each specified year, regardless of time of ending.] STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS IN. GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BY YEARS, 1894 AND STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, BY YEARS, 1896 TO 1905. [Under "Aggregate working-days lost by all employees thrown out of work" is included the number of days lost by employees directly and indirectly affected. In the case of strikes and lockouts extending into two or more years the days lost are included in the total for the year in which they fell. Strikes and lockouts involving fewer than 10 employees and those which lasted less than 1 day have been omitted, except when the aggregate duration exceeded 100 working-days.] During the five-year period from 1889 to 1893 there were 4,526 strikes reported, of which 1,815, or 40.1 per cent, resulted in favor of employees; 1,284, or 28.4 per cent, resulted in favor of employers; 1,055, or 23.3 per cent, were compromised; and 372, or 8.2 per cent, |