STRIKES IN SPAIN, BY NUMBER OF STRIKERS INVOLVED, 1910. Of the 130 strikes 80, or 61.5 per cent, lasted less than 11 days; and 70, or 53.8 per cent, involved less than 51 strikers. In 40 strikes, or 30.8 per cent of the total number, wage disputes were the sole cause of strikes; while in 26 others, or 20 per cent, they were one of the causes. In disputes in which wages alone formed the basis of strikes, 30 per cent were successful, 25 per cent partly successful, and 45 per cent failed. The following table shows the strikes by causes and results: CHAPTER V. THE LAW RELATING TO STRIKES, BLACKLISTING, BOYCOTTS, ETC. THE STATUTE LAW. Legislation on the subject of labor disturbances as such is mainly of recent enactment in this country, and is far from being uniform in the different States, some having few or no laws of the class indicated, while others have enactments covering pretty fully the field to be considered. Prior to the passage of these laws, such legal action as was had on this subject was based on the principles of the common law, and chiefly on the law governing criminal conspiracy. Proceedings in equity to secure injunctions have been and are still among the most common efforts to obtain relief from the courts in cases of difficulties arising from labor disputes. The codes of many States contain statutes on the subject of conspiracy, which are practically enactments of the rules of the common law on this subject. A number of these exempt labor combinations from their operation, while others make special reference to conspiracies against workingmen. In the compilation of laws given herewith, only those conspiracy laws are reproduced which contain specific mention of labor in some form, general laws on criminal conspiracy being omitted. The same rule is followed in the presentation of other statutes, those only being here set forth which either by obvious intent or by the interpretation of the courts are seen to be applicable to the subject in hand. These statutes are followed, where such decisions are available, by brief notes on the decisions of courts in cases tried under their provisions. The laws published are intended to include all those in force at the end of the year 1906. A brief statement of the common law applicable to strikes and their attendant incidents is appended, together with references to some representative decisions. Laws providing for mediation and the arbitration of labor disputes have been enacted in a considerable number of States and by the Congress of the United States. A list of the States having laws or constitutional provisions of this nature is given below, together with a reference to the law itself: California (Acts of 1891, chap. 51), Colorado (Acts of 1897, chap. 2, as amended by Acts of 1903, chap. 136), Connecticut (Gen. Stat. 1902, 919 secs. 4708 to 4713), Idaho (Const., art. 13, sec. 7; Polit. Code 1901, secs. 641 to 654), Illinois (A. S. 1896, chap. 48, secs. 8 to 15, as amended by Acts of 1899, p. 75, Acts of 1901, p. 90, and Acts of 1903, p. 84), Indiana (A. S. 1901, secs. 7050a to 7050q), Kansas (Gen. Stat. 1901, secs. 332 to 341), Louisiana (R. L. 1897, p. 20, secs. 1 to 13), Maryland (Pub. Gen. Laws 1903, art. 7, secs. 1 to 6; Acts of 1904, chap. 671), Massachusetts (R. L. 1902, chap. 106, secs. 1 to 6, as amended by Acts of 1904, chap. 313), Michigan (C. L. 1897, secs. 559 to 568; Acts of 1903, act No. 69), Minnesota (Acts of 1895, chap. 170), Missouri (Acts of 1901, p. 195; Acts of 1903, p. 218), Montana (Codes and Stat. 1895, secs. 3330 to 3338), New Jersey (Gen. Stat. 1895, p. 73, secs. 22 to 39), New York (R. S. 1901, p. 2088, sec. 1d; p. 2111, secs. 140 to 149), Ohio (Bates' A. S., 3d ed., secs. 4364-90 to 4364-106), Pennsylvania (B. P. Dig. 1895, p. 132, secs. 58 and 67 to 80; p. 290, secs. 1 to 9), Texas (R. Civ. Stat. 1895, arts. 61a to 61k), Utah (Const., art. 16, sec. 2; Acts of 1901, chap. 68), Washington (Acts of 1903, chap. 58), Wisconsin (A. S. 1898, secs. 1729b to 1729j), Wyoming (Const., art. 19, sec. 1), and the United States (C. S. 1901, p. 3205). Of these States, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin have State boards; while in Kansas, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington only local boards are provided for. Besides the State boards, local or special boards may be formed in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Wisconsin. In New Jersey and New York an appeal may be taken from the local to the State boards; while in Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, and Wisconsin the local boards are authorized to ask for and receive advice and assistance from the State boards. In a number of the States a member of a labor organization must be appointed a member of the board; in general, both employers and employees must be represented. It is made the duty of nearly all the State boards to attempt to mediate between the parties to a dispute when information is received of an actual or threatened labor trouble. Arbitration may be undertaken on application from either party in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Ohio, and Wisconsin, while the application of both parties is required in Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Utah. The Missouri statute makes it the duty of both parties to submit their disputes to the State board, though the statute provides for arbitration even though one of the parties refuses to agree thereto. An application will be entertained if made by but |