THE STRIKE TOLL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2772, 30 March 1910, Page 5

THE STRIKE TOLL.

£1,000,000 IN WAGES,

The loss of wages caused by the coal strike has been estimated at the enormous total of £1,055,297, and the min. ers alone are said to have lost £792,000. The figures are for the most part those given by officials of unions from their knowledge of the number of men unemployed and the wages paid, _ Iu the case of the miners they are estimated on the statement of the employers of the average fortnightly pay-sheets. According to one estimate the northern employees alone lost £750,000, but the official estimate is:— | Northern miners ... ••• b3Q,000 | Southern miners 140,000 500 other employees in the south 14,000 'sj Western miners S,IOO Total wages lost by miners... 792,100 Bricklayers 13,162 United laborers 1,000 Newcastle coal-trimmers ... 12,600 Newcastle wharf laborers ... 7,200 Wire-netting workers ... SSO Coal lumpers Storemen -jjjj f jig Engineers and ships’ officers... li.lou ’i Casual railway employees ... 2,100 f Casual tramway employees ••• 2,800 Seamen (New South Wales) ... 35,000 }- Seamen (other States) ... 42,500 Factory employees (males) ... 26,200 1.,Factory employees (females) ... 14,b00 * C-oal carters ... ... ••• -,800 j Bric'kmakers and brick-carters 62,000 Trolley and dray men ... ••• s>>ooo , } Wharf laborers ••• L Ferry and tugboat hands ... 1,400 I Building trade (exclusive of L bricklayers) ••• ••• g|| Wood and coal yard employees l.bad , Total other industries 293,197 Total for industries named 1,035,297 ...