FOOTNOTES:

[724] Additions to the original preamble are printed in italics. Clauses dropped from it are enclosed in square brackets.

[725] Additions to the original preamble are printed in italics. Clauses dropped from it are enclosed in square brackets.


APPENDIX III
Structural Organization of the I. W. W.[726]
(1917)

FOOTNOTES:

[726] For chart showing structure of the I. W. W. in 1912 vide St. John, The I. W. W.—its history, structure and methods, (1st ed.) p. 2, St. John's chart is reproduced in the author's Launching of the I. W. W.


APPENDIX IV. Membership Statistics.

TABLE A.—Membership Figures—Detroit and Chicago Factions

Total Membership. Membership cards issued. Number of National Industrial Unions.[N] Number of Local Unions.[O] Number of Charters issued to Local Unions.[P] Cumulative number of charters issued.[S] Number of locals disbanded. Cumulative number of locals disbanded.
Secretary-Treasurer. Barnett.[G] Miscellaneous.[H]
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1905 14,000 14,300 —- [E] 2 [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
1906 23,219[A] 10,400 60,000 [E] 2 394 466[Q] 466 185[T] 185
113 579
200 281 860
1907 5,931 6,700 28,000 [E] [E] 362 118 928
Chicago. Detroit. C. D. C. D. C. C. C. D. C. D. C. D. C. D. C. D.
1908 5,397 —— 13,200 —— —— [E] [E] 322 164 1102 63[U] 248
1909 3,719 —— 10,700 —— —— —— [E] [E] 100 23 90 1 1192 1 33 281 [E]
1910 4,617 —— 9,100 —— 9,137[I] 3,475[I] [E] 1 97 14 160 7 1352 8 54 16 335 16
98
115
1911 4,330 10,000 12,800 3,500 —— —— 60,000[J] [E] 115 26 150 18 1502 26 69 6 404 22
105
107
1912 18,387 20,000 18,300 10,700 —— 9,765 9,000[K] [E] 210 34 190 32 1692 58 53 24 457 46
1913 14,851 11,000[C] 14,300 5,000 23,061 —— [E] 3 236 58 236 22 1928 80 99 17 556 63
70,000 39
1914 11,365 —— 12,000 2,000 14,310 —— [E] 3 150 50 78 14 2006 94 125 4 681 67
23,840 128 49
222
1915 15,000[B] 5,000[D] —— —— 70,000 —— 191,293[L] [E] 300 51 [E] 2 [E] 96 [E] [E] [E] [E]
15,000[M] 150 25
1916 60,000 [E] 35,000 4 535 33[R] [E] [E] [E]
85,000
300,000[L] 350
1917 60,000[F] —— 200,000 [E] 6 [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]

NOTES TO TABLE A.

Here are assembled most of the available figures relating to I. W. W. membership and fluctuations in membership during the period 1905-1917. The figures are fragmentary and, for the most part, approximations; those in columns 1, 6, 7 and 11 being especially rough and fragmentary. For example, it will be observed, in comparing columns 7 and 9 with column 11 for the year 1914, that there must have been at least 1784 defunct locals at that time instead of 681 as the record shows.

The figures in italics were furnished by the secretary-treasurers, Vincent St. John for the Chicago I. W. W., and Hermann Richter for the Detroit I. W. W.


[A] Average membership 1905-1906. Computed from record of receipts for the General Defense Fund (Proceedings Second Convention, p. 586.)

[B] Approximate. W. D. Haywood before U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations, Washington, D. C., May 12, 1915. (Final Report and Testimony, vol. xi, p. 10581.)

[C] Weekly People, Sept. 27, 1913; also testimony of Rudolph Katz before U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations (Final Report and Testimony, vol. iii, 2485).

[D] Only 2000 were "in good standing."

[E] No data available.

[F] St. John, The I. W. W.—Its History, Structure and Methods (1917 ed.), p. 23.

[G] The figures in column 3 are from Professor Geo. E. Barnett, "Membership of American Trade Unions," Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. xxx, p. 846 (August, 1916). His figures come, apparently, from I. W. W. headquarters in Chicago, but they do not agree entirely with those furnished the author by Secretary St. John.

[H] In this and some of the following columns more than one figure has been included in years for which varying estimates were found. The sources for column 4 are as follows: Proceedings 2nd I. W. W. Convention, p. 60; Report of the I. W. W. to the Stuttgart International Socialist Congress, Industrial Union Bulletin, Aug. 10, 1907, p. 4; Bulletin New York State Department of Labor, no. 67 ("International trade union statistics"), p. 3; Louis Levine, "The development of syndicalism in America," Political Science Quarterly, vol. xxviii, p. 478 (Sept., 1913); Vincent St. John's testimony before U. S. Commission on Industrial Relations (Final Report and Testimony, vol. ii, p. 1456; Weekly People, Dec. 9. 1916, p. 1, col. 3).

[I] Leo Wolman, "Extent of labor organization," Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. xxx, p. 603 (May, 1916). Wolman shows sex distribution as follows:

Chicago I. W. W.: males 7137, females 2000.
Detroit I. W. W.: males 3130, females 345.

[J] Number issued between February 1910, and October, 1911.

[K] For the Detroit I. W. W. Approximate number issued during the textile workers strikes.

[L] Accumulated number from 1905.

[M] For the Detroit I. W. W. Approximate. October 1, 1908, to February 1, 1915.

[N] Sources: Industrial Worker (I), August, 1906; Miners Magazine, Sept. 7, 1905, p. 15; Marot, American Labor Unions, p. 59; St. John, op. cit., p. 23.

[O] Sources: Proceedings 2nd I. W. W. Convention, p. 43; Third I. W. W. Convention, Official Report No. 1, p. 2; Report of the I. W. W. to the Stuttgart International Socialist Congress, Industrial Union Bulletin, August 10, 1907, p. 3, col. 3; Massachusetts Bureau of Labor and Industry, Annual Report on Labor Organizations, 2nd to 7th, inclusive (1909-1914); The Industrial Worker, May 14, 1910, p. 2, and Jan. 5, 1911, p. 2; Marot, op. cit., Appendix.

[P] Sources: Miners Magazine, issues from Oct. 1, 1906, to Feb. 1, 1907; Report of the secretary-treasurer to 3rd I. W. W. Convention, Industrial Union Bulletin, Sept. 14, 1907, p. 7, col. 1.

[Q] Number issued up to Feb. 1, 1906, including 185 charters issued to the Mining Department (W. F. of M.) (Miners Magazine, Feb. 22, 1906, p. 14).

[R] Solidarity, May 27, 1916, p. 3, col. 1. This figure is for the first five months of 1916.

[S] Figures in the Detroit column are from Oct. 1, 1908.

[T] W. F. M. (Mining Department) locals. Miners Magazine, Sept. 7, 1905, p. 15.

[U] Oct. 1, 1907, to Oct. 1, 1908 (Industrial Union Bulletin, Oct. 10, 1908, p. 2, col. 3).

TABLE B.—Comparative Membership Figures, 1910[727]

Industry. Total number of persons in the industry. Members of Labor Organizations. Members of the I. W. W.
Number. Per cent. of all trade unionists. Per cent. of total in industry.
Number. Per cent. Chicago. Detroit. C. D. C. D.
Mining[728] 834,456 254,779 30.5 200 ... 0.1 ... 0.0 ...
Clothing industries[729] 608,892 102,972 16.9 ... 300 ... 0.3 ... 0.0
Quarrying 85,919 6,309 7.3
Production of salt, oil and natural gas 37,476 ... ...
Chemical and allied industries 73,585 268 0.4
Clay, glass and stone industries 309,341 63,416 20.5
Food and kindred products[730] 299,176 22,744 7.6 100 ... 0.4 ... 0.0 ...
Iron and steel products 1,746,387 173,169 9.9 300 600 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0
Leather industries 293,035 42,644 14.5
Liquor and beverage industries 73,475 49,665 67.6
Lumber and furniture 597,174 63,934 10.7 1300 200 2.0 0.3 0.2 0.0
Metal industries (except iron and steel) 320,041 15,013 4.7
Paper and pulp industries 101,797 2,683 2.6
Printing and bookbinding 249,456 85,479 34.3
Textile industries 800,251 29,862 3.7 4300 300 14.4 1.0 0.5 0.0
Miscellaneous industries:
Button factories 12,879 32 0.2
Broom & brush factories 12,922 897 6.9
Charcoal and coke works 23,294 500 2.1
Cigar and tobacco factories 170,904 46,742 27.3 100 200 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.1
Electric light & power plants, electric supply factories, etc. 252,883 36,092 14.3
Gas works 22,783 605 2.6
Oil refineries and turpentine distilleries 22,551
Rubber factories 45,864 50 0.1
Straw factories 6,458 684 10.6
Other miscellaneous and not specified industries 323,534
Transportation[731] 2,862,260 494,662 17.3 1000 ... 0.2 ... 0.0
Hand trades 713,659 4,346 0.6
Building trades 2,444,395 396,674 16.2 150 400 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Stationary engineers 215,053 9,990 4.6
Stationary firemen 84,685 8,100 9.5
Trade 3,411,677 17,676 0.5
Public service (not elsewhere classified) 441,180 11,843 2.6
Professional service 1,628,970 77,976 4.8
Domestic and personal service 3,691,493 65,579 1.8 150 ... 0.2 ... 0.0
Agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry 12,640,734 2,262 0.0
Proprietary, official and supervisory groups 980,012
Clerical groups 1,696,061 28,853 1.7
I. W. W. mixed locals ... ... ... 1437 1475
Total 38,134,712 2,116,500 5.5 9037 3475 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0

TABLE C.—Membership of Certain Unions and Groups of Unions in the United States, 1897-1914[732] (00's omitted.)

Name of union and industrial group 97. 98. 99. 00. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Mining and Quarrying (8 organizations).
W. F. M. 80 100 120 140 177 196 283 241 263 286 442 305 353 371 502 492 495 369
U. M. W. 97 329 618 1155 1980 1753 2472 2510 2650 2307 2607 2520 2652 2314 2563 2893 3777 3390
Total in group 209 442 749 1307 2171 1964 2795 2789 2962 2653 3120 2897 3071 2749 3107 3429 4315 3802
United Metal Workers ... ... ... 10 21 43 87 96 [733]
Textile group (9 organizations)
Textile Workers 27 25 22 34 27 106 150 105 100 100 114 129 100 100 100 109 162 180
Total in group 81 85 69 80 70 147 195 151 145 147 161 176 148 214 217 230 295 303
Lumber and Wood Working group (8 organizations) 55 117 159 256 318 341 479 516 419 359 270 198 190 280 290 255 251 248
Bakery Workers 20 21 31 45 64 102 154 162 120 106 110 105 107 127 138 146 151 157
Brewery Workers 100 100 107 183 235 291 300 305 340 360 400 425 452 454 533 625 650 676
Restaurant and Trade group (6 organizations) 64 92 121 280 408 575 1144 1338 949 895 916 949 581 594 631 686 913 948
I. W. W. (Chicago) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 104 67 132 107 91 138 183 143 120
I. W. W. (Detroit) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 107 50 20
Total in all groups 4445 4971 6041 8654 11,236 13,743 19,129 20,726 19,450 19,063 20,776 20,904 20,031 21,380 23,365 24,408 27,010 26,744

TABLE D.—Membership of the I. W. W. (Chicago and Detroit) and of all Labor Organizations in the U. S., 1905-1917[734]

Members of labor organizations in the U. S. Members of the I. W. W.
Chicago. Detroit.
(St. John)[735] (Barnett) (Barnett)
1905 1,945,000 23,219 14,300
1906 1,906,300 ... 10,400
1907 2,077,600 5,931 6,700
1908 2,090,400 5,397 13,200
1909 2,003,100 3,719 10,700
1910 2,138,000 4,617 9,100 3,475[739]
1911 2,336,000 4,330 13,800 3,500
1912 2,440,800 18,387 18,300 10,700
1913 2,701,000 14,851 14,300 5,000
1914 2,674,400 11,365 12,000 2,000
1915 ... 15,000[736] ... 2,000
1916 ... 60,000[737]
1917 ... 200,000[738]

FOOTNOTES:

[727] Adapted by permission from Wolman, Leo, "Extent of Labor Organization," Quar. Jour. Econ. (May, 1916), 30: 606-13.

[728] All I. W. W. membership in coal mines.

[729] All I. W. W. membership in clothing, shirt, collar and cuff factories.

[730] All I. W. W. membership in slaughter and packing houses.

[731] All I. W. W. membership on steam railroads.

[732] Adapted by permission from Geo. E. Barnett, Quar. Jour. Econ. (Aug., 1916, Appendix), vol. 30: pp. 838-46.

[733] Merged in the I. W. W. in 1905.

[734] Adapted from Barnett, op. cit. (Quar. Jour. Econ., Aug., 1916.)

[735] Private correspondence. (1905-1914.)

[736] Haywood, W. D. Testimony Industrial Relations Commission, Washington, May 12, 1915 (Final report and testimony, vol. xi, p. 10581).

[737] St. John, V. The I. W. W. History, Structure and Methods. (1917 Ed. p. 23.)

[738] Credited in the government indictment in the case of The United States of America v. William D. Haywood, et al., no. 6125, p. 7.

[739] Wolman, op. cit.


APPENDIX V. Local Unions of the I. W. W.—Chicago and Detroit, 1914[740]

State. City. Chicago. Detroit.
Local unions numbered— Industrial character. Local unions numbered— Industrial character.
California Brawley 439 Mixed
Eureka 431 Lumber
Fresno 66 Mixed
Los Angeles Propaganda league Mixed 103 Mixed
Oakland 174 Mixed
Redding 88, 313 Mixed
Sacramento 71, 334, 489 Mixed
San Francisco 9 Marine transport 3 Garment
147, 173 Mixed 8 Musicians
173 Branch 2 Mixed 107 Mixed
Stockton 5 Marine transport
73 Mixed
Taft 453 Mixed
Canada Amherst, N. S. 122 Mixed
Edmonton, Alta. 339 Mixed
Vancouver, B. C. 332
Colorado Denver 26 Mixed
Connecticut Bridgeport 112 Mixed
Hartford 69 Machinists
Moosup 303 Textile
Mystic 35 Textile
Norwalk 535 Textile
Florida Tampa 102 Mixed
Key West 108 Mixed
Idaho Wallace Propaganda league Mixed
Illinois Chicago 3, Br 2; 85; Mixed 52 Machinists
85, Br 2; Mixed 431 Foodstuffs
85, Br 3; Mixed 102 Mixed
85, Br 5; Mixed 102 Br 2 Mixed
85, Br 6; Mixed
144; Mixed
144, Br 3; Mixed
341; Mixed
Propaganda league Mixed (Hungarian)
Rockford 480 Mixed
Indiana Indianapolis 52 Mixed 105 Mixed
Iowa Sioux City Propaganda league Mixed
Valley Junction 577 Mixed
Kansas Kansas City 146 Mixed
Louisiana Alexandria 282 Lumber
New Orleans 7 Marine transport
Massachusetts Boston 2 Marine transport
Brookline Propaganda league Mixed
Fall River 204 Textile
Holyoke 205 Textile
Lawrence 20 Textile
Lowell 436 Textile
Lynn 209 Machinists
Malden 190 Textile
New Bedford 157 Textile
Quincy 34; Mixed
34, Br 3; Mixed
Quincy Point 34, Br 2 Mixed
Roxbury 121 Mixed
Maryland Baltimore 192; Textile 275 Tobacco
192, Br 2; Textile
371 Mixed
Michigan Detroit 16; Mixed 603 Building
16, Br 1; Mixed 26; 551; Automobile
16, Br 2; Mixed 551, Br 1; Automobile
16, Br 3 Mixed 551, Br 2 Automobile
62 Mixed
Minnesota Duluth 136 Mixed
Minneapolis 64; 221 Mixed 500 Transportation
St. Paul 307 Mixed
Missouri Kansas City 61 Mixed
St. Louis 84 Mixed 101 Mixed
Montana Missoula 40 Lumber
Butte Propaganda league Mixed
Great Falls 571 Mixed
Nebraska Omaha Propaganda league Mixed
Nevada Goldfield 353 Mixed
Reno 588 Mixed
Tonopah Propaganda league Mixed
New Jersey Hoboken 504 Transportation
West Hoboken 514 Textile
Newark 90 Mixed 123 Mixed
Paterson 152 Textile 25 Textile
Summit 212 Textile
New York Buffalo 5 Mixed 317 Mixed
Jamestown 114 Mixed
214 Machinists
Little Falls 207 Textile
Rochester 191 Textile
76 Mixed
Utica 113 Mixed
New York City 527 Textile 277 Tobacco
1 Marine 100 Mixed transport
9, 46, 179; Mixed
179, Br 3 Mixed
Brooklyn 179, Br 1, 466 Mixed 213 Machinists
701 Printing
North Dakota Minot 585 Mixed
Ohio Cincinnati 107 Mixed
Cleveland 33; 33, Br 3 Mixed 104 Mixed
Columbus 450 Furniture
Dillonvale 240 Mixed
Rayland 236 Mixed
Toledo 86 Mixed
Oregon Portland 93 Lumber 600 Building
Panama Cristobal, C. Z. 505 Transportation
Pennsylvania Erie 210 Machinists
Homestead (West) 205 Machinists
Old Forge 97 Mixed
Philadelphia 425; Textile 404 Musicians
425, Br 1; Textile 451 Furniture
533 Textile 218 Textile
8 Marine transport
57; Mixed
57, Br 2; Mixed
405; Mixed
405, Br 1; Mixed
Pittsburgh 215 Mixed
Shelly 276 Tobacco
Rhode Island Olneyville 530 Textile
Woonsocket 513 Textile
South Carolina Easley 537 Textile
Greenville 512 Textile
Texas Galveston 3 Marine transport
Utah Salt Lake City 69 Mixed
Virginia Norfolk 4 Marine transport
Washington Bellingham 337 Lumber
Seattle 317; 432 Lumber 400 Public service
252 Marine transport 427 Foodstuffs
178; 178, Br 2 Mixed 675 Lumber
382 Mixed
Spokane 315 Lumber
Tacoma 338 Lumber 169 Mixed
380 Marine transport
Wisconsin Milwaukee 118 Mixed