INDEX

Adams, Henry, [4], [6].

Abbott, William, [84].

African Methodist Episcopal Church, [145].

Akron, migrations to, [57], [126].

Alabama:

migrations from, [4], [7], [59], [63-74], [95-96], [107], [109];

causes of migrations, [14-15], [20-21];

Colonization Council, [5];

efforts to check migrations, [72], [76];

effects of migrations, [86].

Albany, migrations to, [56].

Albert Trostel Co., employment of negro labor, [114-115].

Allis Chalmers Co., employment of negro labor, [114].

Altoona, migrations to, [134].

Aluminum Ore Works, employment of negro labor, [100-101].

Amaca, Tom, [37].

American Baptist Home Mission Society, [144].

American Car & Foundry Co., employment of negro labor, [97].

American Cast Iron Pipe Co., employment of negro labor, [93].

American Federation of Labor, [147-148].

See also [Labor Unions].

American International Shipbuilding Co., employment of negro labor, [139].

American Steel & Wire Co., employment of negro labor, [108-109].

Andrews, W.T., [172].

Arkansas:

migrations to, [3], [9], [65-68];

efforts to check migrations, [72].

Armour & Co., employment of negro labor, [100].

Armstrong Association, [137-138].

Atlanta Constitution, [59].

Atlanta Independent, [162].

Atlanta Mutual Insurance Co., [64].

Badham, Henry L., [20].

Bailey, H.C., [128].

Banks, Edward T., [128].

Beloit:

migrations to, [110-111];

wages in, [111].

Beloit News, [159].

Bibliography, [175-183].

Birmingham Voice of the People, [160].

"Bloody Isle," The, [99].

Boll weevil, damage to cotton crops by, [14], [165].

Booker T. Washington Social Settlement, [114].

Bricklayers, wages of, [16], [86].

Brickmasons, wages of, [86].

Brink, Gilbert N., [144].

Brown Farm, [37].

Bryant, Lewis T., [141].

Buffalo, migrations to, [56], [67].

Building trades, negroes employed in, [122].

Bus boys, wages of, [17].

Butler, J.H., [75].

Butchers, wages of, [114].

Cantonments, construction of, in South, [84].

Capital, influence on migration of Northern, [47].

Carpenters:

in Pittsburgh, [122];

wages of, [16], [86].

Carter, R.A., [146].

Causes of migrations:

Of 1879, [3-6];

unemployment, [14-15], [59];

failure of crops, [14-15], [165];

wages, [14-16], [83];

demand for labor in North, [14], [17-18], [28-29], [102], [111];

lack of educational facilities, [18-19], [81], [83];

treatment in courts, [19-20], [22], [83-85];

fee system and street tax, [20-21];

traveling accommodations, [21-22];

lynchings and mob violence, [18-19], [22], [79-81], [83], [166-167];

prejudice, [24-25], [83];

between cities in North, [117];

as expressed through the press, [152-174].

Champion Chemical Co., [128].

Charlotte Star of Zion, [161].

Chart showing extent and trend of migrations, [71].

Chattanooga Times, [169].

Chauffeurs, wages of, [114].

Chicago:

migrations to, [45], [58], [66-67], [69], [102];

opportunities, [29], [102];

increases in negro population, [7], [51];

housing, [102-106];

wages, [17], [102-103], [114];

welfare work, [103].

See also [East Chicago];

[Illinois].

Chicago Defender, [29-33].

Chicago Renting Agents Association, [103].

Chicago Women's Club, [103].

Chisholm, J.N., [37].

Christian Index, [163].

Churches:

effects of migrations on, [86], [144];

aid rendered by, [132], [144-147].

Cigar factories, employment of women in, [129].

Cincinnati, migrations to, [57], [125].

Cleveland, migrations to, [57], [126-127].

Cleveland Association of Colored Men, [128].

Cleveland Welfare Federation, [126].

Colonization Council, [4-5].

Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, [146].

Colored Protective Association, [137].

Columbia (S.C.) State, [155].

Columbus, migrations to, [7], [57], [126].

Commerce and Labor, Secretary of, [99].

Conferences to check migrations, [79-81], [83];

in Ohio, [128];

in New Jersey, [140];

American Federation of Labor, [147-148];

National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes, [143-144], [149].

Connecticut:

demand for labor, [54];

migrations to, [56], [58], [141-142];

wages, [142].

See also [Hartford].

Connors, William R., [127].

Convict system, [3-4].

Cooks, [122].

Core makers, [129].

Correspondence, influence of, on migrations, [34], [69].

Cotton crop, failures of, [14].

Council of National Defense, [120].

Courts, treatment in:

cause of migrations, [10-20], [22], [83-85];

effects of migrations, [89].

Crawford, Anthony, [47].

Credit system, [92-93].

Crop failures, [14-15].

Cudahy Soap Factory, [109].

Culver, Charles M., [130].

Dallas Express, [162].

Davis, I.D., [81].

Dayton, migrations to, [126].

Discussion, stimulus to migration, [26].

District of Columbia, migrations to, [57].

Diversification of crops, [15].

Delaware, migrations to, [57], [134].

Delinquency problem, study of, in Cleveland, [127].

Detroit:

opportunities in, [28];

negro labor, [51], [130-131];

wages, [129];

welfare work, [131-132];

housing, [131-132].

See also [Michigan].

Detroit Labor News, [151].

Detroit Employers' Association, [130].

Dock hands, wages of, [114].

Domestic service:

in North, [17], [50-51], [122], [129];

in South, [16].

Domination, removal of fear of, [91].

Dressmaking trade, negro labor in, [50].

East Chicago:

migrations to, [109-110];

wages, [109-110];

housing, [109-110];

recreation facilities, [110];

prejudice, [110];

returns to former homes from, [110].

See also [Chicago];

[Illinois].

East St. Louis:

migrations to, [57], [99-101];

riot of 1917, [98-101];

wages, [99];

demand for labor, [99];

housing, [100].

See also [St. Louis];

[Missouri].

East St. Louis Journal, [101].

Economic policy of South, change in, following migrations, [87-88].

Edge, Governor, of New Jersey, [140].

Educational facilities:

lack of, cause of migration, [18-19], [81], [83];

improvement in, [83], [90-91];

separation in schools, [96].

Effects on the North:

increase in crime, [141];

views of the press, [152-174].

Effects on the South:

wages, [86-87];

change in economic policies, [88-92];

labor unions, [88], [147-151];

lessening of prejudice, [88-89];

welfare work, [88], [92-94];

increased educational facilities, [83], [90-91];

land tenure and credit systems, [92-93];

views of the press, [152-174].

Efforts of the North to induce migration:

labor agents, [29], [36-37], [40], [60], [65];

in Milwaukee, [112], [114];

in Pittsburgh, [119-120].

Efforts of the South to check migration:

suppression of labor agents, [38], [72-74], [76-77];

through Tuskegee Institute, [81-82];

through the churches, [83];

legislation, [72-73], [76];

increased wages, [79], [83];

change in policies, [84-85];

improved educational facilities, [83], [90-91].

Eiffin, William T., [141].

Ellis, J.B., [81].

Emerson & Birmingham:

employment of negro labor, [106];

housing of its labor, [107].

Epstein, Abraham, [18], [119-120], [122-123].

Erie Railroad, demand of, for labor, [135].

Factories, negro labor employed in, [51].

Fairbanks, Morse & Co., employment of negro labor, [111].

Farm hands, wages of, [86].

Faulks' Manufacturing Co., employment of negro labor, [114-115].

Fee system, [20-21].

Firemen, wages of, [114].

Floods as cause of migration, [14].

Florida:

migrations to, [9];

migrations from, [38], [43-44], [55], [59], [62-63], [69];

causes of migration, [14], [22];

efforts to check migration, [72-73].

Floyd, William, [54].

Foundrymen, wages of:

in Massachusetts, [17];

in Minnesota, [18];

in Chicago, [17], [114].

Fraily, E.J., Jr., [54].

Free Sewing Machine Co.:

employment of negro labor, [106];

housing of its labor, [107].

Free transportation, [47-48].

Garment factories, employment of women in, [129].

Gasselli Chemical Co., employment of negro labor, [109-110].

Georgia:

migrations from, [38], [59-62], [69], [109];

causes of migrations, [14], [22], [79-80], [83];

efforts to check migrations, [72-76], [79], [80-81], [86];

activities of labor agents, [60].

Georgia Enquirer Sun, [154].

Glass works, employment of negro labor in, [100].

Goldsmiths Detinning Co., employment of negro labor, [109].

Gompers, Samuel, [151].

See also [American Federation of Labor].

Great Lakes Naval Training Station, [108].

Great Northern Drive, The, [30], [33].

Grimke, Archibald H., [150].

Harrisburg, migrations to, [57], [134].

Harris, George W., [150].

Hartford:

migrations to, [56], [58], [141-142];

wages, [142];

housing, [142].

Hartford Baptist Association, [141].

Hartford Civic Club, Housing Committee of, [142].

Haynes, George E., [129].

Hobson & Walkers Brick Yard, employment of negro labor, [109].

Hoffman Manufacturing Co., employment of negro labor, [114-115].

Home Missions Council of Churches of Christ in America, [132], [145].

Housing:

in St. Louis, [97-98];

in East St. Louis, [100];

in Chicago, [102-106];

in Rockford, [106-107];

in Waukegan, [108];

in East Chicago, [109-110];

in Beloit, [111];

in Milwaukee, [117-118];

in Pittsburgh, [120-122];

in Cleveland, [126-127];

in Detroit, [131-132];

in Pennsylvania, [135];

in Philadelphia, [137-139];

in New Jersey, [139-140];

in Hartford, [141-142].

Howe, Frederick C., [53].

Illinois:

migrations to, [7], [58], [68], [108-109];

housing, [108];

wages, [108];

prejudice, [109];

migrations from, [112].

See also [Chicago];

[East Chicago].

Illinois Central Railroad, importation of negro labor, [102].

Immigration Bureau of Social Uplift Work for Negroes, [143].

Indiana, migrations to, [5], [57], [68].

Influences on migrations:

discussion, [26];

public speaking, [27-28];

attitude of North, [27];

reports of opportunities in North, [28-29], [34];

rumors, [28-29], [40], [78-79];

activities of Chicago Defender, [29-33];

activities of labor agents, [29], [36-37];

correspondence, [34], [40], [69];

circulation of literature and poems, [35], [37].

Inland Steel Foundry, employment of negro labor, [109].

Interdenominational Ministerial Union, [137].

International Lead Refining Co., employment of negro labor, [109].

Intersectional migration:

number born in specified divisions and living in or out of these divisions, [10];

number living in specified divisions, [10];

migration north to south, south to north and east to west, [11];

net migration eastward and westward and northward and southward, [12].

Interstate Mill, employment of negro labor, [109].

Intoxicants, use of, among negroes in Pittsburgh, [124].

Invasion, rumors of, [28].

Iowa, migrations from, to Wisconsin, [112].

Iron and steel industries, employment of negro labor in, [113].

Janitors:

in Milwaukee, [114];

in Pittsburgh, [122].

Jersey City, migrations to, [57].

Johnson, Charles S., [23], [128].

Jones, E.K., [93], [150].

Jones, Thomas Jesse, [18], [150].

Joyce, labor agent, [72].

Kansas, migrations to, [3-6], [58].

Kentucky:

migrations to, [68];

migrations from, [95].

Krolick Co., employment of women by, [131].

Labor:—

Labor agents:

activities of, [29], [36-37], [40], [60], [65];

from St. Louis, [96];

from East St. Louis, [99];

from Milwaukee, [112];

from Pittsburgh, [120];

from Pennsylvania, [135];

efforts of the South to suppress, [38], [72-74], [76-77];

inquiry of Council of National Defense, [129].

Labor Unions:

prejudice of, [49];

change in policy, [88], [147-151].

Suitability of negro labor, [115-116], [123], [130-131];

demand in North for, [14];

competition in North, [50-52];

comparison of negro with foreign labor, [125];

wages—see [Wages].

Labor, Department of, [53], [78].

Lancaster, B.S., [150].

Lancaster, migrations to, [134].

Land tenure system, improvement in, [92-93].

Legal aid to negroes in North, [127].

Legislation:

to check migration, [72-73], [76];

to aid migrants in North, [141].

Lindeman-Hoverson Co., A.J., employment of negro labor, [113-115].

Literature, circulation of, influence on migration, [35].

Louisiana:

migrations from, [4], [59], [68];

causes of migrations, [14];

Colonization Council, [5];

efforts to check migrations, [78].

Lumber stackers, wages of, [103].

Lynchings:

cause of migrations, [18-19], [22], [79-81], [83], [166-167];

checking of, [94];

Anthony Crawford, [47];

in Georgia, [22], [79];

in Tennessee, [22].

Machinists:

in Detroit, [129];

in Massachusetts, [17].

Macon Telegraph, [156]

Marks Manufacturing Co., wages paid by, [103].

Massachusetts:

migrations to, [56];

wages in, [17].

Massacres, cause of migration of 1879, [4].

Maxwell, William H., [140].

Mechanics, negro labor in, [51].

Memphis Commercial Appeal, [154].

Michigan:

migrations to, [58], [68], [129-133];

migrations from, [112].

See also [Detroit].

Middletown, migrations to, [126].

Migrations:

to Kansas, 1879, [3-6];

to Arkansas and Texas, 1888 and 1889, [3];

of May 15, 1917, [30-33];

of August 15, 1917, [33];

chart showing extent and trend of, [71];

efforts to check—see [Efforts];

effects of—see [Effects].

Milwaukee:

migrations to, [111-118];

efforts to secure negro labor, [111-112], [114];

recreation facilities, [112], [117-118];

wages, [113-115];

prejudice, [116];

housing, [117-118];

migrations from, [117].

Milwaukee Coke & Gas Co., employment of negro labor, [113-115].

Ministers, aid of, sought to check migrations, [83].

Minnesota:

migrations from, to Wisconsin, [112];

wages in, [18].

Mississippi:

migrations from, [4], [45], [59], [64-68], [95-96], [99], [109], [111];

Colonization Council, [5];

causes of migrations, [14-15], [20], [24-25];

efforts to check migrations, [72], [76-78], [82-83];

effects of migrations, [87], [89-90].

Missouri, migrations to, [57].

See also [St. Louis];

[East St. Louis].

Missouri Malleable Iron Works, employment of negro labor, [100].

Mob violence, [79-80], [83], [167].

See also [Riots.]

Molders:

in Chicago, [17];

in Detroit, [129].

Moldsetters, in Pittsburgh, [122].

Montgomery Advertiser, [150], [165], [169-170].

Moore, Fred R., [150].

Morris & Co., employment of negro labor, [100].

Moton, Robert R., [150-151].

Motormen in Detroit, [28].

Muckers, wages of, [114].

Nagel, Charles, [99].

Nashville Banner, [153].

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, [98], [128], [137], [151].

National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes:

aid to migrations, [54], [56];

welfare work, [93], [143-144], [149];

conferences, [143-144], [149];

in St. Louis, [98];

in Chicago, [69], [104];

in Pittsburgh, [121];

in Detroit, [131-132];

in Philadelphia, [137].

National Malleable Iron Works, employment of negro labor, [113-115].

National organizations, remedies for relief by, [143-151].

Nebraska, migrations to, [58].

Nelson & Co., employment of negro labor, [100].

New Orleans Times Picayune, [152].

Newark. See [New Jersey].

New Jersey:

migrations to, [39], [56-57], [139];

migrations to Newark, [56-58];

return of migrants to South from, [139];

housing, [139-140];

wages, [140];

legislation, [141];

effects of migrations, [141];

welfare work, [139-141].

Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., [93].

New York, migrations to, [39], [56], [58], [67-68].

New York New Republic, [157].

New York News, [54], [164].

New York Age, [43].

New York Globe, [159].

Norfolk Journal and Guide, [160].

North:

opportunities, [17], [28-29];

attitude toward migrants, [27], [136], [152-174];

aids to migrants, [143-151].

North Carolina, migrations from, [4-5], [39].

Northwest, migrations to, [69].

Northwestern Railroad, need of, for labor, [108].

Oates, W.H., [21].

Ohio:

migrations to, [7], [57], [125-129];

housing, [126-127];

welfare work, [126-128];

conferences to aid migrants, [128].

Ohio Federation for Uplift of the Colored People, [128].

Ohio State Council of National Defense, [128].

Ohio State and City Labor Bureau, [128].

Ohio Charter Commission, [128].

Oklahoma, migrations to, [9].

Omaha, migrations to, [58].

Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, [158].

Packing houses, negroes employed in:

East St. Louis, [100];

Chicago, [29], [102];

Milwaukee, [114].

Painters:

in Pittsburgh, [122];

wages of, [86].

Parker, Judge T.A., [81].

Parks, Rev., [79].

Pattern Makers, wages of, [17].

Pass Riders, [77].

Pennsylvania:

migrations to, [9], [38-39], [55], [57], [67], [134-139];

labor agents from, [135];

returns to former homes from, [135].

See also [Philadelphia];

[Pittsburgh].

Pennsylvania Railroad Co., demand of, for labor, [69], [135].

Persuasion, use of, to check migrations, [79].

Pfister-Vogel Co., employment of negro labor, [114-115], [117].

Philadelphia:

migrations to, [57-58], [135];

prejudice, [135];

attitude of negroes in, toward migrants, [136];

wages, [136];

riots, [136];

housing, [137-139];

social work, [137-139].

See also [Pennsylvania].

Philadelphia Academy of Medicine, [137].

Philadelphia Christian Recorder, [164].

Pittsburgh:

migrations to, [58], [67], [119-125];

efforts to secure negro labor, [119-120];

housing, [120-122];

social conditions in, [121], [124-125];

prejudice, [123];

wages, [18], [123-124];

comparison of negro labor with foreign labor, [125].

See also [Pennsylvania].

Pittsburgh Associated Charities, [121].

Pittsburgh Dispatch, [160].

Pittsburgh, University of, [121].

Plankington Packing Co., employment of negro labor, [113-115].

Plantation government, [84].

Poems, circulation of, influence on migration, [37].

Political prosecution in South, [4].

Porters:

in Chicago, [17];

in Milwaukee, [114];

in Pittsburgh, [122];

wages of, [17], [114].

Pottsville, migrations to, [134].

Poughkeepsie, migrations to, [56].

Prejudice:

Rockford, [107-108];

Waukegan, [109];

East Chicago, [110];

Beloit, [111];

Milwaukee, [116];

Pittsburgh, [123];

Philadelphia, [135];

cause of migration, [3], [22], [24-25];

of labor unions, [49-51];

decrease in, [91].

Press, causes and effects of migrations, as expressed through the, [152-174].

Prisoners, care of discharged, [127].

Professional men, migration of, [45].

Public opinion regarding migrations, [152-174].

Public speaking, stimulation of migration by, [27-28].

Puddlers, employment of, in Pittsburgh, [122].

Railroads:

efforts of, to secure negro labor, [38], [120];

wages, [103];

in Pittsburgh, [122].

Raleigh Independent, [161].

Realty Housing and Investment Co., [127].

Reeves, Alexander, [72].

Remedies:

in Georgia, [80];

increased educational facilities, [83], [90];

through W.P. Thirkfield, [83];

through Tuskegee Institute, [81];

conferences, [143-144];

through churches, [144-147];

through labor unions, [147-151].

Rents:

in Chicago, [105];

in Cleveland, [126];

in New Jersey, [139];

in Hartford, [142].

See also [Housing.]

Republic Rolling Mill, employment of negro labor, [109].

Returns to South:

from East Chicago, [110];

from Pennsylvania, [135];

from New Jersey, [139].

Riley, George S., [73].

Riots:

in East St. Louis, [98-100];

in Philadelphia, [136].

See also [Mob violence].

Robinson, Joe, [72].

Robinson, William, [107].

Rockford:

migrations to, [106-108];

housing, [106-107];

wages, [106-107];

prejudice, [107-108].

Rockford Malleable Iron Company:

employment of negro labor, [106-107];

housing of its labor, [106-107];

wages paid by, [107].

Rumors, influence on migrations of, [28-29], [40], [78-79].

St. Louis:

migrations to, [57], [66-67], [95-101];

separation, [95];

efforts to secure migrants, [96];

wages, [96-97];

housing, [97-98].

See also [East St. Louis];

[Missouri].

Sanitary conditions:

improvements in, [92], [94];

in St. Louis, [98].

Scarborough, W.S., [128].

Schwartz, John E., [37].

Scott, Emmett J., [150].

Scroggs, William Oscar, [9].

Segregation, [95-96].

Servants. See [Domestic service].

Shillady, J.R., [150-151].

Shoemakers, wages of, [114].

Singleton, "Pap" (Benjamin), [5-6].

Skilled workers, [122], [129].

Smith, Bridges, [59].

Social conditions:

in Pittsburgh, [121];

in Cleveland, [127].

See also [Welfare work].

Social Service Commission of the Churches of Christ, [121].

Solvay Steel Castings Co., employment of negro labor, [114].

South Carolina:

migrations from, [46-47];

race conference, [172].

Southwestern Christian Advocate, [144].

Springfield, migrations to, [126].

Springfield Union, [158].

Stanton, V.L., [81].

Steel industry:

demand for labor, [38], [119];

negroes employed in Pittsburgh, [122].

Steel molders, wages of, [114].

Stimulation of migrations. See [Influences].

Street construction workers, wages of, [114].

Street tax in South, cause of migration, [20].

Superstitions of migrants, [40], [45-46].

Swift and Company, employment of negro labor, [100].

Tannery laborers, wages of, [114].

Teachers, wages of, [18].

Tennessee:

migrations from, [4-5], [95-96], [99];

migrations to, [68];

lynchings, [22].

Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co., [93].

Texas:

migrations to, [3];

migrations from, [4];

Colonization Council, [5].

Theater ushers, women employed as, [129].

Thirkfield, Bishop W.P., [83].

Tifton Gazette, [79].

Tobacco fields, wages of labor employed in, [17].

Trakem Pump Co., employment of negro labor, [106].

Tunnell Construction Co., employment of negro labor, [114-115].

Tuskegee Institute:

efforts to check migrations, [81];

conference of, [82].

Transfer yards, negro labor employed in, [100].

Transportation, influence on migration of fears of, [28-29].

Transportation paid by Northern employers, [135].

Traveling accommodations, influence on migrations, [21-22];

effects of migrations, [91].

Trenton, migrations to, [57].

Truckers, employment of negro laborers as, [129].

"Underground Railroad," [68].

Unemployment, [14-16], [59].

Union Central Relief Association, [64].

United States Production Co., [109].

Unskilled labor, [122], [129].

Vicksburg Herald, [153].

Virginia, migrations from, [39.]

Wages:—

South:

cause of migrations, [14-18], [29], [34], [83], [171];

comments of press, [84];

effects of migrations, [81], [83], [85-87], [91].

North:

In Pittsburgh, [18], [123-124];

in Massachusetts, [17];

in Minnesota, [18];

in St. Louis, [96-97], [99];

in Chicago, [17], [102-103], [109-110], [114];

in Rockford, [106-107];

in Waukegan, [108];

in Beloit, [111];

in Milwaukee, [113-115];

in Detroit, [129-130];

in Philadelphia, [136];

in New Jersey, [140];

in Hartford, [142].

Walker, A.P., [37].

Walla Walla Bulletin, [160].

Warehousemen, wages of, [17].

Waukegan, migrations to, [108-109].

Waukegan industries, employment of negro labor, [108-109].

Wehr Steel and Machine Shops, employment of negro labor, [113].

Welfare work:

National League on Urban Conditions among Negroes, [93], [143-144], [149];

in Chicago, [103];

in Ohio, [126-128];

in Detroit, [131];

in New Jersey, [139-141];

in Philadelphia, [137-139];

in Hartford, [141-142].

Wilberforce University, [128].

Wilder Tannery Co., employment of negro labor, [108].

Wills, J. Walter, [128].

Wilmington, migrations to, [134].

Wilson Packing Co., wages paid by, [103].

Winston, Francis D., [153].

Wisconsin:

migrations to, [110-111];

wages, [111].

See also [Milwaukee.]

Women's Health League, [88].

Woods, J.S., [114].

Wright, R.R., [171].

Yard workers, wages of, [17].

York, migrations to, [134].

Young Negroes' Progressive Association, [132].

Youngstown, migrations to, [57], [126].