The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism

by Paul F. Brissenden

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.