bake shop, 8; engine room, 8; greenhouse, 10; farm, 25; housework, about 100. That leaves from 20 to 30 for odd jobs. Our boys are all in school one-half of each day and at work the other half. In our tailor shop we manufacture the clothing worn by the boys; the same in the shoe shop, bake shop and engine room, Other trades are simply carried on for the purpose of teaching the boys, Very truly, J. E. ST. JOHN, INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Number of inmates in institution Nov. 30, 1895. Number of inmates received during year ending Nov. 30, 1895. Number of inmates recaptured during year ending Nov. 30, 1895. Number of inmates in hospital Nov. 30, 1895. 253 77 2 *0 The average cost per day for feeding and clothing the inmates for year ending November 30, 1895, was 9, cents per capita. FARM AND GARDEN PRODUCTS RAISED. Tons of hay, 12; bushels of corn, 105; bushels of oats, 280; bushels of potatoes, 681; bushels of beets, 29; bushels of onions, 6; bushels of carrots, 9; bushels of turnips, 68; bushels of tomatoes, 160; bushels of pears, 21; bushels of peaches, 15; heads of cabbage, 1,850; quarts of raspberries, 1,041; quarts of currants, 83; quarts of gooseberries, 20; quarts of cherries, 18; quarts of strawberries, 19; pounds of grapes, 122; melons, 90. All the housework, laundering, cooking, mending, sewing and dressmaking and knitting done on the place is done by the inmates; also light farming, mowing lawn, picking fruit, caring for plants, etc. Considerable fancy work and crotcheting is also done by the girls. We have no drones here. Of course they attend school every afternoon except Saturdays and study one hour during the evening. Respectfully, LUCY M. SICKELS, *We have three out on "leave of absence" and 82 on contract. Most of those on contract receive from fifty cents to one dollar and fifty cents per week. A few younger ones have their board, clothes and schooling. STRIKES. The Michigan Labor Bureau has only taken cognizance of strikes in Michigan which have assumed large proportions. But two such have occurred in Michigan since the last report of this bureau was published. The cigarmakers of Detroit went out on strike June 4, and the iron miners in the Marquette iron range went out July 15. It has heretofore been the policy of this bureau to publish a statement of strikes prepared by parties interested. The policy is adhered to in this report. The cigarmakers' strike is reported by the president of the advisory board. Nothing has been received from the proprietors of cigar factories. The officers of the Miners' Union of Marquette County tell of the miners' strike from their standpoint. The history of this strike as given from the standpoint of the mine owners, it is understood, is indorsed by the mine owners generally. At this date it is unnecessary to indulge in comment. CIGARMAKERS' STRIKE. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 18, 1895. Charles H. Morse, Labor Commissioner: Dear Sir-We herewith submit you a statement of our strike for publication in your report. The strike of the Cigarmakers' and Packers Unions, Nos. 22 and 284, of Detroit, commenced on June 4, 1895, and up to date, November 18, 1895, has lasted 24 weeks. The object of the strike, from the cigarmakers' and packers' standpoint, is to unionize all the cigar shops in this city. Wages were not in consideration in this difficulty, as we were not striking against the wages that were paid, but we are striking to make every cigar factory strictly union. The cigarmakers and packers of Detroit have been very conservative and opposed to going out on strike. The last strike that Union 22 and 284 had to contend against was in 1885, against Brown Bros. cigar factory. On that occasion we ran the above firm out of our city, and they opened a cigar factory in Middletown, Ohio. They were forced out of Ohio, and then came back to Detroit. Brown Bros. are the instigators of underpaid women and child labor in our city, and it was the above firm who induced the other cigar manufacturers to adopt the cursed system now in vogue. The cigar manufacturers, not being satisfied with the open shop |