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KÖNIGSHÜTTE.
the pay-sheets for the month to which they relate and furnished by courtesy of
the firms in question.
Range of Weekly Earnings.
Number of Workpeople
(adnib males only).
Total.
Under 20s
20s. and under 25s.
25s. „ „ 30s.
30s. „ „ 35s.
35s. ,, ,, 40s.
40s. and over
1,906
2,118
818
508
195
66
5,611
Per cent.
34 0
37 7
14 6
9-0
3-5
1-2
100-0
Thus, out oí a total oí 5,611 men employed in certain of the principal iron
and steel making and engineering concerns, 4,024, or nearly 72 per cent,
earned less than 25s. per week in October, 1905, including payment for
overtime.
The average weekly earnings of some of the principal groups of workmen
during the same month are shown below.
Occupation.
Average
Weekly
Earnings at
October,
1905.
Blast Furnaces :—
Keepers
Chargers
Mine fillers
Slag tippers
Assistants of Chargers and
Mine-fillers.
Coke tippers ...
Ore dischargers
Labourers
Puddling Mills :—
First puddlers
Second „
Third „
Fourth „
Hammer drive
Fig-wheelers
Shinglers
Rail-weighers
Coal trolleymen
Cinder trolleymen
Steel-making :—
First melters ...
Second „
Charge - wheelers,
Hoistmen.
Boilermen
Fitters
First moulders
Second „
Fettlers
Labourers
Pitmen,
Iron Rolling —
Heaters...
Stokers....
s.
50
35
34
26
17
18
26
15
31
25
23
28
35
19
22
16
17
46 1
34 2
25 11
19
17
38
29
18
16
39
26
Occupation.
Average
Weekly
Earnings at
October,
1905.
Iron Rolling—continued.
Chargers
Forkers
Cutters
Markers
Shearmen
Wheelers
Labourers
Steel Rolling :—
First heaters ...
Second „
Stokers ...
Chargers and Rollers
Rail finishers ...
Rail finishers’ helpers
Machine-making :—
Fitters
Smiths -.
Annealers
Turners
Drillers
Moulders
Core-makers ...
Fettlers
Boiler - making and Bridge-
building :—
Boilersmiths (platers)
Caulkers
Rivetters
Drillers
Fitters
Strikers
Labourers
22
20
34
29
21
19
to
23
14
37 4
33 7
24 10
22 0
25 5
19 10
28 6
31 10
30
33
24
31
25
24
29
26
27
24
99
19 11
21 1
In any comparison of the above wages with those for corresponding
occupations in the United Kingdom allowance must be made for differences in
