Hartsville Demographics Summary. With 7,852 people, Hartsville is the 73rd most populated city in the state of South Carolina out of 395 cities. But watch out, Hartsville, because Burton with 7,365 people and Lugoff with 7,308 people are right behind you.
Approximately 10,000 workers were considered Ironworkers through the Union. In the early 1900s, during the third great immigration wave the Ironworker wage in real 2010 US dollars was $9.50 (2010) to $12 (2010) per hour (40 to 50 cents an hour in 1900).
The AFL revoked the Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers' charter in 1896, even though many locals continued to exist. The union reorganized in 1897 as the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, and was rechartered by the AFL in 1899. In 1902, the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' union instituted its first national death benefit for its members.