SCHEDULE II

                                      INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
                           TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
                           SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D (1)

                                             SHARES PURCHASED        AVERAGE
                                  DATE            SOLD(-)             PRICE(2)

           COMMON STOCK-THOMAS INDUSTRIES

                    GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
                                 8/09/00           13,300            20.0000
                                 8/09/00            1,000            19.9375
                                 8/07/00              700            20.0000
                                 8/02/00            2,100            20.5000
                                 8/01/00            2,000            20.5000
                                 7/31/00              500            20.4375
                                 7/31/00              500            20.3750
                                 7/28/00            2,500            20.3125
                                 7/28/00            7,000            20.1875
                                 7/27/00            4,000            20.3281
                                 7/27/00              600            20.0000
                                 7/26/00              500            20.0000
                                 7/26/00            5,500            19.8100
                                 7/25/00            1,500            19.1208
                                 7/25/00            2,600            18.8846
                                 7/24/00           11,850            18.7284
                                 7/21/00            4,000            18.2422
                                 7/21/00            4,000            18.2500
                                 7/06/00            5,000            18.4750
                                 7/06/00              400            18.3125
                                 7/05/00            6,000            18.6198
                                 7/03/00            2,000            18.3438
                                 6/29/00            3,000            18.9271
                                 6/28/00            2,000            18.4688
                                 6/14/00              500            18.9375
          GABELLI FUNDS, LLC.
                         GABELLI SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
                                 7/21/00            4,000            18.3000


          (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL TRANSACTIONS WERE EFFECTED
       ON THE NYSE.

          (2) PRICE EXCLUDES COMMISSION.