Protest were held. Speakers at these meetings discussed how changes must be demanded. Present at these meetings were rich and poor, young and old, immigrants and natives. Acting as one, they spoke out against the lack of safety and laws, and demanded justice, protection, and change. New York Evening Journal headline with picture of dead worker lying on the pavement, one week after the tragedy.
Every decade has a defining trial.
The 1990 s had the O.J. Simpson trial, the 1900 s had the scandalous trial of Harry Thaw, accused of shooting his wife Evelyn Nesbit s lover, Stanley White. And the 1910 s saw the trial of the owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris both stood trial for first and second degree manslaughter charges. However, the papers refused to run it. It was obvious that the New Yorkers wanted their conviction, however, such a conviction would never come.