Children s dreams of a day off shattered. We wept, for after all, we were only children. . . . Sometimes the floors are made of cement and then it seems as though one were standing on hot coals, and the workers are dripping with perspiration. . . They are. . . The Laundry Workers Union.
Rheumatism is one of the chronic ailments and is closely followed by consumption. . . .
The foreman even regulates the time the girls may stay in the toilet room. . . . Many of the girls have no home nor parents and are forced to feed and clothe and shelter themselves. . . The laws said that factory doors had to open outward, but at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company they opened inward. The law also stipulated that the doors of the factory couldn t be locked during working hours, but the Company kept the doors locked to keep track of employees. They jumped with their clothing ablaze.