Daily Republican., 1882-08-08
FOURTHEDITION
ANGRY GIRLS.

The Wilmington G iris ON she Outs
with the New Workers VINO work
at the CannoFy.
This morning the editorial sanctum
of the REPUBLICAN Office was beseiged
by crowd Of young ladies, who came
In with fire in their eyes and ven-
geance on their brow, and made
straight for the editor who in turn
passed them over to the reporter, who
began to shake before 80 much female
beauty and thought he was in for a
downright tongue lashing.
His mind was quite relieved, how
ever, when they informed the reporter
that they were up In arms against
Moir's cannery and the girls employed
therein from other places. When asked
the nature of their grievance they sta.
ted that they had been used shamefully
and are compelled to walk over to the
csnnery every morning and are often
turned away, with the remark that
there Is no work TO day. 1914
When questioned as to why this was,
they stated that some time ago a num-
ber of New York girls we're employed
and when work was slack the New
Yorkers were given work all the time,
while they were compelled to lay idle.
The Wilmington girls feel very sore
about the way they are treated, saying
that during last winter, befo-e the ar
rival of the New Workers, they were
obliged to walk a long distance,
through mud and slush, in order to
perform there duties at the Cannery,
nF oo,,.ao aoid ona IF tho o,irIS wa cnt
paid for 1t, but, said she, we do not
think it fair, that the New York girls
should be given steady work in prefer.
ence to those who had been employed
since the cannery was established. Not
only that, but we are not treated as we
should be by the men in charge and
and then we are sneered at by the New
York girls, who can laugh in their
sleeve at our discontinue. 1t was sug-
gested by the reporter that perhaps the
New York girls were given the prefer
ence because the managers thought
they we're away from home and had
their board to pay, while they (the
wilmington girls) lived at home, and
when not at work, they had no board to
pay.
This failed to bridge the trouble and
they stated that they had to pay their
board as we'll as the New Workers.
whether they worked or not. The only
reason they can give for being thus
treated is that the managers want to
get their names up in New York, by
thus employing girls from that city,
consequently they are shown all the
favors.
Upon being asked how long this state
of affairs had existed and how many
girls were served in this manner, they
replied that they had not had full
weeks work since the fourth Of July
and that the number thus treated was
about thirty, sometimes less and some
times more.
THE OTHER SIDE.
Not wishing to do the cannery any
injury and thinking perhaps the girls
had exaggerated their side of the story,
the reporter telephoned over to the
cannery and CLEANED from the manager
in charge the following, which we give
in substance together with the girls,
story and our readers can form thei-
own conclusions:
visit this morning, the man at The can,
merry replied that they were not laid of
in preference to the New York girls,
but that as far as he knew they were
al served alike When asked If they
were busy, he replied no and the scar
city of tomatoes compelled them to lay
off number of hands every day. We
cannot always tell the night before how
many hands we want, consequently
the girls are obliged to walk over the
next morning, when they are put to
work or turned away according to the
1amount of work on hand In few
days, said the man at the phone, we
expect to have plenty of work tor all Of
our hands, but during the last few
weeks we have been unable to keep a
full force of hands on for want Of ma
terial.
The nan further stated, in reply to a
question, that the New York girls who
were given steady work, were much
faster and better workers than the Will
mington girls, hence It was to their in
terest to keep them on in preference.
When the reporter took his ear away
from the phone for minute to tell the
girls of this disclosure, they threw up
their hands in astonishmenta and replied
"What liee." At this juncture connec-
ton was lost with the cannery, when
they were again called up and the ques
ZION asked if they ever turned off any
New York girls, when the reply came
over the wires, that they did, and en-
deavored to serve all alike, but most
invariably kept on the best hands at all
times, without regard to where they
come from. Thus the conference ended
and the girls left the office, denouncing
the management Of the cannery and
said they bad lived before it was estab.
ESka1 and nould iu4 nnu vithnut IL