Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-04
THE WORKERS WOES.
GLANCE ar Tn WORKING GIRLS
OF NRW YOkk.
what They are Compelled to Endure
within the Estsblishms snts that Employ
Them-The Fines that are Assessed and
the Wages that are Drawn.


the Wages that are Drawn.
Correspondence to the GLOBE REPUBLIC.
New NoRK, OcS. THE working girl OF
New York hurries out Of her bed long ere
it is light ON thess winters mornings, hur-
ries down a morsel of breakfast and is hur
red to her shop, possibly miles away, in an
elevated road car, crammcd with humanity
not all thoroughly washed and fpti with
the emanations of the hundreds already
carried IN this heated box. Two or three
active humanitarians could find much food
for reflection though proha bly, no appetite
for their Ire lkiasts through winters morn
ing o'clock INSPECTION of these labor
ira ms. The working girl must lie on time
She stands before her workhouse door ten,
fifteen, twenty minutes awaiting the por-
ter's pleasure to open it, exposed to ram or
the keen, cutting blast rsking the street.
Could You take in the whole situation at a
glance you might see on winters mornings
thousand. of girls, many mere children, so
cungregated ani exposed before their work.
shop doors, while the daughters of their EN-
ployers are still lin luxurious bcis. The
wealthy mother uptown woIld deem it an
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