Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-15

B1am psss hsoaol 90 IS - iegzs-
tianln fnie ths saunss a. ne zsaeni
kicls q ~ Cha1fsfol ffsfrist.
a ysune annnrsisd eixl q aeqsntasn
Mhas il r4pty e q1e4llana. Nv moKk
ID fhs co4l PTS begins e 5 q aioek ID tie
moknloR end ends between 3 SD II a.
nixAx A94a fran 50 - ~ earg ag8Ey
Gag, SD earn to fEaAe d4F. faen1
regularly % aehool frem ny eiaklh -
M tw1ffth year. 1ennId Ee4d anes. hat
hare foxzostEn Il al uoB. Plt uurk
c1Qn1 - be Rnuhibited fer girls,
Ep0n being qassIionad moFn clnaaly
b ths presidonf she sid 4 rnined tAs
@ofAlso q every ea0d iookinR eiEi. : be
cEsEaners hfih9 fna pretsiaat girls bg CIV
ina teeD TIE best pnfd work.
a married woman sid I6a uesk
befoxe l4ak mg hns1and earned - francs
he has nag1F e1Kned 3 larger a1m IL q
ueek. Il i impossibio for a. 90 i've
upsn ouch 3 vase. when have honRhl
Ger food and nrinn ihs whole WAGE -
spenki i isno3 ensnah - eogar rent ana
olothina@
Ths mskher e. q family said. . I
sosFnsiy knou the tasss of meat"
Anothar younR girl sid that her work
inR day 10 the pits began "a $50 o. 8 ..
q. and elnsad g II pm, for which shs
ressiVed I franc 50 oenliEBes e 2 franes.
A yoanaer sister laft % work ct 6 p.m /,
bai shs only earned ! frano 50 eentimes
NeaFiy al the girls volunteered. IN Al
mont the sane wagda, the emphatic
sfufsnenf. -Girss oaehf noa = IS 81
loved % wegk II She pilsi and they
w1Ee nnanimous In their complaint ct
The temptations pat u thsir way ~ Ne
oFeEaeer1
Ths presidents asked each & them:
" What nourishnent do you kayef Do
yoa often take mealf
Ons girl Fsplied: Three naontha $40
We had some meal en- oar table, have
never tasted any sinea.' Anotner girl
said: :. take q bottle Of Watex with the
frnlt every nnoEningi ! oann0t afford
coffee
Ths president asked an old workman
Who had spent his life Ia she pita Why
20 ebert bad been made By them q
bEinR their condition before fha notes
d ths publio. would gladly have
given eVidonco,p sid be, has kneu
thaa should BE- dismissed II ted any
atogy about the works. Ny comrades
have urged me 70 speak for them, as
have had % long en- experience; bat
waa afraid 20 Do Il.
His present. wages are francs Z day
Wnen be waa yoangeE and stronger Be
used 10 earn the sum Of 2 fFanos ana q
oentimes = day.
TIE president asked e the workers
feund regular wages eE pieco work III
moEa pEoGtapla.
Ths day wage 4 missrable,n Sid To-
old man, :. but piecs work 10 no better
/ fer II tie oVOFaeer dada that Q mar
eaFns more By pieos BoFk, the toFms an
q onns lowered
One af she working class leaders, who
vas examined af great length ~ ths
president and commissioners, denied
4 shak the woFk folk were socialist reRolu
| tionaKias. They viii follow any ieadei
Ia their despair, but thaiE own eetua
demands are very Simple. The presi
dent asked him 20 formulate 90 ahortl,
a. Dosa bic the real program desired
By the working men and women IN th'
pits.
Speaking Of the employment Of chill
dFen be said. " We want the work day
for children 70 aignt hours. and theii
wages fixed as follows: Children Of L
70 - years, fFaEe 10 eenttmes day q
eight hour: from - 70 Is yesrH, franz
90 centsmes; from 10 70 II years,
francs.
The Preaidsnt--" Then you would no
abolish child laboF"
We would not abolish families. III
/ family consists Of nine persons, onll
thfse Of rs earning anything. We have
10 Keep six who are not earners. TIL
united yearly income Of tbs three Of q
who are workers Il i500 frases.n
Tue president aaksd II they Woald ne
like their children 70 20 10 school afte
the twelfth year.
"No,n replied the workman; IL I
not 3 ssible for the parents 90 wait unti
long term Of school Is ended, as ths
family needs the wages Of the eide
children. We have net only 70 keel
or young children, bat also our oil
peopis. After bis hftisth year q mar
can earn litile IN she piaa and "a usually
dismissed"
This speaker. whom The workers war
particularly anxious 80 have examined
e. be is 10 good Reputs both IS q work
man and 80 orator. told the commits
aionFFa that the average weekly wagel
l u . na04E4tA4 - AAAA HOtA - AAtn u
70 II francs. need not say that
family cannot live npon that; she Wifi
must wogk when she can, the children a
soon as they can"
a married woman, Who had been /
worker 10 q coal pit, said: % am TIL
% other ef six ohildrea. We are verJ
poor, bat ! would rasheF staFve than
that one OF my girls SHOULD 20 20 wcri
IN the pits. 1ne 0seFaeeFs use ell means
N their power 10 ruin the girls. II no
thtng eiss succeeds. they will pat tinlic
y0nnR eiFi 20 work IN q olitary p aos
until she is teFFined.n
when abe was asked what wages her
family earned. she replisd thai her has.
band had - francs : week sad one oi
her SONS 50 oenfimea.
10 she question as 20 the food 81 The
.amily she said; EseFy Sunday and
Thursday / bay q p0und OF meat; on
ell othar days We i've on potatoes and
l. "