The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-17
F0RTYCENTS TSADAY
Woes of Women Workers
in New York.
THE EVILS OF IMMIGRATION.
restinsnS Of Samuel Gorapers. the
LeadiaE Trades-UnlanIssa Of Amer
iea-asEis Discharged and Maligaea
for rsstify ing.

Nsw YoEx, Arg. is-The immiS-s-
nan inve sisatiaa vas resumed t,-.iav.
Jalias oppeaheimcr. manufacturer of
cloak te ti5el that in former wears
ihgee-toarths % his emp,oyes we're
females. To-dag the sexes were about
equally divided. The wages al pres
EFT are 10 t. Il per cent. lower than 10
years age. lie did no. think inanai-
grafton had anything ta do with this.
The hae OF examination was saS-
peaael while Congressman Ford in
ierGosated the witness - to the rea-
son way Marion Pre- who cave
testimony b..ore the COMMITTEES. was
discharged. The explanation was that
his partner. Wllinski. got exeit,I
after reading the evidence given by
her. and on the impulse OF the mo-
nient, discharged her.
W hat was there ia the girls tsSti-
mony taai excited yolr paTtner9''
asked Ford.
well, don't know. She moskei
Mr.. Wil.insSi's way OF talking. said
the witae =.
WAS her testimony true2i
she t1id the truth, bur she ma ie
fun OF the way my partner talks"
said Mr.. oPpenheimer.
The most interesting testimony
given to-day was that OF samuel Conn
perS, pre- ident Of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor. Chairman Ford
asked him his opinion OF the present
excessive immigration. HIS opinion,
summarize l. waS as follows. lie
considers the unhealthy and forced
immigration a curse To the working
mem Voluntary immigration he
could not fins faux with GOmpers
said four wears ago when times we're
hard in Poland and the Jews were
persecuted. Hebrew organizations we're
formed here and assisted thou sands OF
POii n jews t. this country. They
were given employment in clock and
cigar factories, with the result that
Americans were crowded - the wall.
as foreigners worked fer very low
wage.
Witness said the charitable men
made money ON their investment. and
wanted people t. believe they were
useful. The present condition OF
American eigarmakers was depiorahle.
and all on account ot immigration. In
this city 20 per cent. OF the cigarmakerS
were aliens who never could learn to
speak English. Twenty wears ago the
OF affairs was reversed.
American cigarmakers have been com
PEELED TO 20 into other business. Wit
ness was certain that females who ies-
titled would be discharged for so do
ing.
The furniture workers also suffered
from enforced immigration, their
wages having been reduced from 2l to
50 per cent. in the last six years. The
same state OF affairs exists among
tailors, from the same causes Coal
miners suffer from enforced immigra-
ton of HangarianS. Witness de-
scrihed the phrase "pluck-me, as ap-
ptiei To stores where miners were COM
pelled 10 bay supplies because the
proprietors were interested in the
store Miners wages had fallen 80
per cent. while coal was as high as
ever.
WHITE SLAVERY.
Herman Stein. flannel shirt manu-
facturer, said the testimony given
before the committee by Mary Berg.
that witness was in the habit OF inn
porting foreigners to work In his
factory. was base lie. "The only
true statement she made" said the
witness. was that reduced wages
half cent a dozen and I'll tell you
now thar I'm going to raise wages
again. She was an agitafor in the
shop and was glad n get rid of her"
Mary r. T. Brici, living at li6 Mul-
berry street. said she worked at hut
ton holes, and only earned 10 cents a
day bv using her needle from O'Clock
in the morning until 10 O'Clock at
night. She shares with three families
four rooms, for which SIS month il
paid, there being Is persons living in
the apartments.