The evening world., 1890-02-27
III WOMAN WON'T, She WON'T
Kursheedt's Contrast Won't Hold
the Misses Sullivan, So There.
Judge Patterson Denies the Firms
Motion for an Injunction.

Judge Patterson, Of the Supreme Court,
to-day denied the application Of the kur-
sheedt Manufacturing Company for an
injunction to restrain Miss Abby Sullivan.
All operator ON n Bonnaz machine, from
working for n rival concern.
The plaintiff claims that the defendant,
who is an expert. entered into n contract
to work for the Company exclusively
from January to June. She pfterward
accepted n more lucrative position with
another house.
ant is IA servings girl dependent on her
weekly wages Tor her support, u there
is question raised MS to her understand
ing the agreement made with the plain.
tiff. The rights of the parties can be
settled Mt tho trial without injury 10 the
plaintiff. meanwhile"
Abby and Mary Sullivan. Of sA Wash.
ington street. are two ms pretty and at.
~tractivc young women as one would care
TO see. They arc spirited young women,
too. and when they found that they had
been led into sign ng n contract to work
for 80 II week for five months. when the
work they weroto do was worth Sl4 in the
labor market, they put their chic little
hats on their nut brown heads and went
home.
The contract was laid before them by
Israel Il. K~ursheedt, of Kursheedt Il Co.,
l49 West Nineteenth street. with the
statement that us their branch OF the vnrie-
gated factory work was n branch that
had n busy and a dull season,
the firm had hit upon the contract
plnn M q way to equalize things,
TO give tho girls work during both the
busy and the dull seasons, and make their
pay average better than by the Old system,
which let them make bigger wages q part
Of the year, but enforced their idleness
the other months.
perienced and expert workers on Bonnaz
machines, having been employed ut that
sort of work for seven years.
They we're to receive So n week each,
according to contract. and to have en-
ployment till June 1. The girls say
they signed the paper ~unthinkingly. Mary
saws she didn't read the contract. Abby
read il, but didn't understand IL. Both
signed 1t, they shy. on the representation
of MIR. Kursheedt that II was q good thing.
Jan. % the Misses Sullivan were each
offered $12 n week for the sam class OF
work by s. Caro-, of the Metropolitan
Embroidery Company, and went to work
there. Feb. II the Artistic Sewing Com
pany, of 1853 Canal street, offered them
ga, and they agnin changed their place
Of employment.
Kursheedt Il Go. then sued for al in
junction restraining the young women
from working for any II else but the
Nineteenth street firm. Justice Patter.
son heard the argument in Supreme Court
Chambers, and decided In favor OF the
!, girls, as stated above.
The Misses Sullivan were found at their
COSY home this morning by an EVENING
WORLD reporter. Miss Abby was o par
~ticularly interesting grip patient, her
pale, round face and hazel eyes beinl
set off by a white wrapper and Whit
bandages ON her head, while Miss Mary
2 was her nurse.
3 Mfss Abby said: II signed the con.
tract without knowing its purpose. The
IDEA that il was to give me steady work IN
both busy and dull seasons 10 nonsense.
! II was then the busy season. and the busy
: season always runs far INTO June hnd
I sometimes into July. The work we were
4 given was not plain BonnaZ; 1t was cord
r ing, much more difficult II recurring
wears of experience for q successful
operator.
> wears. / began at SO q week ami rose
a By degrees. LAST season | earned sl2
I week on plain Bonnaz
"You may say this II Mr.. kursheed'
gets what he wants from the Judge ht
\ will not get me. II / can't work any,
; where else l will not work for him. !
: will not go back to his shop. even II
have to lie idle and starve. I'd go to Jai
l first. The contract was nothing but
trap + bind us to work for low wagei
during the busiest season."
Good Bonnaz operators are scarce,
saws Miss Mary. and they make gooc
@ wages during the season. We were will
/ Kursheedt only a week when we began u
receive offers of much higher wages
j There are about twenty girls on Bonnai
work and we alone signed thec contract
y though the firm has had the others sign
: since"
, AT the fnctory Mr.. Kursheedt agreed
g with the Misses Suilivan's statements OF
most points. but they pointed to the fac
c that perhaps 40 out of their 400 operatives
g had been in their employ steadily for 81
! or eight years. and that Bonnaz operatives
! were So scarce in the busy season tina
they had been advertising for weeks TO
@ girls To learn The work free. ant
G that the first passaDle work turned out b!
them was paid Tor. Their earnings wer'
not great at first. but they would receiy'
more as they became prohclent.
1--WE are not persecuting the Sullivan
girls" said Mr.. Kursheedt; Wa ar
o fighting for a principle. None OF tn
other girls nave lett lis, II II puTpos