Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-01
CARE FOR THE YOUTH.
A State Representative Here to In
spect the Employment of
WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SHOPS.
Colored Puddlers Take the Places of
VeSuyius Strikers.
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIAL ITEMS

Miss Mary A. O'Reilly, Deputy State
Factory Inspector, came into the city last
night and registered at the Monongahela
House. She came here from Philadelphia
to look over some territory that is said to
have been more or less neglected since the
retirement of Miss Leslie about six or eight
months ago. r
Miss O'Reilly's district is one-half of
Philadelphia county, but previous to
Robert Watchorn's departure for Europe
short time ago, he told her that there was
portion of Pittsburg needing inspection and
requested her to attend to it personally.
Whether or not there are establishments
here in which the law has been violated and
the firms complained against, Miss O'Rei!ly
does not know. She will begin this morn
ing to make personal inspection of all the
factories, workshops, stores, mills and ware
houses where ten or more women and chill
dren are employed, and all cases where the
law is violated will receive her personal at
tention. Miss O'Reilly was seen last night
at the Monongahela House by DISPATCH
reporter
THE FACTORY LAW BENEFIT.
The factory law is proving great bene-
fit to the people of this Commonwealth.
Hundreds of children who should never
have gene to work at such an early age,
stores of all kinds. Wonderful i'm
provements have been made in the
sanitary arrangements for the benefit of
women. Merchants who were too apt to
take advantage of the young have been edu-
Gated up to more humane ideas.
1--WE had little trouble in securing an OBJ
servance of the law. In fact, the work has
been filed with disappointment in this re-
spect. 1t has been too easy In nearly all
cases the employees needed to be but showed
the wand its requirements IN order to have
1t adhered to. The greatest difficulty we are
meeting with now is an attempt at
deception on the part of firms when chill
dren are found employed under age. For in
stance. we find factory containing so chill
dren employed under Il years Of age.
The firm, knowing that a record is made
in the State Department, and desiring
to have the record against them as low as
possible only reports 10 or so. But the bust
number is reported, and all attempts at
fraud are generally discovered.
SOME INFORMATION WITHHELD.
number of children that have been dis
charged under the provisions of the new
law?" was asked.
81 should not be allowed to if could
That information belongs to the State, but
dare say it would be interesting to the read
ers of THE DISPATCH to know how
much good the law has done.
can say that the general effect
of the act since it has been in force
has been excellent. The seni-monthly pay
and fire-escape laws have been added to
our jurisdiction, which increases our duties
considerably. In the former we are COM
PEELED upon the complaint of our citizens
that a violation has been committed to pros
ecute."
Miss O'Reilly called at the headquarters
of D. A. B. X. of L. last night and had a con-
sultation with Master Workman Dempsey.
She will see him again this morning, before
commencing her tour.