New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-09
oods doIjycyed FREE uifhin 100 miles Of NetC-
West Twenty-third Street.
HOW THE NOTARIES DO IT.
INQUIRIES BY THE SWEATSHOP COM.
MrTTEr1
LOOKING INTO THE MATTER OF AGE CERrDI-
Gates FOR cHILDREN-FURTHER TEsTI-
MONY AS TO WAGES-THE CASE

MONY AS TO wAGEs-THE CASE
OF CAROLINA ROSA.
The Reinhard Assembly Committee appointed to
investigate the condition OF girs in stores and
shops met yesterday in the Aldermanic Chamber.
City Hall. The first witness a lad named Ben.
jamin Knobel, OF No. 92 Willett-st He worked for
Tobias Goldberg OF No 1893 sherr-st. coat
maker and received s. 80 a week Knobcl said he
Z tod Goldberg when he applied for work that he
wasn't fourteen years old. The lad said he got .
certificate from the notary and went back to Gold
berg TO work Louis Knobe. the father OF the lad.
also said his fourteen. Mr.. Mayer, coun-
sci for the committee, produced age certificate
showing that the boy born in May 1881. 1T
appears" said Mr.. Mayer. that from the testimony
OF the child and the father himself the father has
perjured himself" He then told the witness that
he go before the State Factory Department.
tomorrow at No. i3 Aston Place.
The notary. George W. Egers OF No. y At.
torneys,. who granted the certificate 10 the boy.
was called next. He asked to look the
boy and give an opinion OF his age.
Il think" said Egers. "he is not more than twelve
years old" Egers said he granted a
tifca,e unless the applicant present. The boy
told him he fourteen years old. Max II. AID
erman. No. l29 Rivingtonst.. another notary. also
said he made afiidavits OF age unless tho
child present
Felix @. Pollak a member OF the firm OF Pollak
& Co. shirt manufacturers No. % Wa.ker-st., said
the work all given out by contract in Jersey
City. Pennsylvania and the East Side OF the
city. They paid al the rate of ~ cents 10 81 50 4
dozen for making up the shirts. The hands could
make fifty dozen working from o'clock In the
morning until O'Clock p. m. Jacob II. Denenholz,
an attorney. No 81 Park Row. was called to testify
to the granting Of age certificate TO boy named
Samuel Levein. He said that when the father told
the age the notary had dis creton except to
make the affidavit. except. he said. when there
was a great discrepancy between the appearance
OF the boy and the statement OF his age The cer-
tifcate said that Leven born In October 1850,
and that he fourteen years and three months
old on June g. 1895. Il do not do the swearing"
the witness said. Il am not responsible for what
Is sworn
Lucieu Nathan. bookkeeper for Hanson & Green,
No 81 Bleecker-st. feather merchants, gave
count OF the number OF workers the firm employed
and the wages they earned The girls who prepare
the ostrich feathers receive so a week. Less
perienced ones 81 a week. Pieceworkers made
from s. cents to 81 dozen for curling and sewing
Carolina Rossa girl OF twelve was asked II she
worked for Barnett Brown. No l3i Norfokst. She
said she did not Barnett Brown swore that the girl
dli no, work for him. August Hagenhlchle. the
official subpoena OF the committee. testified
that he saw Carolina In the with needle in
her hand sewing She told him she go, 81 the first
week ard s. the second week. The girls mother
came and IKE TO her in Italian and she would
Louis Levein the father OF Samuel Leven. was
called next. and said his born In 1881. The
notary. penenholz had made out the certificate for
1851 but said in his testimony tina, Il was sip OF
derman notary. who also issued a certificate to
samuel Leveln. said ne did not remember changing
was changed from 1851 to 1850. Mr. Mayer declared
that both certificates were cases for the Governor
An adjournment was taken until Saturday, June
H. at 10 "A M, In the same place.