New-York tribune., 1895-05-26
ING COMMITTEE.

ING COMMITTEE
Tho condition of the girls who make arthcia
flowers in the tenement-houses In Bleecker-s' ',''
south Fifth-ave was investigated yesterday by ihe
porbard Assembly COMMITTEES in the Aldermanic
Chamber In the City Hail. Before this matter ""S
taken up julius NJ. Mayer counsel Tor the con-"
uittee said that he had learned that cer'a'" ~ ''
engaged in the manufacture OF shirts were se"n'"s
work to the House OF the Good Shepherd ana o'"''
similar Institutions where shirts were made at 10"
prces Robert +. Elias. of Elias Brothers. mani"
facturers No. 81 Broadway the first witness c'"e'
said that his firm did employ any 'aborcrS II" HE
factory but that shirts were MADE IN 'he ii'
the Good Shepherd. Parts of the shirts' NJ SAM
were made at the House Of the Good Shcpne'' "'',
o,her narts elsewhere For the entire shirts he pah
81 II To s. 81 a dozen. At the House Oh INV ~
shepherd for the parts made there ne PAM ''o'"
81 cents to s. a dozen The people In the liou5c u
the Good shepherd make everything except '"e i'''
and the tags Mr.. Elias said that ne sent "o'" ~
three houses OF the Good Shepherd one III '"'S 's'
another in Brooklyn and the third in Newark ~
did not know whether the work was done al 'o"''
nrccs in the House OF the Good Shepherd tnah ne
could have II done ny o"'S''" '''
place of business ~ On
samuel Newman. rca-estatc dealer at NO ~
Cannon-st said that he was notary P""'''' an
had taken a number OF afhlavits from paren'S ~
gard 10 the age Of children. lie admitted '"'' Nv
did NOT always require the parents to produce '"'
child so that he could see whether II was NOR ,'''"
,o,r,oep wears old nor whether II coulh redu VI
write The committee directed that copy OF W."
mans evidence. which was given AT I'hs'"' S".'''
-, ,, ., tho Governor with a specia. report Mag
= rovr DANNY Collector Of Internal Revenue "'
~. 40 piv,rg,on-st was examined in the same
line .A., a, Va
us Itodwic Naucr who has nower-shop AT No.
pordst said that she employed from ~ 10 ~
,, They received 81 - a week 10 begin "l'h' an"
nor. advanced TO s. g and ip 10 N2 "eeN
cho said that she now had only TWO girls VINO "''e
oornino only 81 % week; twenty-five mace o''i f''
and rarcod from 81 70 s. Mrs. Maucr SAID tha' She
,,o,,od outside help. and paid from - ''hS "P
- q and g. a gross for roses. Sne sald "'"' '''
ciris cou,d earn about 81 - In a day ana "'''
,,ie work She paid 10 cents gross ior Nl"l''S' an"
tho Girls made about 81 day Cor making VIole's'
1heresa pondino OF No lis Bleeck"r-st.' sam "''
ho was fourteen and one-haf years oin ihc''S'
ead she worked at artificial ho"ers anu mn,s,"n 'p"N
bn, work home from SuppOs, NO ~ Nest dio'D, dio''1, .
ST She made flower "Ieaths an, o bNnrs 70 make
~ -, ~orkcd about ave hours on an average " n'S my
Uer mother worked with her about w. Mt"o :" 80 ' "ou,
n". Ttcsr.sa said that when they al "orh'"
"h. made from 81 to sll a week . , atd
Angelo Alp at No o., o, W ~, ~ ,is sSon ana that
a,,y No. 81 an ~ the work done outside. re n.,
from 20 10 A. cents a dozen ior "rrn'r' ,"' I'M
n good. smart Italian woman ,pn pr,,, :, r"nt4
y" '."-- er,air OF so lil Hle"cker-s' TO sam '''
,o h,J hccn In the artificial flower business .r IN,
last two years. and emp'}'t E'o Eyo fr,x en,s Tor
.,,o rrnss II vlolcis ana paid ms gir'S per "ers
IN ,he shop s. and 81 when hu-in'-t was 600 o. H.
s. when II wAs h1f In n' ,prIs p2'" .mployci by him
averaged about forty cents " dhy "y,hsns "l,,,, :"
rhc committee adjourned until next S'tu''"''