The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-01
WAGES OF SWEATERS.
A Family of Three Whose United Earn
tn0s for the Week Were SIT.

in9s for the Week Were s2.77.
New York Evening Sun.
The Reinhard assembly committee. az
pointed 90 investigate the sweat shop sys-
TEN OF this city. met again this morning
In the aldermanc chamber In the city
hall.
lawyer Julius VI. Mayer. who II con-
Quoting the examnia don OF the commit
tee was early on hand. He was sur
rounded by a crowd OF little children
from the East side, all OF whom work IN
sweat shops who had come TO testify.
IL was almost Ii O'Clock before the ses-
sion began. The first witness called was
David Davis. shoe manufacturer. 3E
Fast Fsfty-nfnth street. He said he en-
pioyed about forty persons IN his fac
tory.
Davis said he dddn'e know anything
about the factory laws. and didn't know
the scale Of wages paid in Che factory.
He employed children about "A years OF
age, ne said.
John Onward Aloysius Fitzgerald q
boy about IA years old. was then called.
He said he worked for Davis and got 30
Q week.
'Ts your employer kind TO your"
Eyes. sir; he is.
Lucia Aiachiarulo. an Italian woman,
who wore a gaudy colored shawl. and
who lives at Crosby street. said that
she worked for A. Newman OF 151 Essex
street and was fnisher OF knee pants"
How much do you make a week p
was asked.
when I had assistance I could make
from s. to s. a week" she replied
what assistance had your
MY daughter and my husband helped
me. and We made at the utmost S
week.
do you mean to say that three Of you
only made IS a week?'
Yes, SIR; that is all. and since had
the little one i can't make that much"
The witness said that to make s. a
week they had TO work often from s
o'clock in the morning until and 2
O'Clock the next morning.
How old is your daughterr'
About Is years old"
The witness then produced q book and
showed Mr.. Mayer an entry in II showing
that her daughter earned only $L23 in
one week.
How much did you earn this week?'
THE three of us earned s2.77 this week
How many in family have your"
Three children. my husband and my
self"
Maria Machiarulo, the daughter Of the
last witness, was then called She said
that she had been working for Newman at
knee breeches for the past three years.
How much can yop make alone q
week."
The most ever made was H.ss a
week"
The witness said that she got from 8 to
Is cents dozen for finishing the knee
breaches.
What is the most you could make work
ing at them?'
''I could not make more than 81 . week,
and that only by working day and night =
Anstela Zampoli. of 9s Thompson street
was called. She also worked for Newman
as a trousers finisher, sewing buttons ana
making seams.
She said she worked from o'clock In
the morning tin 10 and II o'clock at night
What is the most money you can make
in a week."
Three OF us, myself. daughter-in-law
and husband. ODrk together. and we
make about $ a-week. My little daughter
also sometimes assists u.s.
How old is your daughter?"
about IL years DID,
The witness produced her book. which
showed that the family made only s. a
week.
George Schenck. Of the firm of Schenck
& Schlithe. 90 and 80 Sixth avenue, paper
box manufacturers. was the next WITT
ness. He said that his firm employed
about 100 persons, seventy Of whom were
girls.
THE girls" said Schenck. range all
the way from 40 70 IA years DID,
What are the wages OF your girls?'
They average about 81 week. Some
OF the girls work oy the week and the
others are paid by piece work" he said
There Is a regular schedule OF prices
for piece workers, and no girl IS en-
ployed under II years Old
I'VE always require n certificate OF the
girls age" said he.