New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
A GIFT or 81. 900.
MRS. VAN BUREN CONTRIBUTES 70
STONY WOLD FUND-CONDITION
OF EAST SIDE WORKERS.

The gift of a check for $1,000 from Mrs F T.
Van Buren, the opening feature of the meet
ing of the Washington Square Auxiliary TO the
Stony Wold Association. held yesterday at the
Ascension Church House No. 70 West Elcventh-st.
Mrs James L. Newcomb chairman Of the as
socaton, presided, and the other speakers were
the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant. rector OF the
Church of the Ascension. and DR.. \. ;, Daniels.
of the New York Indrmary for Women and Chill
dren MI Grant said that If Dante had seen the
tuberculosis ward in hospital. as he saw 1t a
short time ago. the poet might have added another
terror to his inferno, dreadful are the ta'aseS
You may be socially of different class from from
the young Women VINO are SO h said but
You are with them in the economic oody anu
The speaker created laugh when he ASSERTED
that men who start benehGent work: Is usIai,S ~
form auxiliary to help them out am gao
boav free from the control Of men he said.
DR.. Daniels. who has had Widf eSPrrlsnces sbn ~,
said in part:
Roughly. we can speak Of the conditions Of
working women on the East Side in three classes
workrooms who receive weekly wage Of SO to
So This class forms the aristoeTaGy OF the East East
fectly able to care for themselves and If attacked
for them. While they excite our sympathy; they
make further appeal for help Inc second h t,ass
Strictly speaking. the second class work at un-
skilled labor in factories and workshops-droffe ops NOR
more than S. Often in their 81 ops the girls must
paY for all the thread and needles that they use
earned and the amount TO ne deducted forms their
Sy the thread @ in the actosy at the prices
This is custom NOT confined 10 swt'tShofs, 9 pt'
is practised also with workers on "hlte goodS
During the busy season The girls ether wQpR tpn
fbe IN tnf fakf it 6pc IN the evening Within
a year a girl suffering from incplent tubsrcuiosis
worked daily except saturdays when the factory
closed p M from a M to L noon, then nag
she worked until 6 O'Clock, then stopped half an
hour for dinner and worked asain n un yn ~ opntbs p m
spring and fall. For her labor she received %
Flowers can easily be taken home, either TO
make or finish Last week we had woman Who
She applied for license TO work at home but for
reason 1t MA Wa o Two rooms 6on WAS
very clean. Every night after working all day
and an T continues S'tH at her work until midnight If
there was one Snch ga Case Hr re n9zeh ugdSe5s Of
cases where women and girls must. after days
work in shop or factory, do housework until mid
The third class. and by far the most Pisfu and
helpless are the tenement house workers In
September 1888, the tenement house labor law
went into effect. This law permits in tenement
mems women's and childrens wearing apparel.
provided license is obtained from thG factory m
spectors. This law is continually evad6d. more
often find work being done without than with
Senss fscGry vea an fhdre @Sre in City
over twenty thousand licenses given TO WORK IN
the Inspections made by the factory inspectors
were in these living rooms. In these home rae
tories men women and children exist, eat, sleep
and work all In or two rooms Little emil
dren from three years old up, the sick and the
well work just as long as there Ia work 10 90 or
as long as they can hold the needle in their hands
OF last thirty deaths from pulmonary 1uber-
cuoss twenty of the victims worked in rooms
and twelve of these twenty worked until within a
few DAYS of their death. literally dying with the
needle in their hands. Occa sionally a poor little
child weary of sewing on buttons protests. and
then under the stimulus of whipping. proceeds
The dangers of this tenement house work are
twofold first, to the workers themselves, and sec
ond, the purchasers
Miss Leary chairman of the auxiliary, urged
those present who not members to join, and
several were added to the membership.
The officers of this auxiliary Miss Leary,
chairman: Mrs, Paul Dana, Mrs. Brockholst Cut
ting and Mrs. Frank Spencer Witherbee, vice
rhairrnen: Miss Mary II. Cross, No. Washington
square treasurer. and Miss Blanche Potter,