The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-01-13

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Oheskins s1naustrial, CoAditio,
Asneng FSfeignsrs IN fPittihurg.
An Investigation recently conduct.
INTO the conditions Of the workers }
~eittaburg, Pa, brings out sone inte
sting facts. Some 100000 Of the ciyl
10000 inhabitants were born in an
'ther country than the United State
Upward Of one-half Of this numbs
anne from Southeastern Europe. Pole
Italians and Jews head the list, Will
dthuanians, Croatians, Serviam
Ilovaks and Ruthenians are Numbered
" the thousands, and Magyars, Greelu
Bohemians and Roumanians are ther
n lesser groups. 1t val estimated thai
he negro population in Alleghem|
county was $4,000. In 1907, the populsl
ion Of Greater Pittsburg, or what
tr 1--WE as the Pit: burg district, wa,|
,ated at 100000, Of whom 100000, ip
.luding 28,11S women and 6,S63 chnI
lren. were wage earners employed nj
1000 different establishments. A larn|
proportion Of these were unskillA|
rorkers. The tonnage Of the mills c|
ne Pittsburg district in 1905 was ia.
10000. a tonnage unequaled by AMI
similar area in the world. In this dis
rict 100000 tons of coal are mined
n the curse Of a year.
A large proportion Of the 10000 toll
FRS In the steel mills work in 12-hou,|
Ihifts and go home too tired to tak,|
my interest In life for the brief rel
nainder Of the day. OF this number
about $4,000 work seven days a week
\ good many, In addition to this, onc|
avery two weeks, work continuously|
through a period Of "a hours. This ii
wen the night and day shifts chang
places.
These workers are "speeded up.'|
Speeding up" means working th.|
men beyond the normal speed by stim.|
ilation. They are encouraged to make
records for their mill, and these arl
hen adopted as the standard, on the
ground that what can be accomplished
n a given period ought to be feasible
Ill the time. Speeding up has also
been accomplished by reducing the rasl
If pay for piece work from time To-
line. To earn the same ~ before Il
becomes necessary to work faster and
With less thought for the personal con.
sequences.
approximately half a hundred WORK.
men are killed and an uncounted nun.
Der are injured each year in the In.
iustries of Allegheny county. From
July 1, 1906, to June 80, 1901, 52e
mn were killed by work accidents,
md more than 1900 were injured b
mch an extent that they required hos
,ital are OF the injured, more than
,ne-quarter were manned for life. OF
the fatalities less than one-third Of
those who lost their lives were In any
way responsible, while the employee
a directly responsible in more than
ene-third.
One hundred and Twenty-Five towns
and boroughs dump their sewage int
the rivers that flow past Pittsbuzg,
and from which 1t takes its water sup
ply. Typhoid fever has been epidemic
In Pittsburg for % years. Last year
there were 5,421 cases of typhoid fever
and 622 deaths. The total Number Of
eases reported in the course Of the
quarter century was 34,S57. The sta.
tistics Of death rate in the large cities
Of the United States show that Pitts.
burg and Alleghen. have been among
the three having the highest ever
rear since 1900. Pittsburg led the list
for four years, and was second In two
other years. In round numbers, $3,142..
900 was the minimum economic loss to
Greater Pittsburg in 1907, due to ty.
phoid. After four years delay, while
the plan was held up through the
tights between rival politicians, a filter.
alton plant. costing $5,500.0OO, has been
constructed. The effect upon the
typhoid death rate has been marked
The delay cost the community S9,000..
900 and 1888 lives were u-nnecessar Dy
sacrificed, 1t has been estimated.
Most Of the workers dwell in unsan.
itary houses, many Of which are not
supplied with running water. The
death rate among children is terrible.
one-fourth Of the deaths in the city
are of children less than a year old.
Nc n child in 10 in the district In.
habited by foreigners is free from some
blood or skin disease. and an increas-