Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
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room and ray down.
Couldn't Get Up.
wasn't able to get up. SO the boss
sent one of the girls to see what was
the matter with me.
One hour later came out Of the
dressing room. sat down, but wasn't
able to work. .
The boss came to- me and said.
why don't you go homer"
said, 81 am not strong enough to
walk home now" "a.
He said, go into the steret and die:
don't die in my shop, because I don't
want to be responsible for any of You
people,"
At Appropriateness.
So quit there and went to Kuppeh.
heimer's, Van Buren, and Halsted
streets.
The foreman's name was Frazier.
He had an assistant foreman. His
name was Joe.
He was bad foreman. / was bast-
ing armholes. They paid me S1s cents
a coat.
He wanted very fine work. I could
not haste no more than twenty-five
coats a day.
I worked there for two months.
noaen,f Care
One day the assistant foreman took
a coat from my chair and, didn't mark
it.
/ wa sdoing piece work. called
him and sald, Here, YOU CINE AMI
mark my coat. you just took it."
Then he answered: What coat?
Are you crazy, or are You trying to
steal coat?"
"Oh, my God!" said. Didn't you
Just take a coat from my chair? Come
on, and mark r. for me, because Il
worke o the whole half hour =. basts'
that coat"
He raid, God damned, why don't
you all keep still or will send out
all of you?"
When I heard him swear to us !
quit from rhers and went to blue Is
land avenue and Polk street. It was
not company, but small shop.
The boss name was Ralp Neumieile
I went there on Saturday and asked
for a job.
He said, what can you do?"
l said, can haste armholes sew on
buttons and finish"
He Needed Her.
He said, eyes, need you; come on
Monday"
1 went there Monday morning and
started to work. Il
In the evening / went to him.: and
asked him If he liked my work. 4
II like it 7erv much,' he sa;d.
GLOW much will you give me DIR
week?" said.
"Well," he said, you can do all
kinds of work. l would like to have
you for a forelady and teach these
yreenhorns how to make the work
right.
There were more than ten women
They could not speak one word OF
English.
said to the boss, "If these people
can't do the work right, have some
good, experienced girls, if you want
shem." =.
He answered, mot in my shop-ex-
perienced girls-because I must pay
them good price. and they make me
ose work"
Exploits "Greenhorns."
"But these gernhorns they don't |
know anything. They will work hard
sr. and will pay them less wages"
"Well, all right" said.
On Tuesday morning l attended to
The work. They all asked me, andl
said, "Clara, you are the forelady. |
How much are you going to pay us a
week."
I said, ''I am a new girl here. /
don't know anything. will ask the
boss and let you know tomorrow.
When it was time to go home at SIX
o'clock / went to the boss and said,
How much are you going to pay these
people here
WELL" he said, "the will get six
dollars per week. But they must fin
Ish for me ten coats day."
He wanted very fine work. You
couldn't make coat in less than one
hour and half. Then coats day
and SIX dollars a week.
Can't Do It.
said, 7 don't think they can make
all that work, and besides for six dol
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