Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-20
FIRE DISASTER IS
FORGOTTEN NOW
1t is Likely That Employers
in Fire Trap Will Never
Get Farther Than Indict-
mcnt Stage for Catastrophe,

New york Np1l Co. u'vpv 4" che
fact that thr conviction of tle .Eainy
persons m such nishuu arfair o.
the recent BURNING or Oh, Triangle
Waist Factory building With Us at
tondant lose ot i4t le- BE- $50 inirc-
qucnt there e. a general belief Loo New
York that thr punishment OF Max
B'anck ana Isaac Harris proprlctors
OF tn" factory Wili never set beyond
the indictment state nu,n mru we're
indicted rrc"nt3 ut tp, lnrN on
Charge of marbiaught,r.
Although the tire occurred onlN "a
few weeks ago. Sc ls practically for
gotten hy the public the tremendous
agitation ANA uutbuftt from press.
pulpit ANA puhile that immediately
followed the holocaust has suhsidcd
and IL s feared UE 1os, Interested
n better WORKING conditions Zoo SEES
York that Il NIll nu; he long before
the whole thiug Is looktd ANON a. IS
closed incident
That tn, laws 90 ,h, STATE aud orr
dinancc OF thc uiN arc nuly In not
making Il pos~iule TO- establish n"-
yond doubt tho r,suonsibuitt for such
slauvhters. cvcrEou, be- 5grDcd aud
II the recent Urc Wiil only brinc ahout
a final roadJustmvut cf tho laws go
that legal responsibility may hereafter
be- placed the loss ot li5 lives ma}
not be without its partial rccompcnsc.
Thcrc seems 90 Doe Wuciui division
of AUTHORITY among thD building de-
partmcnt the fire department and th,
state labor department with rorard
To- the inspection ~ public buildings
and the enforcement nf measures ron
the safety Of their occupants
This division of AUTHORITY naturally
divides the responsibility when any
thing goes wrong. ana everyone cons
ccrncd has been a1l' fgrrcssiullf a.
dodge the blGmr What the reform
crs are nov working for IS a single
department, 10 which shall be en-
trusted the inspection of an 9uhl,
buildings the decision AS tn theli
safety and the power 60 enforce Wat
ever changes la construction that are
deemed Necessary. with such a de-
partment the officials OF ~ wouid be
| responsible II o. argued, II badl!
! constructed buildina wore turned inc
"a death trap. or IT, IN "A properly con
uructcd building. lives were los
| through improper acts of employers
such as locking doors or othrrwis'
| hluckading exits
" relief IN 20 come however, Mrs
Eva Macdonald Naiosh editor OF th'
American club Woman, rs conVince'
that IL will have To result from IN
activities of wonen.
III we expect TO get any ADEQUATE
state lazy protecting the ilNcs OF FAC
tory employees from fire.' she SAYS
IA committee OF women Viii have L
go to Albany and watch the legisia
ture from start To finish. Unless vi
Is done. all oi our Investigations WI
come to nothing. In thu recent New
ark factory fire. IN which - person
were Killed do you know how tn
coronDr's verdict ram 1, was this
That carrie Robrecht Ga typical vic
tim who jumped "a the pavement an
was Killed. came a. her death by mis-
adventure aud accident caused ~
fall, aud not a. ia, result 80 "a Grim
inal act. either hS omission or com
mission. on the part al any indisld
lunl or individuals. whether a. prlya,
cltizens or public Officials.
! "By the time various Influence
have done their work u Win not Il
lsurprsing 10 iind that those who los