The evening world., 1911-03-29

ragman to come around when there
was enough OF the cuttings TO bale
and he generally came every week or
ten DAYS and took the cuttings from
tho cutters floor. The same condition
did not prevail on the ninth floor, whore
the girls werc, because that moor was
cleaned UP every night"
Irene Scivos. a pretty Hungarian girl.
followed the cashier a. a witness. suo
went right along with her narrative
this way:
II was employed as n waist hand IN
the factory. and my machine was the
second from the sihdow on tho Wash
ington PLACE side OF tho house. |
heard the girls running and saw tho
panic around me. / confess that / was
a badly excited girl and that ! acted
like wild. / stumbled over my ma
chine trying to get out OF the place, and
ran toward the Washington street side
with my clothing all on FIRE.
The other girls were rushing IN tho
came dire ton, and ! heard them say
that the door Mas locked with a patent
lock and that they could not got ont.
Then a man came and opened tho door
for them. Tho girls were packed
against the door before it opened"
Jumped on Elevator.
Sarah Cammcrs,cin Of no. e. SUFFOLK
street said she had only been employed
at the factory for three days before tho
fro and that she was sorting goods for
the operators TO handle.
Il heard the girls screaming" she
said. and ] saw them packed against
the door and heard them say that the
door was locked. ! a to the elevator.
The door to the shaft a open.
But the car had gone down from the
Noor and was under me. speeding TO
tho ground. I grabbed the ropes and
jumped TO the top of the car. When ]
got to the bottom on the car the cle-
vator man. Xitto. came out OF the car
and helped mo of and I escaped from
the building. | do not know Of nv own
knowledge about the doors, but ! heard
the girls screaming that they we're
locked"
OF the bodies claimed to-day. one was
that OF Esther Gochfeld, who was
Identified by n sisnet ring. Benjamin
Gochfeld. tho young wonan's father.
took the body from the Morgue to-day.
The other body identified was that OF
Setta Meyers. also an operator. The
Identification was made by her brother
Abraham. who recognized an earring
found on tho body.
The Identification of these two bod
les brings the number OF unidentified
now az the Morguc to eighteen.
From James Meohan. n mountcd
policeman attached to Traffic y. the
marshal learned the facts regarding the
locked door question. showing that the
trouble was not tho locking ~ the
doors. but that the doors opened inward
and when the girls packed against them
they were unable To open the doors and
thus they were locked In the building.
Il found all OF the doors open leading
TO the burning floors" Meehau said.
Capt. Howard Rush OF Engine Com
pany No. ~ asserted that he had made
u personal Investigation 10 ascertain IL
the standpipe had been used, and de-
clared that the hose had not been nut
into service. "A fact easily proved by the
valves. which had no evidence OF having
been turned.
The fire positively could have been
put out had tho employees used this
nose said the captain.
lie told how the bremen held tho fire
nets while bodies rained about them, and
testified that every lD pound body had
n weight equal to i,im pounds at the
time 81 impact and that the net broke
wlcn three bodies. giving u total OF
loo pounds. struck il at one time. The
burning clothing OF the girls also set Are
90 tho net,
Then the marshal heard William Bern
stein, the cutter from whose clothing the
fire was reported to llavc started. The
man denied everything, lie denied the
information. conveyed hy Architect
fe,dcmann Of the Sage Foundation, that
he had been cleaning his coat with ben
zine II that the fire started from 1T.
lie SAID he had been ordered TO come
down sunday and do some work. hut in.
sisted that his only connection with Tho
FIRE was To throw water on Il.
Each OF the details "a to his having
Jumped on the table and set FIRE to the
place were denied.
He Smokes Cigarettes.