The evening world., 1912-01-16
ONLY $5AWEEK
FOR 11-HOURD DAY
IN THE LAUNDR|ES
Some Women Describe Bad
Conditions Before the State
Strike Probers.

violations OF the State factory laws,
which restrict the hours Of labor in fac.
torl.. % .,x,, ,o,.. u,o., -, SO
is"e ana vulgar language useo oy man
Asers' lack OF dressing rooms ana IN
stances where girls worked ninety hours
a week and until 1 and 100 O'Clock in
IN. morp,ng were nrese,,es ,o-aav a,
the inquiry into the Iaunarv ,,r,Ls nv
The Roar n, Med,s,ior in the ado.
mani Chamber william G. poa~er. !
lame. NoNa,us ana NJ = pac.r .ra
conauc,In. IN. ,nou,ry In ..ch In.
stance whore ,au,dresse. swore N On.
pressiye hours and small salaries. wit.
nssses were produced nv the laundry
nropr,etors who aid not ioin tho .,rike
and who testified thai conditions were
satisfactory"
The Aldermanic Chamber was filled
with laundry employees-men and WON.
en-and lawyers representing the iaun.
dries, who constantly interrupted Chair
man Rogers's examination of witnesses
by submitting questions on written slips.
The committee is empowered to inyes-
tisate strikes and lock-outs under Sec
ton No. al Of the consolidated laws.
1t Is authori--I to call witnesses from
both sides Of the controversy. The Ind
ings Of the committee will be reported
to John Williams. Commissioners OF
Labor.
Thomas Wright, a driver in the em-
ploy OF the Sonpareil Steam Laundry In
West F4fty-first street, was the first
witness called. He has driven a laundry
wagon for this finn for eight years and
receive $5 a week. He worked on an
average twelve hours a day.
Mrs. Lena Mclneruey. a shaker" in
the Nonpariel laundry, told the media
tors she stood eleven hours q day and
received s. a week wages She said the
wages were unsatisfactory and her
hours OF work too long. women EN-
ployes had no dressing rooms and were
compelled to change their clothes in
toilet rooms. Mrs. McInerney's daugh-
ter, Mary. gave similar testimony. Miss
McInerney Is an understood frail girl.
She will be seventeen years old on her
next birthday. She worked long hours
and was compelled 10 stand all day.
She rece,vad 4, , u..t ana o,,,, wh.r
a.. LII. u,.. ...,.~-
"e ""o voc uoS'"'eu'
Mss o,a nfau.eS. e'sn.eeh years ola.
1o'oer, wen dressed ana smiiins. gets
q week at the Nonpareil Laundry and
10 not dissatisfied with her hours or
wages. The strike did not affect her.
BENJAMIN Schneider, manager of the
Nonpareil. gave the emn,overs. ver.Ior
~, ,ha s,r,sr,o IT, amno.. s.s.,, g.
vorLars ~ .aoo,.. ann, - -.
: o'Aefs ana reserves sooos IRON .hitty-
s1 suo'iauhar'es' me main trouble
schneider said. Is the keen competition
which forces the steam ndr to ac-
cept laundry in nets from the hand
laundries to retain the latter's trade.
Probably a dozen EMPLOYEES whom N.
,rvr.ss o,,rac,.r,,o, os -..r,,mh,,,ov.
"e a. u"a..ous
=" $500 N'' mo" d
week A good shlrt iroher' ought to
make from so to $eo a week. the wit
ness thought, although he admitted he
had none In his laundry.
The BOARD then turned 10 brunswick
laundry on J1,rd ayenua ana ono HIM.
49, ana s,x,y-,o,r,h s,r.e,
"iehooiSn La'sn'on testineo her
hours on Iuesdays'o Wednesday ana
Thursdays were from $50 o'clock a. NJ.
to 10 or 1890 o'clock 4. NJ. She re-
ceived IS a week.
"Conditions became intoierable."
Miss Laighton said. going from bad
to worse"
Ellen Galettee. n middle-aged starch
er, told the commissioners she had
$lS.7O In ninety hours during a week
before Christmas. The hours OF work
she swore to follow:
Monday-9 A. NJ. until l a. Mo
hours.
Tuesday A. NJ. until midnight-l7
hours.
Wednesday, y. NJ. until midnight
III hours.
Thursday A. VI. until l A. Ms
hours.
~Friday-1.3O ~. M. until ll.3o +. NJ.
lie hours.
saturday, a. NJ until l +. Mt
Another week Miss lIalettce recalls