New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-22

O.-How long have you been workint
here? A.-Couple months.
Q.-What do you do? Just tell us. A
Watch on the machinery. take the tWih'
and put II on the machine.
Q.-You put 1t on the machine, and ther
take It off? Ayes.
Q.-Do you stand up all day long, or 81
down? A.-Stand up.
Q.-stand all day long? Ayes.
BY Senator Wagner-You are not al
lowed to sit down? A.-No.
Bv Mr. Elkus-How much do you ge
paid? A.-Seven or eight dollars: as man!
as I make. :.
Q.-Do you get the same each week
A.-No: sometime get seven and couple
cents: next week get eight.
O.-Do you get paid according to TN
time you work, or what? A.-No. lf
start to hurry the machine, then / ge
more pay.
O.-When you get home you don't fee
like going out after you nave your sup
per- do you? A.-No.
Mary PreW, another employe, testi
fed in part as follows:
O.-How long have you worked here
A.-Three years this December
Q.-How old are you? Al am nine
teen.
Q.-Worked here three years last De
cember? Ayes. -,
Q.-What room do you work in? A.-Ih'
preparation room. -
O'-What time do you come in tn
morning? A.-Half past six.
Q.-You get here about half past SIX
Ayes.
Ask o'clock.
Q.-How long do you have for dinne
In the day time? A.-Fifty minutes.
Q.-Flfty minutes? A.-Fifteen minutes
9Tihfteen1 %i yon DO in the preparation
room? What kind Of work did YOU DO
A.-Fecd the machines.
Odd you stand up or sit down? A
Stand up. 81
Q.-You stand all day from the time
Won come here until lunch time? A.-fes
Q.-Then you start right in after lunch
Ayes $3.50,
Q-Do you eat your lunch in the luncf
room, or do YOU take II Just where you
are? A.-Go home to lunch.
Five Minutes for Luncheon.
Q.-Ilow can you go home and bach
In fifteen minutes? Al i've only HN'
minutes am home.
Q.-How long does it take you TO eat
Alive minutes.
O.-And i've minutes to come back
Ayes.
Q-Would you like to sit down II you
could when you work? A.-Oh, sure.
O.-Do any of the other girls sit dowr
that work in the propagation room or &c DC
they all stand up? Ayes; all stand up
O.-How many work there, do you know
Al don't know.
Q-Is the floor slippery? Ayes: very
slippery. .,,., A.,
time or do you wear slippers? A.-Shoes
O.-Is the light good in the room? A
II is dark. but there is electric light.
O-How about the dust: is there dust
in there from the twine? A.-Sure. awful
o.~Gets I'm your throat? Ayes.
ny Senator Wagner.-Since you started
To work here. have you always earned
about the same amount or money eact
"o'NAbout s. or s. or IS a week from the
time you started three years ago? A.
Yes.
Josephine Christenoli. employed In
the same mill, gave the following testi-
mony:
BY Mr.. Elkus.--Were you born in italy?
Ayes.
GLOW long have you been here A
Around seven years.
O.-How old are you? A.-SiXteen.
o.-How old were you when you came
to this country? Al was around seven
O. Didn't you go to school at all? A
Yes. | went to school around three years
Q.-What did you do after that work?
A.-Work.
the morning? What time did you come
A.-Scven o'clock.
Q.-What time do you leave at night?
Ask.
al N
O.-How much do you make week
Awake around S.
Lucy Charles. seventeen years old.
an employe for one year. testified in
part as follows:
O-What room do YOU work in? A
Do YOU stand up or sit down? A
Stand ny. 49,
three minutes To sit down, we sit down
INT most OF the time we never get the
time to sit down. ......
Q-You are tired out pretty much every
night? Ayes.
QNDo you ever have headaches? A
O'LIs there noise in your room. great
deal OF noise? A.-Yes. the terrible noise
down here.
O-lIow much is the least you made ?
A-Ihe leaSt get, Ildu 10 Noih al N,O'H
and work a. hard-terrible hard, and
got g. 4.
Q.-Whst do YOU mean by working ter
ribly hard? A.-To make little more
money
Q-Work your very best, just as fast as
you could? A.--Yes.
Senator Wagncr-And never sat down.
| suppose?
They Keep Them Always Going.
The Witness No: nobody SIT down.
They keep them always going, always
going.
OF you are late what happens to
you? All IL is O'Clock we can't get in
any more have to so home.
Q.-Fhey lock the gate AZ o'clock?
Ayes, and we have to come I'm at noon
time.
Antonina Donati. twenty-four years
old. also an employee. testified as fol-