Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-06
DISCHARGES GIRL WHO
GAVE INFORMATION
After Six Years, Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company Suddenly Finds
Woman "Incompetcnt."
LAUNDRIEs PLEAD GUILTY
Retail Merchants Association, OF
Richmond Highly Praised by Com
missioner Of Labor for Its Co.
Operation in Enforcement OF Law.

Following tho successful prosecution
OF eight cases In the Police Court yes
t"rhay. Involving violations of the State
labor laws. Commissioner OF Labor
James Is Doherty commented upon the
Tact that the Retail Merchants Assoc
cation OF Richmond has distinguished
itself by observing the labor laws OF
IN" state scrupuluusly. and thereby
i'hdinS his department splendid en-
| commencement and operation.
no individual business man or frrn
having membership In that associa-
ZION has been reported by the inspec-
lots. said commissioner Dohcrty
They appreciate that the laws arc
on the statute books. and that Il IS
tne huiN OF the department TO sec that
those laws are enforced. The mer-
chants gave a splendid example Of this
spirit during tho christmas holidays,
when tn" temptation to keep their
places OF business open late was
stronger than AT any other time OF the
year The stores were closed early
even or Christmas Eve. TO keep opcn
late sa!cspeoplc would have 10 be
worked beyond the business hours al
lowed by law, and so tho merchants
closed their stores. n all tho business
people understood aud appreciated that
II is the sworn duty Of the officers Of
tho state Labor Department to enforce
tn. laws. our work would hs greatly
concerns that wilfuliy violate the labor
laws. These are sufficient In number,
however. to give tho inspectors a great
deal OF trouble and work. Then, too,
tho local authorities I'm coun,ic. and
cities arc frequently inclined to resent
than lend them assistance In correct
INK conditions where the laws arc be-
ing violated.
Girl. WHO GAVE; INSPECTOR
INFORMATIOS Is DISCHARGED
Tho eight cases tried in Police Court
yesterday resulted I'm fines being i'm
posed. one for violating the sanitary
law and seven for violating the ten
hour workday law. All except the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. So,
East Broad street. pleaded guilty and
accepted tho minimum nnc. The Great
Atlantic and Pacific Was represented i'm
court by the store manager. r. +.
HUMPHREYS. II was disclosed In the
testimony OF witnesses that Miss Ethel
Wilson. cashier in tho store, from whom
the inspector obtained information. was
discharged last Saturday Manager
lIunphrics said he discharged the
young woman because she was incon,-
potcnt. Sh" had been with tho COM
panN six years. The charge against
the defendant concern was violation OF
the sanitary laws. Justice C;riEgs i'm
posed a fine OF $40 and gave the CON
Germ thirty days in which TO remedy
sanitary conditions. other convictions
were recorded OH the plea OF guilty and
fines imposed as follows:
Violating tcn-hour law--The Royal
Laundry. lIomcier & Clark. Model
Steam Laundry, Crystal Laundry
Eclipse Laundry. Manhattan Laundry
and American Steam Laundry. 4 fine
OF s.. with $3.50 costs added, was inn
posed In each of these cases The cvi-
dcncc in the eight cases was secured
by Inspectors j, r. Clncdinst and LII
lie Barbour.