Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-12
SWEAT SHOP
MOVE PUSHED
Investigation Pushed at Old
Bridge, MataWan, by the
State Labor Department

TRENTON, July 12-Although the
State Department Of Labor Is with
out the police power to personally
cause the arrests OF manufacturing
concerns and individuals who violate
the sweat shop laws, It has now
reached the stage where siolators
of the statutes regulating home en-
pfoyment are being called TO per-
sonal account and inability to give a
sufficient reason for their conduct
may lead to prosecution by the de-
partment through the Attorney Gem
eral. Hearings m being given
seven ~violators in Newark today
and more are scheduled for Jersey
City tomorrow by Deputy Labor
Commissioner Charles II. Weeks. A
group Of Long Branch persons have
been summoned to appear for hear
ing at the Offices Of the Department
of Labor here next Monday.
Mr.. Weeks has before him today
IN Newark the American Tag Com
pany, of Sussex avenue, Caprio
Brothers, OF Central avenue, New
ark, and representatives of the
Whitehead-Hoag Company. In
EdlIl 4llStdAlC lA4CS WIN 0C "a ny
on to explain why they have con-
tinued to violate the law after their
attention has been called to fact
that they have not been obeying it.
Tomorrow in Jersey City Salvatore
Lombardo, of 3S3 Odgen street and
the firm of +. de Renzi and Com
pany, of 13 Lincoln street, both
manufacturers of clothing, will be
asked to give reasons why they are
continuing to violate the law. In
addition to the two concerns men
toned more will likely be rounded
up before tomorrow before Deputy
Commissioner Weeks begins his
hearing at 571 Jersey avenue. Re
has already asked the Attorney Gem
eral to prosecute the Knoxall Doll
Company, of Newark, for persistent
~ disregarding the law by giving
employment to homes unlicensed
u without state supervision in a
thickly populated tenement.
Those who have been summoned
from Long Branch to appear before
Deputy Commissioner Weeks here
on Monday next to show cause why
they should not be prosecuted are
Miss Estelle Blum, 461 Bath avenue.
a Mrs. Cubberly, so 5th avenue, Mrs.
Ray Harvey, 252 Morris avenue,
Miss Sara Bennett, IT Morrell street,
Miss Sadie Wooley, AZ Morell street.
and Mrs. Frank Crameroni, 444 Div
ision street, and the firm of Cohen
L. Goldstein Company. The lat
ter is said to be employing II home
workers on mems coats without
licenses. OF the women mentioned
the first three are acting as con-
tractors or representatives of con-
Germs and in this capacity giving
out work on dolls clothing and
or<er articles TO do at home. The
other three were engaged in home
+. work without licenses.
Seventy-ive families were found
in Long Branch employed through
the agency of Mrs. Cubberly, fifty
more through Miss Blum, and the
Federal Doll Company, Of 121-133
Blocker street, New York, is send
ing work to homes in that city by
parcel post, according to the investi-
cation of Departmental Inspector
Fred P. Rearwin. Mrs. Harvey has
been acting for the Fleischaker
Baum firm, of As Green street, New
York, through which Ave homes
have been given work.
In Asbury Park it was found that
Steiner and Sons Company, manu-
facturers of pajames, have been Civ
ing out work to homes in Old
Bridge, Englishtown. Vineland.
Hammonton, High Bridge, Mat
tawan, Farmingdale, Freehold and
Asbury Park, mostly to country
homes. These have all been notified
to Immediately discontinue until the
homes have received a state license.
At Vineland. South Jersey, a meet
ing of manufacturers was held on
Tuesday at which they decided to
cooperate with the Department Of
Labor to better home work con
ditions and to bar all homes which
are unlicensed. This is the prin-
cipa1 home work section in District
"a" which is covered by Inspector
Baird. Forty families so employed
were found.