The evening world. Newspaper, January 16, 1912, Page 7

ONLY SS AWEEK FOR 11-HOUR DAY IN THE LAUNDRIES Some Women Describe Bad Conditions Before the State Strike Probers. | Testimony concerning many alleged Violations of the State factory laws, which restrict the hours of labor in fac- tories to sixty hours a week, of pro- fane and vulgar language used by man- @gers, Iack of dressing rooms and in- stances where giris worked ninety hours @ week and unti! 1 and 1.80 o'clock in the morning, were presented to-day at the inquiry into the laundry strike by the Board of Mediation in the Alder- and M. J. Regan aro Inquiry. In each in+ stance where laundresses swore to op- pressive hours and small salaries, wit- nesses were produced by the laundry Proprietors who did not join the strike and who testified that conditions were “satisfactory.” The Aldermanic Chamber was filled) with laundry empioyees—men and wom- en—and lawyers representing the la dries, who constantly interrupted Cha! man Rogers's examination of witnesses | by submitting questions on written allps, The committee is empowered to inv tigate strikes and lock-outs under sec- tion No. Ml of the consolidated laws. It ts authori... to call witnesses from both sides of the controversy. The find- ings of the committee will be reported | to John Willams. Commissioner of | Labor. Thomas Wright, @ driver in the em- ploy of the Nonpareil Steam Laundry tn | West Fifty-first street, was the first witness called. He has driven a laundry ‘wagon for this fim for elght years dnd receive $15 a week. average twelve hours a day. Mrs. Lena Mclnerney, a "s! the Nonpariel laundry, told t media- tors she stood eleven hours a day and | received $5 a week wages, She sald the Wages were unsatisfactory and her hours of work too long. women em- Ployes had no dressing rooms and were compelled to change thelr clothes in totlet room s. McInerney's daugh- ter, Mar imilar testimony, Miss McInerney is an undersized frail girl. She will be seventeen year's old on her next birthday, She worked long hours and was compelied to stand all day. She received $ a weok and quit when the strike was declared. Miss Nora Bradley, eighteen years old, a folder, well dressed and smiling, gets Wa week Nonpareil Laundry and tdi fied with her hours or » The strike did not affect her. Benjamin Schneider, manager of the Nonparell, gave the employers’ version of the struggle. He employs eighty-five | workers and receives goods from thirty- six sub-laundries. The main trouble, | Schneider said, is the keen competition which forces the steam laundries to ac- | cept laundry in nets from the hand laundries to retain the latter's trade. Probably a dozen employes, whom the witness characterized as “unambitious and slothful,” recelve less than % a week, A “good shirt troner” ought to make from $0 to 8% a week, the wit- fess thought, although he admitted he had none in his laundry. ‘The Board then turned t Laundry on Third avenue and One Hun- t. Glendolyn hours on Tue Thursdays wer Wednesday and to 10 or 10.30 o'clock P. M. She re- ceived $6 a week. “Conditions became _ intolerable,” Miss Laighton sald, “going from bad to worse.” Ellen Galettee, a middle-aged starch- er, told the commissioners she had $19.70 in ninety hours during a week before Christmas. The hours of work she swore to follow: Ménday—9 A. M. until 1 A, M.—16 hours. Tuesday—7 A. M. until midnight—17 | urs. ‘Wednesday—7 A, M. until midnight —17 hours Thursday—7 A. M. until 1 A. M.—18 | M. until 11.20 P.M, Saturday—7 A. M. until 1 P.M. —6 hours. Another week Miss Lalettoe recalls working sixty-three hours in four days m4 earning “less than $12."" Sarah Hiller, who is fifteen years old to-day, told of working fvom eleven to fourteen | ay at the Brunswick Laundry an ing Ha week. Kate Larkin: a pretty young woman, said jt was customary for her to earn from $14 to $15 a week She often makes $19 a week. Morris Robinsor Brunswick Laundry that any of his wome required to work af night. On the factory is emp' comodate the nig ers. Robinson ha when Ce woman, wa of the worked at t worked © Bhe was excised after cont Rodinaon, who sald he never saw Miss rd announced actory laws aps pont the B ma of the ars Final Price Revisions alch PriceéCo trons Smith Sta, HIrooddya William ¢, Rogers He worked on an! | ‘ker’ tn 30 o'clock A. M, | BM ee em a yp Time to Go South Blizzardly storms and the grip of winter make one long for southern summer- lands. Why not visit Jacksonville Palm Beach Tampa’ St. Augustine Miami St. Petersburg or other Florida resorts. New Orleans and the beautiful Gulf Coast Southern Pines Asheville Augusta Pinehurst Aiken Summerville and other refuges amongst the pines of the Carolinas and Georgia. || FULL WINTER TRAIN SERVICE is now in operation between New York and the resorts in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas | and the Gulf Coast, by the PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD in connection with the SOUTHERN RAILWAY ATLANTIC COAST LINE, and SEABOARD AIR LINE Full information concerning train service, tickets, Pullman Teservations, also regarding WINTER TOURS TO FLORIDA May be obtained of Ticket Agents, or C. Studds, District Passenger Agent, 263 Fifth Avenue, New York City. W. L. DOUGLAS ®3 °322 °4 & °5 SHOES All Styles, All Leathers, All Sizes £ and Widths, for Men and Boys. THE STANDARD OF QUALITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS THE NEXT TIME YOU NEED SHOES give W.L.Douglas shoes a trial. W.L.Douglas name stamped ona shoeguarantees superior qual- ity and more value for the money | than other makes. His name and price stamped on the bottom Pro- | tects theweareragainst high prices | andinferiorshoes. Insist upon hav- ing the genuineW.L.Douglas Take no substitute. ‘ ihe Call at W.. bee Dougla Stores ‘in 'New York St. Unten roadway (Times x 120th ye 2 ALL CARS TRANSFER TO Lexington to 3d Ave. 59th to oth St. \ir You Want to Buy the Best Piano Made, | H | And are looking for the best and safest Piano || | investment, in which there is a saving of from $100 | to $200, attend our January sale to-morrow of New 1912 Walters Pianos In this special January 1912 Sale we offer the | newest models of Walters renowned high-grade pi- anos at a clear saving to | you of $100 to $200, $5 Down and $1 a Week No extras to pay. || Upon first payment of $5 piano is delivered to your home. To-morrow will be a Great Piano Day here! $450Li tWalters Royal Pian: o 1 b Plans. ere Maca Ve a $1000 List Walters 88-Note Mastertone Player Piano ror $395 i Finest b8-note player plauy made, with 12 rolls of music, bench and cover, $10 Down and $2 Per Week. Beware of Piano Frauds ~}%,? pane uyon @ plano, you Walters iiiiati: Caution =~}, 7 on fora new Wall ||]! Exchange {713;,"t a repreaentatite etl onl ‘a= BLOOMING DALES’, Lex. to 3d Ave. 59th to 60th St. it beara. the maker's aan ae to put his pay au (Sunday World Wants Work Monday = Morning | Wonders THE EVENING WORLD, TU ‘TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1912. $50 Russian Pony Coats, 19.98 100 in the lot—S2 or $4 inches long; light wei; ights handsomely moired skins. The Greatest Fur B, jar 9: .98 Skinner's satin lined; former The Largest Popular Priced Fur House inthe Country The Manhattan Cloak, Suit & Fur Co.; 252, 254 th gnd 6” Ave. 16% 17% The Mightiest Fur Sale Ever Held A Sale That Surpasses All Others in Value Giving and Sets a New Standard in Low Prices Enormous Reductions $30,000 Worth of Furs Sold in Five Days, $95,000 More at the Same Marvelous Prices. $65 Karakul Coats, 24,908 $2 or 54 inches long; made of high lustred fine curl, 24° Between and whole skins, foreign dyed; richly lined with brocaded silk; former price was $65.00. . 52 or 54 inches long; an exceptional bargain; Nate 98 weight, handsomely marked skins; coat is lined 3 $32.50 Sabled Coney Coats, pe 98 52 inches long; we have been selling coats like these 1 08 skins; one eOLInS collar and cute Skinner's satin ( 4 lined .. $2 or 54 inches long; perfectly matched skins, Leipzig | | 24: .%8 dyed; former price was $65.00 52 or 54 inches long; beautifully stripe coats with o8 border effect; fasten with large fancy silk ornaments; 39 $115' Mink Marmot Coats, 490,908 52 or 54 inches tong; extra quality skins; entire bot- 498 $85 Natural Russian Pony Coats, 39,08 with brocaded silk; former price was $85.00 all season for $32.50; made of fine soft French dyed | $65 Russian Pony Coats, 24. 908 $85 Mink Marmot Coats, 39. 08 brocaded silk lining; former price was $85.00 tom of coat is trimmed with claws and tails of gen- uine Hudson Bay Sable; former price was $115.00 $90 French Seal Coats, a? 08 52 or 54 inches long; Chappelle dyed; pelts are of finest quality; several handsome mod n this lot; 9: 98 adorned with fancy silk ornaments; lining at bro- \ caded silk; former price was $90.00. Read This Item Carefully 50 Odd Fancy Trimmed Fur Coats Former Prices $125, $150, $175, $200 Bisam Seal Karakul, and Natural Pony, trim- j 98 med with Pointed Fox, Natural Raccoon and > 49 MUFFS & NECKPIECES SCARFS MUFFS 3.98 Former Price $19. 00 4.98. Former Price $12.50 4.98..... Vormer Price $12.50 AOR Blue Wolf Former Price $12.50 8.98 Former Price $21. 5 6.98.... Former Price $18.50 9.98.......... Pointed Fox Former Price $22.50 Black Wolf Red Fox 3.98 Former Price $10.00 4,98 Former Price $12.50 rae 4.98 Former Price $12.50 ae 4.98 Former Price $12.50 8.98 Former Price $21.50 Iceland Fox ..Black Fox Natural Raccoon Former Price $22.50 ..9,98 Former Price $22.50 DOR ey ae cen Skunk ..9,98 Former Price $22.50 Former Price $22.50 21.98... Mink 21.98 Former Price $55.00 Former Price $55.00 Lexington to 3d Ave. 59th to oOth St. Going Skating? You Can Get the Skates, Straps, Sweaters, Caps, and in Fact Everything You Need at Bloomingdales’ 11,000 Stamped & Tinted Cushion Tops, Scarfs & Centre Pieces At Less Than 1% of the Usual Prices! We believe this to be the largest transaction of its kind ever consum- | muted and that never before have goods of equal quality been sold at prices | 80 low. The opportunity to buy three and four pieces for the usual price of one is not an everyday occurrence, so you will do well to buy now for the summer season when embroidering is a vacation pastime. The following are in a variety of materials, tinted in a wide range of designs, including floral and conventional. The prices are unusually low. CUSHION TOPS, | CENTRE PIEC iW CENTRE PIECES, usually 25c to 7 in.; usu: 36 in.; usually 50c, very 50c to 75c, special 2 at 10¢ special at 19. pI at 25¢ Centre Pieces: Centre Pieces: Stamped in eyelet, floral or braid- In Mount Millick and braiding | ing designs on fine quality pure linen | designs on fine quality pure linen and offered as follows:— damask and offered as fo\lows:— 12 inch; usually 10c, at... 3c 27 in.; usually $1.00, at 40c 18 inch; usually 28c, at. .10¢ | 36 in.; usually $1.50, at 58c 22 inch; usually 35c, at. .15¢ Jerer will be in 24 inch; usually 50c, at. .20c | Yhlecen 27 inch; usually 65c, at. 25¢ |Buy a Fur Coat in this Clenranes and you will get a garment of style and quality at a remark- ably lowered price. Here is what this hurry-them-out-quick sale offers in fashionable high quality fur coa\ Coats are 52 inches long, ma the newest and most fashionable models, i on rawe ‘$155.00 Seal Coats; Leipzig dye; 50 and 52 ins. long; stylish models $190.00 No one has ever offered or will ever offer @ seal coat 50 and 52 inches long at this low price, If interested we would advise an early selection: sizes are 38,40, 42 and 44ins, Fashionable Russian Pony Skin Coats; handsome, at seeeees $59, $48 and $39 Russian Pony. Skin Coa black Opossum, black Fox, and Australian Opossum. .$48, $75 and $85 $85 Caracul Coats; of selected skins. Persian Lamb Coats; 52 ins.long trimmed with aaturel” Raccoon, Beaver 975 and $125 Bloomingdales’, 24 floor, G0th St. Section, Our Leather Goods Clearance Brings these Important Special Offerings for To-Morrow: Women’s Hand Bags: Dress Suit Cases: | Hana Bags, velvets, tapestries, satin | | All 24 inches lor follows: iad teathers “tiuced to 38¢ and | Matting Sult Cases, 84c and $1.18, os. Maree eric pases jarly $2.98; reduced to $1.95. Hand Bags, worth up to $2.00; Leather Suit Cases, regularly $3.75; all styles in velvet, tapestry and duced to $3.00. leather; reduced to $1.50 and $1.00. | , Teducs Bellows Suit Cases, deep, russet Hand Baga, worth up to $5.00; all] jeather; regularly $5.00; at $3.99. styles of satin, velvet, tapestry and leather; to be sold at $3.95, Travellers’ Ba: $3.50, $3.00 and $2.50. Trvellers’ Baga of Leather Hand Purses, worth up Leather, 6d sizes, to $1.00; reduced to $0c. $3.98; to hye wold at $3.0 Leather Change Purses, values|Travellers’ Bags of Gecniga up to 9c; reduced to 50c, 25c| Leather, leather lined; regularly and 10c $5.00; ip. ba wo at $3.50. “—~# $12 Dining Tables L To-Morrow, Wednesday, a Here is the best constructed and finest finished Dining Table ever offered at this price. Solid golden oak, with 42-inch round polished top, which extends to 6 fect: heavy nedestal base and scroll I $2 Dining Chairs A. $23.50 China Closets "$15.98 $22.50 Oak Sideboards $15.50 Bloomingdales’ Groceries These special prices good for Wednesday and Thursday. Canned Fish Our 1060, Borde Canned Asparagus svagle? — CalifornidmToxtra * Lemon Cling * White Cr ries souk’? Brand Heady ‘apear ees Monte? Brand Vor Asparagus 'T Je) Monte"? oo * fable Pears 4 Spiced Anehovies- Comm Starch—Test two pigs, { teeta “ont SM msaned Prestegos FE ~~ Fresh Meat Elon Chie lal price price. price. Ib ne Lamb (hopes & . BLOOMING DALES ’ " ’ ' ' '