The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Of 1911

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sad to see business tycoons putting little children to work. Another sad fact, “And when the inspectors came around, do you know what happened? The supervisors made all the children climb into one of those crates that they ship material in, and they covered us over with finished shirtwaists until the inspector had left, because of course we were too young to be working in the factory legally.” This little hiding “game” that the owner makes the little children do when the inspector comes by is just plain out pathetic, on the owners part. I still can’t believe little children, practically babies worked in factories for such little, little pay. Another fact that shocked me were the wages that those workers received. Pauline Newman says, “My wages as a youngster were $1.50 for a seven-day week. I know it sounds exaggerated, but it isn’t; it’s true. If you worked there long enough and you were satisfactory you got a 50 cents a week increase every year. So by the time I left ...

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