March 25 1911 the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory burnt down, killing 146 workers [3000x1907 - 1.08MB]

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"A Hebrew may not be depicted on screen as the owner of a sweatshop - though all sweatshop owners are jews ; but you may make a Christian clergyman anything from a seducer to a safe cracker" --- Henry Ford

In small print the piece by James Albert Wales says: In "Cohen Co and Brothers Shirt Factory," the "mashers are waiting for their slaves," and in the central image, a leering man is "choosing the slaves." In another image, an owner holds an oversized key to an emergency exit, and ominously says, "It vos not mine pizness if dey gets burned--dey mus' earn dose vages und so I lock 'em in all righd."

Famous trials: "Much of the public outrage fell on Triangle Shirtwaist owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck. Harris and Blanck were called "the shirtwaist kings," operating the largest firm in the business. Overworked and underpaid, garment workers struck Triangle in the fall of 1909. Management responded by hiring prostitutes to "strike women" and thugs and plainclothes detectives "to hustle them off to court on flimsy pretexts," according to an article in Survey magazine...witnesses testified that Blanck and Harris kept the door locked to prevent employees from pilfering shirtwaists. (On the stand, Harris admitted to an almost obsessive concern with employee theft even though he conceded that the total value of goods taken over the years was under $25"

Wiki: "The jury acquitted the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter, but they were found liable of wrongful death during a subsequent civil suit in 1913 in which plaintiffs were awarded compensation in the amount of $75 per deceased victim. The insurance company paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses, or about $400 per casualty.

In 1913, Blanck was once again arrested for locking the door in his factory during working hours. He was fined $20."

"A Hebrew may not be depicted on screen as the owner of a sweatshop - though all sweatshop owners are jews ; but you may make a Christian clergyman anything from a seducer to a safe cracker" --- Henry Ford [Cartoon of the Shirtwaist Fire company:](https://files.catbox.moe/3m49to.jpg) In small print the piece by James Albert Wales says: In "Cohen Co and Brothers Shirt Factory," the "mashers are waiting for their slaves," and in the central image, a leering man is "choosing the slaves." In another image, an owner holds an oversized key to an emergency exit, and ominously says, "It vos not mine pizness if dey gets burned--dey mus' earn dose vages und so I lock 'em in all righd." Famous trials: "Much of the public outrage fell on Triangle Shirtwaist owners Isaac Harris and Max Blanck. Harris and Blanck were called "the shirtwaist kings," operating the largest firm in the business. Overworked and underpaid, garment workers struck Triangle in the fall of 1909. Management responded by hiring prostitutes to "strike women" and thugs and plainclothes detectives "to hustle them off to court on flimsy pretexts," according to an article in Survey magazine...witnesses testified that Blanck and Harris kept the door locked to prevent employees from pilfering shirtwaists. (On the stand, Harris admitted to an almost obsessive concern with employee theft even though he conceded that the total value of goods taken over the years was under $25"[ Pilfering and work-breaks will not be tolerated.](https://i1.wp.com/www.artandpoliticsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/JOhn-SloanDSCN30111.jpg) Wiki: "The jury acquitted the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter, but they were found liable of wrongful death during a subsequent civil suit in 1913 in which plaintiffs were awarded compensation in the amount of $75 per deceased victim. The insurance company paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses, or about $400 per casualty. In 1913, Blanck was once again arrested for locking the door in his factory during working hours. He was fined $20."

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