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LAIM WOMAN'S; 10-HOUR
. . LAW IS VIOLATED, . ;
The, women's ten-hour law is
being flagrantly violated, and the
Loftis Jewelry Co., 108 N. State
street, and the , Marshall Field
store are two of the worst.offend
ers, according to a , statement
given out today at the office of the
Women's Trades Union- League.
Nov. .28 and 29 are specifically
named as dates on which tjieLof
tfs company worked employes of
its mail order department until 9
p. m., the employes having come
to work at 8 in the morning. It is
alleged in the alteration andlsew1"
ing room of the Marshall Field
store overtime work is aregular
thing. ' .
Mrs. Raymond Robins, presi
dent of the league, speaking yes
terday before the Women's "City
club,, said that many girls were
kept at work in the department
stores arranging counters long,
after the stores had been closed.
The holiday time, she declared,
sawtgreater violations of the law
than any other season.
Miss Mary McDowell, chair
man of the meeting, at which six
organizations were -represented,
said arrangements had been made
with the state factory inspector
whereby a girl could report in
fractions of, the law without giv
ing her name. J. his was done to
protect girls, many of whom fear
they will lose their positionsif
their activity in having the law
enforced becomes known to their
employers. . -
A publicity campaign will be
canie'd on br .the six oiganiga-
'tibns represented;- - toMamiliame
the gjrsswitfr the provisions o
the-'lgw; .and,. they ;will be urged
to.repotf'anyiinfractions. Leaf
lets containing the law' will be
distributed among shop girls, .oi
whomjthere are abojut 20,000 em
ployed in ' Chicago department;
stores, f -.., , '
The Women's Trades Union
League, the Lgal AidtSocfety,
the Chicago. Woman s' -club, the
,Women'srCity,cmb,',the College
WomenTs' Industrial , committee,
andlthe industrial committee of
theIllihoisi'IFeder&tion of Wo
men!scluT?s were represented at
the' meeting ;
An-appeal irom-the ten-hour
law, nYa'deby"the "Charleston no
tel,' Charleston, 111., set for trial
in the. supreme, court yesterday,
wjir not be "heard, until February.
The'continuance was"secured by,
the , Women's Trades Union
League and allows the factory in
spector to enforce the law during
the holidayseason. '
It was Alleged by 'the factory,
inspectorjn acase against 'the
city yesterday that-nurses were
employed in1 "the city's contagious
disease hospital, at 34th, street
and Lawndale avenue, for longer
than ten hour's "a day. Judge
G.emmiU will give a decision De-
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