Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Industry Wide Strike
November 1909 organizers met at Cooper-Union to consider________
police, city hall and the establishment
all against labor unions
$2.00
amount of pay received for a day's work
cigarette
caused the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
union
greatest demand of the Triangle shirtwaist factory workers that went unmet
teenagers
half of the workers killed in the fire
private detectives & prostitutes
hired by employers to spy on workers and start fights with strikers
3,000
number of shirts that were expected to be made with electric sewing machines
Manufacturers Association
organized by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris against labor unions
unionization
the largest fear of any employer
14
the number of hours the employees worked
400,000
the number of people who lined the streets of New York to see the Triangle Fire Funeral procession
needles, thread and electricity
things that docked a worker's pay
70
within 48 hours of the Industry Wide Strike more than ___________ of the weakest shops gave into the demands of their workers