 ... statements as to the fearful overwork of girls and boys in iron and coal mines, which doubtless had been going on from the end of the eighteenth century. Children, being small and handy, were particularly convenient for small veins of coal, and for...  Working Women of Japan - Page 83by Sidney Lewis Gulick - 1915 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mayers Hyndman - Great Britain - 1883 - 542 pages
...particularly convenient for small veins of coal and pits where no great amount of capital was embarked; they could get about where horses and mules could not.! Little girls were forced to carry heavy baskets of coal up high ladders, and little girls and boys dragged the coal bunkers along instead of... | |
 | Washington Gladden - Christian sociology - 1893 - 326 pages
...for small veins of coal and pits where no great amount of capital was embarked ; they could get along where horses and mules could not. Little girls were forced to carry heavy baskets of coal up high ladders, and little girls and boys dragged the coalbunkers along, instead of... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 660 pages
...for small veins of coal and pits where no great amount of capital was embarked; they could get along where horses and mules could not. Little girls were forced to carry heavy baskets of coal up high ladders, and little boys and girls dragged the coal bunkers along, instead... | |
 | Industrial relations - 1904 - 228 pages
...convenient for small veins of coal, and for pits where no great amount of capital was embarked ; they could get about where horses and mules could not....of coal up high ladders, and little girls and boys dragged the coal bunkers along instead of animals. Women were commonly employed underground at the... | |
 | Washington Gladden - Labor - 1911 - 228 pages
...convenient for small veins of coal, and for pits where no great amount of capital was embarked ; they could get about where horses and mules could not....little girls and boys, instead of animals, dragged the coalbunkers. Wpmen were constantly employed underground at the filthiest tasks."1 Through all this... | |
 | Labor unions - 1913 - 306 pages
...convenient for small veins of coal, and for pits where no great amount of capital was embarked; they could get about where horses and mules could not....little girls and boys, instead of animals, dragged the coal-bunkers. Women were constantly employed underground at the filthiest tasks." Through all this... | |
 | Labor unions - 1913 - 304 pages
...buckets of coal up high ladders, and little girls and boys, instead of animals, dragged the coal-bunkers. Women were constantly employed underground at the filthiest tasks." Through all this period wages gravitated downward, and while the cost of food increased the family income was steadily lowered.... | |
 | 1910 - 620 pages
...convenient for small veins of coal, and for pits where no great amount of capital was embarked; they could get abo'ut where horses and mules could not....underground at the filthiest tasks." Through all this period wages gravitated downward, and while the cost of food increased the family Income was steadily lo'wered.... | |
 | Theology - 1898 - 594 pages
...for small veins of coal and pits where no great amount of capital was embarked ; they could get along where horses and mules could not. Little girls were forced to carry heavy baskets of coal up high ladders, and little boys and girls dragged the coal bunkers along, instead... | |
 | United States - 1911 - 1102 pages
...convenient for small veins of coal, and for pits where no great amount of capital was embarked ; they could get about where horses and mules could not....little girls and boys, instead of animals, dragged the coal-bunkers. Women 1 " The Industrial Revolution," p. 190. 1911 THE OUTLOOK 4 March were constantly... | |
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