On the 10th floor of Triangle Shirt the doors had been locked to keep out organizers. Inside a fire started that killed 146 young Italian and Jewish women. Some are buried today in Queens in an unmarked grave. This fire was on Greene Street near Washington Park (refer to map) and it lead to a mass march that helped to change society at that time. Two men Immigrants themselves were indicted and put through a trial. Laws were changed and International women's day was founded by Socialists in Europe.
Using a family computer in Atlanta. we have a conference about homeless people at georgia State University tommorrow. See if you can get the Progressive Magazine or Mother Jones at your Library.
Good Night and have a good day and week organizing. We are organizing now and not waiting for hip left parties to take our work and our powers.
Original: March 25 1911 an Infamous Day for Supporters of Labor/Immigrant/Women'sRightsNYC