Fairbank v. Haentzsche

In December, 1872, Mary Arnold was employed in one department of appellants’ factory. There were in the same room with her 18 or 20 persons, mostly females, all engaged in the work of making tin pails in which lard was to be packed. What was then but one room had formerly constituted two. The partition, however, that divided them had all been taken down, except a small portion left for support. Around the sides of the room were placed benches, at which sat the girls, whose business it was to solder the tin work. It was deemed expedient to change the engine from one room of the factory to…