NEAR CLOSING TIME ON MARCH 25, 1911,

This site contains original information on the fire at ILH School's Kheel Center, and an archive of past labor relations.

Around the end of the afternoon on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the top floor of the Asch building of Triangle Shirtwaist. Within minutes, the quiet spring afternoon jumped at a terrible moment when it crazed, completely confusing the lives of young workers. In the event of a fire, 146 people out of 500 employees died. The survivors survived and relive those painful moments. The victims and their families who are desperately jumping past the 9th floor window will never be the same as New York. Survivors speak the fear they have to endure, but passers-by and journalists also tell stories of the pain and fear they have witnessed. The image of death is engraved deeply in their hearts.

On March 25, 1911, in Asheville near Washington Square, now in my US Congress area, the triangle shirt was a terrible tragedy that robbed 146 factory employees. Young immigrant women and men work under harsh conditions and die in a fire that cleared the factory within 30 minutes. Hearings and surveys conducted by the committee had a major impact. They provide important worker protection for new state labor regulations. In addition, much of the findings of the European Commission influenced the final measures of the US Department of Labor, which was created in 1913 two years after the triangle shirt fire and the committee was founded. The committee's activities are also awakening to many regretful social situations, whether it is for strong legislators or for the public.

They are owned by Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, they are known as "king of shirt" and Triangle is one of the most enthusiastic anti-union companies. At 4:45 pm on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on the 8th and 9th floors of the 10th floor near the end time. The plant chief stopped the union organizer and locked the exit door to prevent workers from taking a break from cloth fragments. Only the other doors opened inward, the workers who tried to escape ran away. A city fire truck ladder can not reach a level sufficient to save employees. As a result, workers burned or they jumped on their death. The expert later concluded that the fire may have been caused by the stack of "cut-off" tobacco or waste accumulated near 3 months.