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The 147 Immolated Have No Effect on the Jury

JL;DR SUMMARY The article recounts the controversial acquittal of Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, owners of the Triangle Waist Company, after a jury found them not guilty in the deaths of 147 workers during the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FireTriangle Shirtwaist FactoryIsaac HarrisMax BlanckAcquittalJury VerdictCorporate ResponsibilityPublic OutrageNegligenceWorker Safety

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"A.S. Boyce 122 East 24th Street, bookkeeper."
Bronx, New York, United States
"H. Uston Hiers, 1338 Fulton Ave. Bronx, coffee importer."

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