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Cotton Mills and Factories Act stated that no children under 9 were to be employed and that no children 9-16 were allowed to be allowewd to work more than 12 hours.
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Textile and other factory workers felt exploited. They protested against the low wages and the bad conditions of factory life.
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Children under 9 were banned from woring in the textiles industry and 10-13 year olds were limited to working 48 hours per week.
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Maximum of 12 hours per day for woman
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Woman and Children had a maximum of 10 hours of work per day
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The hours of work woman and children worked were increased to 10 hours a day but they were not allowed to work before 6am or after 6pm.
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No worker was permitted to work more than 56.5 hours per week.
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Occured in West Virginia and was the response to the cutting of wages. Striking workers wouldn't allow any of the trains to roll unless the third wage cut was revoked.
