My point was that it was very common around the turn of the century for Jews to be mechalel Shabbos (the fire was on Shabbos, and a large number of the victims were Jewish). I don’t think there are any statistics that show how many Jewish immigrants were shomer Shabbos (which to me is a minimal standard for living “in harmony with Jewish observance”), but the Triangle fire demonstrates that it was quite common for them to be mechalel Shabbos.
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