The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-12 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1883.

case. Fined is and costs ;in default 7 days.
OBSCENE LANGUAGE.—Henry Hingley was
charged with using obscene language. Slrgeant
Shqw proved the case. Fined is and costs; in de-
fault 7 days.
SCHOOL BOARD PaosEcuTioNsol—William
Joseph Pa.skin, Maria Hill, Benjamin. Gould, Samuel
Taylor, Richmond Nock, Albert Perks, Joseph
Potter, Abel Homer,' and Al el Bradley were all
summoned for not sending their children to school.
Mr. J. Hodgetts proved all the cases. Ingles,
Potter, Taylor, Neck, and Perks were each fined
2s Gd each, Pa3kin, Homer, and Bradley ss. each,
Gould P, and Hill was dismissed.
EXTENSIVE THEFT OF NoNsToNs.--Mary AHD
Paskin, Sarah Barra% Thomas Sullivan, and Mary
Hall were charged with stealing a quani icy of iron-
stene, from the Groveland Colliery, Tividale. Mr.
Topham of Westbromwich prosecuted.—lt appears
that a quantity of ironstone has been missed, and
on the 30th of April some ironstone was marked
and P.C. Mountuey concealed on the premises.
About eight o'clock the defendants came and took
a quantity of the ironstone. They then returned
to take a second lot when the officer went out and
followed them. He there found in Sullivan's house
7- cwt., in Paskin's IG-.1 cwt., in Barratt's 7 cwt.,
and in Hall's Selcwt. The Bench said it was not at.y
use taking proceedings againstthe children, asit w&s
the parents faul..s. The case was adjourned for a
week in order to summon the parents.
AssAuLTs.—Tholuse Hackett and James Hackett
were Loth charged with assaulting Thomas .
Williams on the sth of April The prosecutor had
been fighting- wills the defendants' brothel when
they tame and assaulted him, Mr. 'l'. Cooksey
prosecuted.—There was also a cross-summons
against Thomas Williams and his father John
Williams. It was stated that they both assaulted
the Hacketts. After hearing several witnesses the
Bench fined the two Hacketts lOs and costs each,
and dismis-ed Thomas Williams, but fined John
Williams 5s and costs.
TRESAASSING.—A lbert Handley (15), George
Whitehouse (15), and Albert Banat (17) were
charged with trLbpassing on mowing grass and seed
&Ids, the property of a farmer named Collins,—
Mr. T. Cooksey prosecuted.-e-Sergeant Styles said
he found the defendants on the land in question on
the 6th inst.. and they had a bird's nest in their
pessea=ion. Mr. Cooksey addressed the Bench and
said the boys had taken down a fence, be-ides tres-
passing, but they were only brought to be made
examples of. They were each 5s and costs ;in de-
fault 7 days.

FEMALE LABOUR, I 5 THE BLACK COUNTIt.

A meeting of women was held at the thlitariall
the
room Lye, on Monday night, in reference to
above questions, and Miss Simcox and Miss Br ,151:1_
of the Women's Provident and Protection Ler
aci
(London), were present. There were a numb! ,hue
men at the back of the room, but the bulk of
audience consisted of women. The Rev. T. 1:
Pc
pres:ded, and stated that the object of the
was to consider Mr. Broadhurst's bill, and
and
the question whether the purpose of the bill,
other benefits might not be secured better DY
combination among the workpeople than by loss'
lative interference. He found there was a consist;
able amount of misunderstanding among the pee,e.P_'
there with regard to Mr. Broadhurst's bill. Ile
lieved that the original objeet of the agitators
for
that was to exclude women altogether f I%lli
work, but when it was found such a bill was tt,
disc s
likely to be supported by members of ParliamelL
it was modified, and the object. now seemed to
to exclude from the nail forges all girls under four'
teen years. The chairman said it was a foul shard
that work in the nailshop was productive 0f il°l
ality ; and, so far as his experience in that districot,
went, he believed that the people were as morals c!
respectable as in any part of England. (Hear, .
_rs/t
It was said that they got very little wages for Iva!,
they did. He was sorry to say that was the 00'4
but he did not see how it would improve luatt,el,„
to press that bill. How could it help them if tt
excluded what littls they got from Oath- girls its.'"
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ten to foemeen • ted
Miss Sitncox, in addressing the meeting, poul -
out that while the condition of working me" .
improved in the last forty or fifty years, there bv"_:.
been no improvement in that of work of womee.
The reason, she believed, was that men were asset'
ated in trade unions, and she advocated that a stroaf
soeiety should also be formed by women, wili,cc.
would enable them to stand out for a proper Vi;e,
for their work, and prevent others working for less_
than that price. She had been round that morniasgs,
to forges where she was told the poople were °WA
earning 3s. a week. It was not possible for a, map! -r1
woman, or child to live properly upon 3s. a weals.
She could not see what this bill of Mr. Broadhurst's
would do which was not doee by the Elementari
Education and Factory Acts, and sho believed girl!
were sufficiently protected by these Acts. it seemea
to be the feeling of the men that it was ehockil
for women to make nails of a certain size, but al
supposed they were better paid for them, and that
was why the men thought it shocking for them I,_°
make teem If the women could do men's well!s
why should they be satisfied with a less price for 11,,
than a man got? If the men, howeyer, carned
enough to maintain their homes comfortably, she
she did not think tne women would any longer
claim the right of doing the work they now did, B's
well as being housemaids, nurses, and cooltec--,
when they had anything to cock. (Applause.)
the women would form a strong trade -society art"
the men as well, the two cc,uld unite to demand
fair day's wages for a fair day's work, She 1111)ve
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, further it.t-
terference with the work of girls in nailmaking 36
unnecessary and undesirable." (Applause.)
A Female denied there had been any intention
on the part of the leaders of the men to do awAY
with female labour. She also denied that any alle-
gations of immortality had been made agsilloS
people who worked in their own shops. It IV"
leading people astray to say so. Female labour
did need restriction, and it was wrong for women
to do men's work, Lutthere was lots of small work
they could be employed in.
Mr. Sol. Westwood said he did not think there
had been any intention to stop female labour alto-
gether. To show how things went on, he knew a
case where nut and bolt work was brought from
other districts to Halesowen because it could be
done there by females at half the price the masters
could get it done for'in their on districts. lie
shouhl like to see female laboth abolished alto-
gether. If they cooked, baked, or washed, and at-
tended to their families, women had enough to do
witheut working in their nailshops.
A Woman said it was all very well for West-
wood, whose family was grown up, to say ; but
it was a different thing for those who had to pro'
vide for families.
Mr, Coddlingtoa seconded the resolution, and said
this agitation, he believed, arose very much in the
nut and bolt and chain trad, s rather than the nail
trade, but it had been brought to bear on .the nail
trade, and what was made to have a philanthropic
look. He was sorry to see women workinc, on
chains and nails, and wished they could do without
it; but this did not seem possible under present cir-
cumstances. Whet was wanted, he believed, was
proper carrying out of the EducaVon Act and
Factory Act.
A Man in the roem said it was laid down bT
the Commission which came into that neighbour-
hood same year ago that women should not make
alove a certain size of chain. If women would
keep to their prouer size, and not make above NO.
1, they should not want any further legislation,
and have justice done to them.
Mr. Josh Hill (secretary to the Oldswinford
nailer's) s-iid the object of Mr. Broadhuret'e bill was
to restrict female labour as much as they could,
and confine females to proper classes of work. It
was a wrong idea alSeging- that they wanted to
stop them working. They had been trying some
time to get men and females into their union, but
they could not get them to join. A few only
would do so. He moved an aruendment,"That
there is a great necessity for legislation with re-
gard to female labour.''
. Miss Brown Feed she believed the intention
originally in this matter was to exclude women's
work. She had been at several trade congresses,
and the leaders ?kid -spoken in a way that showed
that was what they wanted. It had been said by
speakers that evening that they only wished to re-
strict female labour. But one of them showed the
cloven foot, and said he wished it abolished alto-
gether. It was all very well for the men to saY
they did not want to bring in a bill to abolish fe-
male labour, and that they did not want to do them
any harm, and were very fond of them. (A laugh-)
Ii a bill she had seen the men said parents might
sactitiee the little the g'rls earned to confer an ad-
vantage on the male population. That was the way
theyliked the women—to get a benefit for them-
selves. The men also said they did not get on, be-
cause women were competing with them. Save
them from their friends! one gentlemen had said
that women did not join the union, and she did not
wonder they they did not if the men. were only
seeking their own benefit. It had been said, too, leg-
islation had been tried. But w Lat had this fine
legislation brought them ? Some of them bad to
work for 3s, or 4s. a week, and that was the beet
legislation, could do for them. They should try
combinaticn, as the men had done. Wherever men
had formed a strong union they had raised their
wages, and, what was more important, they has
lowered the hours. They wanted a union composed
of women and managed by women, and she believed
they would End people ready to help them if they
were ready to help themselves.
Mr. Parsons said the Trades Council were
willing to do all they could to lend the women a
helping hand. With regard to the question of im-
morality, Mr. Jugging was a woman's friend, and
would not say a word to harm their reputation and
he did not make the gent rd allegations Which
some had an impression that he eid.
The Chairman said when Mr. Juggins made the
statement as to immorality among the workers in
the district, helincluded the nailmakers and chain—
makers, and made no exception with regad to that
district.

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There was a good deal of discussion with regard
to the resolution and amendment before they vro
put.

The Chairman said he should put them separately
to the men and women present. The resolutioU
was carried by the women, none voting for the
amendment; while a majority of the men in the
room were in favour of the amendment.
Votes of thanks were passed to Miss Simoox and
Miss Brown at the end of the meeting.

That Complexion has always been held to be the more
lovely in which the rose and lily contend for master
in which their beauty is blended. Great sacrifices are
made to produce anappearance corresponding with the
combination, but they never succeed. It cannot ap-
proach Nature. The only arrangement that can be made
to render man or woman independent of all expedients is
to freely use HAGAN'S MAGNOLIA BALM. It preserves the
skin horn premaure wrinkles and furrows—renders it
smooth and supple, and restores the hue which may have
faded through illness, exposure te a noxious atmosphere
the heat of summer or the frosts winter. To be ob-
tained all Chemists and Perfumers throughouht the
World price 2:4. fid. Kuropean Depot 114 and 14.
1-low MANY PEOPLE SUFFER,' Wtill dull heavy pains in
the head with tired and languid feelings that sleep does
not remove; With a fulness awmt the chest after eating
often attended with palpitation, A pain in the side and
back, with frequent sickheadacha • with nausea after eat-
ing, attended wit h flatulence and a disagreeable tasre
mornings; loss of appetite, with vertigo or dizziness, 810
bow many people suffer with all these disagreeable feel-
ings and little imagine the real cause of their malady, or
the proper mode of obtaining relief. These are some
symptoms of indigestion and liver complaint but they
will be dispelled at once by the use of "Seigel's Curative
Syrup" if taken in•tantly after eating The Syrup will
cause the food to digest and, give nourishment to the
system. and Cause Lho bowels to move with regularity.
an Ohetmititm.

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