The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-20


conclusion Of the interview gave yoir Con
mutee an autograph letter TO the Sc .retary Z
War, r. qucstng him to administer such usti
q the Gaze would admit Of. l hold a copy of the
J tier TO the Secretary OF War. Il reads as fol-
lJws -
~ know not how much may be within the power OF ne
Govtnme IN this m tier, but Il ctrthnly 10 RIG u
equity that the woucn n our omn'oy should be iafl
AZ much A. before the breakinp out Of the var WIN
cretar, OF War please carefully 70 nyo,tgae me ma
ter and give as much relti as ne eau S VIZ
law hnc purl sgr'icot ~ LNS 'hN'
NV. although do not think that the a vance
made is sutiicent-although think Il Is nsuth-
cient-yot / think 10 is our duty TO ack uWledt
what has been done I'm the premises in our behaf,
and to hope that In accordance with the PR ul'e
made by the Secretary Of War tha' still more
will be done at an early period. You All kno"
that results of movements OF this kind-reNo IT,
tions, so to spcak-lre not accomplished i'm an
hour day, OF week, II takes time. II takes time
to produce good results. And, | verify believe,
that il the women Of this city Will perscyere in
the work they have so nObly commenced, that
the time is not far distant when tull Justt'e VIII
be done them, and the prices paid for their labor
wi be as much as those paid any woman in IN s
CITY heretofore.
The gentleman continued There was another
fact briefly alluded 70 by the previous speaker
(Nr. Buckwatcr) and it was this, that the work
ing women of the city of Philadelphia have a
claim not only upon the Government Of the
United States, but upon the public at large aud
that claim is based upon this fact that 1.-THE
the claim you have upon the Government, and
upOu the public. You should never rest satisfied
until You succeed in awakening the public OF
Philadelphia to this fact Never rest any eiiOrt
until You have reused the public 10 your true
condition. Il has been stated here that the public
are ignorant OF your condition. cannot believe
it. l cannot see how any man or woman walk
ing to and fro on our streets can close his or her
ears 10 the fact, that cry is going out from the
working women not only in the city Of Philadel-
phia but in every State of the Union, for increased
wages.
The speaker then advised the working women
to pursue the course of action adopted by the
iourneymen taiors, aud nN "A scale of prices for
their labor, assert their rights, and then mantau
them; and then, when all other Efforts failed to
make a "slrike." said he, there may be those
among you who are averse to such a thing as q
strike, and who shrink from it as from spectre.
! l have seen such ladies'. Now, am not mere to
advocate STRIKES" except in case of dire neCes-
| sity; except when all other efforts fall except
when persuasion, il it need be, shall have failed
| to arouse the sensihities of those in whose
power you are bOunu, even as a prisoner iR his
| cell. When all these shall have failed, then in
| Gods name, in the name of humanity, II is your
duty to rise CH plaSSe, and with firm hands grasp
! ing each others hands, resolve you will stand by
! each other to the last extremity. These are no
| idle words. They arc the firm conviction that
| have forced themselves upon me by the thought
and attention / have given to this movement
| from the CONNIE ncemCnt
After recommending the formation Of working
| womcn's associations in every ward, and the
necessity of strong, united nc ion on the part Of
the ladies of the Jcicty, the speaker continued -
Now there is another claim you have upon
! the Government, and it is the last one l shah
| touch upon. Look around here aud see these
forms cad in the habilimeats of mourning.
What do they indicates That some loved one
| some protector, some sustaining arm has laid is
life US a sacrifice upon the altar of his country
| that you, adics, you, noble matrOns of America
have nObly given more - this great land of ours
than the richest man in the whole land, who shai
| step forth and lay all the wealth of his Golfer.
| upon the altar of his country. You have given
your life's blood, your protectors, your all, 50 to
speak, for the sustenance Of this great Govern
ment of ours.
And will that Government in an hour like this
| in a crisis like the present, reject the demand
| that Is properly made upon them Verify, verify,
no. That good man who presides over the dcs-
TIMES of this nation, SAID to me not long ago in
| WashngtOn--that If there iols any class in this
community ichO had claims upon the Goreri,meRt
of the Lnitcd States, 10 tcdS the noble i0omeR iDhC
| lad qireR their relatives as sacrifices for the pre-
Serrati0R Of the Union. He is keenly alive 10 the
sacrifices you have made, and he sympathize
with you in your burdens as every noble aud jus
man must do o ladies' when | look arUun,
and see these forms clad in mourning, when
think of the many sacrifices you have made
every sympathy OF my heart goes forth in uniOI
| with yours.
When think of Gettysburg out here in th,
southwestern part of this great Commonwealth
| that National Sepulchrc that contains the ynes
| of so many Of the relatives OF these oppress sed
women, it seems 10 me that when the stranger
passes that spot, be he man or woman, he will
tread with a softer step, and will feel that the
spirits of these women lingcr there, as he thinks
| OF the sacred ashes contained in that cemetery
These facts, ladies, are fully recognized by the
| Government of this country.
1t is the desire of the Government, so far as IL
its power lies 10 do justice, and that justice a
soon as circumstances will admit Of It's being
done.
At the conclusion of this speech, the Presden
stated that the association had opened an otlic
where a registry book is kept upon which al
applications for labor are entered, which are sup
pied as soon as possible. An employer makn
application is charged fifty cents, but TO EN-
ployees the services are free. This Office is No
736 Arch street. The association has Published
paper called the IIORan's Journal. AnOthe
meeting OF the association will be held at Samson
Street Hal next Wednesday evening.
The following Is the organization OF the Asso
citation M. |. bennett, M. d., President; Mis-
A. Il. Mcdowell, Secretary.
Board OF COunC-HOn Ellis Lewis, William
b. Mann, Hon. G. w. Woodward, Colonel vii
liam b. Thomas Samuel Christian, Rev. DR.
Carter, Thomas A. Scott, Matthew Newkrk, DIR
Joseph LOngshore, j. Edgar Thomson, Rev. DR.
Garden, l.. Tracy. Treasurer, Hon. Ellis Lewis
Counsellors, Frederick A. Van Cleve, II. II
Warmer.
DEATH OF CATHOLIC CLERGYMAN.-Rey
Father Mclaughlin, formerly pastor Of the POr
Richmond Catholic Church, died yesterday. Tht
deceased was lj years Of age, and much esteemed
by a large circle Of friends.
Pass CLUR OF PmLADELPuA.-Am meeting
of this organization will be held Tomorrow
"wednesday afternoon, at halfpast three o'clock
! IN Select Council Chamber.