New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-14
THE woRKrNGwoMExs PROTECTIVE UNION.

Among the many noble charities of which
New York may well be proud there is deserv-
ing Of the aid and encouragement OF her benevolent ct
than the Workingwomen's Protective Union The
objects OF the Union are, to provide employment for e-
males aud to protect them from the injustice OF hard-
hearted employers Au idea of the amount of good done
In a by the association may b. gained by glance
ut the following statistics: During the SIX months Just
trades and caugs In which females engage, made
the officers OF the Union at No. a Frankln-st near
Elm or these 100 were from women and girls who had
never before awaited themselves Of the advantages
offered. During the same period $50 employers applied
Tor workipgwo,nen and girls In numbers from TO 80.
Employment was furnished to 1892 persons from the
child Uf lo to the woman of TO- Complaints against EN-
ployers To the Of made. and nearly ali
satisfactorily settled through the ageLcy OF Mr. j. H.
Parsons Attorney for the Union, whose services are
given gratuitOusly. large amount Of money, which the
compliments otherwise have lost, thus gained
for them. and IN many cases Observation-Disclosures were
properly settled which Threatened TO separate empower
and employ cd leaving The latter once more unproyidcd
with the means OF livelihood In ssoe Instances where
the questOnOi debt was raised IL was Ouu necessary 10
appeal the law. In every such case Judgment was
rendered for the complainant. The trials 10 which
workingwomen IN the large cues are subjected are o9t
vaguely understood 10y those VINO nave comi9rta9le
Cor the mcrest necessales OF e ESe ~ lhs nst estao
smons where large numbers afe employed, tlie wages
are bur nominal aud III very few Is the work steady
Then there are inferior places mere sIos' III which .lc
tucr s gcd 10 submit To the most heartesh eNtOr
reduced ON the slightest preteuse, aud often withheld
altogether NewYOrk abounds with class OF adyentur-
and who generally TO defy the law when redress
sought by the unfortunate sufferer One OF this class
succeeded IN maintaining her position as systematic
swndlrr OF sewug-Cir- but WAS last year brought To
punishment By the efforts ~ the WOrkingwOmens Pro
tertiye Union. She succeeded IN obtaining pardon
after having served a few months in prison and two or
three weeks ago before the court for Practng
hersd profession If not allowed To escape tht penalty
Of law through some techicaty. she Will once more
be- uaced will be impossible for her 10 exercise
her 10 the injury 81 her less favored sisters De
porabe the condition Of the women who are forced
IL work FOR ptance IN the low deep there Is
ms poor KIND hearted Tom Hood says lower siil below
that gnomy gIlf darker region OF human misery; be-
meath that purgaOry he'll rcsnundug with more doiefm
waiugs aud "A sharper Outcry-the voice OF farnlSlnbg
wretches pleading vainy for work, work -hnpor
ing as Il blessing what laid upon man as curse
the labor that wriugs sweat from the brow ana
bread from tho soil The dark cold. drcary days
f long Water close upon and for another series
months the want and misery and despair that taYe
n Poverty's shadows. VIII darken many threshold II
upon poor ard children that the dgrk days fau
DARKEST and 10 behooves the prosperous and happy 10
give literally uf their for the alienation OF dis
trees among this unfortunate class Through the Work
gwOmeus Protective Union thousands Of these people
can be reached and aided In the most effective manner
To aid this Institution the renowned temperance orator.
.John h. Cough. delivered lecture last year which
Yielded several hundred dollars, aud Monday evening le
spoke again al Cooper Institute for the object The
subject OF his lecture was Eoquence aud orators