The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-13

n the same shop demanded the Associations
rice, 75 cents. What she asked, we're the
iris 70 do Ia such cases Ifa man can a6ord
Q work for $40 week, he thought she could
Or IS.
Who will say after reading them that they I
IRE any longer opposed to female suffrage2
think il should be our aim (if these are q
ype Of women in general), % give her the
power Of legislation az soon AZ possible, and
ct the timid towards Of men stand aside.
How long think you, Mr.. Editor, Of woman
lad the suifrage,) would it be before an eff
,ient eight hour law was passed In every
State, and also In the national legislatuIeP
But very short time, indeed. The time
seems to me eminently fitted TO invest her
with that power. What we now require 10
social I'VE have had too much pOlitical) legIs-
alton, and who 90 well understands all the
social problems az women; and we shall be
wanting ia our duty II we do not secure her
valuable assistance TO aid our cause.
The Bakers had their grand torchlight
procession on Saturday evening, and being
a lne night Il was an imposing affair, re-
mInding one Of the PROFESSIONS we had some
lour or i've years ago, when the labor move
ment in New York was at its height. Ills
20 be hoped that this turn out OF the bakers
will be successful, and that X viii stimulate
others TO follow their example Owing 10
the long distance the men mad 10 march. il
was quite late before they reached tue hall;
but after they arrived the meeting organized
a. soon a. possible, and some excellent
speeches were made by those invited 10 ad-
dreFs them. Resolutions were passed 10 de-
mand twelve hours a day, and 5 s per week.
bot It Is somewhat doubtful in nv mind il
they will obtain AZ. Their cause u one Of
tiu most Just tnat was ever before the peo-
pie, but they have been ~ long IN A state of
lethargy and have scarcely got into working
order before they enter on strike-one Of
the most difficult things to carry through
successfully, that labor has to deal win
ana the boss bakers are, az body, perhaps,
better organized than any other trade, as
they meet from time to time to regulate the
price of bread. And this is a good point for
labor to study. Now, the price Of bread Il
the same in All the shops throughout the
city Who regulates it2 The bakers Of
course; they say how much the people shall
pay for the article they sell, and what is
more they stick to it. Does the much vaunt.
ed supply and demand hold good IN their
casey | douOt not. NO; taev do a. every
man ought to DO, look afr heir own inter-
est, and however Just q IN Of the bakers
l hope they may not, but lear they will, have
a hard struggle. WANDKaER.M
The WOrkIngwOmea's Protective Union.
We clip the following interesting article
from late issue Of the New YORK Tribune.
Among the many institutions IN New York
established for the benefit 0f the tDiling
masses, none j. more worthy on popular en-
couragement than that known a. "Tne Work
ingwomen's Protective Union" organized in
1868, to promote the interests OF working
women, and especially to provide them With
legal protection from The frauds and mpo-
sirI0ns N INSCRIPTIONS employers, To assist
them in procuring employment at living
wages, and to open TO them such suitable
departments Of labor as we're then closed
against them.
At the time Of the formation az this 60
ciety the condition OF the wOrkiagwOmen Of
New York and Brookly had become more
4 than usually desperate, owing to the disas-
trous war pending, which had drawn male
meml r. from almost everv family, many
Of whom were destined never u return, and
had doubled the prices Of clothing and pro-
visions, while it had but little influence in
increasing the pay Of the t0ilsr II was or
ganized under the auspices of Msssrs. Dan
iel Walford, Joseph ri Beach. Geo. w. Mat
sell, VIM Mack llar, WIN. r Il ,berts, aud
Moses ;. Beach, and its Efforts we're Grst di-
rected towards organizing Protective Uaio1
among the wlrkingvpmen themsalyes but
their want "a experience IN tbe w Management
OF business affairs, and the evil machna-
lions OF some cf their own sex proved OBJ
J stacies which could not De averc Ynie, and
81 MA f.. 10 In.
mea namel above then a-5IfneI eatire con
trol "a me assocralIln. tia rooms were
Y hrst az number New Cltnbers street, and
were n caarge Of Mes. Catherine ". Brooks,
4 phllaathrayic hlv who hli volunteered
her services, rc4lrins I'D compensation be-
you'd tue consciousness OF doing good 20
the less fortunate OF her sex. This lady
has ever since been a most energetic worker
IN the cause Of the workingw omen, and is
still prominently identified with the Psotect-
i've Union. Tue Hon. Charles p. Daley was
! ils first President, and still holds the posi-
ton The present Superintendent Of tho
Union is Mrs. Martha W. FeTrer, aho, with
the Assistant Superintendent, Miss Susan
Yates, bas entire charge ~ the rooms at "a
\ Franklin street, between Broad way aud Elm.
The lab ar performed by these ladies' NAV be
7
dered that during the wears 1866, 1866 and
/ 1867, they have, besides furnishing employ
ment 70 1929 women, also received more
than % 900 applications from Others for
whom no situations could be procured, or
who failed to keep up their communication
with the Office. This branch Of the business
involves vast amount Of labor, as mag
well be supposed. Every application IL re-
corded, and no pains are spared to secure
| for each applicant such employment as sho
may be best fitted for. Every complaint
Of fraud or ill-treatment made bv a work
4 ingwoman against her employer, il entered
10 book kept for the purpose, tue counsel
Of the Union is at once apprised OF the facts,
the employer notified to explain, and 10 moe
cases out Of ten The wOrkingwoman is right
cd within the period usually wasted by
lawyer in drawing up a complaint. For this
and kindred services no charge l. made, and
| to the honor of the legal profession be il
said that no member thereof has vet demand
ed one dollar Of the Union for legal assist
ance. The counsel for the Union il u. ri.
Parsons, Esq, Of NJ. 80 William-st., who
visits the rooms Of the Association twice
week to receive complaints, and to perform
4 such other business az be may be called upon
to perform for unfortunate women. Hun
dreds Of cases against dishonest EMPLOYERS
are settled every year by the interference Of
the Protective Union on behalf Of the work
ing girl, many of which could never be set
tied but for this gratuitous aid.
Sin how many cases." says TIE report
which has just been published, ''the declara-
tion by the working women Of an int ntion
to appeal TO the protection of this Union has
y resulted In Reconsideration nF ,,rrf,-t,J