New-York tribune., 1869-06-18
THE voRKISGWOMEN's ASSOCIATION

The regular meeting OF Jnb w OrklngNOmen >
Association held last evening In the Phmpon Build
ing Ninth-st. Miss Anthony presided, and about 60
ladies and gentlemen were present Very brief minutes
Of the last meeting were read and approved Miss An
thony the Committee OF Seven TO attend the Working
mems Picnic reported, with regret that not one Of them
was present at Jones's Wood Germanla Hall Mrs.
Norton another Of the Committee said she had intended
10 CO. until she chanced 60 discover that certain Labor
Unions in various parts Of the country were excluding
ana depressing colored WOrklngmen; whercon
shc resolved to have nothing TO do with
such Unions, whose action toward the negro
looked 10 her like an attempt 10 take revenge on God
Almighty for daring to paint the human SKIN any other
color than white. Mrs Norton concluded by offering
resolution thanking Secretary Borne for his humane
order, declaring that no distinction OF color shan be made
in tc cmpoi neu oi hahas ~ tho Navy 1HrIs ana re-
grctnE that be did not include sex also Dr. Hol6er
ht hoped, would soon hc dropped entirely aud Miss An
th0uy recommended the Association To attend to womans
wrongs, and l,t tho men take care OF thenselves
but the resolution was hnaliy passed Mrs Bureigh
read long n,,l uot very po'~d "onu.l,c from
r schoenoh vaguely recommending the establishment
m mcaS ocSnn iSoo M rSr MeKg Sgo and Mrs Ieavtt was
appointed 20 consider the matter Eleanor KIRK thought
the most thancss task that ever woman UNDERTOOK was
80 make people understand me real olect OF me "otk
size. "0f letters from almost every part OF the
country. asking questions IN regard TO II, ana
scarcely letter fails to END with win TINS /:
Association am tired and disgusted with THIS ques
tou. 10 my fixed and candid conviction that Womans
s question deeper than suffrage, aud that is-Sgring
al Anthony
question occasionally but declare that II entirely out
side Of true province There are thousands OF women
u tins cly who want food and clothes great deal more
than the ballot. And ] must confess that doh
like this Wholesale dcnunciailon Of men that
hear every night. | tel you thdt Tor every mean
man you will lind me, will lind you mean woman
rIlissugl Well, hiss, II you Ike don't care! us
w0maus right 10 vote ought To consider that socieys
restrictions healthy 50 far as women are concerned
have your Midnight Missions and Magdalen societies
but for every poor soul that they restore 10 are
that nnctcuths of the women on the street got there
/ would Ike 10 have this Association stand between
such men as Lord Taylor aud other employers and
make them pay their girls good wages. Unless we 40
work. Association IS dead, fiat failure And de
src 10 take vote 10 see now many are ia favor Oh Drng
moved seconded that the Association conine itself TO
c dtcs.ion of woman and her work but after a warm
debate tho motion lost and was resolved TO talk
on everything pertaining 10 the woman question
Nr, Anthony marveed that nobody had spoken
m Troy who had been on strike for whole month, so
that not collar could DO washed In that city Miss An
h0ny thought too the strike OF the women oapmakers
Inn mis- city Argued well for wOmen work. aud declared
nt so long as women stand ready 20 take any price,
hg places OF men who strike just long nothing can be
done elevate the wages Oi the worAnS women OF tue
country. resolution subsequently offered by Mrs
ghrphcrd. and passed, heartily iudTsng the movement
Of the capmakcs, and thanking the men for their
Mrs Norton declared that women don't get pocketmo-
ucy from husbands because they are not political
y c0ua 70 men, and broadly asserted that the majority
al farmers wives have To steal butter aud eggs from
ther masters in order 10 get such little articles wo-
men Ike. . .--,,
Mrs OConnor wished explanation OF the eXtraordl-
nary that the best needle work IN tho manuacture
of mems clothes done by and not by women, aud
Mr. NewbOd stated that men long apprenticeship
10 the difficult parts of tailoring, aud women never no.
Miss Anthony addcd that you Will nd yerywhere, even
i'm cooking good dinner, that man Is an artist whereas
n woman only picks mp" her work because she must
Parker Plsbury spoke at length on the division or
tailoring butOn-nakug, aud other great industrial en-
tcrprses into small departments. whereby capitalists
are enabled to grind down tho poor llborer who under
stauds only one branch OF his trade Mr. Plsbury also
related prOfluo story OF city missionary VINO asked
starving old man n Christ sufficient for HIM D--n
yonr Christi" replied the old man. MY old woman ana
mr haint had nothing 10 eat Tor two days"
MANY women, said the speaker, are 20 miserable as
m damn The ballot aud God Will hear that prayer quicker
au nc will the petitions OF half the pharasaca Churches
f Now York There Is something that precedes the bal
lot and II appear 10 me that you can do here
reper and more elevated work than To talk much about
suhragc' 81, - =. Al. c..h..i,o
pcsrhcr and the associated with her IN heT odu
,.tional work, was presented by MIS-. Shepheru ana
ANONYMOUSLY adopted. The meeting then adjourned
Ta Secretary OF the Association has received letter.
written hy direction OF Gov. Geary stating that when
Hester Vaughan left this country she earnestly request
d that no one should be informed ~ To her residence IN
Enalud The writer, however offers TO forward to her
mn drawn London Liverpool for the amount coll
rced here In her behalf as soon as nc Is appreu Vi neE
arriy al Rt her fathers house