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-, v,c,er,-Onc Neblo womsp's Ia
,o,. for psfen.eiess Women.
,c,,,,irht. ipl. by Edgar l.. wakeman.l
we,x England. July es-The "pl,
- asscs" u England and Wales arc
~, Il 900 10 number They are the girls
- ,,ofprn Of all arcs who are employed
-, the "bcowa' or mouths Of British
eoil aud iron mines
h, former tii-rs women were employed
,a'sio,- graasn In tho English miues, aud 10
4, ,earcoly ffty years since, In 1912, all
.,.s,io labor IN the underground collicrics
-, ,t an end 10, almost solely by the e.
1901 the late Lord Ashley wholesome
..,tactlous upon Juvenile labor In mines
,,ere niso imposed year later But pre-
,i,ss 70 that time, ever since English coal,
IT,, and tn were first mined. the labor 81
,.,,,,n wa utilized In q manner revolving
al horrible beyond description. The prn.
i1jilon Of female labor in mines wa.
,b,r,iorc wonderful revolution. IN Ian.
,s.birs. Yorkshire md Wales Il was -.
s.rlsiiy 40 Here thousands u girls had
srnd employment In the pits, Their chief
i,tsr was ~ drawers and "thrutchers" for
h.eollers who cut or dug the coal
Tbesa female workers were chiefly girls
am twelve to twenty years Of age, aud
Ar work Of drawing. or "hurrying" n. Ii
(, called in Yorkshire, then consisted In
ifaaalng the coal Ia boxes on slcdgcs or In
tsBeks on wheels from tho stall" whcrr
ibocolllor was NJ work 90 the shaft Of tho
M Often tho miucrs would be cutting
tle coal. as Il now frequently the ease, in a
risep not two feet In height, and from ono
10 Two miles from the only outlet 10 tho
World above. Through pitch black pas.
tagrs. too low 90 permit Of their standing
urdght, and up and down btccp inclincl
hey wem compelled 10 crawl, pulling tho
ieavy loads after them or "thrutchingn-
tiatis. pushing-thom from behind. Fro.
eetntly two or three children were har.
messed together to thus pull ono or moro
loadei trucks Leather belts wero pus
trlnnd their waists, and then the little
enc. were fastened together by chain
pas,ng between their legs from one belt u
another, when the children clawcd, Ecram.
bled and tuggc1 along on their hands and
io,s after the manner OF four footed anl.
mails
The Infamous treatment Of women IN
these mines Is only known 70 thoir maker.
The exposure Of but tho faintcst part Of
tll this wrong brought Instant legal pro.
hhtlon under tho graycst penalties.
Bar there was a large number u women
ltit 10 every colliery region who clutchcu
a. any manner Of labor that would sustain
lie. A iow were already working with
men and lads at the p.t hrowA Gradually
ucifly all Of this work, such ~ dumping
ihe trucks from the cage Ia which they
arc brought TO surface" from tho bottom
Of the mine shaft, screening the coal and
sorting out the slate aud stone. loading tho
coal wagons with the coal ready for the
market, and carrying the coal dust 10 tho
oven. WHERE IL - transformed into coke
came 10 the lot Of women. theoretically
The collier opposed II Mt the public house
aud In meetings Of his union. Practically,
no secretly supported Il, for his brother
might have been killed In n explosion,
and tho wife or daughter at tho pit brow
took up the fight for bread where death
bad checked II, and his own arm or leg
might DO picked oil some day In tho ma.
ehlnery, and his own mother or wife
eould spring to tho spade or screen and do
aman's labor for half mans wage
30 for name for them all. though many
vsre lasscs no longer, and have seen wo-
men Of llfty and sixty years working nin.
Ny Rt hoscrcons, they came to b. known rs
PIT brow I.nsses," aud In tins got nearly
al tho pit mouth labor into their dextcrous'
hands. But, Tow years ngo. muttcrings
were heard In those districts like North.
sunderland and Durham. where no women
Hrrn employed, against the system. IL
nlsant, these fellows who had all the labor
themselves, said. the impoverlshmcnt OF
that many men and often that many fam.
lilies Then came miners' conference az
birmingham. In January Of 1855, and a
resolution them passed that women should
not be allowed TO work about tho mines
wa eoyertly Inserted as clause IA tho
coal mino'a regulation amendment bill,
which came up for debate In tho house Of
sommous In March, iSsJ
ghla was followed by broudsIdes AGAINST
eomnn's pie brow labor In Tho Miners
Journal and other influential trades pn.
Iara, "a well as Ia ahorritying lender In tho
London lancet Then vast army Of To-
male reform champions, headed by Emily
Faithful, who aiterward confessed her
fFrur iu tho matter, began writing TO tho
ptesa, writing 10 members Of parliament
and writing 10 anybody else who would
assist In advertising their interest In the
matter, much after the manner Of our own
noble phalanx OF the shrieklng sistcrhoo1.
and for time II seemed that tho poor pic
brow lasaet, ~ tho hill was TO 10 acted
on the following May. would DO given short
ihHfl at the mines
The willy trade unloniEtg who wero can.
ally using the various sentlmentnlists Of
England Va order IN merely give COCO men
ile places tdbO made vacant by GOO WON.
an, very shrcwdly put forward the unan-
tHemble proposition, whnro the pit brow
la,los were unknown aud had no one to
peak Tor them. that their occupation was
'unsoxlng;" that Ii was No laborioua ~ TO
gratly shorten human life; that 1t led TO
llmomlity In It's sodden, maehinellso mix.
Lex II men and women, that tho dross Of
uousen and short pettieoats wasindelirntc
and Improper, and that Idle aud vicious
haAlta wero engcndarcd In the husbands NJ
ugmen 40 employed The whole country
Wis Aatonlshed and horriaod at the discoy-
~ OF thiz new blot ON English oiylliEn.
ten. II accordingly arose unanimously
WITH the sponge, az IL were, Of government
Interference In It's hand TO wipo IL out
Thea Gle luno woman also arose. This
ono lone woman almost unaldod defeated
thao re elortaof the entire trades unions
o. England. conquered the opposition or
lgdltersnoa Of two homo teeretarles-
childcu and Matthews-in succession,
nodded public opinion 10 the cnuse Of tho
PIT brow las . aud achieved ono Of the
inoit remarl,aDlcs0cial and labor victories
"er won In at Britain.
kaI ure 10 make such q woman
tt'er lSno, Americans. Her name IL
Mfa, Margaf,. Park, late mayoress Of
Nigan. Her husband deceased In Novem.
o. 1850, was leading iron merchant
mere and perhaps the most popular indl'
Nluual In Lancashire, che ana exception be-
ing his wife lie WIN elected 10 the may.