The Red Cloud chief., 1894-06-15

shOuld have equal compensation with
men. BY what principle of justice is It
that women in many Of n cities get
only two-thirds as much pay M mon,
and in many cases only half2 Here is
tho gigantic injustice-that for work
equally we'll IL not better done woman
receives far less compensation than man.
Start with the national government.
For q long while women clerks in Wash.
ington got 5000 for doing that for which
mon received Al, 500.
To thousands Of young women in our
cities today there is only this alternative
starvation or dishonor. Many Of the
largest mercantile establishments Of our
cities are accessory to these abomina.
lions, and from their large establish.
ments there are scores Of souls being
pitched of into death, and their EN-.
ployers know It'll
Tho Wall Of womanhood.
IL there q God' Will there BIO o judg.
mentl I tell you, II God rises up to 70.
dress woman's wrongs, many Of u
large establishments will be swallowed
up quicker than o South American
earthquake eve took down q city. God
will catch these oppressors between the
two millstones Of his wrath and grind
them to powderi
/ hear from oil this land tho wall Of
womanhood. Man has nothing to an.
swer to that wall but batteries. He says
she Is OH angel. She il not Sho knows
she Is not. She Is o human being, who
gets hungry when she has no food and
cold when she has no fire. Give her no
moro batteries. Give her justicei
There arc about 90. 900 sewing girls
In New York and Brooklyn. Across tho
darkness Of this night I hear their death
groan. 1t Is not such q cry NJ comes
from those who are suddenly hurled out
Of life, but O slow, grinding, horrible
| wasting away. Gather them before you
and look into their faces, pinched, ghast-
| ly, hunger struck Look Mt their fingers,
needle pricked and blood tippedi Soc
that premature stoop in the shoulders
Hear that dry. hacking. merciless cough
At q largo meeting Of these women,
held in o hall in Philadelphia, grand
speeches were delivered, but o needle.
woman took the stand, threw aside her
faded shawl, and with her shriveled
arm hurled q very thunderbolt Of elo-
quence, speaking out the horrors Of hel
OWL experience.
Pathetic Picture.
Stand at the corner Of q street in New
York in tho very early morning " the
women 20 to their work. Many Of them
had no breakfast except tho crumbs that
were left over from the night before or Q
crust they chew OH their way through
the streets. Here they como-the work
ing girls Of the ethyl These engaged IL
beadwork, these in flower, making, II
millinery, enameling, cigar making
bookbinding, labelling, feather picking
print coloring, paper box making, but
most overworked Of oil aud leas
compensated, the sewing women. VIII,
do they not take the city cars on thei
way upP They cannot afford tn
8 cents. If, concluding to deny hersel
something else, she gets into the Cal
give her seat. You want to Sec hoV
Latimer and Ridley appeared In the frt
Look ut that woman and behold o MOI
horrible martyrdom-a hotter fire,
more agonizing death.
One Sabbath night, in the vestibul
Of my church, after service . woma
fell In commissions. Tho doctor said 81
needed medicine not SO much AZ SOM
thing to eat. As she began to revive
in her delirium she said gaspingly
Eight centsi Eight centsi Eight cent
I wish I could get it donei I AIN .
tiredl I wish I could get some sleel
but I must get 1t donel Eight cent
Eight cents!" We found afterwar
that she was making garments at
cents apiece, and that she could NAL
but three Of them in o day. Hear 4
Three times 8 are 24i Hear 1t, me
and women who have comfortab
honest
Some Of the worst villains Of the cit
are tho employers Of these womel
They beat them down to the last penn
and try to cheat them out Of that. I'll
woman must deposit 81 OF 81 before 81
gets the garments to work OIL. Wht
the work is done. 1t is sharply inspecte'
the most Insignificant flaws picked o,
and the wages refused, and sometimy
the 81 deposited not given back. tt
!. Women's Protective union reports
' case where one Of these poor souls, fin
: ing q place where she could get mo
wages, resolved to change employers al
went to get her pay for work done. IT
employer says, II hear you are going
: leave mei" Eyes" she said, land
: have come to get what you owe me.
' He made no answer. She said, "A
; you not going to pay me?' "Yes,"
Z said. IT will pay you." and he kick
her down stairs.
Women Against Women.
a How are these evils to DO eradicate
). What have You to answer, you who ~
; coats and have shoes made and &C
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