Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-11-05
CARDS WITH LOVERS
Chicago Working Girls Who WIN Ac-
: sept None But Union Men.
Organizations Adept That Principle
and Members Are More Sought
After Than Before b. Eli
gibls Youna Men.

gibls Toun1 Men.
Love with a union label is the only
brand Of heart affair that is now recog.
uzed IN Wage-earning circles in this
dty. More than 100 girls have, within
the past few days, joined the "No
card, no girl" movement organized re-
eently, and applications are piling up
q the hands Of the three young WON
en- who organized the crusade against
uonuniOn Sweethearts, says the New
York World.
When the purposes Of the order were
arst announced, Nellie MahOney, Ma.
ME Dillon and Dttie Halle, the pro-
mOters and the few others WIG had
TIE courage TO unite with them, were
laughed At and eve jeered. The idea
q mixing up love and uniOnism seemed
tbO funny; In fact, the whole matter
vas treated asa joke By the working
lrls Of Chicago.
Now Il is apparent that the three
young women builded better than they
knew, for there no three girs In
the country who have as many offers oi
marriage from substantial working
men.
The trio speak Of the stacks Of love
letters and photographs they have re-
c4Ved as silly" which treatment Of
The situation serves TO make moreacute
tie envy Of the girls who thought the
movement a joke.
The loyalty Of Miss MahOney and
her associates 70 the cause Of union
labor, by which they announced, some
weeks ago, that thereafter they would
have nothing to do with young men
Who did not carry union cards in their
pockets, has had its reward, and they
are the leaders Of a cult that bids fair
TO grow TO permanency and great pro-
portions.
From the time that the announce
ment Of the girls intentions was made
until to-day, they have been besieged
with offers Of marriage. Pink, blue and
green enveloped letters, every one a
palpable sign of delicate attention,
have accumulated at the headquarters
Of the "Union League club" No. 1855
Washington street. They are from men
willing and eager 10 comply with the
conditions the girls announced that
they would impose upon all suitors.
"You are the girls for us" the let
ters say, and they praise the girls fol
the remarkable impetus their resolve
IS certain to give to organized labor.
Some Of the writer's assert that whe1
young women are thoroughly organ
lied against ~nonunionism, there will
be no artisan or laborer to be founC
outside the pale of unionism.
Theletterseome from all parts of tn
country-frOm Maine to the Pacih
coast-and the remarkable thing of i
IS that nearly all Of the writers asser
that they will not marry a girl who i
not a member or does not Join tn
Mahoney-Dillon-Hall order of unio.
sweethearts.
There is at this time a tremendou
demand for membership in the "Uniot
League Club" A small army of girl
was initiated at the first meeting Q
the club last week, and twice as man
have applied TO come into the fold thi
week.
All the applicants declare that th
offers of matrimony which have poure
in upon the pioneers in the "No car'
no girl" movement has nothing to d
with their desire to become membes
Of the organization. There are thos
who whisper that they are not entirI
" uninhuenced by the effect of tn
original announcement, however.
The three original union lRbelswee
hearts are ready to share their adval
tage with their tardy sisters.
"We did not know that we were g,
ing to receive those silly letters" sa.
D of them the other day, and "
wish the men would stop writing I
us. We have enough letters TO bur
during the winter in place of non-uniC
coal, and enough photographs to COW
the walls OF our rooms"
The girls are anxious to impress upC
ell they meet that the pledge which q
members must take not to assOcia.
with non-union men Is only incident
TO the work OF their new organizatio
They expect to accomplish great thinI
By il and are already discussing o.
planfor making their organizationpo
uiar.
It Is their attention to establish the
headquarters IN a furnished fat, whic
OF course, must have been built
union men and contain nothing b
union-made furniture. In this fl
members Of the organization who a
out Of work or sick VIII be cared +
By other members. At the same tin
the fat will be utilized az the meetil
place Of The club and the place whe
ell business OF the organization will
transacted.
Other plans Of e similar nature q
being considered, and before long &
girls expect to have 3 majority Of c
young women who belong TO unioI
-ukh A those OF the rubber workel