New-York tribune., 1905-08-11
TO SHIELD COLORED GIRLS
National Society for Their Protection
about To BE Formed.

Ihe work for the protection of negro women
winch has been carried for the last six months
uiuer the auspices of the lntermunicipal Commit
Tee Tor Household Research is expected TO culmi-
nate IN the course of few weeks in the organiza-
uon or national association. by means of which
IL is believed that the present nefarious traffic in
negro women may be controlled
Local organizations have already been formed in
New-York and Philadelphia, and the Negro Wom-
an Club. Of Boston, is carrying on the work
mere until a regular organization can be formed
anu an auxiliary committee which is diffusing in
loInation throughout the South and studying the
cohultlons there has been formed at Hampton In
Sutute' By September Boston, Richmond. Balti-
incIe ana Washington will have been organized
t u 'nese separate organizations will then be af-
nHated in a single national body
only national organization can cope with such
propen' said Miss Frances A. Kelor, the
Bureau of Household Research Yesterday Local
work unafhliated with a national movement is use
less Tor II you drive the traffic of city It
simply goes to another. We have to compete
with an organized system and only organized
work will do that. That is why so little has been
accomplished so far. Churches, missions, Christian
associations. etc, have been endeavoring to meet
the demand, but although they have done excellent
work, for which much credit is due them, they
have not worked together. Singy and alone each
enc has tried to fight the system. and naturally
enough, the system slips in and, with it's perfect
machinery, takes the women from the very grasp
Of the rescuers national organization can con-
AoA INC seapOrIS ana eStablSh close relations be-
tween rescue agencies in the South and those in
the North"
The movement for the protection OF negro wom-
en- Is the outcome Of Miss KeIlor's recent invest-
cation of employment agencies It was found
tnat great numbers Of colored women were being
induced to come North by false representations
regarding wages and employment, and that they
arrived in the Northern owns practically the
slaves of the agencies that brought them In PhiIa-
delphia conditions found to be particularly
bad so much so that during the first month that
the Philadelphia association organized 139 girls
were rescued.
Through the efforts OF Hampton Institute sup
plemented by letters sent to all the colored clergy
men Of the South, the movement has become
pretty well known there, and appeals are often
made to the Northern organizations to look up
missing relatives offer other aid The following
interesting petition recently addressed TO Miss
Kellor:
Kind Miss Kellor: I write you this to ask
you for favor have TWO daughters in New
York, and would be. thankful to you If YOU
would call and give them few words of advice.
! have written them concerning you and there
fore you will not appear a stranger TO them.
The young women in question were not in need
of anything except little friendship in a strange
city, which promptly extended TO them.
The officers of the New-York association are Fred
Moore president; Dr. Z. P. Roberts, vice-presi-
dent; Miss Frances A. Kelor secretary, and DR..
w. L. Bulkley, treasurer. The sOcletys agent IS
Mrs. r. w Tylor
The coIored people are actively cooperating in
the movement. and the local associations INCLUDE
both white and colored members.