The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-06-08

session at st. Paul. and some very
interesting incidents have taken place.
One of the most interesting occurred
last Monday when the question OF
woman labor was under discussion.
Mrs. Rheta Child Dorr of New York
City declared that among the labor
ing classes and settlement workers of
New York socialism and anarchism
were the prevailing creeds, and that
the spirit of revolt against the tyranny
OF the employer was becoming strong
er every day. She appealed to the
club women Of the country, 100000 OF
whom were represested by her audi
ence, to work vigorously and intelli-
gently for the betterment Of condi-
tions among the toilers of their sex.
1T is our duty" she said, "to assist
this propaganda instead of playing all
around the question. 1t is our duty
the study of the great problem Of Ia
bor, not Of woman labor alone, but
man and woman labor. They are one
and the same. If we deliberately
close our eyes to these facts, if We
keep out of the industrial movement,
we simply cut ourselves off from the
main spirit of our times"
The 1000 women present cheered
Mrs. DORIS remarks, and then she
took them to task for their ''senti-
mental sympathy for the dear work.
ing girl. But a majority of the
women present showed their interest
il and sympathy for organized labor
when two young women, one union
glove worker and the other union
shoe worker, addressed the conven-
ton. The young women were warmly
welcomed and listened to with interest
while they made their pleas. But i'm
mediately after the working girls had
finished their addresses there occurred
an incident that shows the real atti-
.tude of a part of the women who
make such great pretence of interest
!, in the working girls" A bunch of
women from st. Louis, headed by a
Mrs. Chivvis, took exceptions to the
remarks of the union workers and
overwhelmed the girls with questions.
Mrs. Chivvis complained because girls
would not become kitchen maids and
waiting maids, preferring to work in
shops and stores.
1--WE have been ridden to death by
rr;r NTrc
angrily. "Why don't you come into
our homes, where you can get good
wages and easy hours, instead Of
working in ill-smelling shops?"
Working girls do not intend to run
homes for women who are too lazy or
incompetent to do it for themselves" :"
retorted Miss Casey, one of the union
workers.
Mrs. Chivvis grew red in the face
and her st. Louis supporters shrieked
maledictions In the most approved
"40O'' fashion, but the Illinois delega-
ton surrounded the two working girls
and protected them from the hyster-
ical attacks Of 4ne st. Louis aggrega-
ton.
Upon the motion Of Miss Mary Nc
Dowell of Chicago, the following reso-
luton was then passed: Resolved,
That the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs indorse the work OF
the industrial committee in its ef-
forts to secure the passage of a bill
to authorize the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor to investigate and
report. upon the industrial, ocia1
moral, educational and physical con
ditions Of women and child laborers In
the United States"
The addresses of the members o
the Chicago women's unions created
great excitement The speakers were
Miss Josephine Casey of the Union o.
Elevated Railroad Employees, and Miss
Agnes Neston of the Glove Workers
Union. It was after Miss Casey hat
spoken strongly in behalf of women
unions that a band of irate member
of the Federation from St. Louis
headed by Mrs. w. B. Chivvis, de
scended upon her. The st. Louis
women, who have been coping will
the servant girl problem, overwhelmed
Miss Casey with rapid fire Of ques
tions.
When Miss Casey made her red-ho
retort tc the impudent remark Of Mrs
Chivvis, the fair-minded women in tn
great convention cheered her to tn
echo.
Working girls do not intend to rul
homes for women who are too lazy o