Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-06
ANTI SWEATING BILL
Irish Industries Likely to Be Injured
by This Measure.
COUNTRY WORKERS TO sLUMs
Absurdity of Allowing Englishmen to
Legislate for Ireland Shown.
WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE AFFECTED
War Office Seeks to Make Irish Boards
Recruiting Agencies.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEPRESSION
Most of Councils Resent Move and
Declare Not More Militarism,
hut Revivl4 of Industries
O. Needed.
Absurdity of Allowing Englishmen to
Legislate for Ireland Shown.
WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE AFFECTE
War Office Seeks to Make Irish Boards
Recruiting Agencies.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEPRESSION

DUBLIN. Dec. A-CSpeciai)-How absurd
It is for an English Parliament to legislate
for Ireland is shown by the situation which
has just arises IN consequence Of the pro
posal to apply the provisions Of the anti
sweating bili' now before Parliament. TO
ireland bill absolutely prohibits what is
known as home work" and the prohibi-
ton is. no doubt, an excellent one for
England. where home work in the slums
Of the English cities is simply an excuse
for sweating.
Very different conditions prevail, how
ever in Irelsnd, and particularly in the
northwest counties, where the principal In
distries are threatened with total disorgan-
ization n the bill becomes law In Its
present form. 1t is estimated that in the
city and county Of Derry and the neigh
boring counties OF Tyrone and Donegal
there are from 20,OOO TO o0,OO women and
girls engaged as "out- workers In the shirt
and underclothing trade and In 'sprigging
handkerchiefs. These women are chiefly
farmers wives and daughters and they
work IN the country under the most health
ful conditions They receive fairly good
prices for their work. and they are not
wholly dependent upon II, but the money
which they earn is a welcome addition To
the family income and often means the
difference tween keeping the family to-
gether at home and sending the daughters
out to serve or TO work In the town fac
tories.
Women Take Big Risk.
II this bill passes these women and girls
will either have to emigrate or will be
forced into the factories and exposed u
ell the dangers and degradstions OF slurn
life. The manufacturers who have built
tsN.a. .-g.~ min I-rIaes esT1f
20 thousands of people will be forced &c
reorxanIxe their work from top TO bottom
and the public will probably have 20 pay
more for its goods while the workers viii
really be worse off than they were before
Nearly every public board in the north o.
Ireland has passed resolutions denouncinE
,he bin. but no notice is taken. of course
by the English legislators who know noth'
ing and care less about the conditions N
Iroland.
with its usual genius for doing the
wrong thing. the British War office IL
taking advantage Of the trade depression
- try and secure Irish recruits for tn
British army. During the last week o.
two. the town councils and other loea
authorities have received copies Of a cir
cuiar from the war office asking them 4
send unemployed men who apply TO III
public authorities for work or relief 10 IN
nearest recruiting station. Most OF III
councils have promptly resented this attemp
10 turn them into recruiting agencies. an
some Of them have passed a model resolu
ton drawn up by the Cork City council {
the effect that what is needed Is an indus
trial revival and not an increase Of militar
ism. Incidentally It is mentioned that ex
tensive repairs at the Cork barracks wer
carried out recently by soldiers them
selves instead Of by civilian labor, as hR
always been the custom before. Thus tn
British army authorities are deprivlng me
OF work in order that they may be force
70 enlist
Irish Ghost Appears.
The ghost OF an Irish giant. nine Zee
high. has been vex'ng the Inhabitants c
Clanvilie. q little village near Galway. an
the people Of Galway city have been tryin
10 lay a. few nights ago a couple q
young men were returning 10 their HON
IN Galway from a party at Newcastle a
which It is said there were spirits" {
q different kind, when they saw the forr
of q man about nine feet tall advancin
towards them along the railway line The
shouted and the apparition vanished. b'
reAppeared few minutes later about fort
yards down the line. and they last saw
HAahlhH hAA IN AAlF hltNNAibaA % A~eNe
Corrib.
The young men brought the story ini
Galway and the xt night a strong part
armed with shot-guns and revolvers. ar
otherwise fortified started for Glanvin
They had not been long in waiting whs
the ghost appeared and one Of the part
raised a revilver to fire at u. He nev,
fired the shot, however. for the revolv,
fell from his hand and he fell unconsciol
n the arms OF his companions. The ghos
ne others declare. laughed loudly AZ
started for Lough Corrb again. There vi
20 more ghost hunting that night. II
%ounE man who tried TO shoot, Il was ca
ried into Galway 70 a medical man W.
worked over him for more than an no,
before restoring him 10 consciousness. T.
man then said that something seemed
paralyse his arm as he was about TO fir
Other parties have gone ont nightly, b
have failed 10 meet the ghost sgaIn
No Magistrate In ROOskey.
RoOskey. County Roscommon. DIV
Goldsmith's Deserted Village" has be
brought 10 the attention Of Parliament
Mr. James o'KeIly. NJ. p, who asked n
Birreu u he knew that there was no ma
istTate IN the district and that perso
who require the services OF a magistra
have 10 travel seven miles from the cou
house 10 the nearest justice Of the peas
Mr.. O'kelly also stated that cases In L
district had been undispossd of for mont
because there was no magistrate wi
with The resident magistrate. would co
stitute a petty sessional court MI Birr
replied that the lord chancellor was CO
sidering the appointment Of a magistra
for Rooskey.
The DOnsghsdss County Down sea $,
pent. 10 which I referred some weeks as
has a. last beer captured and is on Z
hihatiOn al Belfast II turns out TO be
huge eouger eel about seven feet long
two feet in circumference al the thick,
part II Was captured by William Davi
son. a fisherman. after Il had nearly
stroyed his nets and q Is said 70 be 1
largest specimen Of the eel family ey
captured in the north Of Ireland
An interesting question regarding I