Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-20
College Girls Requested to Aid.

| Second. that a corps of Vassar girls
and students from Columbia University
| and Barnard College act as watchers in
the neighborhood of the strike shops,
their duty being to keep their eyes on
| the girl pickets and see that they are
| not arrested for doing picket duty. which
they have a right to perform under the
law as long as they do not misbehave
Third, to guard against the sending OF
girls to the workhOuse as Migrants with
out proper and legal evidence.
A demonstration considered
effectual by the best teachers-has been
arranged for this morning, when five girl
strikers are released from the work.
house. At the conclusion Of the council
of war yesterday the following statement
was issued:
"A conference between the business
manager Of the Shirt Waist Makers Union
| and representative Of the Women Trade
Union League was held at the latters
| headquarters, 43 East 22d street, at $3.50
pm. Sunday, at which the attorneys who
| are to take charge of the defense OF the
| pickets Of the strikers were present. as
| well as Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont Miss Anne
| Morgan and other invited guests. The
! object of the conference was to consider
means Of providing adequate legal de-
| Tense and bail when required for repre-
| sentatiyes of the union who are prose-
cuted in the magistrates courts.
| Alleged Unfair Methods.
| 1T was reported by attorneys who have
| investigated the conditions before the
magistrates that in many cases no wit
nesses were present for the defense ex-
| cept the persons charged with the offense,
| while the employers always see that wit
| nesses for the prosecution are abundant.
Under these circumstances great
| abuses are safely practiced by the en-
| ployers and their hired thug guards and
| there is virtually no recourse as well as
no possibility of effective defense against
| false charges.
| "A committee of ladies was formed to
deal with this matter. composed of Mrs.
o. H. p. Belmont, Miss Anne Morgan.
Miss Helen Marot. Mrs. Frank II. Goth
rem. Miss Mary E. Drier, Miss Violet
| pike Miss WoerishofIer and Mrs. Eva
Mcdonald vaiesh, who have sent out
call for volunteer watchers to keep In the
| neighborhood Of the pickets of the Shirt
Waist Makers Union, to report
upon the facts concerning unlaw-
| full and unwarranted arrests.
Mrs. Belmont on Bond.
At 30 am. by the Jefferson Market
police court clock. at - ok from Po-
Hceman Foley and a nod from Policeman
Callahan, Mrs 0. II. P. Belmont passed
through the wicket gate and stood before
the bar facing Magistrate Butts of the
night court yesterday morning.
Your name. ma ann asked the magis-
trate.
Mrs. o. H. Belmont
your occupation"
Il have so many OF them hardly know
what to answer she said with a trace of
a laugh. and turning to an attorney at
her elbow, asked: might say that am
| favorably known as suffragist?"
She emphasized the "favorably.' The
magistrate didn't give any indication that
| he thought she had identified herself, so
/ she said:
Il am president Of the Equal Suffrage
League with offices at No. sos 9Th ave-
| nue.
DO you wish to go on the bond OF
| these girls who are held for trial Mon
day night?''
Mansion as Security.
The girls were four shirt waist strik-
| ers who had been arrested at 5 o'clock
Saturday evening. in front of the shop of
| E. A. Jackson. No. los 9Th avenue, on
| q charge Of interfering with the strike
breakers. Mrs. Belmont did not say she
had been sitting I'm the court for over five
| hours to keep the girls from spending two
| days in Jail. She looked at the magis-
| trate for a moment and said:
Yves. l will go on the girls bond
She gave the Belmont mansion at 51st
! street and Madison avenue as security.
| Are you prepared to swear that you
| are worth $500 over and above your just
| debts?"
| Mrs Belmont didn't smile: she assured
| the magistrate that she was.
| Have you the deed for your property"
was his next question.
She looked about In dismay. Were the
girls to go to jail after all {. cause she
| hadn't the, deed with her? The magis-
| trate's heart must have Softened.
| Never mind. madam. l will take your
| word for 1t. You may step down."
Special Mission Meeting.
| The Woman's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society OF the Metropolitan A. NJ.
/ K. z. Church. d street between I'd and
| Sd streets southwest, has arranged a