The sun., 1909-12-06

uxploded and Dr. Melish waved a hand
gently to reass,Ire nervous shlrtwaists.
we are here" DIR. Melish continued
after ell the photographers had made alb
solutely certain that Mrs. Belmont had
BEEN taken. -for the common good. We
want to protest. for one thing. against
the use OF the police power by any one
class. lGreat applause.l We want no
foul play. All that we ask Ia fair play.
lApplause.l / demand for these girls a
lair share in the common prosperity"
Mrs. Belmont led OF in the cheering,
and otter a while DR.. Melish announces
that no speaker would be allowed 10 talk
more than twenty minutes. II they
wouldn't strike after three minutes warn
! ing they would be locked out, that's all.
Laughter and cheerngl
Young MIR. Coakley. who can talk on
sny old subject at any old time, told them
that there was no such thing as sex in
the labor world. Women should have
an equal chance with men to make liv-
shouldn't vote. The classes had been
putting ID all over the masses. but the day
would come when the masses would rise
up and put it all over the classes. Cheers.
DIR. Anna Shaw, really the principal
speaker got fine a round d.onaE Of sPplsgse; pasn
and she gripped the big crowd from the
moment she stepped forward until the
moment she finished talking. She ap-
peared to represent the National Associa-
ton 70 rWoman's Suffrage.
Your cause" she told the strikers,
~is our oause. and our cause Ii your cause.
tAppixuse.i Women should work together
to get fair and honest treatment. They
will never get IL any other way
6h1 had to wait a minute or 40 for the
cheering to wear away. The audience
Of women turned loose every bit as much
noise as the same number Of men folks
produce ordinarily when they're naming
people to vote for.
sWs've been complained Of" said DR..
shaw. -for going out into the world and
taking work away from men. They say
we ought TO stay at home and mind our
business and sew and make things that
women Of other generations used To
make They want TO know, these men,
whyswe do not do the work our grand
xnothsrs and mothers used TO do. Why.
how nan WEI The men have come into
the homes and have taken away from us
the very work that out grandmothers
taken this work TO factories and are doing
IL themselves. The only way that women
can ret along 10 20 leave the home, follow
the men into the factories and try TO win
back q. share of what used TO belong to
them altogether. tApplause
They tell US, these men, that We are
injuring future generations, that We are
putting posterity in peril, that because
OF US families are deterioratlng, They
say that the children ara suffering be-
CAUSE the mothers are in the sweatshops.
Well do mothers want to be in the sweat
ehops7 Are they there because they
like to toll and sweat2 They are there
because they have to be, because mon
have taken our employment away from
tate 70 men, but this is certain, men are
mot going to be allowed to dictate to US
There was that in the smashing applause
which showed that DR.. Shaw wasn't going
it alone by any means.
"Iwas told by a clergyman she went
on. who. knowing that was clergy
woman and a pastor. said that it was
wicked for me to speak at a woman's
suffrage meeting on Sunday: 1t only
like prsaohing the gospel of peace and
submission. There is gospel thao has
been taught to me, that they who resist
tyranny are serving Him, no matter
whether IL is the tyranny Of the master
over the slave or the tyranny OF man over
Alexander Irvine sprang forward to
say that no decent New Yorker could
hesitate in taking sides In the cause.
He said the striking women have been
was sorry that Irish policemen would
hustle Jewish workers. He thought
that the Irish and the Jews Of all people
10 the world ougth to be sympathetic
anCks work together, They. could rule
every scountry in the world save their
! When Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes stepped
10 the front of the stage the audience
apriauded for a minute or two.
sI believe the ballot is only the means
20 . great end she said. Il believe it
will do the working women OF this country
little good unless they use il to free them
selves industrially. I bring you a mes
cage from the working men and women
Of the whole country: Workers. unite.
You have nothing TO lose but your chains
and you have the whole world to gain
X DIR. Melish ask ed the audience TO stand
up and let Mrs. Belmont know how much
thsy appreciated her kindness in engag-
ing The Hippodrome for them. There
was a stirring and a rustling as the women
arose and a burst OF handclapping. Mrs.
Belmont leaned over the railing Of her
box and bowed her acknowledgment.
There were more speeches in English.
Italian and Yiddish, and it was nearly
half past O'Clock when the Hippodrome
emptied its big crowd into the streets.
A representative of Mrs. Belmont said
after the meeting that she had made il
a point to invite city officials to the meet
ing but that the replies of some Of them
to her invitation Indicated indifference
10 the claims of women She invited Mayor
Mcclellan. District Attorney Jerome.
Corporation Counsel Pendleton and Police
Commissioner Baker, all OF whom said
they couldn't or wouldn't attend. Comp
troller Metz. Health Commissioner Dar-
lington and Supt. Maxwell accepted with
pleasure.