New-York tribune., 1910-01-03
MARTYRSALLTHER
HAD SIGNS ON EN-.
.Shutzcasst Pickets Who Vent
fo Workhouse attend Meeting.

Twenty young women with placards
,,fnned across their bosoms inscribed
-eworkhouse Prisoner looked down in a
superior sort OF way from the Carnegie
Han platform last night on an audience of
four thousand admirers Of both sexes. In
back Of them were grouped some three hun
cred and fifty poor things who could wear
only the insignia Arrested" It certainly
seemed a case Of unfair discrimination on
the part OF the magistrates
The latter were properly condemned by
the speakers. II was mass meeting called
n protest against the treatment accorded
shirtwaist strikers by the police and the
judiciary Mrs o. H. P Belmont sat in
box
The whole thing took on something Of
the aspect OF a legal discussion tfnged with
emotion. Miles NJ Dawson, who has acted
as counsel for arrested pickets. and Martin
". LittIeton both severely criticised the
magistrates for their various decisions in
the dispute. Magistrate Kernochan was an
attentive listener in the audience, as was
Dean George W. Rirchwey of the Coluul-
bia Law School.
Mr- Dawson singled out Magistrates Cor
nell and Barlow as the principal offenders,
and they were named particularly IN a set
Of resolutions adopted by the assemble ge
before the speaking began In the resolu-
tons they were called unfit for judicial
Office" and Kisses greeted every mention OF
their names by the speakers
Mr. Lirtletou's arraignment was more
general and more technical. IT lay 1t
down as proposition Of law" he thun-
dered, which I call upon any set OF law
yers or judges to dispute. that according
20 the laws Of New York State there is
that q magistrate has no right whatever
70 send e prisoner, charged with that Of
fence TO the workhouse- Any girl so COM
u,itted could gain redress through civil
action"
LITTLETON POINTS THE LAW.
The speaker said he would like 10 COM
mend TO the police magistrates. who. no
doubt, have been too busy TO read it,"
section 10 Of the Revised Statutes Of the
state. which recognized the right of en-
ployes TO act collectively in refusing TO
work. and TO persuade others to do SO.
Then he discussed the right OF employers
with grievance 10 seek an injunction in
& court Of equity, and asked:
Why have not your employers resorted
70 the higher courts, where your cause
could have been aired before the public, in
stead OF invoking police action? This ne
glect OF theirs Indicates that they are not
sure they are entitled TO an injunction
against you strikers.
Now I understand that you have evinced
= willingness TO arbitrate on the basis Of
recognition Of your union. and that your
employers refuse this condition Section
146 OF the labor law Of the state compels
the recognition OF e union. would sug
gest the advisability Of your pointing this
out 10 your employers"
Mr.. Dawson paid more attention TO the
police. He began by quoting the sections
CT law allowing arrest without a warrant,
and denounced the majority Of arrests in
the shirtwaist strike troubles as Illegal.
On top of this he heaped charges Of brutal
Try and unfairness, naming over q long list
OF casualties, for which the victims had
had no redress from the magistrates.
The only tine I ever appeared in
magistrates court was before Magistrate
Cornell as counsel for q girl whom he sent
10 the workhouse an utter insuficiency
OF evidence" said he. she was committed
under the accumulative sentence act. since,
f he had fined her. somebody would
promptly have paid ner fine, and he would
have been cheated out OF inficting a jail
sentence -@-E .
WHAT MAGISTRATE BARLOW SAID.
AS for Magistrate Barlow, can't speak
from personal experience, because all the
other strike cases were handled by my as
sociate. The latter quoted to me. how
ever, a remark OF the justice which I will
repeat for your benefit Magistrate Barlow
told my associate on one occasion that the
leniency he had been showiag-the girl
strikers for the last week had resulted only
in increased disorder. and he added: 4 will
start sending these girls 10 the svorkhouss
Tomorrow -
The chairman Of the meeting. Mrs.
Frank H Cothren, expressly said before
introducing the first speaker that the gath
ering was not one Of socialists or of suf-
fragists, but OF just New York citizens
anxious for their rights In front of the
speakers desk hung a placard saying:
The Wo-khouse Is No Answer TO a De-
mand for Justice" And from many of
the boxes depended the banners Of the va
-ious wonen's movements-the Women's
Henry George League, the Socialist won-
ems Committee Of the Socialist Party, the
Women's Trade Union League and others
The speakers, besides Mr.. Dawson and Mr.
Littleton. We're Morris EilIouit and Miss
Leonora Reilly.
a committee appointed two weeks ago
BY the Rev. DR.. Henry A. Stimson, Of
The Manhattan Congregational Church
Broadway and 18th street, TO inquire into
the strike OF the shirtWaist makers, re-
ported last night. following the service,
that the women and girls engaged in this
Industry have practically won their strike
on the main point OF contention, namely,
the recognition of their union, since two
thirds Of the operatives are at work
under union conditions; that the strike In
its present stage, in our opinion, can be
adjusted without sacrifice OF principle by
the return 70 work under union conditions
of the young women still on strike, the
segregation Of non-union employees in
shops TO be designated by the employers,
and the creation Of a joint conference
committee"
With regard 70 picketing. the report said
that there had been much exaggeration
IS 10 police and judicial abuses, the tes-
Ctnony Of members of the press being in
effect that the magistrates with a single
exception. had favored the girl prisoners