The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
IF WOMEN ONLY bad VOTES
WHE =. T. FERN WOULD NAVE
IT'S NATIONS AGAIN.
TIVE Gunragess=s. - ssssSIsise. FsraNed the
Harrars of a NAtrOnIess Ferry TRIO
They Told the Dock CSmuiissioner
About 10, hot He HAS q Hard Heart.

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The suarage,tea took NJ the cause of
the seventeen women who lost their lobs
zfsu the Office of matron on the staten
bland ferry boats Was abolished. by two
open AR mass meetings m RHtt"ry park
and . lengthy interv,sw with the Dock
Commissioner Ia RS oFnce Yesterday.
There was a burst 90 sppiaus" from "A
crowd ~ ff'y men md bows a. Mrs.
sophis Loebingsr climbed nn truck
opposite the Aquarium at five minutes
after a clock.
Here I am again. ,ha -aid. and ]
want every one 81 YOU ~ listen u what
am going 20 cay. Perhaps all Of YOU don Z
know that seventeen women. most ~
them widows with young children to sup
port. have been summaTily dIsmIs~sd
from places that they were rlling in the
most satisfactory manner Just because
certain publi- officials think that the CITY
can save money 10y not paying their sal
arIss any longer These women received
$50 a month for looking ont for the COM
fort and welfare Of women and children
m the Staten Island ferryboats. There
may b. some men here who don't under
stand just what that means. Well. will
tell you Now that these good women
are no longer az their posts II a young
girl chances to he travelling alone lat" az
night there Is NO one 10 protect her from
insult during that trip. which extends any
where from twenty MINUTES To three ,
q,iArteFS Of ara hour. u mNslrs too that II
= woman should be taken IN on board ono
OF these boats "A thing which frequently
happens she would BE- Jeff to the chance
philanthropy Of women IEus-anccrs
Mis- Murphy ard ! dIdn take this
affair up without due consideration. We I
don't want 10 do anything imp'Ilsively. I
We disguised ourselves and took several !
trips on these heats "Wednesday night /
and early Thursiay morning. The re :
cults Of this invest CATION assured 10 that .
the matruns who had come To us To plead
their cause had not oV"rsiaied the facts.
Mrs.. I.osblnRer paii-n't moment. and
then said Imprc~sINeiy
do you know the real reason why
when the city thinks ~ - Rece--ary ~
economic 81 the cr'il service list thew
begin bv Choppng 90 tn heads &c wumens
] can tell vnu ~ - cry few words. u 10
because We naNar't any votes. These
women have Iio~.'d IN"ir civil service
examinai ION. incy have performed
their duL,es g. the test 81 'hair ability
Their services are indispensable to the
community Ard set They are dismissed.
There has l-,s,n "a great deal of agitation
about rhs white save Traffic YOU ~, r .
81 New York -eetn - - wiling o. sgpafd
thousands ~ dol.'s ~ stamp u out
Now aye VOC gurg To- - -iil and Do
nothing '"''il- an~'Ner galloway il opened
Won Nhg have wives aud ~zterz and .
eiaughisr~ wake Up We sui-agette- are
husv amt II il time fnr vu', ., get busy
Miss Helen Murphy WIS neNt "a the
stump. she -aid that she knew thai
would BE- the first thing that women will
do when thCv get tha vote.
4 never had quite 'ieC,dad What would
he the first thing ] would Nv - acCom.
plish. she explained. until 7 vent up y"
Albany the other dsN you'd rarutel
the Capitol II % the cases plac- Tor
n legislator - GET losi Ug wnru -1ma rr.
wants 90 interview him that yov ever
Jaw w your We kr.~ hoc'uss LOST
a few mv-sN
They had No uEh' To ran AVA
che continued Tn. 'tptcl . no. the
nrivate office ~ any 80 them We women
help TO p7y for tn building end wa
have a right N 70 f'terz ard -" he men
whom We slso he'N 20 -"
Mrs LOetinzer arn"urc~d - th,S
point that she had something more -
Some on-. h?s NJ -,Ee~s'~a N.
said that 4 'h- p,., tofnrn,- -tcIsr .
really think, y r- 2 -i~v o. ~rtct,sa
ECONOMY ~ n p 's1s- rrsrf fha fmpE
for hun ~ d. = - y's rIg - pVU -alarv
and 'f' ~ p" usn'. 60 e.. 'aa-" '"men
IthiT X th.t % an s,r~l'su' de.
The sIf rtga''", dl0Gr-rd Jhs mot
ting at tbs pOlnt and .,rs. - ~ 1--WE
NJ the fcrnps- terT.rpft rnstrons went
90 the Once II tN- : orb 'rmrnf..toner
M L0~H.Ugsr 49," 'h' ''-1rl.s, orsr
we col sure thst ~~r vru ravoga
this dec 81 wter VI 'I~rr.ghlv rrdrr-
stand g.. -,'l '.0n -u' 80 .fiaV hs
had listened 80 ha' g0r -N-u. zen rl'pr'a-
4 am e ,'ur-" mo- -gsror- 'ha' 'hp
best yrs -irin condition should urs .sil
On tn feTryho1ts BE- rsu,Ie'l but "
eeeTns 20 ne thai ne frrr. vs usw have .
70 attend 10 ths need = 'he Ds--srcar
But u happened on rho other nirlt
that woman had o. hsWoTrhIze and
u u hadn = been 'or H ~a-sar ger 'here
y nc telling what would 'rra become
cf her When Vss IN The toa' ~. nigh
before lat bad ~ GO - M --tst4'I.ra
Of some one Who VE.u'
Well. i.nt th-ra alvar- ~ 10 women
paess u ger who - y he rrti'1 upon IN these
instances asked VI Thorrar -ncnt
you think that m asking for - . ro'-ni on
Of these nls'rOn- or m grour IL Won have
mentioned Won ,I t'nE '.0 ortv - ~"
a very hizh rate IT insurance FOR 70 ..ry
remote coming
I Shink u - be''eT 10 spend money m
preventive measures thrn 90 - forrna
boFies ssid Miss NurDh'.
Al any rate II NoI don - 80 ulatrons
on tn. boats you should rl@.-. rh~ -5fns n =
retiring rooms alta half pest Ten ru'
m one 90 tie natrcns
That II q good suCEet'Icn an W
Thomas. ! wili icOk lntol'
He tod tho Er.fra :, to- tha' 'her could .
complain TO , ~ "hs rorar ANYTHING
haprene5 that thcui1r harusn ard
thsn h. bowed 'heu7 our z'f-T f-r=pftnR .
and plnninE ~ mo ~ TIE -'E vnllo- .
buttons
Ih-. 1ye y ~losz I1An'frE ~1s held rlrss
fc the srhwav ar'-FuT~ .rnozra tho .
entrance - 'he S'a'sI = - n t,rrv and .
was q sourr@ ~ great r.s ideTrnsn' - = .
weary lookIn grour - Italian immigrants
who were pt'teTtly v s'tIng - t-- .pi-rrE = .
Of bv the CENT m ,h4rEz - Thorn
Ire sr..'h.- -'Ii0 pee th- woman
differed it'le tom those thsN bal made .
earlCT m 'Ne a''.-rpc"u
vast FsH ~ Hcsp'tsi
Patrick McCaulsy - vsrrs ~ ~ -n2
West Sixusth street. . night vratrhnan
was found dead m .u frs 1vay ~ the {
Sloane Ms'ernitv " ri' -. - Fift~ ninth /