Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-11-02
CLUB WOMEN
AID STRIKERS
IN CHICAGO
POLICE ARREST SCORE
OF SOCIETY LEADERS
Demonstrations By Garment
Workers With Help of Social
FavoriteS Stopped By Of
ficerS, Who Freely Use Clubs,


IBy Morning Journal speci Leased WleeI
Chicago, Nov. Mo. nted police
men charged threat ming mobs Of
striking garment workers and made
numerous arrests in three sections OF
Chicago today, only to be dumb"
founded when met by obdurato groups
Of well known club nd SO iety wom-
en-. who produced engraved calling
cards at police stations in lieu Of bail
bonds.
1t was a new experience FOR the po-
lie and plainly confused them. A
score Of these women champions Of
the garment workers who faced to-
days rioting were taken into custody
They were Immediately 'aleTsed, how
ever. when their ii nifty became
known to the police.
one OF them was injured whe1
strl,,k by q policeman club, but h'r
nlrre cid not become kn'wn, as she
was quickly placed in an automo-
bile and taken to her home.
Most Of the women of prominence
involved in today's demonstrations
were earbed as working girls and fer
this reason the police could not dis q
tinguish them from strikers until af-
ter arrests had been made.
Riotous and spectacular scenes de-
veloped in the downtown district on
the north side and on the west side.
More than 500 men ana women en-
gagged in the downtown demonstration
which was broken up by the police
after considerable trouble. As they
left their headquarters in La Sale
street, the strikers and their sympa-
thizers changed bells. blew whistles
and footed horns.
The line of march proceeded into
she whoiesale district ncar the river.
passing before large tailoring estab-
lshments where employees were beck
onea 10 Join the strikers. More than
1000 took part i'm one Of several dem
onstra tions on the west side. In each
instance women headed the crowds
Of strikers ana their friends.
Il would take oath that we were
doing absolutely nothing beyond the
law" said Miss Ellen Starr, one OF
the club women who has become a
strike picket THE only persons who
were violating the law were the po-
hcemen who treated us roughly and
hurt dreadfully with their clubs. Some
of the poor boys we We're leading
peacefully past the shops If there
had been a real riot this morning
and it would not have taken much to
have made one-it would have been
melted altogether by the police
Miss S. NJ Franklin. another of the
volunteer pickets was indignant at
the manner in which she had been
treated by the police.
"I know. | know they would not
have let me go if I had not presented
my card. said Miss Franklin. 'They
seemed to think that l was par
ticularly dangerous character. Per-
haps it would haze been good plan
to let them take me to jail and just
prove to them how little legal foun-
dation they have to stand on
Promises from well-to-do women 20
open their homes to destitute strikers,
volunteers for picket service from
among women well known as social
ana club leaders and pledges of any
assistance within their power from
many other women We're received by
Mrs. Raymond Robins. president Of
the Women's Trade Union league to-
day.
Striking girls, club women and
leaders in the Womens Trade Union
league will meet at breakfast to-
morrow to discuss the strike. Among
those who viii be special guests viii
be Miss Katherine Conan, for some
time professor of history at Wells
ley college; Mrs Samuel Dorchey
Mrs. Anna Wimarth Thompson. Miss
Carolina Hunt and Miss Mary Peck.
Although several tailoring estab-
lishments where strike breakers are
being employed were stoned today
only a few persons were injured and
there We're no fatalities.