United labor bulletin., 1910-02-04
An Incident in the ShirtWaiSt
Makers Strike
The Martyrdom of Miss Gruenning in the
Cause of Labor.
(By c. A. IRWIN

(By c. A. IRwrN)
The necessity organized politics and elect officers who
3 sat. i which The d pssR s sss % 9''fS
: s .ns % n ss ss Hs i ns %' the
shirt makers Her ympat aroused favor of the
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ply wed know + the stories which
female strikers S e. She had % no oa arrived % 5 & the ' %h.n than % % p
that she ympazed with the unfortunate working and was there to inquire
She replied that she the public highway and
and had be where The policeman Instantly
don She wa. Booked for dns striking
pn.n ssa s % i.s p sf % &een s ss a Miss sd sd up @ that
gathered about her and iha, she dangerous character
era compliant Of interests. declared Miss
@ % sa o"er po 5 Ss' grand js @ h @ % $500 The was u
@ M cell and confined with the most degraded women of the town among
s Sb b we're nee. and Prostitute She was by
officials Such the fate Of refined and educ s'ed Woman because she
who strike and her sympathy with their
f " an few d .aee Mrs Belmont and Morgan of
pb pa Hau'1us aas, S9~d "d orderly expressing r sympathy
that city These examples are ed to I,ae m s the lengths % & to 6h m & The ] OF
aomade magistrates and officers Will go to serve Their masters l. Tor one do not
entitled privilege than the um6le ab0rer among the shirt waist
few hour keep body and soul together
The Miss Cung cited emphasize the nqu Of which
iOaie the casting into PH OF woman who merely expresses sympathy t9r OF
themselves and from office eaphslsde tool who would
enter enter upon ma d ] ] , b o.onsby respected One of the sea, troubles
engaged continuous suppression public
in which places dollars above
itself privilege the
speech peaoeab assemble for the redress
idly by and permit the Public opinion has
themselves.
Political prermnt the spoil Of him who can buy IT.
Such de,b abuses a. are hourly occurring In IN h. SHIRT waist = .se will
make laws the interest OF human rights instead OF human greed
I'll the land. to Fastening ills prey
wealth aecumula,e and decay
In bands Of robbers infested the of
and compelled all travellers the mountain to them tribute these
robbers called cg Bston' An English writer has psphd the term
of the law compel the tribute to them
The bag ohof
old They power the bons
liberties of the people In the sight of abstract justice the Bag Barons
Spain They pa,e They talk liberty Il
will with ayorhe expression with capitalists In civilized
By all the laws of God and stolen goods
reclaimed by the Stealing always confined those acts defined and
punished by The that larceny the fen
of the goods and eht of another In the
all appropriation which ishty belongs Others
bsse. thief perhaps
controlled and dominated by who have rich and powerful
the expen of those of
sres point the mechanical of the last The
the railroad the the machine the telegraph the te
ALL millions of other mechanical which sofy and
modern Gfep They the result Of labor the fruit of industry the Divine
them greed has seized them further swell already swollen
and o further the people
The makers but incident
of
Jail the Amat peexts will be incident the his
labor if shall degree public opinion the barbaT
of human rights and of free speech The of civilization
labor saving machinery; make display of
Of life liberty and happiness 1t for organized labor
together and insist the of laws which shall protect
should be pied daily the shirt makers strike largely
talk and together and make this
civilized