The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-13


CHICAGO. April 1I.-A half-hour
with Miss Anna Morgan. daughter Of
j. Piorpont Morgan. during her visit
to this city, proved to me that her
friendship for the striking shirt waist
workers of New York and her interest
in women workers unions generally,
Is no ad. She showed more interest
in the organizations of working wo-
men for better pay, shorter hours and
generally better conditions that the
average working woman does.
Women should feel that organiza-
ton IS part of their lives" she said.
1T would give them a sense of solid
aritv that should be lasting. Once
unionist. always a unionist. should be
their motto.
Stick to Union Anyway.
"Tf a girl who belong to a union
marries she should continue a memper
of her union in spirit at least. She
should stand in the same relation to
the newer works. that college alum
nj do to the undergraduates. She
should use her influence to Keep her
means their well being"
Miss Morgan was a guest of Miss
Mary f. Mcdowell the "angel" of the
Chicago stock yards. She was enter
tanned just where she wrote Miss Nc
DoWell she wanted to he entertained
That w9s our in the south end of Chi
cago, where the elevated trains run
over blocks afto1 blocks of pens for
animals waiting to be killed: where the
odor of the slaughter pens makes YOU
wonde" how people can stand it all Of
the time; where girls. five thousands
or more Of them. make Clipped beef.
WELD a trimming knife in an ice-coId
room, pickle meat in cold. wet cellars
and work among the sausage castings
in what the men call the "gut room"
for wages in many departments un-
der 81 a dav.
Tt was to help these girls, hundreds
of whom live herded together without
anyone to protect them. that Miss Nc
DoWell went to live over feed store
in the ''yarde" Il years ago .Miss
Mcdowell came from fighting stock
Her father was Mai Malcolm Mellow"
ell, of Columbus. Ohfo.1
Anna Morgan a Real Woman.
Miss Morgan is a splendid type of
American woman hood. She is tall.
erect, and of the kind of muscularity
that radiates good health. Her dark
eyes are clear and direct They look
at you when she talks, as if
there wasn't anybody or anything else
in the world.
She was d"essad in 2 slate blue. LIGHT
fitting travelling suit over a white, lin
gerie waist. Her hat was a close fit
ting black turban When introduced
to the eight young women who repre-
scented Chicago's women trade unions.
her white kid glovod hand went out
with a real hand grasp inside it.
As she talked she sat on one arm Of
= wooden rocking chair and leaned
hack, arm prone on the other.
DoWry to All Brides.
one of the new ideas in unionism
Miss Morgan stands for is the giving
of fund or doWry by the union to
any girl member who marrias. An
other is for the working together of
mems ana womcn's unions.
"All the f1roign girIs are accus-
toned to getting the line ready for
their marriage from the time they
c'u use q needle she said. CHAT is"
with smiling Acknowledge mt Of
hcF o"n spin ter cond ton, Il sup
pose girls have no int ntion Of not
marrying up to the time tn yre II.
After that they sometimes begin ia
change their minds.
"Eut anyway the d0wry idea is not
q bad ono. We have the same thing
in another form i'm this country"
Much of the time however, Mise
Mo gun was the student She wanted
To- know just how one went to work
to TOWN n union
"IoW do you start onc?" She asked
of Miss Mary McEnerncy, business
ag MT and organizer of the women's
''uoeTy union. the strongest women'n
union i'm Chicago. Miss McEncrney's
union won a strike eight years ago
ihat increased the bindery girls wages
"a n week. Later they won an eight
hour day without q strike. There are
200 Of them in Chlcaeo.
Miss NcEnerney told how she went
into % shop and asked the girls to
Join the union 'Tf the employer oh
iectod 7 reported to the union author
itics, and the union label was taken
away from him. because if any depart
mont of a business is nonunion that
can he done" she said.
She Means Business
But what do you do when the en-
ployer didn't have any labels at alI?"
asked Miss Morgan quickly.
ID was just the same when she met
Miss Alice Henry. who came from