Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02
DEMONSTRATION DOWN TOWN
Five Hundred Parade Into wholesale
District and seek TO Add 20 Their
Number from Those
at work.

CHICAGO, Nov. Mounted pole,
charged threatening mobs Of striking gar
ment workers and made numerous arrests
In three sections OF Chicago today only to
be dumbfounded when met by obdurate
groups Of wcl-known club women and So
ciety women, who produced engraved call
ing cards a. police stations in lieu of BAH
bonds. 1t was new experience for the
police and plainly confused them,
A score Of these women champions Of
the garment workers who faced today's
riotng were taken into custody They
were Immediately released. however. when
their Identities became known to the po-
lice. one of them was injured when struck
by a pollceman's club. but her name did
not become known. as she was hurriedly
placed in an automobile and taken to her
home
Most OF the women Of prominence in
volved In today's demonstrations were
garbed al working girls and for this rea-
son the police could not distinguish them
from strikers until after arrests had been
made.
Five Hundred in Demonstration.
Rotous and spectacular scenes developed
In the downtown district on the North
Side and on the West Side More than 500
men and women engaged in the downtown
| demonstration, which was broken UP by
! the police after considerable trouble. Az
| they left their headquarters In Ia Sale
street the strikers and their sympathizers
changed bells. blew whistles and footed
| horns.
| The line OF March proceeded into the
wholesale district near the river. passing
various large tailoring establishments.
where employees we're beckoned 10 Join the
strikers More than 1900 took part in ons
OF several demonstrations on the West
side. In each instance women headed the
crowds OF strikers and their friends
'I would take my oath that we we're
doing absolutely nothing beyond the law
said Miss Ellen Starr. one OF the club
women, who has become strike picket,
''The only persons who we're violating the
law were the policemen, who treated US
roughly and hurt dreadfuily with their
clubs the poor boys we were leading
peacefully past the shops II there had
been real riot this morning, and Il
would not have taken much to have made
one. It would have been melted alto
gether by the police"
Volunteer picket Indignant.
Mics g. NJ Franklin, another OF the
volunteer piclets, was indignant because
Of the manner in which she had been
treated by the police.
II know that they would not have let
me go II 1 had not presented my card, -
said Miss Franklin. They seemed to
think that was q particularly dangerous
t character. Perhaps it would have been
4 a good plan TO let them take me to jail
+ and just prove to them how little legal
1 foundation they have to stand on"
Promises from well-to-do women to open
IL -f1rg.. fau.
D unteers for picket service from among
women we'll known as social and club lead
0 ers and pledges Of any assistance within
h their power from many other women were
. received by Mrs Raymond Robins, presl-
+, dent Of the woman's Trade Un-on league
e today. Among those TO thus volunteer were
q Mrs. w. e. Hopkins and Mrs. General
: Simpson
Deputy Factory Inspector Helen ~
Todd, who addressed this mornings meet
G ing OF strikers, volunteered TO address q
8 mass meeting of University OF Chicago
j. girls on the South Side tomorrow night
Mrs. Robins will speak on the subject Oi
the strike 20 the members OF the Chicago
> kindergarten institute. In this manner &
Is expected 90 carry the fight OF the strik
ing garment workers into every quarter Of
the city ana arouse interest and valuable
3 aid for the cause
Mrs. Robins declared that there will b
at least fifty volunteer plekets from
. women's clubs and other sources outside
the working girls. actively engaged tomor
row. when further demonstrations are eS
pocted.
;; I'VE cannot give their names at thi
d time" said Mrs. Robins we found I
P. advisable In New York, and ] 0m sur
& we will here, to keep the police suesslnl
n as to who our pickets are
Ie Striking girls, club women and leader
T. IN the Woman's Trade union league vii
meet at a breakfast At Kings restauran
- tomorrow 20 discuss the strike. Anon
those who viii be special guests viii b
Miss Katherine Conan, for some tin.
professor Of history a. Wellesley college
Mrs Samuel Dorchy. Mrs Anna Willmart
Thompson. Miss Caroline Hunt and Mis-
y Mary Peck.
b, Although several tailoring establishment
where strlkebreakers are being employe
were stoned today only b few person
we're injured and there were no fata
iteB.