Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-02
SOCIETY AIDS STRIKE
Club Women Confront the Chi
cago Police.
RIOTOUS SCENES ENACTED

| CHICAGO. November c-Mounted po-
lice charged threatening mobs OF striking
garment workers and made numerous ar
rests in three quarters Of Chicago yes
terday, only to be dumfounded when met
by obdurate groups Of clubwomen and
society leaders, who. when taken into
custody. produced engraved calling cards
at police stations in lieu of bail bonds.
! It was a new experience for the police,
and it plainly confused them. score
Of these woman champions of the gar
ment workers were taken into custody,
but they were Immediately released when
their identity became known.
| One woman was struck by q police
| mans club, but her name did not become
known, as she was hurriedly placed in
an automobile and taken home. Most OF
| the clubwomen involved in the demon
STATIONS were CARRIED as working girls.
and the police could not distinguish them
| from strikers until after arrests were
| made.
| Riotous and spectacular scenes devel-
oped downtown. on the North Side and
dred men and women engaged in the
downtown demonstration, which was
broken up by the police after considerable
| trouble. AS they left their headquarters
sympathizers changed bells, blew whistles
| and footed horns.
The line of march proceeded into the
| wholesale quarter near the Chicago river,
whose employees we're beckoned to join
| the strikers. More than 1000 took part
in one of several incipient riots on the
| West Side. In each instance women led
| the strikers and their friends.
Violated No Law, Said One.
| II would take oath that we were doing
absolutely nothing beyond the law said
| Miss Ellen Starr, club woman. THE
only persons who were violating the law
were the policemen, who treated us
| roughly and hurt dreadfully, with their
clubs some of the poor boys We were
| leading peacefully past the shops. Ii
| there had been a real riot this morning,
and it would not have taken much to
have made one, it would have been in
| cited altogether by the police"
Miss s. NJ. Franklin, another volunteer
picket. was indignant because OF the
| manner in which she had been treated by
the police.
II know they wouldn't have let me go
if hadn't presented my card said Miss
Franklin They seemed to think that
| / was a particularly dangerous charac-
| ter Perhaps. it would have been a good
plan, to let them take ME to Jail and
! lust prove to them how little legal foun-
dation they have to stand on
Offers of Assistance.
| Promises. from wealthy women to open
| their homes to destitute striking girls,
offers of picket service from women So
cial and club leaders and pledges of as
sistance from many other women were
received by Mrs Raymond Robins, pres
| dent of the WOman's Trade Union
| League. Among those TO volunteer were
Mrs w. E. Hopkins and Mrs. Gen.
Deputy Factory Inspector Helen NJ.
| Todd, who today addressed a meeting of
strikers, volunteered to address mass
| meeting of the University or Chicago
| girls on the South Side tomorrow night.
Mrs Robins will speak on the strike to
members of the Chicago kindergarten In
| stitute In this manner 1t is expected to
carry the fight of the striking garment
workers into every part OF the city.
| Mrs Robins declares that there will
| be at least fifty volunteer pickets from
| women's clubs and other sources. outside
| the working girls. actively engaged III aid
of the strikers this morning.
time" said Mrs Robins. I'VE found 1t
| advisable in New York. and l am sure
| we will here to keep the police guessing
as to who our pickets are"
Society Women Meet.
Striking girls, club women and leaders
| in the Womans Trade Union League
| met today to discuss the strike. Among
| the special guests were Miss katherine
Conan. for many years professor of his
| tory at Wellesley College; Mrs. Samuel
Doschy. Mrs. Anna Wilmarth Thompson,
Miss Caroline Hunt and Miss Mary Peck.
ments where strikebreakers are en-
ployed. were stoned yesterday. only
few persons were injured, and there were
no fatalities.