The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-02
WOULD SEND WOMEN
TO FORMER HOMES
Plan Being Devised to Assist
Former Inmates of
Stockade.
MUST LEAVE THE CITY
Matter Is to Be Further Dis
cussed at Meeting
Today.

Former inmates OF the stockade will be
returned TO the cities and towns from
which they orelnally came if the plans
OF the women's clubs committee are car
ried out. This committee considers that
the question OF disposing Of the women
of the underworld can best be solved III
this manner Some. however agree that
the plan will be failure.
"a FALLEN woman would rather go any
where on Garth than 10 the town Whore
she once moved in respectable cfcies'
Since the city Is Indirectly response
bic for the presence In Salt Lake o! me
women or the stockadc. VIC think 1t is up
TO The city authorities TO assume the
responsibility for their removal. Is the
clubs interested In the solutlon OF the
social problem. I'VE understand the city
has n fund available for use In charitaDlo
work. Let the authorities use a portion
of this fund 10 look after the women
until their return 10 their home towns
where they can be placed under the sur :
veilance OF the several police depart
ments.
Police to Supervise.
The club women plan TO have the po-
lice department of Salt Lake CITY take
charge Of the stockade inmates and have
careful supervision over them until their
''dpDoria ton to thclr former homes
This matter was TO have been thor
oughly thrcshed out at meeting sched.-
uled for Yesterday at st Pau,s church.
However, many of the club women being
unabl to attend on account Of previous
engagements, the meeting was postponed
until 3 o'clock this afternoon when IL will
convene at the church al Main and
mined To solve the problem by insisting
on the departure OF all these women, who
Will not abandon their. evil ways Is me
expression OF several prominent club
women. In our opinion, the relief from
former conditions can be secured only by
sending the wom-. away. They are In
the position OF wolscrs out or employ
mcnt-they must seek other fieUs.
Another Important Matter.
Another important matter TO be dis
cussed this afternoon is the attitude Of
the committee towards hotels and room
ing houses in the city. IL has transpired
that representatives Of the committee
have made careful investigation Of condi-
tions existing in many downtown hos
telries and IL is said that a vigorous cam
paign 10 clean out those resorts will be
started
member Of the committee admitted
last night that some drastic action would
be Instituted today. we have positive
personal evidence, secured by two repre-
sentatives that the laws are being vio-
lated in a number of hotels and room
ing houses" said this member The
evidence is conclusive and will be made
the base Of action against houses OF this
With the relief headquarters closed
Yesterday. the rescue work was at a
standstlll bur members OF the women's 8
committee arc confident that much good
has been accomplished at least TWO OF
the former stocEade occupants attended
religious services yesterday and the club
women arc greatly encouraged in their
efforts by this ray of light in the gloom
Of an unfortunate situation.
Word was received last evening from
the family of another of these women and
She. viii be sent on within the next TWEEN
1N-four hours