New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-17
q||RDY SEVEN STICK
To SUFFRAGE STRIDE
uarCherS to Albany End First
DAYS Pilgrimage at
IrVingtOn.
rgIRTY START IN LINE
.ossining To day" Password
im the Night as Gen" Jones
Posts Sentries Over Box
with Secret Message.

with Secret message.
.r4.r s.fraCists marching I'm line.
t---a. Mrs laidiaw, left but twenty Mac.
,.r.r. suG.as.sts, marching tall anu
ta ig.. Mrs Gantord. left bat twenty
s:.l, l keep Oh. like they're bound FOR
20 e, one they drop i'm there's left but seven.
.,,yinzton. Only rs miles more to 60"
a7b these cheerful words the suffrage
.s.rims greeted their first official stop.
.,,bat village, at 8 o'clock yesterday af-
..,oon. The sun was sinking behind the
,,asades. waving "a feeble yellow flag.
-, the small boys who had trailed the
trims from Hastings sank upon the
.,stones But the sunragettes stood
.,,sation. while General" Miss Resale
mes gave commands. Nine clock
..,,p in the morning" she said; I'VE put
At osslning tomorrow night That's
,-ly nine miles"
m the long procession which trooped
inward from Van Cortiandt Park yes
,.,5ay morning only the seven fttest sur
we'd III, FIRST days hike" These We're
.ssnsral" Jones, Miss Jessie Hardy
s,ubbs. official war correspondent; Miss
I,vina I. Dock, head Of the relief corps;
wss Ida Craft. head of the commissary
ss,artment: Miss Alice Clark, a noun
ain climber, who thinks little tramp
n Albany is a lark Mrs. Helen II. Gree
lsy and Mrs. Francis Lang. Miss T. b.
yelptyre and the Rev. w. T. Twamley,
,se,or OF 81. Andrews Church. Yonkers.
ssre also IN at the finish. Nj Twamley
Vas the only man who marched as a SUI
,arst. though the highway was black
Win newspaper men all along the line
Yonkers covered itself with glory any
way. Il sent its Mayor TO welcome the
ulrims at Getty Square and its patrol
vsgon 10 convey them to Hastings. Suf-
.rsgettes In the patrol wagon 'Tis a
fact They fell upon the Black Maria
With shrieks Of JOY when 1t pulled UP
about a mile beyond Getty Square just
as the first flush Of post luncheon en-
,hasiasm was wearing of.
Pile in, ladies' called out the driver
and in they piled. not needing the pro-
testing voice Of Mrs Helen Hoy Greeley,
vho told them they ought TO be ashamed
70 ride in anything. we started TO
walk she observed, They We're mostly
Yonkers women. though. None Of the
Surviving seven so far forgot herself
Liqht Refreshments at Inn.
those in the wagon were Miss Minnie
J. Cunningham, Mrs. Robert Jacobson,
Mss r. b. Mcintyre. Miss Helen Foster
In Helen Bassor, Miss Helen Cordes and
In Maude Mooney. At the Amackassin
In the patrol wagon turned in, from
ree OF habit. the Yonkers men said. and
~ pilgrims took tea and coffee and
lrger ale Most Of the New Workers fell
Il at Getty Square after the meeting at
o'clock. Yonkeys never had SUI
isgettes meeting before and there was
sme excitement. In the first place, the
usnen were one hou ahead Of their
Shsdule Mrs. Carl Osterhold. who had
he permit for the meeting in her pocket
Fss nowhere to be found
there we're expressions Of disgust and
rsnping OF chilled feet. while Chief Of
Police Wolf rushed over 70 the City Hall
sad brought Mayor James Lennon 70 the
'sss1e. The Mayor rose nobly TO the oc-
zson ladies and pilgrims" said he
I take pleasure in welcoming the suf-
is1sts 10 Yonkers." Mrs. James Lees
2idlaw gave the pilgrims her parting
ssssing from Getty Square.
Pilgrims. you are going to win thou
srds Of votes for us in 1875" sine said.
When the way seems long and the days
rs gloomy, just whisper to yourselves
Votes II you long to linger by the
'sdsde, Just think maybe In this next
rlsgs there are 800 votes TO win. PHI
TINS II people jeer you, you can know
icy are behind the times. What you are
long is simply part OF planned cam
'slgn TO win this state in 1915. Goodby'
'ht godspeed"
For the first lap OF the Journey the
Rather was favorable and the inhab-
izns were friendly. Scarcely a window
~ showed group OF women, who waved
leelr aprons al the marchers, and often
isy raised the windows 10 shout WISH
vas going. too" you can convert the
sen At homel" shouted back the march