The Detroit times., 1912-05-06

out the prelimlnsries of a hearing
This was Wednesday afternoon and
the girls are still in jail, refusing to
accept bond and be released. Their
cases are set for hearing Monday
morning and they can then be punish
ed further. II the court holds that the
women violated his orders.
Since the women were taken in
charge by the jailers, dozens OF Of
fers have been made to bail them
out. One prominent Plainwell, Mich.
man offered to 20 the limit" sayins
he had $4,000 IL necessary to set
the women out OF jail, but TO all these
offers they turned deaf ear, prefer
ring to be martyrs, II necessary. to
show their loyalty TO n principle.
That principle as enunciated by
Mss Josephine Casey, general or
ganizer for the International Ladies'
Garment. workers, who accompanied
the strikers TO Jail, is "a living wage
for the girl corset workers and moral
factory conditions"
Beside Miss Casey, these women
went to Jail: Miss Anna Beatty, Mrs,
Mary Watson, Miss Belle Yount, Miss
Angie Norton and Miss Mabel Dus-
tin. The latter is II years OF age,
while the Oldest is Mrs. Watson Frank
Adams, William Dundon and James
G.. Hayes we're also sentenced to jail
for contempt by Judge Knappen,
Wednesday afternoon, but they OBJ
tanned bail after being confined In
jail for few hours. All three are
married and their families required
their presence.
The young women are confined in
a section OF the" jail about 20 by 40
feet, on the second floor of the red
brick structure All about them are
male prisoners, whose language
sometimes is very course. One night,
the women say, lnnatic was in
generated in an adjoining cell and
made the night hideous for them.
| When a Times reporter called at
the jail, he found the young women
seated In their room, some reading,
some sewing, but all cheerful. The
walls of the room are of brick, paint
ed dull gray and absolutely barren,
only the heavy bars varying the
monotony OF the walls. At one side
of the room were their cots, or the
lothef side was a cheap table and
camp chairs.
II was not the room itself that at
tracted his first attention. It's sombre
walls and cold, gray floor, so much
as the women themselves They SEEM
ed sadly out OF place Neatly dressed,
|refined looking young women, all Of
them, who were disposed to consider
the situation seriously.
Share PIE With Robber.
\ h. feb Nryo hna fok, r.yif 4,
cakes and other delicacies which
their friends had sent them end tow
ering above 1t all was a huge s,uquet
Of carnations. The girls have not
eaten the regular prison fare since
they entered the Jail, their friends
coming In by the scores, bringing
bags and boxes OF food and pals OF
coffee and tea.
A dozen young women sympathiZ-
ers were waiting In the corridor Of
the Jail, Friday evening, ready to pass
in with the food supplies they had in
hand. There was enough to feed a
regiment. One young woman looked
| through the bars at the strikers and
asked them II she should bring a table
cloth and napkins. Whereupon the
strikers laughed and said they would
not have use for them.
Not crumb of the food has been
allowed to go to waste, the women,
calling the turnkey after their re-
pasts and sending the food that re-
mains to the other inmates OF the
Jail. A great, husky prisoner, in for
robbery, roared with delight as meat,
sandwiches, cake, pie and coffee were
sent to him.
The friends OF the strikers visit
them constantly during the day. They
sit on long bench just outside the
iron cell-door and sympathize with
the prisoners.
We'll, it's about time the whistle
blew" said one of the sympathizers
TO the prisoners, Friday afternoon.
She meant that the corset factory was
about to close.
i The visitors immediately left the