The Washington times., 1912-03-03
STRIKE CHILDREN,
HERE TO testify,
CO SIGHT SEEING
Tots From Lawrence Arise
Early, and Are Shown
About Capital.

Going sightseeing in large city for
the first time in their lives, the thirteen
children of Lawrence, Mass, strikers
who appeared before the House Rules
committee yesterday, were taken to diff
Ierent points of interest in Washington
Today under the guidance of Louis
kopelin and William Bingham. Leaving
thelr hotel at 11:30 o'clock the children
walked to the Treasury and White
House and then boarded street car
for Georgetown. Returning by differ
ent route they visited the Capitol build
Ing and then returned to the Vendome
for dinner. .r
Most of the children slept until 8
o'clock this morning, although they were
all down in the hotel lobby in time
Tor breakfast. When working in the
mills they must rise at O'Clock or
earlier and the visit to Washington
brought unwonted luxury in the matter
of sleep.
Meeting Tonight.
A strike protest meeting will he held
at Pythan Temple, 1912 Ninth street
northwest, tonight, at which sympa-
thizers with the strikers will speak.
The children from Lawrence will he
on the platform. Congressman Berger,
simon Knabel, of Philadelphia, who
was one of the party that went to Law
renee 10 take some of the children away
during the strike, and Samuel Lipson,
who testified before the House Rules
Committee yesterday about the cond-
tions prevailing in Lawrence will
speak. s. A. Stodel, who has been in
Nestigatlng conditions at Lawrence for
The Public Forum, of New York, and
Miss Margaret Sanger. of New York, a
member of the strike committee, will
also speak.
EFFORTS are being made to get local
labor organizations to bear the expense
or bringing these children to Washing.
ton.
Heavy Expenses.
The railroad fare for the twenty ner-
Rons who came from Lawrence will
amount to nearly $780, Board and lodg-
ing will cost $3.50 more. This sum will
feed for one day the entire "a, 900 persons
IN Lawrence affected by the strike
The strike committee there is feeding
the strikers and their families on meals
that cost an average of cents apiece.
while these meals cost only cents"
said one of the elder members of the
party, 'the strikers and their families
nave been getting better food and more
of 1t than they are accustomed to. The
Ginner is made an especially good meal
The fact that the strikers are being
Wcll fed is one Of the things that has
put courage in their hearts to continue
the fight.
1T can be proved that there have
been fewer apped>s for aid from the city
ofncials since the strike began than
before. 1t can also be proved, and these
facts will be presented before the House
Rules Committee this week, that thers
are more pauper graves in Lawrence in
proportion to population than there are
IN New York, that the necessities of life
cost more in the mill town than in New
york. and that one can get better quar-
ters for the same money in the great
metropolis than can be had in the sor-
did, squalid mill town. There are many
other comparisons that mean life and
death to people that we are prepared to
make"
The party of children will be kept in
Washington as long as their presence is
required by the House Rules Committed
All OF them have been well since arriv-
Ing in Washington and most of them are
living in an unusual state of excitement,
occasioned by strange sights and the
Unusual vacation.