The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-17
WANT WOMEN
AS POLICEMEN
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clared today that they would igh
TINS application TO the limit. The,
said tho right 10 picket had been es
taohshed by the court OF appeals
Ine suffering among the striker
rs rapidly spreading and today an nr
gent appeal was issued to the puhli,
asking for contributions Of money
Iood and clothing. Rose Pastor
Stokes is in charge OF the establish
naens Of relis. stations and free lunch
rooms for the strikers. Several Of
1nese have already been opened.
Several conferences were sehe5n,ed
for today between representatives D.
me unions involved and the mann.
iaeInrers associations looking toward
arbitration of the difficulties. Nots,ing
mas been accomplished 10 date tending
% bring about speedy termination Of
the struggle.
Face Crisis Today
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-strksnr
clothing operatives. who are demand
ing increased wages, the shorter
work DAY and improved WORKING CON
ait,ons faced q crisis today. In an
attempt TO break the strike certain Of
the manufacturers are rr.ngine In
nuence to bear TO have the sweasshon
WORKERS resume making clothing. The
workers threatened TODAY to force y
congressional Investigation OF the
sEeatshcp situation and also to call It
TO the attention OF Governor suIzer
and the state legislature.
Une or the big demands of the str.K-
ers IS the abolition OF sweatshon and
tenement manufacture OF clothing.
lhey insist that under such methods
81 manufacturing, danger of spreading
disease is ever present and far great
er than the public assumes.
We want congress TO probe the
clothing inoussry everywhere" said
Kiss Gertrude Barnum. national organ. /
ger OF the ladies. garment workers.
ana daughter OF Judge William Bar
lunn, wealthy Chicagoan, because
he public should know conditions that
sxisf- Of course the higher grades of f
slothing are manufactured in comrar- /
stIFely clean workshops, but that
which is the product OF tenements
md swcatsheps is germy-carrying.
he workers In these places make
mall wages and hare to keen going 1
ven while sick. There is no sanitary
arrangements and believe certain
'pidemics hare been spread BIZ cloth
ng manufactured under improper con-
itions
Many of the clothing workers are
iris They must lave better care.
is for congress to say whether
hese women-tfe future mothers of
ur race-are to be given decent en-
ironment We believe there should
g such a probe and re intend to use
ur influence to bring the existing
ambitions to the attention OF con-
ress. .
Mayor Gaynor today ia a letter to
he leaders Of the garment workers
trike fatty refused 10 appoint special
olice to guard the young girls against
gents OF the white slave tramc. His
litter said IN part: When / took
fee / cancelled ali appointments
private persons as special police. ,
hey we're used IN labor strikes TO
omrnit violence aud disorder. You
SIX me 70 restore that condition of
nings- If deputize people on your
Ide the other side viii ask for dep
ties and the result viii be violence
nd disorder
I'VE viii have 10 go ahead with our
lans 10 organize our own guards.
aid Miss Gertrude Barnum. college
iris and society women win be as !,
igned TO various meeting halls and
sher places where the young girls :
ather'