The evening world., 1913-01-23
C|RLP|CKETSF|NED:
ACCUSEPOL|CEMEN
OF P|NCH|NG THEM
They Were Mistreated and
Arrested Without Cause,
Youthful Strikers Declare.

Mine soienn.visaged young girls. eight
Of them garment workers now on strike.
were arraigned before Magistrate Nc
ouade In the Jefferson Market Police
Court to-day on charges OF disorderiy
conduct and fined Is each.
Making angry protest against the
charges lodged against them. the little
mothers-for that 10 what most Of them
wsrs-were not allowed by their counsel.
the union lawyer. to take the stand
The pnion paid the nne. but the nine
little family providers afterward told,
outslde Of the courtroom. what they did
not have the opportunity inside b
relate.
Alice sohwarts. sixteen yesrs old,
the youngest Of the defendants. lives
at No. s<s East Thirteenth street. For
months she has supported an invalid
father and three sisters. A short time
ago the father became well enough to
work and the little moSher left her
work and remained home to do the
washing. cooking. sewing and to take
care OF the home and the rest Of the
family. She says that last evening.
when she waA arrested with tho others,
she was simply passing the underwear
factory on West Twsnty-arst street.
She stopped to speak to her former a.
sociates. who were on picket duty there.
when. she alleges. q policeman grabbed
her by the arm. pinching her painfully,
and arrested her.
oiRle TELL OF HARpsHlPs IN
FAcroRiEs.
Several of the girls complained today
10 an Evening World reporter that DO.
,icemen had severely and unwarrantediy
pinchsd their arms when they were
taken into custody.
All tell stories Of hard work and many
hours toll a day In unclean and un.
sanitary surroundings. Most OF them
are the main support Of large families.
Before some OF them can 20 TO their
days drudyery In some dark, unclesn
loft. where they sew until their tired
fingers are almost paralyxed. they have
to do housework. cook breakfast and
dress their younger brothers and sisters
for schoo1.
II was doing nothin'." Alice said tear.
s1~ys tO~S thek Wt8 pOllComAu
grabbed me and pinched my arm. I
was simply talking to some of my girl
friends. when was arrested. I have
20 work hard " home. and u I'm not
theae. there 10 no one TO wash and cook
Tor my little brothers and sisters"
Bessie Miller. seventeen years old. OF
No. ls0 Henry street. who helps sup.
port 4 famdly Of four on SO week.
said her arrest was unjust. and that
the policeman who arrested her said
when she asked him why she was ar.
rested. that he was doing 1t Just for
fun"
IAllian Seltzer, eighteen years old, on
No. % Sixth street. supports her mother
and three sisters. She was piece
worker In the Twenty-first street fac
tory where the striking girls were mr.
rsstsd. yesterday. and earns 80 week
when ! WAS arrested. yesterday u
she said to-day. after her arraignmen,
In court. the policeman pinched my
arm 90 hard. that ! almost fell dowr
in the street from pain. was not takeI
to the police station Immediately. bu
into the factory and ! and all OF tn,
| other girls who were arrested wer,
! Kept there half an hour to be jeeret
ut and insulted by the strike breakers
| before We were taken to the West Sew
snteenth street police station"
kLlTTLE WORKERS SUPPORT
FAMILIES ON MEAoRE EARNING,
| All OF the little workers told practic
ally the same story Il being pinched b,
| the nolicemen and held In the fnctor,