The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-24
BEATING GIRLS
OVER The HEAD
New York Policemen Charged With
Brutal Treatment Against the
strisdna Garment
Workers.
PARADE OF POVERTY
Strikers VIII March Through City on
Monday to Show Fashionable
Quarters What Real Dis
tress Means

limited Press Leased Wire Service.f
NEW YORK, Jan. 24-Theodor0
Roosevelt. whose interest In the gar.i
ment workers strike was aroused .,
few days ago by visit to the eaSsI
side strikers, called Gertrude Barnuni
the leading organizer OF the whits,
goods workers. to the Outlook offloo
today and held long conference up
on ways and means to bring about O.
speedy settlement Miss Barnumi
brought with her large package Of
documentary evidence showing thSi
distressful conditions under whidtsl
the striking workers had labored.
Colonel Roosevelt said before thad
conference that he would make 81
statement later in the day. He de-
clared he was intensely interested IN
the strikers and had looked into the
matter enough to realize their terrible
situation and the need for Immediate
action Of some sort. He said his posi-
4 tion in the matter was that of an in
i terested private citizen. desirous OF
1 lending whatever aid he could to the
4 solution of a grave civic and social
problem.
Gertrude Corliss, another leader Of
J the strikers and several union officials
: appealed today to Mayor Gaynor and
: Police Commissioner Waldo to take
t some action against two policemen
whose numbers Miss Corliss had TAX
en- down, for clubbing sixteen year
J old Irene Roth strike picket be-
cause she refused to move on from
! in front of factory. Miss Corliss said
the policeman beat the young girl ov-
er the head and knocked her down. A
Z guard hired by the factory attacked
another girl, Miss Corliss said.
: Plans We're being perfected today
for the big parade of strikers on Mon
, day when thousands of the workers
, will march through the upper sections
r OF the city to show the residents Of
: the fashionable quarters what poverty
r and distress means.
That the men strikers in the gar
ment union who have been out fo1
! many weeks, have reached stage Of
J. desperation was shown by further
: rioting today in certain sections of the
factory districts. Thirty shots were
fired in one fight and one striker was
seriously wounded in disturbance
that began with clash between strik
, ers and strikebreakers in Brooklyn.
J. Demands Refused.
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Tentatfve re
is fusal Of the American Wholesak
Y. Clothters' Association to yield to tn,
garment workers union demand tha
h they do no more work for New Yorl
t. firms, while the strike there lasts to
day renewed the danger Of carmen
o. strike here.
h A conference of the district council
was held this morning to decide ol
definite action, It Is likely that th,
ir clothiers will be given a definite tim
ID in which to comply with the uniou'
demands or have their employees call
ed out
Partial victory has been won by tn
n. garment workers in the promise mad
ar by e. j. Rose, president of the Whok
ar sale Tailors' Association, that h
4 would make canvass of the firms
his association to induce them not
do work for New York firms and tina
the firm of which he is manager. woui
break it's eastern contract.
A mass meeting of garment worker
-e. will probably be held tonight n
strike viii be called until they hay
,r. given their assent union officials sal