New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-08
vEXES HER TO GO FREE
Woman Socialist Not Pleased to
Have Case Dismissed.
STILL LIKES LITTLE FALLS
Helen Schloss Remarks Regret
fully That the Men Arrested
with Her Are in Jail Yet.

Miss Helen Schloss has lost her chance
OF spending four years in Jail, and she
does not like it bit. Those cruel officials
at Little Falls don't seem to realize at all
that an enthusiastic. warm hearted and
very young Socialist does not feel nat
tered when a court turns her down. she
rather wanted that trial, did Miss Schloss
and now she is informed by her lawyers
| that all the charges against her have been
dismissed 1t is just too mean!
They did not give me word OF apoi'
ogy" she pouted while the Tribune re-
porter offered condolences They did not
| give me any explanation. even. Oi
course. never knew why / was arrested
! but I would like them to tell me why the
| crimes Of which I was accused then are
OF no consequence now. ! thought | was
person Of some importance, and here
| they are turning me down just as II
was too insignificant to bother about.
IT'S ridiculous. That's what it is. The
two men who were arrested with me on
October 80 are still i'm prison, and there
was less evidence against them than there
was against me. | was at least on the
street walking. toward the strike district
the men were hiding In the attic"
Miss Schloss had just returned from a
visit to her striking friends in Little
Falls She reported that all were very
| happy at the conclusion of the strike
They were laughing and dancing III
the street" she said. land they kissed my
hand. In the evening I had to go TO a
| dance and be the belle 10 all those boys
Yes, they arc happy to have earned
their or per cent increase in wages
and their ty-four-hour week with pay
for sixty hours. which means Saturday
half holiday. The strike gave them more
than that, however. 1t gave them the
spirit of brotherly love. They learned tc
forget race, creed and nationality, whilt
they worked all for the same common
good Strikes are the best teachers oil
brotherly love The Church teaches 1t by
precept, and precept only. You never
have chance to learn it by practice
until you are all starving together, thrown
into foul prisons without cause, and
beaten and insulted by capitalist police
men.
THE Little Falls strike was small, but
II was significant. 1t will be an example
to all other mill cities of the state where
the fifty-four- law is not yet en-
forced. The success OF the Little FAILS
workers will give other mill towns cour'
age to strike II il is necessary.
My plans? Well. OF course. now that
can't 90 to Jail, | tell my friends III
have to find some way to earn my living
| can't go back to nursing. NO COM
munity would have me. | want TO find a
place where | will be free to speak my
mind and have my evenings. | want to
devote myself TO awakening the women
OF New York City TO the awful conditions
existing, not only In Little Falls, but IN
all small manufacturing cities. Ne"
Workers are more cosmopolitan-mors
broad minded. The women OF the small
cities don't seem to understand. us
those awful foreigners with them, and
they don't want 10 know about II.
Il shall make speeches before clubs and
write articles. | want to put Little Fall:
on the map