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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05
The Lady Reporter Went Out Find the "Quverimg, Bee
the WOmam's Struggle and Brought Back the Hap
Thousands Of Girls Out for q Lark and Get
Shorter Hours and More Pay q Result

to visit the stricken homes and console the
starving babies with bottle OF milk and give
up my next weeks salary to the father, who
was pacing the floor, and take the poor mother
in my sympathetic arms. For strike is a
terrible thing. you know. I mean, l thought
it was But Bridgeport is having a regular
party out Of this.
The strike headquarters in Bridgeport are
at what they call Eagles Hall. 1t was early
in the morning that l arrived there, scared
that I'd be mobbed. Well, l entered the hall,
where hundreds of people were standing in
groups and the first thing that greeted my
senses was a burst o. laughter. And that
sound struck for me the keynote of the Bridge
port situation. 1t isn't the convulsve laughter
prompted by a rich, rare joke, but the very
easy Spontaneous laughter that comes when
success is your very closest companion, when
your desiderata come scurrying into your lap.
when your own personal gods smiling upon
you as they never smiled before.
She whom they call Mayme Sculy is run
ming the party-the strike, should say--and
Just as the little children at very grand dane
ing party wait for the professional entertainer,
so this buildngful Of people stood around on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

TINE UNITED STATES is facing the I'M
mediate industrial prospect OF beng
absolutely without dyes. Whatever
may be the masks of truth regarding the rea-
sons for Germany's refusal TO export dyes to
America whatever may be the sliding scale
Of opinion as 10 the placement OF responsible
y for this great industrial dearth OF actual
matsria, wherewith to make fabrics, inks,
papers, the TACT remains that the United States
has always depended upon Germany for 95 per
cent Of its dye. and that now, with the war
Situation, there is no dye forthcoming.
The crisis has come only now because manu-
iseturers had stock ahead enough for years
work, but with that material used up the de-
mand becomes insstent, and everybody in the
manufacturing world is up and asking What
shall We do2 The Department OF Commerce
has opened New York Office with DR.. Thomas
H. Norton at It's head fer the purpose OF con-
Quoting an investigation into the processes OF
dye manufacture and OF establishing basis OF
exper' knowledge for the manufacturers and
capitalists who pioneer the American dye IN
dustry.
The dye industry in the United States could
De established within few years in the hands
OF experts, with liberal capital and with protec-
tive legislation, Dr. Norton believes. Mr. Her
man A. Metz, president Of H. A. Metz & Co.,
aye manufacturers, is not so sanguine, putting
'wenty-year minimum for any success at ALL
and this with an exorbitant protective tariff
Mr. Edward NJ Waldo, of the firm Of Z. M &
e. Waldo. says emphatically that until the Ger
man eye manufacturers are in the held again
we shall simply do without dyes. DR.. b. {.
Hesse, consulting chemist 10 the United States
Government, has recently testified to the effect
mat oye stuHs are a one-nation industry, and
mat Germany has that industry.
IS DR.. Norton's business TO place before
the public just what the United States can COM
msnc IN the way Of chemistry, Of administra-
uon' Of capital, Of government assistance and
81 al the other multiplied resources that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

they're goin' to show you what perfect lady
amt! For the Remington girls are goin' to
start 5omethin'. So, ye see, yez amt the only
ones Girls, I'm countin' on yey!"
And the girls answered, every one Of them,
with eager eyes and tossing heads, though
somehow, somehow, l felt that whoever had
been talking with them enthusiastically and
sincerely might have won them over to-any-
thing. They're so plastic and ready to follow,
so entirely dependent upon their leaders II
people do strike in defiance of authority its
rather short-sighted process, for Immediately
they put themselves into other authority, that
upon which they lean with such absolute trust.
Upon hearing that 1900 Remington girls
were about to strike, l went around to see the
demonstration. But that was where advance
information was simply transformation, for
the Reningto Arms at II o'clock was as
peaceful and .iet as a nursery.
well, they haven't much to strike for" ad-
mitted one OF the organizers when went TO
headquarters again and wanted to know what
had happened. They're treated pretty we'll
Guess they may not need to go out again
1t didn't seem to make any difference up in
or lose to the individual; they were working
concersedly and each for the other. At the
Star Shirt Company where l went to see
picket line, there was nothing at all on the
horizon except the red building with the blinds
drawn and one we'll dressed young man lean
ing against a post. l approached him and
asked him in polite tones if he was one Of the
employers.
He grinned and answered: mo, I'm one of
the strikers"
l gazed at his suit, which was an excellent
suit; at his shirt, which was silk; at his shoes,
which were long and tan, and then I raised
my eyebrows.
He laughed.
I'm a cutter" he explained, land I'm doing
picket duty here from in the morning until
1890 az night"
He was such a nice young man that took
him into my confidence.
aren't there any desttutes in this striker
7 asked him. I'm lookin, for family with
a sick baby and no potatoes in the cellar and
the fear of long, cold winter upon them.
Haven't you any?"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05
By Sarah Addington

" IN Bridgeport, where 10000 people
have struck and are striking, 10000
Of them women, there has arisen
new concept OF just what strike
sho,,Id be. The old etiquette OF brick throw
mo and scab rotng, the blood, tears curses
- strikes as they always have been the starva
ron. the restitution, the gaunt, thin ghost of
d.s,eraton-thcsc that have always been the
s,ir, aceompaniments Of that great class war
are not the tools they use in Bridgeport. for
Bridceoort IS ont on a grand holiday.
know. for went up to bring back the
ou;yerne. bleeding heart" of that strike and
came back with nothing on my salver except
a. beap of tests and smiles and gay, light hearts
that are tuubling over each other in the mer-
REST sort Of confusion.
If you went 10 Bridgeport, wouldn't you
now. by an that's traditional. expect to sec
rot or two2 Wouldn't you have visions Of
long lines Of policemen hitting rebellious
crowds in the middle Of the head? Wouldn't
YOU be afraid of showers Of bricks on your
unwilling head and revolvers at your nose?
We'll so was ; and. moreover, ! was planning
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

they have the science down to hairs breadth;
even the difference in the shape OF a vessel
produces different results for them. In one
German factory they have 10 chemists; in a
large English concern they have one head
chemist with very few assistants We really
can't expect to rival Germany in that field. l
have just come from England. where they have
been trying TO make dyes, and where they sd-
nit that they have had no success whatever.
We shall simply have 10 do without lots OF dye
until Germany gets into the field
las far as the reason for her non-exporta-
ton is concerned, think that fault all lies
with England, who is not allowing passage.
just tried the other day at the British War
Office to get permit for some OF my goods in
Germany, and they told me nothing was going
through according to their embargo on all
goods of German origin"
] asked him, too, about the war orders for
the Allies.
well, the story is going around that the
German Secret Service Department stopped
the selling OF certain materials 10 an American
firm on the ground that army blankets were
being made from that material for the Allies.
That story bears out the theory
TWENTY YEARS TO GET A START.
. II is Mr.. Herman A. Metz who in PAM
phlet has made the following statement;
1T took the Germans fifty years to get to
this point and it will take US twenty years.
with an exorhitant protective tariff, and then
we would still be houndering, because il is
more matter OF engineering and practice than
it is of chemistry. 1t may be well 70 establish
an industry. but while we are doing il what is
going to become of the people working in the
mills which will simply be forced TO shut down
because the German products are not available
and cannot be substituted
And so with dyes tor only four weeks sup
ply on hand in most Of the factories stands
the future OF the element OF color during tho
war. .- ----.-.-----.--- -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

a great national industry must draw upon
asked him just what the particular problems
were in making u. S. A. dyes.
In order to avoid economic loss he said
The industry needs to be SO organized and
established as to cover a great deal more
ground than Just the dye stuff itself. There
are. YOU see. besides the 900 different brands
Of dive from Germany, all the other products
that are manufactured right along with inc
dive. From the same source, that IS, BLACK
coal tar. come powerful explosives, valuable
therapeutic and synthetic medicines, aspirin
veronal ETC., delicate and choice synthetic aTti-
fetal perfumes and fifteen or twenty photo
graphic developers.
These are all evolved by processes and
transformations in chemistry OF which so lar
only the Germans have expert knowledge.
Nothing is wasted in the half dozen large dye
houses and the dozen small ones, tor what we
might waste is to them new raw material tor
another product. Their factories are perfect
cities. employing thousands of workmen. 1t
takes, you see, thoroughgoing organization
such as we have never had over here. In the
whole cycle of industrial human activity the
dive industry can be compared to no other IN
compexity. in variety, In demands upon Hlldsl-
nation. in the utilities of economies, in admin
istrative ability and in actual brain power
The captains Of such an industry in Amer
r.. would have to be Edisons and Carnegies.
THE GREAT IF.
"But the factor of color. so minute, is yet so
;nd;sDeusable that unless we are willing to be
totally Handicapped an American industry
should be created We have the raw materials
in inexhaustible supply--there are gases and
vapors wasted now from our coke industry
that should be recovered and utilized; we have
.he market: we have the capital; we have the
Yankee ability to handle scientific fact and
.hso,y In this one industry are we to con-
-. 60 let German manufacturers dominate?
1--WE have suddenly been shown the i0i|y ana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

q understand" replied frigidly, and went
out to seek Mrs. Scully.
Mrs Scully. of course, led me right in again,
and | ducked my head as all those eyes were
levelled on me once more. But this time l
noticed they were friendly eyes. IT l was
with Mis- Scully was all right and might
VA the state secrets OF Garfield Rubber. The
state secrets were just these: That nine hours
had been offered and that eight hours were
wanted and that if the workers went back on
nine hours the American Federation of La
Dor would assume no responsibility. Mr..
Roach was telling them this, Mr.. Roach being
also one of the A. F. of L. organizers, and 1t
was this that / was excluded for
Down in the Star Shirt group Mrs. Scully
went next The Star Shirts having
harder time than the others perhaps because
their employers won't ever recognize the
strikers. The shop has CLOSED Indefinitely
sign and the orders are being shipped OUT and
the strikers are sitting around Eagles Hall
waiting for news. They were bit discouraged
that morning, that crowd Of mdde-aged, gray
haired women. They had been out week
then, and there was no sign that the Dol"
Scully cheered things up
She took off her hat and faced them, smiling
her grand smile"
Girls" she said in her high, Irish tones,
you're bunch of perfect ladies, and hand
it to yez. But you amt gettin' discouraged,
are yez2 If yez are, buck up You've got
the old man goin', you know. Place is shut
I'D tight as a drum. And he's gettin' mighty
nervous, believe me. 1t amt as if ye were
asbin' somethin' we didn't deserve and hadn't
earned and shouldn't have got long before
this; but ye just want your rights, and if ye
stick yell get 'em.
This amt strike, anyway. Yez ought to
see strikes up in New York; yez ought 70 see
EN- fight This is nothn. Yez have got EN-
licked now. Keep up your hope, keep up your
heart. You're the mothers Of the race, ye
know. Be the mothers the trade union,
too. girls Insist on rights for women; extend
YOUR hands out to protect other women;
mother EN-. girls. PerhapJ yez don't know
this, but the Remington Arms girls are comm
out to-day at H." GA gasp all over the room)
Seven thousand two hundred of EN-, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

No" he shook his head.
We'll" persisted, please tell me why this
is such jocuar strike. Everybody's so peace
full and happy. Where are the desperates'
Why is it this funny way3"
A man or two and two women, all workers
at the Star Shirt except one joined IS. That
one was W. F. Cattell, organizer OF the A. F.
of L., who had gone up from New York.
There are twenty-six Federation organizers on
the scene.
They all answered me.
Because we've got EN- beat" they said.
The strike is sweeping everything clean.
Everybodys getting what they want. En-
ployers can't stand any hold-up at this time.
This is the season now; they've got TO have
help. They can't get it from New York and
they can't use green help And in the ma
chine shops. for instance, they have the compe-
tition of foreign nations. England right now
has men over here Offering So and 81 day
and first class passage. Well, the employers
can't buck up against that, so they give their
people what they want. They give 'em what
they want now, even if they have to GU 'em
down later on"
Sure" saiG Mrs. Scully later in the alter
noon this is the strategic time And we're
hav;n' the most wonderful kind OF success.
Bridgeport was tired of bein' s. town. The
corset girls all got bacl; ye know, in closed
shops-4,ooo OF 'em-and next we're goin' to
have the school teachersP
had heard of the victorious La Resista and
Warner corset girls and how. when the latter
had entered the shop again, Mr. Warner said:
Go on to work now. God bless you" And
l was hearing now that everybody was sue
cessful, or about TO be, and says to myself:
IF you want anything in this world just
strike"
For a strike is a lark, holiday game,
where girls wear their pink corduroy coats
and meet their sweethearts; where they meet
every day to hear what the committee has TO
say, and where finally, one fine day it is an
nounoed that they may go back and receive
larger wages for shorter hours, and, greatest
boon of all, shop committee, and then
well it's all over. And | shouldn't be surprised
to hear any day that the town is filed with
Maypoles and that all the strikers are dancing
on the green.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

helpless the next time. Even the small 5 per
cent of dye stuffs that have been manufactured
here have been made from almost finished ma
terials bought from Germany"
But supposing the war should stop7" he was
asked when the buildings were just up, the
beginnings just made and the money all in
vested? Isn't that great risk?"
He smiled, this gray, charming old man,
whose United States bulletins en- chemical in
dustries have been the only government re-
ports ever translated into other tongues.
That's the great IT," he replied That's
what the Federal Trade Commission ana Sec
rotary Redfeld are very particularly interested
in. The American legislative power can bring
about such legal protection that foreign COM
petition cannot crush it by Unfair restriction.
That would merely mean an extension of the
CLAYTON antitrust law, which prohibits sale
below cost OF production. 1t would make that
law govern the actions of foreign competitors,
who would commit penal offence by selling
below normal price of product or United
States market price; it would also hold to ac-
count purchasers, dealers and jobbers in the
United States who were assisting foreign man.
ufacturers to this unfair restriction of trade
ONE FOR ONE AGAINST.
Are the war orders TO the Allies largely re-
sponsible for Germany's unwillingness to ex-
port 'lyes?" asked
The war orders to the Allies are mere
drop in the bucket" replied DR.. Norton. And
l think that Germany's nominal reason is her
real reason: that is the British embargo She
refuses TO send US dyes unless we persuade
Great Britain TO allow cotton through"
After talking to DR.. Norton put practically
the same questions to Mr.. Edward Waldo, to
see hcw one manufacturer, at least. viewed the
hope for a new industry He was distinctly
diseorraging.
We've got to go through years and years
and years just to find out how the Germans do
things" he said. They have secret processes:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

one foot waiting for Mayme Scuy They
were there TO do what she said and follow her
around, but she was the professional striker,
and until she came nothing could very well
happen.
What does she look like?" I asked girl
from the Garfield Rubber.
"Oh, she has scar acrost her cheek and a
hat with red roses and a grand smile" de-
scrbed the girl.
Just then the crowd closed in around the
door, and, fighting her way through the freight
handlers, window cleaners, garment makers
and machinists that made up her enthusiastic
reception committee, Mrs. Wayne Scully
jumped right into the middle of things and
took the stage 1t was exactly like the en-
trance of the long expected hero Of the ro-
mantle play, and everybody hoped around
her just as all the subordnates hop around the
star. She started to go upstairs, and the whole
pack was after her
Mis- Scully, where's our meeting going
TO be?"
Say Mis- Scully, Mr. Monaghan offered US
nine hours this morning
What do you think, Mis- Scully? Rose
Myerowitz went in this morning."
And, running up the stairs, Mrs. Sculy
called back her answers:
Your meeting is right down the hall there"
Tell Monaghan nothin' dom"
Go out and picket Rosie. She'll come out.
And don't listen to that bonus talk Rathbun's
givn va Where's the Bias Narrow girls2"
She ducked in door, and the crowd started
off in different directions--into dirty, tobacco
filled rooms Qarge mo Smoking" signs seem
not to have authority during strike times)
down the filthy, dark halls, up the detected
maodorous steps, off into dingy regions Of
more tobacco and cuspidors that | didn't dare
look into I sauntered into a meeting of Can
field Rubber. Nicely settled, l listened with
surprised ear to the ragtime that a cheerful
youth was banging out Of weather-beaten
piano. ! noted with something of shock
that all the girls were young and dressy and
flirting with the boys at the other end Of the
room, and l searched in vain for some small
sign of blot on the bright, shining 'scutcheon
of this breezy strike But not one. And
everything would have been happy if I hadn't
sought to acquaint myself with the details OF
Garfield Rubber and asked a pretty young
thing at my left a few questions. She an
swered, Struggling her shoulders; Sure it was
eight hours they wanted; sure, she'd stick it
OUT sure, they wouldn't take no compromise.
Then somebody called her away dozens OF
suspicious eyes were turned in my direction
and gentleman at the rickety old presiding
table arose in state.
will all them who amt employees OF the
Garfield Rubber please leave the room"
l gazed at him, startled, and mumbled some
thing about being reporter.
will all them who amt employees OF the
Garfield Rubber please leave the room?' he
repeated with clear emphasis.
I started up from my seat and marched
across the dingy room in all my dignity.
Amt it a sham:?' whispered red-faced
boy as he opened the door for me- private
meetin', you see"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-05

the height of urwisdom to allow this condition
of dependence to go so far as to render us
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-18
The Ellsworth Programme for Seven Days

Goods Linens Embroideres trimmings Notions and Ribbons
all goods sold by the yard new and low priced The First
floor Of the will be very interesting to ladies who call
here Wednesday,
Thursday, Feb. 25th-Ready-to-We and Mill
merry Day. Suits, Goats, Dresses Millinery, Undermusins
and Childrens Wear. All Spring 1915 Ready-o-Wear at
Bargain Prices The second floor is teemng with nevnes
and the first floor is filled with new goods
Friday, Feb. 10Th Gloves and Hosiery Day
These departments will be especially attractive with offerings
of new spring gloves and hosiery Friday
Saturday, Feb 2zth-Grand Rally Day Big Sale Day
Throughout Entire Store You'll long remember this Big
General Sales Day you attend Something for everybody
New Goods to choose from in every department.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-05-28
BRINGS BACK OLD
MEMORIES OF PAST
Local Man Finds Turtle
On Which He Carved
His Name 81 Years Ago

Thirty four years ago this month a
young man was plowing in field on
his fathers farm three miles east of Paw
Paw. While sitting on the pillow handles
to rest he saw a small turtle crawling
over the ploughed ground. Boy fashion,
he caught the turtle and to pass away
the time carved his name, the date,
tow wnship and state on it's under shell
and turned it loose, never dreaming Iha:
he would see it again. Ten years later,
in 1891, the same turtle was found and
a small ring fastered through the shell
that it might be tied up until the young
mau- who had carved the date and name
could be found. 1t was again turned
loose to roam the fields throughout the
remainder of it's eventful life. But that
was not the end. Last Sunday John
Mutchler and family we're calling at the
II. M. Ayars home east Of town. The
children, who were playing about the
place, found what is commonly known as
"box turtle" OF ordinary size and
brought it to the house. 1t was an OBJ
iect of some curiosity, not only among
the children, but among the older folks
as we'll Ga it's under shell in clear,
we'll defined letters and figures was this
inscriptions: 1881, Paw Paw, Mich,
Chas. r. Sheldon" and through the
outer edge of the shell was the little
ring which had been fastened there so
many years ago.
The young man who did the carving
just "a years ago was our own towns
man, Charley Sheldon. He remembers
we'll the carving of the inscription while
plowlng in his fathers field and the fnd-
ing of the self same turtle after all these
years seems like fairy tale to Charley
aud brings back many memories of the
past.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-05-28
LAWRENCE TAKES
THE FINAL GAME
Defeated Local Saturday Z
to 6 in IL Inning Con-
test. Will Play Field Day

Paw Paws dreams for Field Day base
last Saturday, when the deciding game
was lost to Lawrence on the Paw Paw
diamond by the score OF 7 to 6. 1t was
hard game to lose, for the winning run
did not come across until the llth
inning. Lawrence was first to score and
had three runs to their credit before Paw
Paw got tally. 1t looked as though
the game would end with this score, but
two three baggers and good base running
gave Paw Paw their opportunity, and
six runs came across before the close Of
the 9th. In the meantime Lawrence
accumulated another trio OF runs and
the score was tie. There was nothing
dong in the tenth, but Lawrence put
one over in the eleventh, which Paw Paw
was unable to duplicate in her half, and
the game was over. This gives Law
renee the undisputed right to play on
Field day. They have a splendid team,
and the team that beats them on Field
Day will play the game every minute.
large crowd OF Lawrence fans were
present to see the boys win.
While the local boys we're somewhat
disappointed at the result of the game
they we're good losers, and not Sob
They are training faithfully for the track
and field events and will undoubtedly
Gerry off their share of the honors 10
.hese Field Day features.