Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-28

in the meantime we women Join for
ejgn mission societies. We want to
make Christians of the heather
Clean up at home first. There is
plenty of 1t to do Girls and women
are suffering in New York while we
are Christianizlng the heather.
Label Fallen Women.
"And often these girls have fallen
while we are doing foreign mission, we
build refuge a place to save and
reform them. You put label ON their
back-fallen women
Il am not working for Jesus flash
ed the speaker. II am not working for
the church I detest these Jesus work
ers He doesn't need any help. The
people do.
These Jesus workers-when muir
derers burned our brother workmen
alive in Michigan and shot them down
in Colorado-there was not church in
all the country where the minister had
nerve enough to rise in his pulpit and
denounce the deed. The womanhood
Of America didn't have nerve enough
to rise and say to the pirate: You
shall never kill another man, woman
or child in this country for dollars"
ooh, our friends, the women, are
shocked at the war in Europe. Oh
or child in this country for dollars.
prayed for Mr.. Ford and his party and
for peace But when II Of my brother
men were shot down in Calumet, they
did not go to the pirate, did not swoop
down on IS Broadway, and tell him
| that the women of the nation would
stand for no more such murders. No!
Why?"
At another point the speaker de-
clared:
Not all the colleges and churches
in the country have done as much for
the advancement Of humanity as has
organized labor"
There is no real freedom in Amerl-
ca, she asserted Women are wasting
time fighting for the ballot, she de-
clared, unless they get into an organ
ization first, for political leaders who
make the laws have no fear of an indi-
vidual but they have of an organiza-
| ton.
Workingmen were invariably refer
red to as Slaves" Violence she
said, "is something to be dreaded but
| intimated that if there is violence it
is because the employers fail to read
| the signs and to better conditions.
Youngstown and Gary, where Judge
Gary refused to increase wages
until riots occurred that shook
the nation, was an example
of this, she declared. Then, she said,
he gave them more than they asked
for. THE worm trembled' was her
way. of picturing the attitude of Judge
Gary.
Life In Mining Districts.
John Walker, preceding Mother"
Jones as speaker, told of life in min
ing districts and what organized Ia
Dor has accomplished for the work
ingmen.
Company doctors" came in for a
severe attack by Mr.. Walker, who de-
clared that they earn their money not
by the manner in which they cared
for the injured men, but by their testi-
mony, always in favor of the company,
| when the injured man attempted to
recover damages in court.
The patient is usually in more dam
ger after he gets to the company doc
tor than he was before he got there
said Mr. Walker.
In many places organized labor now
retains its own physicians to care for
it's injured members and the menace
of company doctors is thus done away
with.
Mr.. Walkers most important state
ment had to do with strikes. He said:
mo man who understands the labor
problem wants strike. No man will
consciously do any act that will pre-
cipitate strike. No Intelligent labor
ing man wants strike that can be
avoided honorably The fact that you
are prepared, able and ready to battle
for your rights has the greatest weight
in conferences"