Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-23
NEW YORK WOMEN
PICKET FOOD SHOPS
Police Suppress a Number of
Small Riots and Arrest
Two Leaders.
LITTLE REAL SUFFERING

New York, Feb. 22.-HouSe-
wives continued their demonstrations
against the high cost of living here to-
day Police reserves suppressed out
breaks in various parts OF the city.
Dozens of pushcarts were overturned,
the contents destroyed and the own
ers attacked, Two women were ar
rested charged with assault and later
released Hundreds Of women, some
with babies in arms, acted as pickets
before provision stores in an effort
TO establish a boycott. Most of the
disorder occurred when a would-be
purchaser dehed the pickets.
A police court magistrate in sus-
pending sentence on one offender,
gave warning that hereafter he would
send disturbers to Jail.
II have had a number of you
women before me-" he said, and not
ono of you has impressed me as
though you were starving"
Little Evidence of Hunger.
Heads of city departments asserted
today that a superficial examination
of municipal statistics failed to show
results that might be attributed to
lack OF sufficient nourishment caused
by the high price of food. In obe-
dience to instructions from Mayor
Mitchell they began, however an in
vestigation to learn if there was any
basis for complaints voiced at the
mass meetings in the poorer districts
this week and by committees that
have called on the mayor.
At the offices of the board of health
it was said that the death rate con-
tinued to be lower this year than last
and that statistics of illness apparently
did not show that lack of nourish-
ment had been an increasing cause OF
disease.
Public charities officials said that
applications for admission to the poor
house had increased recently. On the
other hand, the municipal lodging
house has of late been sheltering only
half of its capacity
No Cars for East Says Griffin.
Chicago, Feb. 22.-When shown the
statement OF the car service commit
tee of the American Railway associa-
ton to the effect that Chicago grain
shippers have been receiving 200 cars
day, ]. P. Griffin, president of the
Board of Trade, said:
For thirty days Chicago has been
shipping four or five cars day; that's
all. We had, it is true, cars of west
ern roads to load, but we couldn't get
them hauled east. Now we are in
formed that we must get our Cars
from eastern roads. That practically
shuts us out of the eastern market
entirely"
The board was closed today, but
Mr. Griffin, traffic experts and lawyers
continued iii conference on the situa-
ton.
Woman's Leg Broken.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22.-Disorderly
scenes occurred in the southeastern
part OF the city, populated largely by
people of foreign birth, today when
bands of women made demonstrations
against dealers that have raised food
prices. In melee between a crowd
ol women ana OlnerS attracted to
one of the streets where stores were
being attacked, a woman was knocked
down, trampied upon and taken to
a hospital with broken leg.
The police later dispersed the
crowd
The demonstration resulted from
meeting of women at which it was
decided to boycott dealers who in
creased prices. Women with bottles
containing kerosene are alleged to
have poured the oil on meats, fish
and vegetables displayed by dealers
and to have attacked curb merchants
and push cart vendors. Pickets were
established and women who patron
lied stores where prices were raised
were attacked and the articles they
purchased taken from them.