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Show j I AMMAN'S WAKBBRlNCSl I I TH "PIT BR0V LA35CS" 0F EMC' J LAND AND WALE3. p i T r,Th0' ttWikfiin llrltUli P Tit Motilbl-TUilr I-ea-Jer, HttifgUe p MJ VlflV-" J0"'' W"W"' n Wf " D-fe'" WmM. P KWrteat. lT iAi L W"i I? vimur. mS frit "Vw'f "" n frt 1jwoi-c( Knftlaml find Wale Are P IbJut J.W0 lo numlwr. Tl.ey art the Rtrl P Itulvumrn of all arriwrin nremptoTtil P IbwMLt " mouth of llrllUU . Iti ttjrnirr tit- women iters emp.nyr.1 i iiiw err" In tbo hniclMi mint, ul It i ,K inTiv fifty Jrar Inee, In m nil i fffluilo U'' 1" t,,B nntltTKr ouml rollierlc Lupal ,'1 t0 ,llmo',t oltlT U rf 1 f.iruof thtU' Lord Ahley. Wholesome i1 rjtrlit) ) "IK,t JoTenfla labor In mine t wertal imll ftjear later. Jliitrw l(Q tolftAttlmn. er -lncu KagtUb col, Iron tnl tin wrn flrt initial, tht Htmr of i1 women n!llll In n manner irToltlnR. i h,l , ,n ''l lyoml dwrlpttoo. Tl. pm r Libit) a f' fi'tutl labor In tnl'i w thrift' r wo Jarful resolution. In I-aii-1 ta-hfre. yorkblr nml Wnlct It we e i Met- 'Icr thouMtiiUbf ifttl tii'l to D.ii.inploTiucnt loth fit. ThcircM. f Itt-r - drairer ami "tlim tellers" fur ' ii cuilicn who cut or tlujt t h coal. ' HicW fecial worker wtr chiefly glrli torn twelvt to twenty ynn of nu. ntnl '. tiwir work ef (lranlng, or "InirrylnB" a It 1- t1Ir1 m VorUMrv, then conaUted In .' ..rajutir.it th coat til lwx'ou IHirnorlrt , trutkiun whwW from lh 'VUU" whero 1 lli4co. ler tt jit nt work to tlio tltnttof Hi ML Oiun tbo inlbtrn would OacnttlnK ' UfCf't Minnow froticntIy tliacnte. Inn t U not twit ftt In licluht, nnl from ono ', leUomiWfrum tht ooty outlet to tlio 1 norlil tboTti ThroURlitiltcli tlMk - ' MJfg, loo low to permit of tliftr Mauiiln t trrtftbt, ami up nnd itown Htp Incltnw , tbtyirtfconiUtfU to cruwl, pultlnu tl. iiy loiwUttlerllifm or "tbrutchluii" 1 tUtl. piuhlutt tlirm from Irltlixl, Kro ict&tly two or tli m children were bar t tfwl together lotliut pull on or mora JjM truck. UatLer Ult wtro put iruutiil tbrlr wnUtt, ml then tbt IllIU 1 com cr UittnM tojieiher Ly a chain i fwJnit Let wwii thrlr Iiicm from niit Ult t laotber. when tho chlMrvti clawwl, Kram- LIUti(1 tussil ilotig on their Jiamltatt'l ' (orttrwrtht mauuer of four fooitJanl- mat. i Tbt InfAmont treatment of women tn then mlam I only known to thtlr maker, Tbitipoturvof Imt 'tli fiott part of 1 til tbUwrons brought InnUnt lentil pro- i fcjli.Ufin under tho Kraitkt i-toalllea. , Uut tbert wu a larfco uumlwr of women liti la ercry colliery teuton who clutehvit tt any mnuncr of labor that would ttittAln IJt. A tvr were already work I nit wild mm and lad at the pit browt. Urdually ItMrlyallof thlt work, tu.cn at diuoplotf tht trucki from tht "ctjtt" In which they uVbroaahltaturfacV' from tbo bottom of tho mint tUfttcrcnluffllnj coal nml torttntt out tho ilalt ttid nooo, londlng tht to! wigont with the coal ready for tht mtrktt,ol carrying thoctwilduit totU tteiuiwUrt It la trMiuformod Into coke rarat to lie lot of women. Thtor-Mcnlly tht collltr eppotnl Hat tbo public houi ted In meet iu if of Ida union. l'rttlilly, ht Mcrrtly tupported ltf for bit brother mutt bar been killed In a expiation, tod tbtwlfa or dtuKhterat tho pit brow took up tho flshlfor bread whero dentil LtJ checked It, and bit own armor lei; mult b picked off Mint day In tht in cblncry, and bit own mother or wlf toaldtprlnittothotpatltor tcrecn and do i min't labor for bait inan't waeo. t for a name for them all, thouith many l rt lauct no lo liter, and I hart icn wo- moot fifty and tlxtyyeara working nlut Lry at tht icncui, thty camt to bo known m "lit llrow Iwuuet," and In tlraa (tot nearly ill tht pit mouth labor Into thttrdexU-rout limb). Hut, a ft yrart nito, muttertu((i it ft heard InthoM diktrlcu 11 ko North pubcrlaud and Durham, w lit re no women ben employed, attalntt tbo trttem. It t luctnt, t licit frllowa who bad all tht labor Ihrcuelrc, tald, tht ImporerUhmenl of that many men ami often that many fam IUm, Then came a miners' conference at Uraloabtm, in January of IMA, and it mc ut tun then pauod that women abouM M U allowed to work about tbo mine tru cottrtly Intcrtml at n clauto tn tho fa d ml no regulation amtudment bill, wLirbcaaoupfordtbata lutho bouit of tonimontloMitrvu, IMO. t Llt wot follow cd by brondildet amlntt wmcn't pit tniwr labor In Tlio Miners' Joinul and other InituotuUl tradet pn tare, u well at In a horrifying leader tn the boadon Ijaccet. Then a tatt anuy of fe malt reform champlont, beatleit by Kmlly ftUliful, who aftcnearil confrtntl her rrrurlutho matter, brnri writ Ink to tho pitta, writing to membert of iKirllamunt nd wrltlnv to anybody tU who would Awlitln adrtrtltlng tbclr liiterettlu tht jiuiier, much after tho manner of nur own uohlt phalanx of tht thrlckloK tUtcrlioo-l, aifurAtlcmltftccmed that tbo iioar pit hrow Iajuhm, m tho bill wot to La acted no tht folio it Inic Uy, would bo Riven thort thrift tt tho mine. Xbtwily troilo unlonUUwbo wero can M!y ming the nrlout tcntlmentnlUtt of England In nrder to merely clvt COCK) men It t plnrra (f b mtd vac.tnt by C.ouo worn in. t-ry shrewdly put forward tbo uuau Ik rablt proKitlllon, wlicro tht pit brow Uum wtrt mi known and bid no ono to Ink for them, that their occupation wni "uniexIntEi" that It wnt to taborlout at to tittlykhorUn human life; that It led to wmoialliy In Itt MxMen, lunchliiollku mix lexrif men and Moment that ttai drew of ttniutrt and short lttlwt m at Indtllcatt and improper, mid that Id la and vltlout lukiu wero euuenlnrvd In tht butbandt o Wmen an tniiiIo)td. Tht whole country U jutonltlieil and liorrlfbid at tho dluor iy of thlt new blot on CukIUU cUIUli-lo, cUIUli-lo, 1c arcortllnsly aro unanlmoutly Hh tht ionae, as It wore, of government l&itrrervnri) In It band to wli, It out, 'Hun cca lv.no woman uUoaroio. Thlt nt loot woman elmutt unnldcl defeated Uin rteffurUof therntlretraleaunloiit l Knlaml, cou'iuerM tho opi"ttlon or l9lllteiencn of two homo n-cretarlet CMMrrt and Matthew In tunwulon, fnt.l.lwl pujillo opinion to Ihoriimo of tho PH brow I& j tid nchltvcd ouq of tho tt"t rrmarLabluVocial and labor Tlclorlct trwoiiin at Hritnln. It bt a i ure to makt tiii-li a woman Utter knot American, llr name I Air. Msritai I'urk, lito myortii of nign, lIrliubniid,dcceiieitliiNorem w-r, 10, wm a Jetdlnft Iron merchant t", and MrIiapittM innt iMpuUr ludb viiltul in lAiicashlro.thtt ono exception bo l2hlMfe, tui( vlvcted t.) the nmy omlijr for 11 t tuccvaalro term Murcn ' Mid lSf tbttaitiabclnu couutl au wtrabrdlnry honor, a IVIjtau It theold-t theold-t btjiuith In Aoculiirr, ImvIiik a blripui hutoty utHitf from (1m day of fbtralr, aud the cruatulcti. The city U tht ""Uter f tht jUutaililre cost ami Iron trada ltltadUtrictof coUlrrleaoudcol-iWrt. coUlrrleaoudcol-iWrt. Mr, park It a Unenablnj lady by blrtb, kt)dhudIU,ertiruvtrIveu fur thoboUtr ' HI of tL luwly Hho it a tblnlun txam-fi txam-fi of a thorousbly cultuntl wbtutti of IUi making uw. 0t bar ftlfu and mean a her oi n niilKbtaruuikl, fch no S' uily kIIIW tl)ril4 Unnuhfre folk In iuir everyday toll ami In their home fuuniiy tin wa4 Ulore.1 and almost lUudi Vuillkt kUew.loOjpoatlWirJ taaA woman ati'l bceautt ot intciiisem tlndlea and practical inlnUtraUon. the tnrrlW of the pit brow" womn question Iwrhapn better than any other living man These 0,(00 bel pica Women bad DO df fcndr. Bb Instantly Imnme on. II clear and truthful presentation ot their morality, tbelr be.ilthfulueia, their neI and that of tho dependent uimiii tbem, andthlnaatceof the propme.1 deprivation depriva-tion tf their n(y mean of tulitcnc. Withberrlnslnsturttencyupon the mail entlal women of tinutamf of tloprlticlpl that all ATenuet fr voluntary Ubor ly women thotild It etpandM rather than restricted, anch notl women at Kmlly Tiitliful, Ily lUi.im and I.ydl lWker, oVwormn't rltfhu fame, tmve thi pit brow vntnAn'a miim tbMr suppurt nd of pp. piwitlon. InUlllKfiitly pmeniMl f act and clear, coft'nt logte on Dm tubjwt Wert at oncotupplled to Home levnurjr Child a ml to membert of parliament. With tbi enthiulaMtfl ro-operntlon of Vicar ldifhfll, of IVtuberton, an iintor lant colliery town near Wluiu, where a Urge number of women work at the pit bruw, ftrtat meetlnic of tho pit brow women Ibemwlve went held, and tbeoo were followed by Ilka irre.it Ratherloir In Ynrkthlreand Wale. TbiclMO( wotnen are noted for their lates rlty and bluutnet. "They nr Jin nock rltfbt thrmiRb," a they tay In linctuhlrn. They not only have ready tontrue. Uit there ha a, to them, terrible conviction nml titeewity behind their mdipeeh lvtltlon after mtltlon waadbpatcrielUiIindon. Theseeitraor illnaryijintberlnitof extraordlnnry women, with an extraotdlnary woman a their leader. Interpreter and deliverer, had an elect rlenl effect throtiRhiiit Urltaln. A complete revuUlonof fiellnj and con r lotion lo-tion w the result. Not conttnt with thlt, Mr. I'.uk IntUtcl that now a the pit brow lavw bad been hvnrdntbometliey ahould alo bo hoard In Iiudotii wltbliitbenwfnt alienee of the homa secretary offlc. If need ba lint Mr. Chlldcrahad beard aitcli taleeot the "AmaJvmV In the praaa, nd nncb t raoeilir of thorn In the ahtlllmttbockeni, nnd kt-ett turb hliteotu repmentAtbnt of them bfl the Illustrated prints, tht tbl wu too much. No nroMlgiiatftan, sooty heroinm, armetl with abovrlt, hpndiM, tcrtTiit, clog and irhap pick, for hlmt The bint of their readlnmt to swoop down upon Mm, with what bad already been done, and the pre of England now Iwlnjr. nmnlmon a Cat nit the measure, were scenilmtly tnf liclttiL The prohlbJtoryclautewA withdrawn with-drawn and the pit brow to of KngUnd aud Walui were destl to remain a per-xonnent per-xonnent IlrltUh tnttltutlon. Hut their flrt victory vrti n temporary one. The trade unions appearing to urn-cloutly urn-cloutly accept defeat, were only awaiting Utter opportunity. Jutt a )er later, early In the aprln: of 1W, wont enme to Mr. I'nrk from London that tb claua Bitalnut pit brow n omen' work wa ajpiln brliiit prred, secretly but K)wer fully, by trade union and other potltlntl Iniluencr, And that thera wm gnat danger of the government recommendlnz tho meaiure tliroushthtthcu ntwbomasccrctary, Mr. Matlbewt, Mr. 1'nrkatonce deter ml nod that the pit brow m omen thoutd (to In person before parliament and the home secretary, Hit wmto ninl telegra4il mine owners cm ploying women to coll mectlntf, explain the threat en wl danser, and ask the women nt the mine to elect by ballot two of tbelr number from each mine to Join thedtpu tat Ion, Till watdone, tho he beirtme their own extienvesbyvubiicrlpt ion, so tht bu taint of mine owner Interest could ba charged. A special train wo tecurtd, and awaytpol tho unliua deputation to the Brent city, A continuout ovation greeted them all the way to Imdon, Mr. Park bad mean time tecured rwrn.Uxlou from Secretary Matthew to present tbo drpuutlon. The women were lodged at the UlrU Club and Home, 8ho square, Tbvlr arrival crentetl the ere teat Interest and cxiltement. Itoy ally Ittolf tie re r attractcil greater crowd. They wero taken Li parliament honte, and were aUo Rrantet A ieep nt tho bouo of lord. Ibo hwmaktr of Gro.it llrlulu were won over In a ludy. The next morning the entire lndon piott rang with their praise, pathetically told the klory of thejr toil and denounced those who bat threatened the prohibition cf tbelr arJuou and honnt labor. Then enme tho mrmorablo txiruda or demon-htntlnn, demon-htntlnn, through Itwnt ttroet, Uxforl itrect, along l'all Matt, aero bL Jamea' parkatwtWhltvhall and on to Weatinlu ttcr hotel, whore four of the glrlt were rubud In tbvlr odd pit brow oHtumrs, Then thaprootftslou movwton tho homo oftVe, a million F.nglUlimen cbetrlug thnma they WTtit. Here Mrs. Pirk laid their chlms before Mr. Matthew In it low ringing sentence. hkli M.rary erltloa bare nurrtetl oomprlscd tbo hrh ft fit moat tptendldly logloat And rriwerftil addrc ever pronouuoed by an llnglUh woman In anycAUso. NorwrretbolasM tbemtvlvct stow of sjireoh. Their lguo rnnco of tb swUtt formalltlit of tho plnco lod to Innumerable vociferous and pointed Interrupt lout, Tbny "Cant oop to Lunnuu totpcaakoot, 'u'lpeoak oot thi wndl" TLo homo teevctnry llitenel nnd nnei-ttonod, nnei-ttonod, finally dUmlsslng the uuhjut depu tatlon after auranco that they thouli not be Interfered with, and the bojo tb'.t their rvprenetitatlnn "would so InDucnc publlo opinion that they would hour no more In tuauy )eur of un attempt to Inter-fere Inter-fere Willi an bouwt and iiMlsewortby ln dtutry." And mi tho pit brow lost won. Hut I haw often thought It n pttythnt tiimegrt-st pointer could not limu caught thl tpletidld JHvne, where thn bmes of tbo U.IU1 womru-w Umi work ond h!me life I thall descrllto lu n suceeeillng article wire renlt-redi Tho homo secretary of a mlghtr (.MVerumcut, with nit the suU-rlty ui&l liubinU of stato sur r(Uulliig him, to.riDl, pu.ncbd, jet thoroughly klndlyt one woman, aevomA' libit by famous wniiitn, lord ami nm moner, standing Uforo him a petitioner, tier faro tho prototype of that nohlontie thstirtUt bu then u In ltutlla Irfore whom Colmubu I urging hi cuius U-amlng with lnOnltkliidnvs and suUtu lug glniicu upon ber Irrepressible rburgvs, yet iialtturnvd tagraieretK'Ctandappr-hatiilon tagraieretK'Ctandappr-hatiilon to tliu one who could grant or df font their aim; nud,to oninpteta tho picture, pic-ture, A crowd ot nny chtnkinl, buxom pit bruw Itumw, with lieAilicruued engf rly tor ward, their sparkling e)e wldo with won tttr aud nlirt aitrntlun, lp half parted u If to"tiaakoot"ouiho sllgbrut trtoxt, ' btnl every ouo of 'tho sturdy wruehva with mux lu tour v. Ith AtixKty, nnd the whob llgure. In posing and attitude, tiucon scliJiuly the embodiment of ileilnaow and rivftm. KiHunl WAU.UAS. |