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Show TELL SICKENING STORIES. Women Passengers in Steerage Vilely Treated. Washington. A roisirt on steerage riiiiillllons bused on Informal Ion ola tallied by special ugi-uts of the Ituiul-gr.'itlnti Ituiul-gr.'itlnti coiuinlKstiiii traveling us steer ago passengers on different trans Al. Imitlc Mourners was mudn public Tues. duy thriiiigh presentation to the solium soli-um with reconimi iiduiions fur legislation legisla-tion lo li. Iter condlti ns. t imliiiins liiiittd In in any of Hiesn vessels ur doscrttied as uppulllng. Thn general tcort of the rommls slim ciuiliiliis .in reports of indlvatii-ala indlvatii-ala giving their experiences on Isuird slennislllps on which they puned tit steeiuue passengers. A woitimi llgotlt, who was Insulted mid compelled to wiHisiiind repulsive prlvuiioiia. said: "III I hose twelve duys In Ihn steer, nun I lived In u dlsonlcr uml In sup roiindlngs that offended every senso. Only thn fresh breeze from the sea overcame the sickening odors. The vile Imigtiaue of Hm men. Hie screams of Hm women defending themselves, Ihn crying of children, wrntclmd bo- ! ciitisn of thnlr surroundings, especial. ly, every soiiud that reached thn eunt, irritated beyond cndtirutice. There I wus no sight before which the eye did not prefer to close." |