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ka, 1011 W. 20tli, appealed to him on street. Halsted St. lift bridge to be shut to traffic from 6 tonight till 6 tomorrow night. Womens' clubs to ask council to "direct department of streets to "keep sidewalks clear of ice. , City council health committee voted in favor of $500,0Q0 bond issue to construct comfort stations. Dr. M. L. Pearlstein, 1440 Milwau kee av., arrested Named by Eleanor Dillon, 2944 N. Seeley av., before she died of abortion. WORKING GIRLS PLAN MEETING TO DEMAND LIVING WAGE The first step in the greatest or ganization 'campaign ever entered into by the garment workers of Chi cago will be launched with a mass meeting at the West Side Audito rium, Taylor st. and Racine av., Mon day evening. Prominent labor leaders will ad dress lady garment workers of Chi cago. The people in the industry are the worst paid of any of the big cit ies' workers. Sol Friedman, general organizer of the International Ladies' ' Garment Workers' union, who is r handling the campaign, has sent out .the following appeal: "A special organizer was sent to start a campaign in these industries here in Chicago. Now, we come to . you, men and women, especially Women employed in these industries. . Don't you think that the women of Chicago are entitled to the same con ditions as the women working in the eastern cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Bridgeport. In the eastern cities the women in these industries are working 49 " hours per week. Here in Chicago theyjare working 52 to 55 hours. Minimum scales were established in, these cities where the trades are or ganized for piece workers and week "workers, whereby the workers have made a good living. Here in Chica go the workera can hardly make a j living and are working 52 and '55 hours per week, because they are not organized. "In a union shop in height of the season, when the workers are. obliged to work overtime, they re ceive double pay, while here they are ! not gettingtit. In a union shop they ' have a price committee and a shop chairman who settles the prices, and if the price committee cannot agree with the firm a representative of the union comes up to adjust the matter satisfactorily to the workers. Here the boss is the chairman, the fore man the price committee, and you must accept the prices that are of fered you by the firm or the foreman. "In a union shop a worker cannot be discharged without sufficient cause. If a worker is discharged he files a Complaint with the union. The complaint is investigated and if the repreesntative of the union finds out that he or she was unjustly dis charged, the worker is reinstated with back pay. Here, you can be dis charged, at any time without any cause at all, and as an individual you haven't anybody to take your part. ;"We believe that manufacturers will come to you now, while the movement is being made and prom ise ybu many things, and even in some cases the workers will be raised. This will be only for a short time," and then they will establish the same or still worse conditions' than before." I Better wages and healthier condi tions will be demanded of the bosses. If they are not granted, concerted action b ythe workers will result Following speakers will address the. meeting: Clarence Darrow, John Fitzpatrick, pres. Chi. Fed. of Labor; Agnes Nestor, pres. Women's Trade Union league; Josephine Casie, Benj. Schlessinger, pres. L"L G. W. U.; P. Sissman, Abraham Bisno, Chicago Cloakmakers' union; Morris Siskind, Editor Jewish Labor World; R. Ma zurkiewicz, editor Dziennik Ludowy; H. Scb.oolmam and. Sol Seidman