Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — From Cradley Heath. [ARTICLE]

From Cradley Heath.

Recently a deputation of women went frpm Cradley Heath, in England—a pla o where women are* employed at heavy work in gorging chains—to London, to protest against tho passage by Parliament of an act which proposed to prohibit the use by wemon of a heavy forging implement known as the “Oliver. ” They objected to the passage of the bill on the ground that it would deprive them of employment At London they were questioned at length upon the manner of their employment by the Home Secretary—an officer whose position in the British Government is much tho same as the Secretary of the Interor oi this country, Between Mr. Matthews, the Secretary, and the chain-woman the following dia logue took p ace: Mr. Matthews—And what is the pro else nature of the employment''!!! whicj you are enga Chain-woman (breaking in) —I doan’l want my work taken awaay from me! Mr. Matthews (blandly)—Pardon me, that Is not quite the point on which I desire Information. If you will please explain to me the nature of theopeiation in which Chain-woman (firm though flustered, and determined to get out what she had come all the way to London to say)—lt never done me no harm, sir! Mr. Matthews—But, my good woman, if you will suspend your observations long enough to communicate some idea Chain-woman—l likes the ’eavy work, sir; an’ I says, Let each one do what they can! The interview proceeded in this unsatisfactory way until a questioner was found who could talk to the chainwomen in their own language.