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FIREMEN'S FIGHT
;$iilomusian of West Phila
delphia Realizes Justice
of Cause
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Anbther Important Stop Taken
in Organizing Public
Sentiment
Tha rhtlomitstan Club ha enrolled itwlt
amort tba organisation which hav
tpond th caus of th firemsn of I'hiu
4lphia for btter llrlnr condition.
At-ouied by th campaign ot publicity that
. is openlnjr th ot th oltln of Phil
adelphia, to hitherto overlooked branch of
the municipality, tha Wtst Philadelphia or
ganisation, at It lat meellna;, mad tha
firemen and their condition the them of
dlicuetlon.
As reault or ths Information laid before
the club through Its president. Mn. U. F.
Itlchanlson, II waa decided to make further
Investigation ot the subject and, If the find
intra warranted, to lay th matter befora
Mayor Hmlth and tho Finance Commltleo
of Council; A committee was named to
make personal Inquiry and obtain first-hand
Information. The chairman of thin com
mitted I Mr. Herman H. nimey, 4018
Chettnut street Mr. Itlrney I a social
Worker whose activity date from her girl
hood. Iter lstarlnlaw, tho lata Mra.
Theodora W, niroey, of Washington, ytan
the founder of the American Congress of
Mother, and Mra. Herman II, tJlrnoy haa
lone been an ardent laborer In the cauao of
octal betterment.
Her activities along thl tlno havn by no
means been confined to the advancement ot
hen own sex, nnd h enthusiastically en
tered Into tho caus of the firemen,
PLEDGED TO PItOMPT ACTION
Mr, Olrney, In conversation with a mem.
br of tho firemen's campaign committee,
pledf ed heraetf to early action In behalf ot
the city's fire fighter. She hn called to.
tether the members of her commltleo to tie
sembla December 14 at the clubhouse,' 3944
Walnut street, at the same time Invltlnir
ihs firemen's committee to bo present nnd
ofe.
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eommittea member. Mr. Dlrney, on behalf
at her coworker. acetpted an invitation to
Inspect some of the principal firs station
for personal observation of the conditions
tinder which the firemen are obliged W
work and live,
Tho firemen themselves feel mueh en
eouraired by the wldenlna; character of the
support they ar receiving In their cam
paign. The prompt championing of their
causa by thn New f'entury and nivto
Club, and now by the I'hltomuslan Club,
they consider cannot but bring to their
aid n powerful pressure In the shape ot an
organised ptiblio opinion that must Impel
the member of CouniHl to heed their ap
peal for just consideration and relief.
That they have remained disregarded for
so many years they attribute to their pre
vious docility In standing back that "111
other fellow' might be taken ears of. Th
result has been that, white salaries paid
In other bureau compare favorably with
those In other American cities, the City of
Philadelphia today pay If firemen les
than any other flrst-clar city, and rank
even behind the cities of the second class
In this respect.
COUNCtLO ADMIT JIMTICH
Members of Councils' Finance Committee
are fully aware of this condition and ad
mit that they can find the funds necessary
to remedy It If tho publlo wishes to havn
Philadelphia raised to n proper level In this
respect If tin cltliens of Philadelphia de
slro to repay th fidelity and unselfish
servlco of their firemen with a salary that
yields mora than twelve to fourteen cents
an hour for twenty-one houra' duty nut of
every twenty-four, the Way to compel coun
cilmans action Is Indicated by members of
Councils Itself.
Flnsnce Committee members navo pub
licly declared that they will glvo the fire
men what they ask, a fair Increase In wages
and mora equitable working hour that
will let n man enjoy mors than n fleeting
gllmp4 of hi family dally, If popular de
mand Is mado upon them,
The only lime some firemen's children
hava seen their father for mora than one
hour, save on his brief holiday periods, wss
when his mangled body wns brought home
to them from the ruins of a burned build
ing, where he went down, with hand on the
hone line, striving to mivo the property of
another.
TELI.3 OK TltAOBDV
The widow nf one of tho victims of the
Frtedlander calamity, of December 21-32,
1010, commonly known an the "Ilodlne
street fire," described this little known
pltnso of a fireman's life. This woman Is
now employed an matron of one of tho fire
stations.
"The only lime my husband nnd I really
bad together was en hl day ftft nd dtirtne;
hl vacation, ills day off was my day off.
our home llf really ended when h entered
lha service, and wo were looking forworn
to resuming It 1! had been In lh de
partment long enough to be eligible to r
tlra within a few yeats, and wa were
counting on having a good tlm together.
Our children were growing up and w were
planning to spend our remaining day
together when the Hodln atreet. flra oc
curred. When thH was over they brought
him back homo to me. so disfigured that no
on could recognise him, Hut my lot was
no harder than that of other wive and
widow of firemen. Thera were thirteen
men killed at Ilodlne street, and I suppose
every one of tho women mado widow by
that flfo have the sime story to tell of
their experience,
"Our children seldom ew their father.
When they weM going to school his ""'
hour wera such thai ho was never horn
between sessions, and It wa only In the
vacation periods that ,they met him at
meals. As they grew blder and the boys
went out to work It was th am thing.
II and they were not at home during the
same meat hours,
"Hut a I say, I did not complain. My
lot was no different from that of thousands
of firemen's wives. It's the same through
nut tho department. A fireman's v.lfe hs
to be father and mother, too, If there are
children. Nobody hopes more than I do
that Councils will devise a ptan by which
the men of th bureau will have more time
to devote to their home and mora money
to make that home what It should he."
nKCKMUBn FATAI, MONTH
The advent of December recall to th
firemen the ominous record of that month
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Hardwood makes the Ideal flooring; for
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readily be kept clean and because it ii
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they yield make hardwood floors on
actual economy particularly when
laid by
PINKERTON
3034 West York St.
noth
I'bonae
lit dipsrtmentat anmU. Record tcept fit
fir headquarter how that since th or
ganization of th department In 171 ther
hava been nlnety.elt firemen killed In per
formance of duty or who hav died from
Injuries thu Incurred. Of thl number
twenty-eight hav met death In the month
of December, a record mora than equaling
the combined total of any other two month.
February ehow sixteen. Match eight and
August ven, while June and September
furnish six each. January, July nnd Novem
ber hav claimed flv lives each, while Oe
tobtr has been the tlm of only two fatat
mlshsps In th bureau. The record of In
jury Is appalling, th total for the last year
alone being (II, The number of men die
abled temporarily or permanently during
11 la now b,elng computed for Inclusion
tri Chief Mittph'g ahriual JfPrt H bide
fair to exceed the totat for m.
Mariy of the men disabled ara doing
clerical work at tydquarUrg orj
ployed otherwise about the pumping sta
tions and departmental shops, Th en
feebted condition of th pension fund pr
eludes their availing themselves of thelf
privilege to claim lis benefits, so maimed
ind limping, scarred nd crippled they nil
jobs that held them on th active list, al
though honorably enticed to retire,
The work must be done. Council hV
not provided funds to hlr men to do It, m
these firemen again becom "volunleere.
forgo their Just and hard-earned right to
cover and hide from the publlo th evidence
of It own neglect.
r3h lie WaS UrtiM Whin jte SjOta
JWAnflW, P. Wee. W?aft t
houn. iwenty-eign' yrnn. .nS- whin
graduate and stranger Irt nt&itm. whn
arrested by the, pollc today On the charge
of shoplifting, put up the unusu !"
Al K heating before ! """ J
When he commuted the alleged offense he
wa under the Influence of drugs nnd I dldn t
know what ho wa doing. Ha was com
mitted to Jail.
Count Sxeptyckt Heads Polo Armies
BBItUN, De. l.-.V Posen dispatch re
ports the appointment of Count Bxcptyckl ns
commander of the Polish legions Hfl Is a
brother of the Hev. Ahdress Sseptyckl, for
merly Archbishop of lmberg,
foTffiiW'Wftafdtf M vot
sMaanJ I.
Du Pont fihown to Bo largest CB
trlbutor to Hughes. Fund
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. I. 4ftlclat an
nouncement lit New York that Pierre a JU
Pont, president of tho du Pdnt Powder ma
du Pont Securities Companies. Waa th
largest Individual contributor to th Itepub"
llcan campaign fund, giving SIMOft, I
taken hero n proof of the: charge mad b
fore the election that the du Pont Interests
were fighting' th re-election of Wilton.
Under the new general revenue act U
powder manufacturer ar heavily taxed on
profits and the Incomes bf large Individual
stockholders also ara hit,
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