"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Tuesday, July 18, 1905 WHEN THE WOMEN BALKED. An excursion to Leavenworth over the electric line last Saturday evening was under the auspices of the women of the Y.W.C.A. But the chances are there will not be another under the same management very soon. The women had sold about 100 tickets at 50 cents each, and the car which was to take them was packed when it left the Junction. The trouble commenced as they were starting down into the tunnel, when the conductor for the Metropolitan came around to collect fares. He asked 5 cents from each of the excursionists, saying their tickets were good only from Kansas City, Kas., to Leavenworth and return. The 5 cents was for the fare to Kansas City, Kas. (from Kansas City, MO). Nearly all of the passengers were women, and a large part of them balked. They had paid their 50 cents for the trip and they didn't intend to pay any more. The arguments waxed warm, and as a result the car was run into the depot terminals and held there for forty minutes, while the women were deciding on their course of action. All this time it was of course swelteringly hot. Stiffly starched shirtwaists were melting, and some of those who had been standing up ever since the car started were about ready to give it up as a bad job. Some of the women were in favor of giving up the whole proposition and coming back to town. Others wanted to pay the fare and go on. Finally they paid and the excursion proceeded. When the party started on the return trip, the people who were left out in the rush for seats decided that they did not want to stand up all the way back. Some of them accordingly secured fragments of boards of various sorts and sizes, and laid them across the aisle, from seat to seat. This made it more comfortable for the people in the aisles, but the ends of the boards were often rough and sharp, and their presence did not increase the comfort of the people in the seats. Neither did it lessen the heat in the crowded car. ======================================================