St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-25
A Woman Socialist Claws a
Policeman'S Face in a
Frightful Manner.
She Knocks Out a Constable
Amid HoWls Of Glee From
q Mob,
And Is Arrested After a Des-
perate Fight With Her
SympathiZers.
The Fabian Wing Of the So
cialistS Will Not Parade
Next Sunday.

LONDON. Jan. 24.-Ine great SOCIALIST
parade and mass meeting which it
has been proposed to hold on Sunday,
Jan. 81, in defiance of police prohibit
ton, has been postponed until Feb.
%. The Fabian society, a powerful
arm of the sociaiistic body, comprising
the adherents of socialism among the
middle classes, has withdrawn its ap-
proval of the projected demonstrations,
thus coming into direct conflict with the
Sociallstic federation, which is composed
of the radical and irresponsible ele-
ments of socialism-peOple who rather
enjoy brush with the police and well
come blow from an officers baton as a
passport to the glories of martyrdom.
The Fabians look with contempt upon
this action. They believe in propa-
ganda argument and illustration rather
than Of defamation and display. The
leaders of the Fabian society APP
preached Sir Henry Matthews, the
home secretary, and Commissioner of
Police Bradford. and. having received
positive assurances that nothing could
prevent the police from suppressing the
meeting if an attempt were made to
hold one, they decided not to have any
thing more to do with the movement.
The other faction met today and bitterly
denounced the Fabians. 1t was re-
solved, in view of the
Detection of the Fabiaus,
to postpone the meeting until further
preparations could be made, and to
meanwhile continue to hold the weekly
meetings which have brought on con-
flicts with the police for many Sundays
past at Worldsend, Chelsea. Today'S
meeting at the latter place was charac-
terized by the usual scenes of violence.
1t should be said, in. justice to the po-
lice, that they use as little force OH these
occasions as possible. No one would be
hurt if the mob did not actually compel
the officers to use their batons in making
arrests or retaining possession of pris-
oners. The most disgraceful feature of
the row today was the action of Mrs.
Ham, a laundresS, wife of member Of
the federation. She was arrested while
making violent harangue, and at once
began a savage onslaught upon the Off
ans weapon her finger nails-she
clawed and scratched the polieeman's
face in a frightful manner. He could
not pinion her arms with his own for
fear of being pushed down and trampled
by the crowd of male supporters of the
woman. OF course he could not club the
woman into submission, and by the aid
of the men around her she finally got
away from him and again mounted a
cart and r
Continued Her RAWLINGS.
When again arrested, the woman, who
rejoices in an exceptional physique,
struck young constable such power
full blow that he went to the grass amid
hOWls of glee from the crowd. The DO
lice were now reinforced. and made a
charge upon the crowd, scattering them
and once more getting the muscular
Mrs. Ham into custody. Seeing that
the prison was now in charge of several
officers and she could not do much for
herself. the mob made rush and hot
struggle ensued, the officers being de-
termined to hold the prisoner and the
mob equally set upon releasing her.
Many men were knocked down, and the
police finally bore the prisoner away in
triumph. She is the seventeenth per-
son arrested and formally held for I'M
lawful acts at Sunday meetings. Mr..
Cunningham Graham, M. P. for Lanark,
who is decidedly socialistic in his lean
ings, has written the federation offer
ing to take part in the parade on the
2Sth of February, if the federation will
guarantee the payment of his legal ex-
penses and fine in case he is punished
by the courts for his action. He recalls
the fact that his participation in the
Trafalga square demonstration cost him
200 and made a serious inroad into
his means. There was no evidence of
enthusiasm In the meeting when Mr..
Graham's letter was read, and it is not
at all likely that this offer will be ac-
cepted.