The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-06
FREE FIGHT IN
THE COMMONS
Police Are Called in to Eject
Irish Members.
A
CARRIED OUT BODILY
AMID WILD SCENES
Trouble Arose From Attempt to
Enforce Closure,

London, March 5.-After midnight. in
the house OF commons, Mr.. Balfour ap-
piled the closure on the education esti-
mates. The natiOnalists shouted gag,
and refused to leave the house when the
division was taken. The chairman twice
asked them to retire TO the division lob
by, but they shouted, Certainly not
MIR. Flavin cried: L protest against the
way all Irish votes are closured.
The chairman then intimated that he
must report the matter TO the speaker
In the meantime the other members had
returned from the Hobbies amid some up
roar, thirty or forty Irishmen remaining
turned to tha house. the chairman re-
ported the matter to him. and the speak
er asked if the Irish members stun re
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named siSteen recalcitrants and Nh Bal
four moved thelr suspension rms was
agreed to without division
The speaker ordered them 20 withdraw,
but they refused amid great uproar- me
speaker called upon the sergeant J-armo
to remove them. They shouted dehance;
The deputy sergeant farms advanced
and asked them TO leave; still they re-
fused. At this number or Ot1cers and
policemen entered 70 enforce the removal
Eugene Cream, member for southeast
Cork, struggled desperately against re-
on the floor, lasting i've minutes, CJner
lrishmen assisting him.
Was a Wild Scene.
Never before had such a scene occurred
in the house as accompanied the removal
OF Mr. Cream. He struggled Hercely Win
the attendants, who summoned the ponce
a dozen cOnstables entering the mouse
The natiOnaliStS leeTed at them r our
or five StalWarL policemen proceeded ID
seize MI. Cream, VINO stuck his less unuer
the seat and could not be removed Ior
some minutes. Meanwhile other ponce
men We're struggling and nghtlng Win
other Irishmen who stood up and 90
structed the passage OF the ponce 10 MI
Creams seat The Irish shouted
Don't kill him. and Don't kill the
mani
The nationalist fought and struggled
franticaIiy. but at length superior force
OF police succeeded in dragging Mr.. Creall
oft by the legs and arms and carrying
him down the floor of the house the Aflsh-
men standing and wildly SnouIln5
shame Murders and South Afri-
can brutality
The speaker then called upon Mr.. Nc
Hugh TO retire but ne denanIly refused.
his companions shouting their approval
A strong BODY of twenty policemen again
stored the Irish benches Nh McHugh
/ fought struggled and impeded them IN
every way. Angry shouts rent the arr
The benches below the gangwdy on the
opposition side were q. mass oI mao ana
struggling humanity Several policemen
were struck with fists Free ngnIs De
tween the police and the members were
fairly general
As Mr.. McHugh WAS being carried out
his underclothes showed where the outer
garments had been torn away I'm the
struggle. Mr. Flavin shouted from the
/, back bench: Nineteen policemen 70 re
move one lriShmau- ana cries OF same
were heard from the opposition benches
While Mr. Culinan was beng remove
after struggling violently FaJIIcN
OfBrien excitedly appealed to the speaker
to stop this most distressing scene me
SDea IxeT responded. The scene is Ger
tainly as distressing TO me as ii can be
to the Irish members