The age-herald., 1901-03-06
IRISH FOUGHT
 THE POLICEMEN Disgracefu| Scene in the House
 of Commons IRISH MEMBERS SUSPENDED
They Refused to Leave the Hall and Speaker Ordered Them Taken Out bg Force Wild Scene
 Followed the Attempt

London, March 6.-After midnight, in the House of Commons, MT. Balfour ap- pned the cloture on the education esti- mates. The Nationallsts shouted Gag, gag" and refused to leave the House when the division was taken. The chair man twice asked them to retire to the division lobby, but they shouted Ger tainly not
 MT. Falvin cried: "I protest against the way all Irish votes are clotured."
 The chairman then intimated that he must report the matter to the Speaker. In the meantime the other members had returned from the lobbies among some uproar. thirty or forty Irishmen remain ing in their seats The speaker having returned to the House the chairman re- ported the matter to him and the Speaker asked if the Irish members still refused to obey the order and there were cries of Yes, yes."
 The Speaker then named sixteen recall citrants and MT. Balfour moved their suspension. This was agreed to without a division.
 The Speaker ordered them to withdraw but they refused, amid great uproar. The Speaker called upon the sergeant at arms to remove them. They shouted defiance The deputy sergeant at arms advanced and asked them to leave, but still they refused to move. Police then entered the hall to enf0s ce removel. Eugene Crane, member for Southeast Cork. struggled desperately against removal and there was quite free fight on the floor, last ing for five minutes, other Irishmen as- .-i- tra IrxrA, aal1 ho hd out bodily by six policemen, amid yells and cheers.
 Police Carried Them Out
 The police then returned and carried out each of the remaining recaleitrants in the same manntir. although there was no further ctial resfst.snce. Six policemen sufficed for each member. with the ex- ception of MT. Flavin, who is a big man, required eight Many, as they were be- ing carried, waved their hands and shouted God save Ireland"
 Those who were removed included Messrs. John Cullinan. Patrick White, Patrick McHugh, William Dundon, Will jam Abraham, Patrick Dugan, Anthony Donlin, James Gilhooley, Thomas Me Gonlree and Jeremiah Jordan.
 The trouble arouse through MT. Bal four disclosing the whole education es- inmates without giving an opportunity to discuss the Irish vote.
 At 1 o'clock the speaker said: '"The House will now resume proceedings In committed, and I trust that honorable members will now leave the hall.
 Never before had such a scene occurred as accompanied the removal of MT. Grain. He struggled fiercely with the at tendants, who summoned the police and a dozen constables entering the House. Tha Nationalists jeered at them. Four or five stalwart policemen proceeded 10 sel1e MT. Grain, who stuck his legs under the seat and could not be moved for some minutes NJ while, other policemen were struggling a4.d fighting with other Irish men who stood upon and obstructed the passage of the police to MT. Grains seat: The Irish shouted: Don't kill him. and Don't kill the man.
 struqaIed FranticaIy.
 The Nationalists fought and struggled frantically but at length superior 1orce of police succeeded in dragging MT. Grain out by the legs and arms. and carrying him down the floor of the house, the Irishman standing and wildly shouting:
 "Shamev "Murderers," and South African brutality"
 The speaker then called upon MT. MIG Hugh to retire but he def1antly reIuseo' his companions shouting approval. A strong body of twenty policemen again StOTmed fought, struggled and impeded them In every way Angry shouts rent the air. The benches below the gangway on the oDposition side were a mass Of mad ana struggling humanity. Several policemen were struck with fists. Free fights De- tween the police and the members were generf1al.
 As MT McHugh was being carried out, his underclothes showed where the out CT garments had been torn away in the struggle Mir Flavin shiuted from the back benches: Nineteen policemen to re- move one Irishman," and cries Of "shame" were heard from the opposi- tion benches.
 While Mir Cullinan was being removed after struggling violently, MT Patrick O'Brien excitedly appealed to the speak CT to ''stop this most distressing scene
 A Distressing Scene.
 The speaker responded: "The scene is certainly as distressing to me as It can be to the Irish members"
 Mir O'Brien-For every member of these benches the same scene will have to be re-enacted I do appeal to you, MT Speaker and to the leader of the House to see if he will not let the matter end now and allow the House to adjourn To- morrow we will meet in better and diff ferent temper.
 The speaker. in reply. again earnestly appealed to the members named to obey the ruling of the House, whether they agreed to the course taken or not, and to leave the House peaceably and decently. The response was No. mo-" from the Ma tionalists
 The speaker then ordered the removal of the others. Amid renewed howls the police grappled with them and carried them by arms and legs over the benches an dout of the House. While Mir. Donlin was being removed the Nationalists rose and sang, God Save Ireland" Mir. Flavin shouted against the Unionists who sat silent in their seats during the scene, You will be carried out of South Africa in the same way"
 MT. Flavin's turn them came. The po- lice were handling him roughly amid re- newed cries of ''murderers." He ex- claimed "All right, don't intend to hurt