The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-14
Center Tackle Breaks Into Eng-
 fish House
HUNDRED THOUSAND STRONG
Police and Other Officials Force Suf- fraeettes and Cordons of the Un-
 employed From the Grounds.
 No One Seriously Hurt.

London, October 1S.-The climax of the suffragette campaign was reached tonight when an enormous mob hemmed in par liament and stopped traffic in all streets leading to Westminster. For more than
 three hours the crowds scuffled good
 naturedly with the police, interfered with
 theatregoers, broke windows and disor- ganized things generally in the center of London.
 The heroine of the day was Mrs. Tray CTS Symons, formerly secretary to James
 Keir Hardie, the socialist and independ- ent member of parliament, who reached the door of the House of Commons by strategy. The house was solemnly de-
 batting bill to prevent children from
 cigarette smoking when the woman
 dashed past the doorkeeper to a position
 in front of the speakers chair and shout ed shrilly, "Leave off discussing children
 and talk about women"
 Three officials seized Mrs. Symons and
 carried her out bodily. She was then led
 to the door and dismissed. AS result
 of the coup an order was issued that hereafter women should not be admitted to the building on any pretext whatever, and in future the historic grille will not screen feminine spectators.
 Rush" Parliament.
 The appeal issued by the suffragettes
 few days ago for 5O,00o persons to help them rush" parliament at 7:3O O clock this evening was the most suc- cessful stroke yet. Not less than twice that nVmber responded to the call, and -tenths of these were young people. There were also a few hundred of the
 unemployed and their sympathizers. Parliament was in state of siege. A close triple line of police was drawn around the three sides of the square in front of the building The yard within the gates swarmed with police and 200 guarded the terrace in the rear against assault by water, which the woHen twice attempted. A small fleet of police boats also patrolled the Thames approaches. All the mounted police in London and
 suburbs had been mobilized at this cen-
 ter The whole police force, together with
 cavalry, infantry and marines, number- ing more than 5000, was kept busy in re- straining the pushing, struggling masses,
 especially about Trafalgar square, where
 the Nelson monument looked down upon dense crowds in all directions.
 The police kept the streets adjoining the house of commons clear elsewhere they endeavored to the best of their ability to kept the people moving The crowds l cheered sang songs and booted. Football Rush.
 | A delegation of 13 suffragettes. which 1 approached the police cordon, and was | formally refused admission to parliament attempted football rush, but the police l chivalrously repulsed the women with the | least possible roughness. Two bodies of | the unemployed, however, which ap-
 preached the line, were driven off with lit ], tie saving grace, one across Westminster
 bridge and the other to St. James park. I The police were pelted with vegetables and some stones in a few minor skir-
 mishes that occurred, but nobody was se- l riously hurt.
 | Twenty-four suffragettes and 12 of the | unemployed were placed under arrest Many persons tainted in the crush; a 1 few were trampled upon and taken to the l hospitals. | Mrs. Parkhurst Miss Christabel Park 1 hurst and Mrs. Lawrence were summoned l to court yesterday for melting breach | of the pease. This morning they coolly | refused to obey the summons, but agreed 1 to surrender themselves at o'clock in
 the evening, which they did, spending the
 night in the Bow street station. The suf- i fragettes and unemployed have kept prac- l tically the whole police force on duty con- 1 tinuously for 4S hours.