The evening world., 1908-01-17
WOMEN BATTLE
POLICE IN HOME OF
BRITISH PREMIER
Suffragettes Then Chain
Themselves to Railings
to Escape Arrest.
TORN AWAY BY OFFICERS
Number Taken Prisoners to
Court Refuse to Pay Fines
q and Are Sent to Jail.
TORN AWAY BY OFFICERS

LONDON. Jan 1.-THE arrival Of the
Ministers at Downing street to-day -
attend the frst meeting OF the Cauinet
before the assembling OF Parliament
was made the occasion Of public dem
onstrauon by the women suffragists
The police anticipated trouble and d
large force was present. but the women
succeeded in making their way inside
th. residence OF Premier Campbell Ba y
norman and five arrests were made be-
fore order was restored
some OF the demonstraNs adopted a
novel manner 10 prevent being carried
OF by the police. They ned a;'ac ned
TO the!I belts stout chains which. wien
they saw lhe police about to iay hand,
on them. thew quickly threw around ,b.
iron railing in fro7. OF the buildn,.
To T-ol.r. had 20 break these yAa-ns
oy force before they could ct INC NO
m,n away
The suffragists were subsequently az
raigned in the Bow Street Police Court.
They refused 20 give suretIes FOR tneir
good behavior and were sent to prison
for three weeks.
To-days riotous scenes were a repe-
tition Of hose on the opening dav @.
Parliament when the SU~-a ge.tes hs-
seised the residence @. TIT Premier
but we're unable 10 force an admit
tance. being driven away by the po-
lice. not. howeN Ner. before severa! nai
been placed Under arrest
They then marched 10 the Parliamen:
buildings. where thew made a deter
mined effort TO get into the House OF
Commons After several skirmishcs s
with the police. In which the fnery
sf the women was sadly msrred ana a
number suffered bruises and scratches
they were routed
Several OF the Suffra9ettes were prac.
tically dragged 10 tho station house.
When arratgned in court they. as to-
day. refused 70 paw fines inflicted. and
eli went % tan. where they served out
their terms.
Tho Sufrrasette movement has made
marked strides in the last five years.
many Of Englands most noted club
women clamorously backing the issue.
Financially and morally. until the Lon
don Parliament Is In daily dread OF
being stormed by several hundred Of the
followers OF emancipation for women
Half century ago no married wom-
an could legally own dollars worth
~ property. and none could collect or
sxpend the wages she earned without
her husbands consent Susar B An
thony, in the van OF the suffrage move
ment in the United States. SAYS that
antagonism against the equal rights OF
women is now confined almost wholly
to that OF plain suffrage, brought about
by the persistent efforts OF the ex-
por ents OF womens rights.
Commencing with municipal suffrage
10 widows and spinsters in 1869. England
now grants TO all women on the same
terms as man the full suffrage except the
Parliamentary vote. This last obstacle in
the way OF equal rights has caused the
scenes Of disorder marking the sessions
of Parliament recently. Forty-fve
years ago in no part OF the United
States were women extended the right
OF suffrage. Gradually they have been
given more privileges. and in some
States now enjoy equal rights with
men.
New York City now has four equal
suffrage clubs-the Collegiate Equal
Suffrage League. the Harlem Equal
Rights League. the New York Equal
Right. League and the william Lloyd
Garrison Equal Rights Association.
Under the auspices OF these organiza
tions many OF the English agitators of
the movement. including Mrs. Coblen
sanderson. Mrs. Borrman Wells and
others. have aroused much interest In
the militant sufsrasette movement Of
England and drawn great numbers of
New York's clubwomen at least into
sympathetic bonds with the Amazonian
forces which are causing the police of
London to uSe force In dragging them
away from the front of Engiand's leg
islative halls and the homes of Cabinet
Ministers.