The San Francisco call., 1908-10-14
Five Thousand Police Unable TO
Control Mob in Trafalgar
Square
Appeal to Rush" English Leg
islature Responded to by
100000 Persons
Woman Breaks Into Meeting
and Is Bodily Elected
From Building

LONDON, Oct. 13.-The climax of
the suffragette campaign was reached
! tonight when an enormous mob
hemmed in parliament and stopped
traffic in all streets leading to West
minister. For more than three hours
the crowd scufied good naturedly
with the police, interfered with the
ater goers, broke windows and dis
organized things generally in the cen
ter Of London.
The heroine Of the day was Mrs.
Travers Symons. formerly secretary
to James Keir Hsrdie, the socialist
and independent member OF parlia-
ment. who reached the doors of the
house Of commons by strategy. The
house was solemnly debating a bin to
prevent children from smoking ciga-
rettes when the woman dashed past
the door keeper TO a position in front
Of the speakers chair and shouted;
Leave of discussing children and
talk about women"
Three officials seized Mrs. Symons
md carried her out bodily She was
then led TO the outer door and dis
missed. As q result of the coup an or
der was issued that hereafter women
shall not be admitted 10 the building
on any preteXt whatever and in the
future the historic grin VIII not screen
feminine spectators.
THOUSANDS ANSWER CALL"
The appeal issued by the suffragettes
q few days ago for $4,000 persons TO
ma liar ant at
past o'clock this evening was the
\ most successful stroke yet Not less
pan twice that number responded 70
tthe cali and nine-tenths Of these were
young persons who came to see the fun.
There were also a few hundred Of the
unemployed and their sympathiZers-
Parliament was in a state of siege.
A close triple line of police was drawn
around the three sides 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 women twice at
tempted. A small feet Of police boats
also patroled the Thames
All the mounted police in London and
suburbs had been modified at this cen
ter and loads Of hay were unstacked
in the streets for the horses. The whole
police force, together with cavalry. in
fantry and marines. numbering more
than 5000, was kept busy in restrain
ing and pushing the struggling mass
about Trafalgar square.
The crowds cheered, sang songs and
hooted in a semi good natured man
ner at the suffragettes. who, distin-
guished by their orange sashes
swarmed everywhere, distributing
tracts
ATTEMPT FOOTBALL RUSH
A edelegatiOn Of 13 suffra gettes.
which approached the police Gordon
and was formally refused admission to
parliament. attempted a football rush.
but the police chivalrOusly repulsed
the women with the least possible
roughness. The police were pelted
with vegetables and some stones in a
few minor skirmishes that occurred,
but nobody was seriously hurt. TWen-
ty-four sunra gettes and y of the
unemployed were placed under arrest
Many persons tainted in the crush; a
few were trampled upon and taken to
the hospitals.
Mrs. Psrkhurst. Miss G Parkhurst
and Mrs. Lawrence were summoned TO
appear in court yesterday for melting
q breach Of the peace; this morning
they cOolly refused 10 obey the sum-
mons. but agreed TO surrender them
selves at o'clock in the evening,
which they did, spending the night in
the Bow street station.
The sufragettes and unemployed
have kept practically the whole police
4 force on duty continuously for IS hours